Will the away curse end? St. Pauli record gives HSV hope! | OneFootball

The miserable away record is the biggest concern of HSV’s season so far. Two points and thus no win from eight away games make it clear why the Rothosen are at the bottom of the away table.

The promoted team has been collecting its points almost exclusively at Volkspark so far. 15 out of 17 points have been earned at home. The first away win, however, is still nowhere in sight.

Coach Merlin Polzin has repeatedly assessed the situation in a typically Hanseatic, matter-of-fact manner. What matters most, he explained, is staying in the league, regardless of where the necessary points are picked up, said the 35-year-old.

Still, it’s clear: As long as hardly any points are picked up in other stadiums, the pressure before home games remains enormous. The fact that HSV has finished the first half of the season without an away win for only the second time in its Bundesliga history underlines the scale of the problem.

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HSV wants to profit from St. Pauli’s home weakness!

Of all things, the city derby at FC St. Pauli now offers the chance to break this pattern. A look at the upcoming opponent gives HSV hope. The Kiezkicker are among the weakest home teams in the league this season, having collected just seven points at the Millerntor. Only Mainz (6) have done worse in front of their own fans.

So is this HSV’s big chance? Ironically, the first away win of the season could come in their own city. A derby victory would not only end the misery on foreign turf but also send an important signal in the fight to stay up. With a win, HSV could pull a full eight points ahead of the Kiezkicker.

And another negative streak could also be broken: Since 2019, HSV has not managed to triumph at the Millerntor. The last victory came in March 2019, in the first of seven second-division seasons. After that, there were four sometimes crushing defeats and a draw on the Kiez. On Friday evening, Polzin’s protégés want to end two horror runs at once!

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