St Pauli vs Eintracht Frankfurt Preview: Team News & Prediction
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St Pauli, back in the Bundesliga, have shown they can be competitive and stay up this season as they welcome high flying Eintracht Frankfurt to Hamburg for the restart of the Bundesliga.
Kick-off date/time: Saturday 11th January, 2025: UK – 2:30pm / US ET – 9:30am / US PT – 6:30am
How to watch on TV: UK – Not televised / US – Some matches will be televised on ESPN channels so it is worth checking their schedules
How to watch online: UK – Cannot be streamed / US – ESPN+
St Pauli Preview: The spirit of St Pauli
Despite the departure of Fabian Hurzeler to Brighton and Hove Albion over the summer, St Pauli have performed well and competitively in the Bundesliga following the appointment of former Royale Union Saint-Gilloise coach Alexander Blessin.
The Hamburg-based club went into the Bundesliga winter break on the back of a slender and surprising 1-0 defeat of Stuttgart at the MHPArena a few weeks ago with a 21st minute winner scored by Johannes Eggestein.
Eintracht Frankfurt Preview: Rediscovering their form
Under the management of Dino Toppmoller, Eintracht Frankfurt have enjoyed an impressive start to the Bundesliga campaign as they challenge for UEFA Champions League qualification but they began to regress to the mean ahead of the winter break.
Frankfurt come into this one on the back of a five-match winless run of form across all competitions as they headed into the winter break on the back of back-to-back defeats against RB Leipzig and then Mainz.
St Pauli Team News: Several doubts
St Pauli have an unusually deep squad for a newly-promoted side and they need that as they are dealing with several injury doubts for this one such as Karol Mets, Eric Smith, Connor Metcalfe and Morgan Guilavogui.
Predicted XI (3-4-3): Vasilj; Nemeth, Wahl, Ritzka; Saliakas, Irvine, Boukhalfa, Treu; Guilavogui, Eggestein, Afolayan
Unavailable: Seibt (Injured)
Questionable: Voll (Injured), Mets (Injured), Ritzka (Injured), Smith (Injured), Wagner (Injured), Metcalfe (Injured), Saad (Injured), Guilavogui (Injured)
Eintracht Frankfurt Team News: A bit of illness
Despite links with Manchester City, Egypt international Omar Marmoush is expected to be involved this weekend. Frankfurt are dealing with a bit of illness in the camp with both Kevin Trapp and Eric Junior Dina Ebimbe doubtful.
Predicted XI (3-5-2): Santos; Kristensen, Koch, Theate; Collins, Hojlund, Skhiri, Brown, Chaibi; Ekitike, Marmoush
Unavailable: Amenda (Injured), Loune (Injured)
Questionable: Trapp (Illness), Tuta (Injured), Dina Ebimbe (Illness), Wenig (Injured)
St Pauli vs Eintracht Frankfurt Prediction
St Pauli have some entertaining and exciting players, such as Dapo Afolayan and Johannes Eggestein, but their style of football is a little more possession-based and controlled than the counter-attacking characteristics of their personnel would suggest. They face a Frankfurt side that have an abundance of attacking options and that could lead to a more open game at Millerntor so both teams scoring would appear a good bet for this one.
St Pauli vs Eintracht Frankfurt Tip: Both teams to score
