SC Paderborn - FC St. Pauli

One of the surprise teams this Season coming from Hamburg with FC St. Pauli, they were very close to be relegated last Season but this one they are doing really well and with 17 Points out of 8 matches they are third right now. They want to be on top for longer, of course but for this they need results also today. It can be a hard match against a team who was relegated form Bundesliga but have not found the right balance till now and stuck at the bottom now. With only 6 Points they need immediately Points to get not in danger more and more.

The hope was there above all after the 2-0 home win to KSC but some days later it was the same disaster as always and they lost 0-3 to Fürth. This was their 6 defeat this Season what allow not much to dream and it is the same amount as bottom team MSV. Nevertheless Gellhaus searching for excuses for this defeat but it is not the best way and all their negative attitude above all from the Press  carry not to better results. It may can be an important match for Coach Gellhaus because the pressure is very high on him as mentioned above. He has not the best standing and he has to deliver now.
The personal can be different to Fürth as he has mentioned something that he changes some but the tactic from 4-2-3-1 is the same as always. Sure maybe are keeper Kruse, central back with Hoheneder and Wahl and in central midfield Kirch and captain Bakalorz, but all the other positions are maybe open. On the left back wing can maybe Brücker play for Hartherz and on the offensive wing is Vucinovic an option instead of Koc. The intern suspended Stoppelkamp is not the in the squad again. In attack he has a lot of players for one position. Lakic is back from injury and ready, also Saglik is an option there where both put some pressure on position holder Proschwitz. It is all about statistic, Saglik played 5 times against his former club Pauli and he lost none of them 4-1-0 and scored 5 goals in these games, maybe a good sign to put him in as he should be motived of course.

After the international break St. Pauli is unbeaten and also kept 3 times a clean sheet what speaks for them at the moment and their good shape. They won to MSV 2-0 and Heidenheim 1-0 at home these days and in Braunscchweig they got a goalless draw two weeks ago. They are very pleased with the outcome so far but Coach Lienen warned already and he was looking forward to the upcoming matches. They have to work hard and not to dream from anything what they have not reached. He expects a very dangerous and hard match against Paderborn and demand the right attitude from his team.
Compared to the match on wednesday he has to changes his team. Central midfield player Alushi got injured and is out for this game, Buchtmann replaced him already against Heidenheim what speaks for him today again. Also in offensive part they change because with Dudziak returns a good and quick player. All the other positions remain unchanged and are the same as against Heidenheim. This means that Kalla who returns into the squad sit on bench first. The other guys Nehrig, Gonther and Miyaichi are still out injured.