Low-Block Fortress
1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. FC Kaiserslautern handed over the ball and defended the box in numbers — 9 shots blocked or saved on 41.0% of possession.
- Possession
- 41.0%
- Shots blocked
- 3
- Saves
- 6
- Conceded
- 1
2. Bundesliga · Matchday 3
FC St. Pauli
A. Ceesay 56'
1 – 2
FT
HT 0–1
1. FC Kaiserslautern
E. Yardimci 29'
T. Tazemeta 46'
2. Bundesliga
Matchday 3FC St. Pauli1–21. FC Kaiserslautern
1.34
Expected goals
0.71
29′46′56′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: SP 1.34, 1K 0.71.
Match report
FC St. Pauli 1-2 1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. FC Kaiserslautern edged out FC St. Pauli 2-1 at Millerntor-Stadion in 2. Bundesliga. Yardimci opened the scoring for 1. FC Kaiserslautern on 29', Tazemeta made it 2-0 to 1. FC Kaiserslautern on 46' and Ceesay pulled one back for FC St. Pauli on 56'.
Expected goals finished FC St. Pauli 1.34, 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0.71. On the balance of chances FC St. Pauli had enough to take something from it, which makes this a result 1. FC Kaiserslautern will take more happily than the performance deserved. FC St. Pauli held 59.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. 1. FC Kaiserslautern graded out for low-block fortress — 41.0% possession and 3 shots blocked. 1. FC Kaiserslautern graded out for clinical edge — 2 goals and 0.71 expected goals.
Julian Krahl came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 7.9 for 1. FC Kaiserslautern across 90 minutes.
It was a niggly afternoon: 22 fouls between them and 7 yellow cards, with 1. FC Kaiserslautern conceding the most free-kicks (13).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
59%Possession41%
21Shots11
1.34xG0.71
What the numbers say
3 readsClinical Edge
1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. FC Kaiserslautern finished well above what their chances were worth — 2 goals from 0.71 xG.
- Goals
- 2
- Expected goals
- 0.71
- Overperformance
- +1.29
Busy Goalkeeper
1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. FC Kaiserslautern leaned on their goalkeeper, who made 6 saves.
- Saves
- 6
- Faced xG
- 1.34
- Conceded
- 1
Timeline
⚽29'
E. Yardimci — assist: S. Sahin
David Nemeth
Foul
🟨38'
Marcus Mathisen
Foul
🟨41'
Half-time
🔄46'
T. Tazemeta ↑ E. Yardimci ↓
⚽46'
T. Tazemeta
C. Metcalfe ↑ M. Kaars ↓
🔄55'
A. Ceesay ↑ M. Mathisen ↓
🔄55'
A. Ceesay — assist: T. Hara
⚽56'
🟨60'
Jacob Rasmussen
Foul
🟨64'
Ibrahim Kanate
Argument
🟨67'
Fabian Kunze
Foul
🔄68'
M. Sauer ↑ M. Ritter ↓
🔄68'
M. Berisha ↑ I. Kanate ↓
🔄71'
L. Robinson ↑ F. Kunze ↓
🟨76'
Mario Sauer
Foul
Y. Niang ↑ T. Hara ↓
🔄83'
🔄84'
K. Frees ↑ M. Gyamfi ↓
Tomoya Ando
Foul
🟨89'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueMillerntor-Stadion, Hamburg
RefereeEric-Dominic Weisbach, Germany
Competition2. Bundesliga
Season2026
RoundMatchday 3
StatusMatch Finished