Sonntag, 7. Oktober 2018

FC St. Pauli - SV Sandhausen

St. Pauli to continue their unbeaten run

TEAM NEWS

St. Pauli's Marc Hornschuh and Luca-Milan Zander are both injured and will not be available.

Sandhausen’s Tim Knipping, Nejmeddin Daghfous and Ken Gipson are all out with different injuries. 

St. Pauli 

Suspended: None

Doubtful: None

Injured/unavailable: Marc Hornschuh (spinal disc), Luca Zander (ankle)

Sandhausen

Suspended: None

Doubtful: None

Injured/unavailable: Tim Knipping (broken foot), Nejmeddin Daghfous (calf), Ken Gipson (shoulder)

MATCH PREVIEW

MAIN PREDICTION: HOME WIN

Markus Kauczinski’s St. Pauli have been flying of late. St. Pauli started their season with back-to-back wins against Magdeburg and Darmstadt but lost the next three, conceding 12 goals in the process. However, St. Pauli have certainly turned a corner since then and the club are heading into this league match with two wins and one draw after holding city rivals Hamburg to a 0-0 draw away from home last time out. St. Pauli’s superb run of three unbeaten matches has catapulted them up into sixth in the league table.

Sandhausen’s woes worsened at the weekend as they fell to their fifth league defeat. The team were deservedly beaten 1-0 by Magdeburg at Hardtwald Stadium and remain in the bottom three. Coach Kenan Kocak has had a tough start to the season with five losses, two draws and only one win. It looks like this will be a difficult season for them.

St. Pauli have been in very good form and are very strong at Millerntor. Sandhausen will no doubt put up a brave fight, but St. Pauli should take all three points here. 

SECOND PREDICTION: ODD/EVEN – ODD 

Three of St. Pauli's four league wins have come by a one-goal margin. In truth, a single goal could be enough to settle this one between these two sides and I'll therefore predict odd total goals.

HEAD TO HEAD

St. Pauli have lost just two of their past six league meetings with Sandhausen, winning one and drawing three.

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