Samstag, 23. Februar 2019

FC St. Pauli - FC Ingolstadt 04

All square at Millerntor this weekend

TEAM NEWS
St. Pauli's Philipp Ziereis and Henk Veerman are both injured and will not be available for the rest of the season while Dimitrios Diamantakos is working on his comeback.

Ingolstadt will be without Joey Breitfeld, Frederic Ananou and Lucas Galvao.

St. Pauli
Suspended: None
Doubtful: None
Injured/unavailable: Philipp Ziereis, Henk Veerman (both knee); Dimitrios Diamantakos (pulled muscle), Johannes Flum (rib)

Ingolstadt
Suspended: None
Doubtful: None
Injured/unavailable: Joey Breitfeld (knee), Frederic Ananou (shoulder), Lucas Galvao (ankle), Tobias Schrock (thigh)

MATCH PREVIEW
MAIN PREDICTION: DRAW

St. Pauli crashed to a disappointing 2-1 loss against Aue at Millerntor in their last league outing, which saw Markus Kauczinski’s men slip down to sixth. After sealing wins over Greuther Furth (2-0), Magdeburg (4-1) and Union Berlin (3-2), the side fell to their first home defeat since late October. Overall, they have accumulated only three points from their four league games in 2019, losing three and winning only one.

Ingolstadt have won two league games in a row for the first time this term. They beat Aue 3-0 away from home two weeks ago before following that up with a 2-1 home win over Bochum 2-1 at Audi-Sportpark last weekend. Things are starting to look up for the Schanzer, who are on the right path under new boss Jens Keller. The club have climbed up into 16th place, two points from safety, after spending much of the season rooted to the bottom of the table.

Keller has done an excellent job as Ingolstadt boss so far and given their current form, they should be difficult to beat here. I’ll put my money on a draw this weekend.

SECOND PREDICTION: FIRST TEAM TO SCORE – ST. PAULI
St. Pauli have scored the opening goal in each of their last five home league fixtures. Have a punt on the home side to score first.

HEAD TO HEAD
The recent statistics in this head-to-head are surprisingly even with two wins each in their last four league meetings. However, St. Pauli have been victorious in their two most recent league clashes, winning 1-0 on both occasions.

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