SV Darmstadt 98 vs FC St. Pauli — 2. Bundesliga: stats, lineups & analysis
Match Events
- 7′FC St. Pauli, yellow card:Foul
- 26′FC St. Pauli, yellow card:Argument
- 26′SV Darmstadt 98, yellow card:Argument
- Half-time
- 46′FC St. Pauli, substitution:off
- 46′FC St. Pauli, substitution:off
- 46′FC St. Pauli, substitution:off
- 56′SV Darmstadt 98, yellow card:Foul
- 62′SV Darmstadt 98, substitution:off
- 62′SV Darmstadt 98, substitution:off
- 65′FC St. Pauli, yellow card:Foul
- 67′FC St. Pauli, substitution:off
- 83′FC St. Pauli, yellow card:Foul
- 84′FC St. Pauli, substitution:off
- 85′SV Darmstadt 98, substitution:off
- 90+2′SV Darmstadt 98, yellow card:Foul
- 90+4′SV Darmstadt 98, substitution:off
- Full-time
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Match report
SV Darmstadt 98 and FC St. Pauli share a goalless draw
SV Darmstadt 98 and FC St. Pauli finished 0-0 at Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor on Matchday 9 of the 2. Bundesliga. With no goals, no bookings of consequence to the scoreline and no red cards, the contest was settled by what happened in the final third rather than by any single moment.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
St. Pauli controlled the ball, holding 64% of possession to Darmstadt's 36%, and took 18 shots to 12. Yet only two of those efforts tested the goalkeeper, and Darmstadt registered none on target at all. The visitors won six corners to the hosts' two without turning that territory into a goal.
The point lifted Darmstadt to 8 points and 16th place, up from 17th, while St. Pauli stayed seventh with 12 points. Darmstadt, who had lost 4-0 at Karlsruher SC in their previous game, next travel to SV Elversberg in the DFB Pokal on Tuesday. St. Pauli host 1. FC Nürnberg in the 2. Bundesliga on Sunday 1 November.
Connor Metcalfe earned the highest rating on the pitch, 7.2, for St. Pauli in a game without goals or assists. Darmstadt's best-rated player was Noah Weißhaupt on 7.1.
Darmstadt failed to land a single shot on target from their 12 attempts, while St. Pauli managed two from 18.
SV Darmstadt 98 and FC St. Pauli drew 0–0 (half-time 0–0).
SV Darmstadt 98 met FC St. Pauli in the 2. Bundesliga (Regular Season - 9). Kick-off was Friday, 23 October 2026, 16:30 UTC at Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor. Referee: Timo Gansloweit.
Team pages: SV Darmstadt 98 · FC St. Pauli · 2. Bundesliga
Starting line-ups
SV Darmstadt 98 (4-4-2)
FC St. Pauli (3-4-1-2)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave SV Darmstadt 98 36%, the draw 26%, FC St. Pauli 38%. It finished SV Darmstadt 98 0–0 FC St. Pauli.
St. Pauli's higher rating gives them a slight edge — We give FC St. Pauli 38% to Darmstadt's 36% because our strength rating has them 87 points higher, though Darmstadt's home advantage and a cold finishing streak, the kind that has tended to bounce back, keep it close. The draw sits at 26%, just below the usual 28% for a gap this size, trimmed by that finishing streak and both sides' typical-scoring recent games.
Why FC St. Pauli at 38%?
FC St. Pauli sit 87 points higher on our strength rating — 1470 to 1383. Sides with a 80–160-point rating edge on the road won 39.8% of 14,785 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 36–28–36.
Why only 38%?
SV Darmstadt 98 sit -0.32 goals per game below chance-quality — cold streaks like this have bounced back. Finishing swings carry a receipt at this rating gap too: sides finishing this cold won 38.5% of 2,927 such games where the class table expected 35.6%.
Why the draw at 26%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 27.6%. These teams' recent games average 2.9 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.8% of 27,149. The bounce-back factor takes 1.2 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
SV Darmstadt 98 have shed 62 strength-rating points over their last 10 games. Momentum is measured but not yet proven: sliding sides won 34.0% of 10,357 such games vs 33.3% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it stays at 0 points until the receipt clears its evidence bar. In our recorded league results, FC St. Pauli are winless in their last 8 away games: 5 draws and 3 defeats. The run began on 13 March 2026. Last recorded away league win: 28 February 2026 — 1899 Hoffenheim 0–1 FC St. Pauli. Latest recorded away league result: 17 October 2026 — Hannover 96 1–1 FC St. Pauli. Across 14,183 historical matches involving visitors with at least six consecutive winless away league games, those visitors won 24.4%, compared with 24.1% expected from team strength. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the SV Darmstadt 98 vs FC St. Pauli final score and result, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this 2. Bundesliga fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
The full match report above covers the goals, key moments and stats. Explore more on the SV Darmstadt 98 and FC St. Pauli team pages or the 2. Bundesliga page.