Erzgebirge Aue - FC St. Pauli

Last Round of the first half of the season and one of the matches take place in Aue this friday evening. Both teams Aue and St. Pauli can be very satisfied with the outcome so far but of course both aiming for more. Aue on place twelve with 20 Points is only 3 away from red zone while St. Pauli is very close to the top but suffered a hard defeat to Colonge with 0-3 last weekend. With a win they can hold the pressure high on the teams above but Aue gives the points not easy away as they are very strong at home and they need points as well against relegation trouble.

After the 2-6 defeat to Fürth some weeks ago Aue did very well and they could collect 5 points out of the last 3 matches what was very important for them to keep away from the drop zone. Nevertheless they are only three points away as mentioned above and it would be very important for them to get the next three points here. This means a win must be against St. Pauli that they can celebrate a good end of the year and have not immediately the pressure after the winter break, or remaining games this year. Coach Götz is expected to nearly bring the same lineup from the last match in Paderborn. He must only replace the yellow locked Fabian Müller, likely Novikova comes in and plays from beginning after a long injury time. He played already some minutes last weekend and scored the equalizer for Aue. Also it is not impossible that Sylvestr replace Okoronkwo in attack as well.  

Even St. Pauli Coach Vrabec, who suffered his first loss after two wins is also forced through suspension to a change. Sören Gonther was sent off and he is suspended now what gives Florian Mohr the chance to start in central back alongside Markus Thorandt. In addition it can be assumed that Vrabec returns to the previously successful 4-4-2 after surprising with a 4-1-4-1 tactic against Cologne. This tactical change should also have some personnel news as well. Therefore Kringe can play a central role in midfield again while Lennart Thy must on bench. Also Fin Bartels moving back in attack and support Christopher Nöthe there. With all this changes back to normal St. Pauli hopes to get back on the winning way after doing very well before the loss to Cologne.