St Pauli Form Puts Pressure on Darmstadt
SV Darmstadt 98 sit 17th after eight games and have yet to keep a clean sheet this season. FC St. Pauli remain unbeaten in their last five matches while conceding just 0.6 goals per game on average. Darmstadt concede 2.3 goals per game overall and have failed to score in four of their eight league outings. St Pauli have scored in every league game so far and sit seventh with a more solid defensive record. In the last ten head-to-head meetings Darmstadt hold five wins to St Pauli’s three, yet the visitors’ current run suggests they will be hard to beat at the Merck-Stadion am Bollenfalltor. Darmstadt average 1.8 goals scored in home games but St Pauli’s away scoring rate of 1.5 per game keeps them competitive. The contest may hinge on whether Darmstadt can break down a St Pauli side that has drawn three of its last five.
