FC St. Pauli - TSV 1860 München

Here meet two teams each other who had a very bad start into the season and no one has expected this but things are going not their way at the moment by both. Although St. Pauli could collect 4 Points so far the management was not very pleased about and their reaction was to suck Coach Vrabec. Therefore St. Pauli want to start absolutely new today with a new Coach on bench. Ok, Meggle is known in Pauli as he was a former player and he was very popular by fans. Maybe this can help him here a bit but if success arrive not soon he is the first person who must go again. On the other side 1860 is winless this season and they have only 2 points on their side although they spoke from promotion aim. This was maybe a bit to much and the steps to this are to big for the team from Munich at them moment. They do very hard in the past, create less, playing slow and have a shake defensive line. If Coach Moniz does not find the right balance today and the next defeat happens, it is is obvious that he is the next one who is fired.

New man on the bench Meggle came from the U23 team and he knows all at the Pauli. The experience is on his side as well as he knows the mentality and all the things in and around St. Pauli. But his debut is not an easy one, first with a hard opponent who comes winless and also he has to replace some missing players above all in defensive he must change or think how he can build up the right balance there with the players he has available. With Sobiech, Schachten, Halstenberg, Nehrig and Gonther he miss a lot for this part. This is almost the whole defensive line who starts normally. He can count now on Kalla, Thorandt, Ziereis and Buballa for defensive line today. Not many alternatives left but behind Ziereis and Kalla was a small question mark on saturday afternoon. In central midfield he count on Alushi and Buchtmann, both should try to get more idea in their offensive play and give the defensive line more stability. In offensive it should be all the same as in the past, Budimir and Nöthe up front while Rzatkowski plays on the wing and on the other side Görlitz and Maier fight for the last place in starting lineup but both could not convince this season so far. But it is also clear that they got an additional boost with the new coach, therefore all is possible now.

After a disappointing start from 1860 Coach Moniz has not many chances left and he must deliver results now. He was thinking a lot and at the national break he try to find some way to get more stability in his team and also some more offensive creativity. In the first matches they practice with 4-3-3 but now he wants to chance to a more compact system 4-4-2. He trained it already in the break and this can be that they use it the first time today. But this is not the only change, also personal wise he try to find the right mix. Therefore he change back to the old defensive line from last season with Volz and Wojtkowiak on the wings and central Bülow and Schindler while Kagelmacher who was very weak in all his matches and maybe key in defensive for all the bad actions is on bench today. Up front they are playing almost the same as in the past. Wings with Sanchez and Bedia, central Stark and on 10 Leonardo while Okotie and Rodri is expected as striker duo.