Friday 2.Bundesliga

Union Berlin - FC St. Pauli

Key for Union was that they were not able to get more away from home otherwise they had a much better position as at the moment. They are only strong at home where they euphoric fans push them a lot. Additional they are to overdependent from some players. If these guys are not available they have a lot of problems and their attitude is not the best sometimes anyway.
Some weeks ago St. Pauli were in trouble but they managed the situation. Of course they are not safe but has some distance to the bottom places now. Although they are on a good way they face some problems for this encounter because with best striker Ginczek they miss an important player who was able for ensure goals. With Buchtmann and Schindler are two other players out with injury but they are long term. 
The record speaks for St. Pauli who could win 3 matches by 2 draws and 1 lose in 7 matches.

MSV Duisburg - Energie Cottbus

The situation was much worse some time ago but with the win against Braunschweig they did a great step out of the drop zone. This means that they are a bit ahead of the bottom teams but they should not cool down much as this can change huge. The focus should be high to go for the next win, and with Brandy a specialist against Cottbus in their rows. He loves to play against Energie as he had a lot of success against. All at Duisburg hopes for the next great show from the midfielder against Cottbus what help them a lot. With Koch suspended and Kern they miss two guys.
Cottbus are still in the race for third place but they should get all points if they want to hold the pressure on Kaiserslautern or Köln high. In the past they had some problems to score but they solved it already. But with Börner and Bittroff they miss two starters suspended. But overall coach Bommer can count on a good lineup.
MSV could win 2004 against Cottbus 2-0 but are winless in 3 now, it follows two draws and one lose.