Borussia Dortmund vs St. Pauli Competition – German Bundesliga Stadium – SIGNAL IDUNA PARK Date: 18th October 2024 Kick-off time – 19:30 GMT
After a two-week hiatus, the Bundesliga returns this Friday with Borussia Dortmund hosting St Pauli in the first game of Round 7. It’s been a wild two months for Dortmund fans who have seen their team undulate between being title contenders and relegation material. The hosts went from beating Celtic 7-1 in the Champions League to losing 2-1 to Union Berlin in their last game. The Black and Yellow are sitting seventh in the Bundesliga having conceded at least twice in their last four games. As such, this is their worst start (W3, D1, L2) since 2014/15. However, they lead the division’s home table having collected all three of their league victories this season at Signal Iduna Park. This winning run and a 38-game unbeaten league streak on their own patch in Friday-held games (W29, D9) would suggest they’ll be confident to build on that run here too. Meanwhile, St Pauli will be desperate to bounce back in this game after failing to use the momentum of their first Bundesliga win since February 2011 last month when they followed up a 3-0 win over Freiburg with a defeat by the same scoreline at home to Mainz in their last game. That victory at Freiburg looked like it might kickstart St. Pauli’s campaign but it did not, with the visitor’s failure to score in a league-high four matches suggesting they still have a long way to go. However, they at least have a lifeline as all four of their Bundesliga goals in 2024/25 have come away from home. This could boost confidence, especially given their opponents’ defensive woes. Yet, the fact that they have never won at Dortmund (D3, L7) suggests it could be another disappointing night for the relegation-threatened visitors. Other fixtures taking place this week in the German Bundesliga:
November 22, 2024
Bayern Munich
20:30
Augsburg 1907
November 23, 2024
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
15:30
RB Leipzig
Wolfsburg
15:30
Union Berlin
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
15:30
Heidenheim
Borussia Dortmund
15:30
SC Freiburg
Stuttgart
15:30
VFL Bochum
Eintracht Frankfurt
18:30
Werder Bremen
November 24, 2024
Holstein Kiel
15:30
Mainz
Borussia Mönchengladbach
17:30
FC St. Pauli
November 29, 2024
FC St. Pauli
20:30
Holstein Kiel
November 30, 2024
RB Leipzig
15:30
Wolfsburg
Werder Bremen
15:30
Stuttgart
SC Freiburg
15:30
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Augsburg 1907
15:30
VFL Bochum
Union Berlin
15:30
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Borussia Dortmund
18:30
Bayern Munich
December 1, 2024
Mainz
15:30
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Heidenheim
17:30
Eintracht Frankfurt
December 6, 2024
Stuttgart
20:30
Union Berlin
German Bundesliga Table
#
Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Bayern Munich
10
8
2
0
33
7
+26
26
2
RB Leipzig
10
6
3
1
15
5
+10
21
3
Eintracht Frankfurt
10
6
2
2
26
16
+10
20
4
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
10
4
5
1
21
16
+5
17
5
SC Freiburg
10
5
2
3
13
11
+2
17
6
Union Berlin
10
4
4
2
9
8
+1
16
7
Borussia Dortmund
10
5
1
4
18
18
+0
16
8
Werder Bremen
10
4
3
3
17
21
-4
15
9
Borussia Mönchengladbach
10
4
2
4
15
14
+1
14
10
Mainz
10
3
4
3
15
14
+1
13
11
Stuttgart
10
3
4
3
19
19
+0
13
12
Wolfsburg
10
3
3
4
19
18
+1
12
13
Augsburg 1907
10
3
3
4
13
20
-7
12
14
Heidenheim
10
3
1
6
13
15
-2
10
15
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
10
2
3
5
13
19
-6
9
16
FC St. Pauli
10
2
2
6
7
12
-5
8
17
Holstein Kiel
10
1
2
7
12
25
-13
5
18
VFL Bochum
10
0
2
8
10
30
-20
2
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