In this week 20 match on the 12th of February, St. Pauli will play host to Kaiserslautern in a meeting of these two closely matched 2. Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. St. Pauli is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Hannover 96. Lukas Daschner scored the first goal for St. Pauli in the 17th minute, then Conor Metcalfe added another in the 27th minute on a feed from Manolis Saliakas In the end, Hannover 96 was frustrated by St. Pauli’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. St. Pauli ended the match with the shutout victory. St. Pauli is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 5th placed Kaiserslautern, recorded a 2-1 win against Holstein Kiel. Daniel Hanslik scored the first goal for Kaiserslautern in the 6th minute, then Finn-Dominik Porath got the equalizer for Holstein Kiel in the 30th minute on a feed from Simon Lorenz. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Kaiserslautern should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, in Fritz-walter-stadion, Kaiserslautern was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Terrence Boyd scored the first goal for Kaiserslautern in the 9th minute, then Redondo added another in the 86th minute.
Kaiserslautern’s most prolific scorer has been Terrence Boyd. The American attacker has netted three goals over the last five matches. St. Pauli is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, David Otto and Jakov Medic each only have 1 goal in their last five.