The joyful visitors of Bayern Munich, with their Champions League win over Benfica still echoing in their eyes, head to Hamburg’s iconic Millerntor Stadium to face St. Pauli on Saturday in what looks like an emotionally charged Bundesliga encounter. In this article, we shall look at most of the stats and records which can define this exciting match-up.
Good Past Record by Bayern Against St. Pauli
While Bayern Munich and St. Pauli have not met in 13 years, their last meeting at the Millerntor in May 2011 will live long in the memory. Bayern celebrated an 8-1 victory-the biggest away win in their Bundesliga history. Bayern’s overall record against St. Pauli stands at six wins out of ten encounters, with only one loss, coming in February 2002 2-1. St. Pauli will hope to avoid the repeat of their heaviest Bundesliga defeat this weekend.
Bayern’s Record-Breaking Attack
The head coach of Bayern, Vincent Kompany, has overseen an explosive start to the season in which his team scored 32 goals in his first nine Bundesliga matches-the highest ever for a Bayern coach at this juncture. On the road, Bayern’s offense has been especially lethal, netting at least three goals in each of their five away games-a mark that equals Bayern’s 2019/20 season. They have scored 22 goals in five away games, a number not matched by any other team in the Bundesliga.
Opponents St. Pauli has had worse luck up front, with only seven goals scored so far this season–the least in the league. Given their home advantage, they have only been able to accrue two out of their eight points at Millerntor, further raising the stakes for their performance against Bayern’s strong squad.
Clean Sheet Challenges
Despite scoring issues, St. Pauli’s defense has been pretty solid and has managed four clean sheets this season-just Bayern (five) and RB Leipzig (six) have kept more. Bayern is itself flying high defensively, recording three straight Bundesliga clean sheets against Union Berlin 3-0, Bochum 5-0, and VfB Stuttgart 4-0. If they manage a fourth clean sheet, it will represent their best run since December 2018.
Impressive Start for Kompany as Bayern’s Coach by Vincent Kompany, who emulated the great start of Bayern coaches like Ottmar Hitzfeld and Carlo Ancelotti with 23 points in his first nine Bundesliga games. That’s the best since Ancelotti in 2016, while only Hitzfeld earned more points in his first nine matches with 25 points in 1998. So, this is a very good omen regarding Bayern’s ambitions this season.
Kane and Coman start in top form Harry Kane has overcome the German Bundesliga starting threshold with sensational results, netting 11 goals this season. The sensation: up until now, Kane has scored against every opponent for whom he has taken to the pitch in the Bundesliga-once before, only Miroslav Klose had managed the same feat, scoring against 28 Bundesliga clubs before retiring. In the match with St. Pauli, Kane wants to increase the best mark to 19 teams.
Meanwhile, Kingsley Coman also makes it as yet another Bayern player with a scoring spree, having netted goals in the last three Bundesliga games. His recent form equaled what he has netted in the whole 2023/24 season, hence making him yet another important player for Bayern as they take on St. Pauli.
Predicted Impact
Bayern goes to Millerntor as the absolute favorites with their attacking game and unbreakable defense. St. Pauli will attempt to contain them with their game of defense, but that might also be hard to do because Bayern has some in-form attackers. It is going to be an entertaining match where Bayern seeks to extend their dominance, and St. Pauli has to save their home turf.
As might be expected, this Bundesliga encounter seems to guarantee one of the most thrilling games over the weekend, with several records and prestige hanging in the balance.
