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Full time · 2. Bundesliga · Sun 30 Aug 2026, 12:30 UTC

FC St. Pauli 12 1. FC Kaiserslautern

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What the chances were worth

FC St. Pauli
1.21
expected goals (xG)
1. FC Kaiserslautern
0.71
expected goals (xG)

The scoreline says 1–2; by chance quality the match ran 1.21–0.71.

The brain read

FC St. Pauli created the better chances — the xG read 1.2–0.7 and the shot count agreed (21–11, 7–4 on target). FC St. Pauli got into the box far more often (10 shots inside it to 5). 1. FC Kaiserslautern's finishing ran hot — 2 from 0.7 xG, 4 of 11 shots on target (a finishing read inferred from shots on target and goals vs xG — not measured shot placement). The 1–2 flatters 1. FC Kaiserslautern — on chances created, FC St. Pauli shaded it.

A second opinion written by rule from the numbers on this page — where the shot picture and the xG disagree, it says so rather than picking a winner. Backward-looking only; it claims nothing about any future result.

The match in numbers

FC St. Pauli
1. FC Kaiserslautern
58%
Ball Possession
42%
21
Total Shots
11
7
Shots on Goal
4
7
Shots off Goal
4
7
Blocked Shots
3
10
Shots inside box
5
11
Shots outside box
6
1.21
Expected goals (xG)
0.71
4
Corner Kicks
5
4
Offsides
1
515
Total passes
366
415
Passes accurate
268
81%
Passes %
73%
9
Fouls
13
3
Yellow Cards
4
2
Goalkeeper Saves
6
0.28
Goals prevented
0.28

As returned by the data feed at full time. Bars show each side’s share of the stat.

The market’s read

FC St. Pauli
53%
market implied · price 1.77 · opened 51%
Draw
24%
market implied · price 3.85 · opened 25%
1. FC Kaiserslautern
22%
market implied · price 4.21 · opened 24%
MarketConsensus priceImplied chanceMove
Double chance FC St. Pauli or draw1.2177.1%+1.4 pts
Double chance 1. FC Kaiserslautern or draw2.0046.7%-1.8 pts
Double chance either team1.2376.2%+0.4 pts
Draw no bet — FC St. Pauli1.3469.1%+1.4 pts
Draw no bet — 1. FC Kaiserslautern2.9930.9%-1.4 pts
Over 1.5 goals1.1879.2%-0.0 pts
Over 2.5 goals1.6158.1%-0.2 pts
Over 3.5 goals2.5237.3%-0.4 pts
Both teams to score1.5659.2%-0.8 pts
FC St. Pauli over 1.5 team goals1.6756.0%+0.9 pts
1. FC Kaiserslautern over 1.5 team goals2.8033.3%-1.8 pts
FC St. Pauli clean sheet3.0031.2%+0.0 pts
1. FC Kaiserslautern clean sheet5.5017.2%+0.0 pts

Shortest-priced scorelines: 1-1 7.00 · 2-1 7.47 · 1-0 8.36 · 2-0 9.32 · 2-2 11.72

Consensus of bookmaker prices captured 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC. These are the closing prices — the market’s last word before kick-off. The Move column is how each market’s implied chance has shifted since the first price we captured: green = the chance has risen (the price shortened, backing coming in), red = the chance has fallen (the price eased out — what punters call the price ‘drifting’).

Prices are observations, not offers. Each price is the average across the bookmakers the collector sees, and the implied chance is that price with the bookmaker’s margin stripped out. The market’s read is published so the model’s read can be judged against it — nothing here is advice, and nothing here is staked.