All square in this important match for both
TEAM NEWS
Rouven Sattelmaier, Max Grun and Selim Gunduz remain on the sidelines at Darmstadt through injury. Moreover they lost captain Aytac Sulu who left the club while Soren Bertram signed a contract at Bollenfalltor during the winter-transfer-window.
St. Pauli signed former Frankfurt hero Alexander Meier while midfield player Bernd Nehrig left the club. With Philipp Ziereis and Henk Veerman they will miss two important players with knee injuries for the rest of the season.
Darmstadt
Suspended: None
Doubtful: None
Injured/unavailable: Rouven Sattelmaier, Selim Gunduz (both knee); Max Grun (elbow)
St. Pauli
Suspended: None
Doubtful: None
Injured/unavailable: Philipp Ziereis, Henk Veerman (both knee)
MATCH PREVIEW
MAIN PREDICTION: DRAW
Darmstadt fell to a very disappointing 6-2 defeat on the road to Paderborn before the break, falling to recover from going a goal down early on. The Lilian are now winless in six league matches having drawn two and lost four in recent weeks. Darmstadt have had a mixed bag of results this campaign, winning only five, drawing four and losing nine of their 18 league outings.
St. Pauli have been scoring for fun before the break, netting an incredible nine goals in their last three league games. In the process, St. Pauli have taken 15 points from the last 21 on offer since losing 1-0 at home to Holstein Kiel back in late October. Since middle of September, St. Pauli have lost only one of their 13 league fixtures, won eight and drawing four of those matches. Last years 4-1 home win against Magdeburg has put them just three points adrift of their leaders and City-rival Hamburg.
Both teams in different regions of the table are in need of a good start but I see both to cancel each other out and we can expect a draw here. Therefore take a punt on this to end in a draw.
SECOND PREDICTION: FIRST TEAM TO SCORE - DARMSTADT
Darmstadt have scored first in both home league meetings with St. Pauli recently. Back the home side to score the opening goal in this one, too.
HEAD TO HEAD
Darmstadst are unbeaten in six home league meetings with St. Pauli, winning four and drawing two.
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