Arminia Bielefeld - FC St. Pauli

Both teams were already active in 1.Bundesliga and of course it is a dream to return sometimes. The team from Hamburg is very close to half time of the Season because they were third, with a win they can get back on this place. On the other side has Bielefeld managed the first home win for long time, since April exactly and they want more to climb up at the table and open the gap more to the last 3.

On of the key parts in Bielefeld's team is the defense, this part did a great job and conceded only 15 goals in 17 matches what is a good number above all as newcomer. In this category only Braunschweig has with 14 a better defensive. Normally this good stats is like a promotion candidate but they have one big negative thing and this is scoring goals. This is exactly what you need to get Points and this is to harmless from Bielefeld in all the 17 games so far. Maybe some changes in the future but at the moment they are running behind big. With only 15 goals scored they have one of the weakest offensive lines in the league, only bottom side 1860 had 14 before this Round.

Compared to the last game and the first home win Coach Meier does not change much. He counts on the same starting lineup which managed the win against KSC after coming from behind. Maybe Mast is out of the starting lineup due to weak performance in last game and Hemlein should replace him. He showed some good actions after he came in at half time against KSC.

Coach Lienen returns on his former working place, he was two times player from Arminia and also as Coach he worked there already. But he had not success as Coach and 2011 they were relegated. But for all the respect to his old club, he wants to win with St. Pauli and hold the pressure on the other teams above high. After playing long time against relegation last Season they have the change this Season to play for promotion. For this they need wins and this was not always the case lately.

It is no reason to changes anything on his starting lineup above all after winning 2-1 on "Betzenberg" which is a difficult place for every team. Normally you get hardly the Points there but the home strength form FCK is gone these days. He has almost all players available and therefore he can choose from a lot.