FC St. Pauli - Jahn Regensburg

It has changed a lot in the past month. As Regensburg won 3-0 against St. Pauli end of September they were 3 points ahead of them and were on a comfortable midfield place, on the other side St. Pauli was very close to drop zone. Before they face each other second time this season St. Pauli is 5 points away from drop zone now, sure not much but they are on a good way as 2 wins in a row in their past two matches showed. Their opponent Regensburg dropped off extremely and they are far away to avoid relegation. They need a winning streak now but overall if you consider the stats from many seasons they are already relegated. No team could bounce back with these numbers so far.

After St. Pauli’s second win in a row Coach Frontzeck mentioned that he wants to give the same starting eleven a chance again. Although he had to change some in defensive above all in central back he was very pleased with these guys and their performances. In this case Thorandt, Kalla and Avevor are in starting lineup again while central back Mohr has to wait for his action and is on bench first. One good message arrived as well as with Boll their captain is back after some problems but he is not ready for 90 minutes and therefore on bench but good to know they have someone in back. All the other injured players are not available yet. They are not ready or 100% fit and they want to take no risk with Buchtmann, Bartels and Schnidler. For which reason Frontzeck has some problems in central midfield, he must count on Thy again but he made not the best performance last match on this for him unusual position.

Bottom team Regensburg has already seven points to saving zone and this put under huge pressure as they must win or start winning now if they want to hold their aim from 2.Bundesliga alive. Coach Smuda could not stabilize the team much as under his former coaches. Maybe because of not many alternatives he has in squad or lack of quality and attitude. It was almost a big point against neighbor Sandhausen last weekend but they failed huge and put them in a very bad position anyway. With Carlinhos they maybe miss their scorer from the last goals with flue. If he is not available Weidlich can be an option for him while Koke gets the place upfront before top scorer Sembolo and Djuricin.