Germany 2.Bundesliga St. Pauli Vs Furth
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St. Pauli Insider Soccer Info:
There was masses of good news on the personnel front for St. Pauli on Matchday 20 as Soren Gonther, Christopher Nothe and Sebastian Schachten all recovered from diverse ailments to be included within the squad to face Sandhausen.
That trio should all feature once more this weekend, but coach Ewald Lienen remains while not Markus Thorandt, Bernd Nehrig, Michael Gorlitz and Christopher Buchtmann, while Sebastian Maier remains doubtful.
Suspended: None
Doubtful: Maier (flu)
Injured/unavailable: Thorandt (knee), Buchtmann (knee), Nehrig (adductor), Gorlitz (knock)
Furth Insider Soccer Info:
Visitors Furth have a equally lengthy injury list to influence, as coach Frank Kramer remains deprived of Florian Mohr, Ilir Azemi and goalkeepers Tom Mickel and Mark Flekken, while ongoing knee hassle means Stephan Furstner could be a doubt.
On a more positive note, Stephan Schrock returns from suspension on and Ronny Philp and Goran Sukalo are on the market when each were unused substitutes on Matchday 20.
Suspended: None
Doubtful: Furstner (knee)
Injured/unavailable: Mohr (ligament), Azemi (broken ribs), Mickel (lower abdomen), George (knee), Flekken (knock)
Head to Head:
Furth are something of a bogey team for the hosts. In the 21 league matches contested to date St. Pauli have won just three times, compared to nine victories for Furth. St. Pauli have only ever won this fixture once at home (back in 1998), while Furth eased to a 3-0 win on Matchday 4 earlier this season.
Match Preview:
St. Pauli sank back to the underside of the 2.Bundesliga table following their goalless draw with Sandhausen on Matchday 20, however there have been encouraging signs for new coach Ewald Lienen to require from the encounter. His charges were aggressive in pressing high up the pitch and managed to carve out a variety of promising chances, solely for wayward finishing to spoil their hopes of victory.
Still, the very fact that St. Pauli kept a clean sheet - only their third this season and initial since Matchday nine - will have happy Lienen as he appearance to tighten up the league’s leakiest defence. The Hamburg-based facet have earned thirteen of their 17 points (W4 D1 L5) this season at home, therefore a come to the Millerntor Stadion in the week will be a welcome modification.
Without a win since Matchday 12, Furth’s slow descent into the lower third of the table continued last Friday with a 1:0 home defeat to Ingolstadt. The Clover Leaves were second best for the bulk of the game and were once again worryingly harmless in attack: this was the sixth consecutive league match in that they have failed to score.
Expect Away DNB (Draw No Bet)
