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Full time · 2. Bundesliga · Fri 04 Sep 2026, 17:30 UTC

Arminia Bielefeld 22 FC St. Pauli

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What the chances were worth

Arminia Bielefeld
1.06
expected goals (xG)
FC St. Pauli
1.00
expected goals (xG)

The scoreline says 2–2; by chance quality the match ran 1.06–1.00.

The brain read

Little between them on chances created — the xG read 1.1–1, shots 9–8 with 2–5 on target. Arminia Bielefeld's finishing ran hot — 2 from 1.1 xG, 2 of 9 shots on target (a finishing read inferred from shots on target and goals vs xG — not measured shot placement). A 2–2 draw the numbers agree with.

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

Arminia Bielefeld
FC St. Pauli
43%
Ball Possession
57%
9
Total Shots
8
2
Shots on Goal
5
5
Shots off Goal
2
2
Blocked Shots
1
5
Shots inside box
5
4
Shots outside box
3
3
Corner Kicks
5
1
Offsides
1
461
Total passes
604
385
Passes accurate
503
12
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
3
Goalkeeper Saves
0
13
Free Kicks
11

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

Confirmed line-ups

Captured from the official team sheets in the last hour before kick-off. The pick test requires these to be in before any call counts.

Arminia Bielefeld 4-1-4-1

  1. 1 J. Kersken (G)
  2. 5 M. Bauer (D)
  3. 6 M. Mehlem (M)
  4. 7 H. Koudossou (D)
  5. 10 J. Rochelt (M)
  6. 11 J. Grodowski (F)
  7. 14 M. Momuluh (M)
  8. 17 A. Sicker (D)
  9. 19 M. Großer (D)
  10. 21 S. Russo (M)
  11. 38 M. Wörl (M)

Bench: Benjamin Bediako Boakye, J. Felix, T. Handwerker, L. Jensen, D. Min, S. Schreck, T. Wegener, I. Young, L. Oppermann

FC St. Pauli 3-4-2-1

  1. 1 B. Voll (G)
  2. 4 D. Nemeth (D)
  3. 6 M. Mathisen (D)
  4. 8 E. Smith (M)
  5. 10 B. Hrgota (M)
  6. 11 A. Pyrka (M)
  7. 15 T. Ando (D)
  8. 18 T. Hara (M)
  9. 19 M. Kaars (F)
  10. 20 M. Rasmussen (M)
  11. 23 L. Oppie (M)

Bench: E. Ahlstrand, Abdoulie Ceesay, A. Dźwigała, J. Fujita, Samuel Klein, C. Metcalfe, D. Mitov, Y. Niang, L. Ritzka

The market’s read

Arminia Bielefeld
40%
market implied · price 2.32 · opened 43%
Draw
26%
market implied · price 3.52 · opened 26%
FC St. Pauli
33%
market implied · price 2.79 · opened 31%
MarketConsensus priceImplied chanceMove
Double chance Arminia Bielefeld or draw1.3967.1%-2.1 pts
Double chance FC St. Pauli or draw1.5859.0%+1.8 pts
Double chance either team1.2673.9%+0.3 pts
Draw no bet — Arminia Bielefeld1.7054.5%-3.0 pts
Draw no bet — FC St. Pauli2.0445.5%+3.0 pts
Over 1.5 goals1.1779.8%+1.4 pts
Over 2.5 goals1.6158.5%+1.5 pts
Over 3.5 goals2.4937.6%+1.2 pts
Both teams to score1.5061.9%+1.2 pts
Arminia Bielefeld over 1.5 team goals1.9548.0%-1.0 pts
FC St. Pauli over 1.5 team goals2.1942.7%+2.6 pts
Arminia Bielefeld clean sheet3.7525.0%+0.0 pts
FC St. Pauli clean sheet4.3321.7%+0.0 pts

Shortest-priced scorelines: 1-1 6.70 · 2-1 8.55 · 1-2 9.48 · 1-0 9.96 · 2-2 10.56

Consensus of bookmaker prices captured 2026-09-04 16:00 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.