St. Pauli - Eintr. Braunschweig

St. Pauli to make home advantage count

TEAM NEWS

St. Pauli’s Ryo Miyaichi, Marc Hornschuh, Enver Cenk Sahin, Clemens Schoppenhauer and Christopher Buchtmann are still absent but are all working on their comebacks.

Braunschweig have Julius Biada out injured while Joseph Baffo has suffered a knee injury and is unavailable, too. The side are missing one more player in Steve Breitkreuz.

St. Pauli

Suspended: None

Doubtful: None

Injured/unavailable: Ryo Miyaichi (knee), Marc Hornschuh (back), Christopher Buchtmann (pubis), Enver Cenk Sahin (thigh), Clemens Schoppenhauer (shoulder)

Braunschweig

Suspended: None

Doubtful: None

Injured/unavailable: Joseph Baffo (knee); Julius Biada, Steve Breitkreuz (both unspecified)

MATCH PREVIEW

MAIN PREDICTION: HOME WIN

St. Pauli have arguably been one of the most inconsistent team in the 2. Bundesliga this season. In 2018, Markus Kauczinksi’s men have lost three, drawn one and won three of their seven league matches. The Hamburg outfit fell to a narrow 2-1 loss at Dusseldorf last Sunday, with the result leaving them in tenth spot with nine wins, seven draws and nine defeats. However, St. Pauli will almost certainly be a 2. Bundesliga club next season.

Braunschweig picked up three valuable points in their quest for survival on Sunday as they beta strong Regensburg 2-1 at the Eintracht Stadium. That vital win has lifted the side up to 12^th in the table, three points clear of the relegation zone. After a woeful start to their 2. Bundesliga campaign, Torsten Lieberknecht’s men have certainly turned their fortunes around with three wins, one draw and two defeats in their last six.

Despite their poor campaign so far, St. Pauli are unbeaten in their last two at Millerntor Stadium. In fact, they have lost only one of their last eight on home turf. Have a punt on St. Pauli to seal a victory this Saturday afternoon.

SECOND PREDICTION: CORRECT SCORE – 1-0

Three of St. Pauli’s last five wins against Braunschweig have been secured by a one-goal margin, with two of them 1-0 victories. One goal could be enough to nick this clash too and I’m siding with just a solitary goal to be notched by the hosts here.

HEAD TO HEAD

St. Pauli have won six and drawn one of their last eight meetings with Braunschweig across all competitions.