Borussia Dortmund vs St. Pauli Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 17th January 2026

When St. Pauli come to Signal Iduna Park for the Bundesliga match this coming Saturday, Borussia Dortmund will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

Borussia Dortmund approach round 18 as number 2 in the Bundesliga table with 36 points on their account so far. With 17 rounds behind them, St. Pauli have amassed 12 points, placing them as number 17 in the standings.

St. Pauli will not be short on motivation for their clash with the match favourites Borussia Dortmund. Although the odds are against them, a narrow win on Saturday will see them move ahead of their upcoming opponents in the table.

Borussia Dortmund step into their next home match this coming Saturday having scored a nice average of 1.9 goals in ten matches. They managed a total of 19 goals, while also allowing nine goals against. That is an average of 0.9 goals against per match. They were able to hang on to a clean sheet five times in those matches.

St. Pauli travel to their next Bundesliga match, averaging a lowly 0.6 goals per game in their last ten matches. They scored a disappointing total of six goals, while also conceding 19 goals. That amounts to an average of 1.9 per game, in which they kept their opponents from scoring one times.

The latest encounter between these two teams was a belter of a 3-3 match. Are we in for a similar goal-fest this coming Saturday?

Borussia Dortmund vs St. Pauli Prediction

Borussia Dortmund Form

Borussia Dortmund look good before their upcoming match, in which they seek to remain unbeaten. In their last three matches, they first beat Borussia Moenchengladbach by 2-0, before drawing 3-3 with Eintracht Frankfurt. They were back as winners last time out, when they took out Werder Bremen 3-0. Borussia Dortmund put four wins on the board in their previous six Bundesliga matches at the Signal Iduna Park. They drew twice while losing none, scored 12 goals while conceding four.

Going into the season as a title candidate in the Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund are currently on track to fulfil the expectations.

St. Pauli Form

St. Pauli have been inconsistent in their last three matches. They claimed a 2-1 win against FC Heidenheim, before drawing 0-0 with Mainz 05. This little streak came to an end, when Wolfsburg proved too strong in a 2-1 defeat for St. Pauli. St. Pauli didn't manage a single away win in their last six Bundesliga matches, but managed two draws, while suffering four defeats. They conceded ten and scored four goals themselves.

St. Pauli entered the season hunting for a title, however they find themselves far off track at this stage.

While we don't believe St. Pauli are strong enough to prevent Borussia Dortmund from a home win, we believe they are capable of limiting the defeat to only a few goals.

Borussia Dortmund scored 16 goals and conceded four in their last nine games against teams from the bottom half of the Bundesliga table. They collected 23 points and seven victories. St. Pauli claimed zero wins and one points in their last five games against teams from the top six. They scored five times in these matches, but also conceded 13 goals. Borussia Dortmund lost just once so far this season in the Bundesliga and after 17 games played they recorded ten wins and six draws St. Pauli have a record of three wins, three draws and ten defeats in the Bundesliga.

Borussia Dortmund vs St. Pauli Squads

Borussia Dortmund Squad

Kovac will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against St. Pauli from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season):

Alexander Meyer (0/0), Gregor Kobel (0/17), Patrick Drewes (0/0), Silas Ostrzinski (0/0), Aaron Anselmino (1/5), Almugera Kabar (0/0), Daniel Svensson (1/17), Filippo Mane (0/2), Julian Ryerson (0/16), Nico Schlotterbeck (2/13), Niklas Suele (0/5), Ramy Bensebaini (1/11), Waldemar Anton (1/15), Yan Couto (1/11), Carney Chukwuemeka (2/14), Emre Can (1/6), Felix Nmecha (2/17), Jobe Bellingham (0/15), Julian Brandt (4/13), Marcel Sabitzer (1/14), Salih Oezcan (0/3), Fabio Silva (0/11), Julien Duranville (0/0), Karim Adeyemi (4/17), Maximilian Beier (5/15), Serhou Guirassy (6/16).

St. Pauli Squad

Listed below is the full squad of St. Pauli players that the manager Alexander Blessin will choose from for the upcoming game:

Ben Alexander Voll (0/0), Emil Gazdov (0/0), Nikola Vasilj (0/16), Simon Spari (0/0), Arkadiusz Pyrka (0/13), Connor Metcalfe (0/14), David Nemeth (0/0), Eric Smith (2/15), Fin Stevens (0/0), Jannik Robatsch (0/0), Karol Mets (0/10), Lars Ritzka (0/9), Louis Oppie (1/16), Tomoya Ando (0/0), Adam Dzwigala (1/10), Hauke Wahl (1/15), Jackson Irvine (0/8), James Sands (0/15), Joel Chima Fujita (0/16), Manolis Saliakas (0/8), Marwin Schmitz (0/0), Abdoulie Ceesay (0/11), Andreas Hountondji (4/12), Danel Sinani (2/14), Martijn Kaars (2/13), Mathias Pereira Lage (0/16), Oladapo Afolayan (0/7), Ricky-Jade Jones (1/4), Romeo Aigbekaen (0/0).

Borussia Dortmund vs St. Pauli Team News

Borussia Dortmund vs St. Pauli Lineups

Borussia Dortmund vs St. Pauli H2H

The latest encounter between these two teams was a belter of a 3-3 match. Are we in for a similar goal-fest on Saturday? Borussia Dortmund claimed five wins against St. Pauli in the last seven encounters, leaving them with a small psychological edge before their next meeting.

Borussia Dortmund vs St. Pauli Results

In the past seven matches between home side Borussia Dortmund and St. Pauli both teams found the back of the net five times. Best priced odds on both teams to score with the bookies are at 1/1.

Borussia Dortmund vs St. Pauli Betting Tips

Look no further than Julian Brandt, when searching for a marksman currently in good shape. He hit the target twice lately for Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga, while Martijn Kaars managed two goals in the last half dozen matches for St. Pauli in this tournament. No doubt, both are looking to add to their total once again.

Borussia Dortmund won six of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing three and losing one as well. St. Pauli won one from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew three and lost six in this run. Borussia Dortmund should feel good about scoring on Saturday, since St. Pauli managed a clean sheet only once in their previous 10 away games. The hosts fought their way to five clean sheets in their previous 10 matches played at home.

In the last seven encounters between Borussia Dortmund and St. Pauli over 2.5 goals came out four times, as Borussia Dortmund averaged 2.16 goals a game. St. Pauli scored an average of 0.99 goals in these, while both teams scored five times. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of Borussia Dortmund’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 2.2 goals during this run. In the last ten games for St. Pauli, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 0.8 times goals per game themselves.