Borussia Dortmund vs St. Pauli betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Bundesliga match on October 18th, 2024

Borussia Dortmund and St. Pauli are scheduled to play against each other on October 18th, 2024, Friday at 18:30h (UTC), in a Bundesliga match to be held in Germany, check the Borussia Dortmund vs St. Pauli betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Borussia Dortmund vs St. Pauli will occur

The game is set to be played in the great Signal Iduna Park stadium, in the city of Dortmund, with a capacity for 81365 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all information to help with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Borussia Dortmund vs St. Pauli betting tip 2024/2025

In the current edition of the Bundesliga, we can see a growth in the average goals. While last season the tournament had an average of 3.22 goals per match, now the competition has an average of 3.48 goals per match.

Borussia Dortmund last match

In the last match they played, Borussia Dortmund collected a defeat. The opposing team was FC Union Berlin, and the match - which ended with the result of 2-1 - was valid for Bundesliga. Coach N. Şahin's disposed his team in a 4-2-3-1 formation.

The match between the two teams was expected to be quite close, as evidenced by the fact that the home team's defeat had odds of 3.75.

The defense certainly did not shine in this match. One of those responsible for the crisis of the defensive department is Waldemar Anton, cumbersome and unpunctual, constantly behind the opponents. The team's overall underwhelming performance was also due to his disappointing performance.

St. Pauli last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for Bundesliga, St. Pauli, who used a 3-4-2-1 formation, faced the FSV Mainz 05 team with a final score of 0-3.

A fairly even game was expected, with odds for the home defeat at 3.30.

Borussia Dortmund vs St. Pauli h2h

The last time Borussia Dortmund faced St. Pauli it was in DFB Pokal. Borussia Dortmund, then in 1st place opened with a play using the 4-3-3 formation, while St. Pauli, who was in 2nd place, played using a 4-3-1-2 tactic.

The most recent precedent between these two clubs was in 18-01-2022, in the 2021/2022 season of the DFB Pokal, which ended with a 2-1 win for St. Pauli.

The last time these teams played, victory was hard-won.

The Borussia Dortmund team in their last five matches has produced solid performances, while St. Pauli has been more irregular.

Borussia Dortmund

Bundesliga leaderboard now

Considering the home team Borussia Dortmund, standing in 7th place with 10 points in the Bundesliga competition in Germany. Their performance statistics have been such as 3 wins, 2 losses and, 1 draw.

The team, in the 7th round, ranks over the VfB Stuttgart team that is placed in position 8 because of an advantage of 1 point. It also has 1 point less than FC Union Berlin team that is in the 6th place.

Borussia Dortmund analysis

After round number 6 in Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund has 12 goals scored and 11 conceded.

The Borussia Dortmund team comes from a defeat in the Bundesliga, and its coach Nuri Şahin wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

Borussia Dortmund, over the course of the competition, can boast an average per game of 5 shots on goal. Because of this, it also has a high goal average and collects excellent results.

To control the game, the Borussia Dortmund team would often try to reach an average ball possession of 60.83%. The reason for this is ball possession above 50% would give teams some control over their opponents.

The adaptation of Maximilian Beier with the new jersey has not been the best. He had another disappointing performance in Borussia Dortmund last game of the season, against FC Union Berlin. In the clash, the midfielder failed to be effective and did little for the team. Despite the good expectations for the player, his performance is starting to worry.

Best goalscorer from Borussia Dortmund

In the individual highlights of the team in the offensive sector, the focus falls on Sehrou Guirassy so far in the competition. With 3 goals with his signature, the Attacker has helped his team Borussia Dortmund to achieve victorious results this season.

St. Pauli

Bundesliga leaderboard now

St. Pauli arrives in this game with 4 points, and in 15th place in the Bundesliga, having won once in total and lost 4 times, making a total of 1 draw.

Which means that the team, has the same number of points in the 7th round that the TSG Hoffenheim team in 16th place.

St. Pauli analysis

We have reached matchday 6 in Bundesliga and at the moment St. Pauli has made 4 goals and conceded 9.

St. Pauli is currently struggling to find the back of the net, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of games where they failed to score. This suggests that their attacking play needs to be improved, with a focus on creating better opportunities and converting them into goals.

The team's scoring ability is not brilliant: in this league it is 0.67 goals per game on average, and this may be an indicator on the chances of winning the next match, which the team will also play away from home.

The adaptation of Robert Wagner with the new jersey has not been the best. He had another disappointing performance in St. Pauli last game of the season, against FSV Mainz 05. In the clash, the midfielder failed to be effective and did little for the team. Despite the good expectations for the player, his performance is starting to worry.

Best goalscorer from St. Pauli

There are always individualities that stand out in a squad and in the team's attack Elias Saad has held that position so far in the competition. Serving St. Pauli with 2 goals this season, the Attacker has been a key player in winning triumphs.

For bettors some entries may be relevant for this match, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

For those following the live game, it has been known that between 75-90 minutes is a period where most goals are scored making this a good time to bet.

The bet on under 2.5 goals can be a good alternative, since generally St. Pauli does not concede goals as a visitor. St. Pauli also averages 1.33 goals per match when playing away from home.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.75.

Corners Top Betting Tips

For favorable betting results, note that combining the number of corners of both teams gives an average of 5.08 corners per game.

Borussia Dortmund is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.5 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Borussia Dortmund in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

These teams together have a combined average of 4.83 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

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