Arminia Bielefeld

Match report

Arminia Bielefeld and St Pauli played out a 2-2 draw in the second Bundesliga on Thursday at the SchücoArena. The result leaves the hosts tenth with three points from three games, while the visitors remain in sixteenth with two.

And here's the thing about the opening exchanges — Jannik Rochelt gave Bielefeld the lead in the thirteenth minute. By then the visitors were already showing signs of intent. Taichi Hara equalised for St Pauli exactly seven minutes later, and that was the twenty-minute mark where I stopped watching the camera.

Marvin Mehlem picked up a yellow card in the thirty-fifth minute after a challenge that looked avoidable. The visitors' Tomoya Ando was cautioned in the forty-seventh, shortly after half-time restart. Eric Smith went off the field in the fifty-sixth with another booking.

To be fair, Joel Grodowski brought Bielefeld back into the contest in the fifty-first minute. Abdoulie Ceesay then restored the visitors' advantage in the sixty-fifth, and the game opened up after that. Both sides made changes — Martijn Kaars and Branimir Hrgota came on together at the break for the visitors.

St Pauli dominated possession at 56 per cent and registered 128 attacks compared to Bielefeld's 96. The hosts managed only two shots on target and created one big chance, while the visitors hit five on target with two big chances. Expected goals reflected this — 1.06 for Bielefeld against 1 for the visitors.

Bielefeld have now lost two of three games and need the points badly. St Pauli have not won since the opening day and drew twice in their last three across different competitions. The table goes out of the window in these games, but neither side can afford to slip further.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 44 – 56.00

Shots on target 2 – 5

Shots off target 5 – 2

Expected goals 1.06 – 1

⚽ 13' Jannik Rochelt — Goal ⚽ 20' Taichi Hara — Goal 🟨 35' Marvin Mehlem — Yellow card ⇄ 45' Martijn Kaars — Substitution ⇄ 45' Branimir Hrgota — Substitution 🟨 47' Tomoya Ando — Yellow card ⚽ 51' Joel Grodowski — Goal 🟨 56' Eric Smith — Yellow card ⚽ 65' Abdoulie Ceesay — Goal ⇄ 66' Jannik Rochelt — Substitution ⇄ 66' monju thaddaus momuluh — Substitution ⇄ 76' Taichi Hara — Substitution ⇄ 76' Marvin Mehlem — Substitution ⇄ 81' Henri Koudossou — Substitution ⇄ 81' Marius Worl — Substitution 🟨 88' Arkadiusz Pyrka — Yellow card 🟨 88' Maximilian Bauer — Yellow card ⇄ 89' Mathias Rasmussen — Substitution

Match events

13' 1:0 Arminia Bielefeld Goal Jannik Rochelt assist: Jonas Thomas Kersken
20' 1:1 FC St. Pauli Goal Taichi Hara assist: David Nemeth
35' 1:1 Arminia Bielefeld Yellow card Marvin Mehlem
45' 1:1 FC St. Pauli Substitution Martijn Kaars off: Abdoulie Ceesay
45' 1:1 FC St. Pauli Substitution Branimir Hrgota off: Connor Metcalfe
47' 1:1 FC St. Pauli Yellow card Tomoya Ando
51' 2:1 Arminia Bielefeld Goal Joel Grodowski
56' 2:1 FC St. Pauli Yellow card Eric Smith
65' 2:2 FC St. Pauli Goal Abdoulie Ceesay assist: Arkadiusz Pyrka
66' 2:2 Arminia Bielefeld Substitution Jannik Rochelt off: David Min
66' 2:2 Arminia Bielefeld Substitution monju thaddaus momuluh off: Leon Jensen
76' 2:2 FC St. Pauli Substitution Taichi Hara off: Youssoupha Niang
76' 2:2 Arminia Bielefeld Substitution Marvin Mehlem off: Sam Schreck
81' 2:2 Arminia Bielefeld Substitution Henri Koudossou off: Benjamin boakye
81' 2:2 Arminia Bielefeld Substitution Marius Worl off: Till Wegener
88' 2:2 FC St. Pauli Yellow card Arkadiusz Pyrka
88' 2:2 Arminia Bielefeld Yellow card Maximilian Bauer
89' 2:2 FC St. Pauli Substitution Mathias Rasmussen off: Samuel Klein

Statistics

44 Possession, % 56.00

2 Shots on target 5

5 Shots off target 2

1.06 Expected goals 1

1 Big chances 2

96 Attacks 128

3 Corners 5

12 Fouls 12

11 Free kicks 11

1 Offsides 1

2 Yellow cards 3

0 Red cards 0

6 Goal kicks 11

15 Throw-ins 21

All statistics

10/2638% Aerial duels 16/2662%

75 Backward passes 82

2 Blocked shots 1

33 Clearances 21

4/1724% Crosses 9/2438%

6/1638% Dribbles 4/1136%

0.40 Expected assists 1.01

74 Failed passes 96

3 Goalkeeper saves 0

10 Interceptions 10

5 Key passes 6

23/5641% Long passes 15/5129%

59 Passes into the final third 105

178 Passes in the opposition half 365

283 Passes in own half 238

0.22 Shot accuracy 0.63

4 Shots from outside the box 3

5 Shots inside the box 5

11/2055% Tackles 13/1776%

444 Total passes 579

Line-ups

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Jonas Thomas Kersken	1
5	Maximilian Bauer	5
7	Henri Koudossou	7
17	Arne Sicker	17
19	Maximilian Großer	19
6	Marvin Mehlem	6
10	Jannik Rochelt	10
14	Thaddäus-Monju Momuluh	14
21	Stefano Russo	21
38	M. Wörle	38
11	Joel Grodowski	11

Substitutes
#	Player	number
18	Leo Oppermann	18
3	Joel Felix	3
29	Tim-Henry Handwerker	29
8	Sam Francis Schreck	8
31	Leon Jensen	31
42	T. Wegener	42
9	David Min	9
27	Benjamin Boakye	27
30	Isaiah Young	30

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FC St. Pauli

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Ben Alexander Voll	1
4	David Nemeth	4
6	Marcus Klingenberg Mathisen	6
15	Tomoya Ando	15
8	Eric Smith	8
10	Branimir Hrgota	10
11	Arkadiusz Pyrka	11
18	Taichi Hara	18
20	Mathias Knutsen Rasmussen	20
23	Louis Oppie	23
19	Martijn Kaars	19

Substitutes
#	Player	number
33	Dimitar Mitov	33
21	Lars Ritzka	21
25	Adam Dźwigała	25
14	Erik Melker Ahlstrand	14
16	Joel Chima Fujita	16
22	Samuel Klein	22
24	Connor Metcalfe	24
7	Yusuf N'Yang	7
9	Abduli Seay	9

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