Bundesliga - Stuttgart vs St Pauli: After selling the magic strikers one after another, Stuttgart ushered in a big dark horse

After the first three rounds of the Bundesliga season in 2025-26, Bayern became stronger and stronger, leading the way with 12 points in three games, making it the only team that maintained a complete victory. Scoring 14 goals and conceding 2 goals, the strongest offense and defense in the league. At most, the other strong people can only compete for the Champions League qualification.

The traditional powerhouse Stuttgart showed a continuous downward trend. In the 2023-24 season, it beat defending champion Bayern and ranked second in the Bundesliga and qualified for the Champions League. Last season, the Bundesliga rankings fell to ninth, and was eliminated in the 26th place in the Champions League stage, winning the German Cup championship and qualifying for the UEFA Cup. In the first three rounds of the Bundesliga, 1 win, 2 losses, and 3 points, ranking 12th.

As a newly promoted team, Sao Paulo has a trend of a big dark horse in the new season. He has 2 wins and 1 draw in the first three rounds and has 7 points, ranking fourth in the Bundesliga standings, 2 points behind Bayern, and 2 points behind second place Dortmund and third place Cologne.

Stuttgart vs St Pauli

Nature of the match: Bundesliga Round 4

Match time: September 20th 2:30

Stuttgart's record declined, which is related to the successive selling of the main striker.

In the 2023-24 season, Gilasi became the Bundesliga silver boot with 28 goals. At the end of the season, he transferred to Dortmund, and Stuttgart only received a transfer fee of 18 million euros.

In the 2024-25 season, Waltermad scored 12 goals in the Bundesliga, ranking only tenth in the Bundesliga scorer list and only ranked second in the team. Bayern has set his sights on Walter Mad, and Stuttgart said he won't sell it. It’s not that I don’t sell, it’s because I think Bayern’s offer is not enough. The summer window was close, and Newcastle's offer of up to 90 million euros was sold decisively.

Sao Pauli is a small club in the Bundesliga, and has limited time to stay in the Bundesliga. The total value of the team is only 51.78 million euros. This summer, there are many players entering and leaving, but the investment in signings is not large, and the lineup strength has not changed much.

Stuttgart has won 5 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses in the last 10 games in all competitions, and lost 1:3 away to Freiburg in the last round of the Bundesliga.

Sao Pauli has won 6 wins and 4 draws in the last 10 games in all competitions. It is unbeaten in the first three rounds of the Bundesliga in the new season. It is not that the opponent is not strong. For example, in the first round, they drew 3:3 at home with the Champions League Dortmund.

Stuttgart has no new injuries, but Ondav, Deer and others are still recovering, and Dashire's injuries have recovered.

St. Pauli's main midfielder Irving and main defender Nemet were absent due to injury.

The two sides have faced each other in the last 10 times, and Stuttgart has the upper hand in 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Last season, they fought in two rounds of the Bundesliga, defeating their opponents 1:0 away, and they played a big match.

Stuttgart's home record is still good, defeating Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-0 in the first home game this season.

In this battle, Stuttgart, who plays at home, is worthy of attention!