In this week 19 match, on Sat Jan 15th, St. Pauli plays host to Erzgebirge Aue in a 2. Bundesliga match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 2 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 1st placed St. Pauli is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Holstein Kiel. Fin Bartels struck first for Holstein Kiel in the 8th minute, then Finn-Dominik Porath added another in the 29th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed St. Pauli couldn’t manage to score, and Holstein Kiel took the shutout win. With 20 points in their last 10 matches St. Pauli should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, Erzgebirge Aue recorded a 1-3 loss against Nürnberg. Dovedan scored the first goal for Nürnberg in the 2nd minute, then Jan Hochscheidt tied it up for Erzgebirge Aue in the 8th minute. Erzgebirge Aue is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Erzgebirge Aue and St. Pauli battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Erzgebirge Aue nor St. Pauli could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 8 and 11 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,.
Antonio Jonjic has been the most prolific scorer on Erzgebirge Aue in the last 5 matches with 2 goals. Guido Burgstaller has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored four goals for St. Pauli.