Union Berlin - FC St. Pauli

This encounter is a match between two traditional clubs in Germany with huge fan support. Both sides have excellent fans and they show it every weekend with their great support and also great atmosphere. This can be a very nice one to watch too. But also an important match for both because with a win both can get closer to the top. 

Union Berlin is known for their home strength and this is an advantage for them, to get such a good support the whole match even if they are down or lead. Their start was not very good with the home lose against Bochum but they turned things around and after this match they played better and better. The team looks much better as last season and they got a lot of good and experienced players to strength their squad a lot. They play more stable now also away from home what was the big disadvantage last season although they finished good. For this encounter Coach Neuhaus counts on the same lineup as he did in Frankfurt where they got a draw but showed the better style of play. Defender Eggimann returned last week and trained well, he started against FSV and has not problems also this trainings week. Therefore he plays again beside Schönheim. In central midfield no changes because with Özbek is Neuhaus alternative player out who got injured in home match against Düsseldorf where they showed their best performance so far. In this case Kreilach and Parensen plays today again. Last but not least the offense is the same also in home games with only one striker Nemec and Mattuschka behind him. After having success with this system they play it on and hope that they can bring the same good performance as against Fortuna. Not available are Jopek, Razeek and Özbek.

Although St. Pauli collected 8 Points so far it was not such good above all their play is very slow and they created to less, or if they created it was all missed. Of course they play stable in defensive but in offensive they have some problems, their scoring rate is very low. Nevertheless they have fast wings but they have not the man in the middle who is a real scorer not Verhoek and also not Nöthe. Coach Frontzeck tried both but maybe Verhoek could only showed his level against Bochum, the other matches was nothing and Nöthe in all matches. Against Dresden they won only due to a free kick from youngster Maier and had luck that they fall not behind but keeper Tschauner saved Dresden's penalty from Fiel. At this match Boll and Bartels were substitute with injuries but returned in the middle of the week to training. Therefore they are ready for this match and Coach Frontzeck can count on them. Although Boll had not his best day but should play from beginning on again, if Buchtmann is the second man beside him central or experienced Kringe is not out. All the other positions are the same as it seems more and more that Frontzeck has found his starting lineup after a few experiments in the past. Pauli miss Mohr, Schachten, Daube and Kalla.