St. Pauli - Greuther Fürth

St. Pauli to seal routine home win this weekend

TEAM NEWS

St. Pauli's Marc Hornschuh, Richard Neudecker, Christopher Buchtmann, Marvin Knoll and Daniel Buballa are all injured and will not be available.

Greuther Furth's Yosuke Ideguchi and Daniel Steininger won't feature because of injury. Both Maximilian Wittek and Maximilian Sauer are suspended.

St. Pauli

Suspended: None

Doubtful: None

Injured/unavailable: Marc Hornschuh (spinal disc); Marvin Knoll, Christopher Buchtmann (both pulled muscle); Richard Neudecker, Daniel Buballa (both calf)

Greuther Furth

Suspended: Maximilian Wittek, Maximilian Sauer

Doubtful: None

Injured/unavailable: Yosuke Ideguchi, Daniel Steininger (both knee)

MATCH PREVIEW

MAIN PREDICTION: HOME WIN

St. Pauli are a team in outstanding form, having won six, drawn four and lost only one of their last 11 matches in the league. After falling to a controversial 1-0 defeat against Holstein Kiel at Millerntor in late October, St. Pauli have struck back with three draws and two wins over the course of the last six weeks, including a 3-1 victory away at Bochum in round 16. Sitting in fourth, St. Pauli are now level on points with third placed Union Berlin and are in the race for the promotion/relegation playoff spot. 

Greuther Furth have lost three of their last four league matches, claiming just one win – a 3-2 victory over lowly Magdeburg – during that time. As if that wasn't enough, their leaky defence will give coach Damir Buric further headaches: His men have conceded four or more goals in each of those three defeats, or 13 combined. In contrast, Furth had shipped only 16 goals in their first 12 league matches. The side fell to a devastating 5-0 home loss against Aue last weekend. They went into half time 1-0 down but collapsed in the second half, conceding four times.

Greuther Furth go into this one on the back of a terrible run while St. Pauli are one of the league's in-form sides. They should be able to claim the three points against the struggling visitors in this one.

SECOND PREDICTION: FIRST TEAM TO SCORE – ST. PAULI

St. Pauli have scored the opening goal in their last three league outings and will surely break the deadlock in this clash, too.

HEAD TO HEAD

Greuther Furth have won just once in their last six league meetings with St. Pauli, losing four times and drawing once.