St. Pauli vs Freiburg Preview: Team News & Prediction
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Freiburg are looking to make it three league wins in a row against St. Pauli, who stunned them by claiming victory in the reverse fixture.
Kick-off date/time: Saturday February 15th 2025: – UK – 2:30pm / US ET – 9:30am / US PT – 6:30am
How to watch on TV: UK – Sky Sports / US – Some matches will be televised on ESPN channels so it is worth checking their schedules
How to watch online: UK – Sky Go / US – ESPN+
St. Pauli Team News: Guilavogui latest on injury list
With Guilavogui now on the treatment table with a wrist injury, it offers a route into the starting line-up for Elias Saad, who should play as part of the front three alongside Eggestein and most likely Oladapo Afolayan. The hosts remain without several players through various injuries.
Predicted XI (3-4-3): Vasilj; Wahl, Smith, Nemeth; Treu, Irvine, Sands, Van der Heyden; Saad, Eggestein, Afolayan
Unavailable: Ahlers (Injured), Burchert (Injured), Guilavogui (Injured), Metcalfe (Injured), Mets (Injured), Saliakas (Injured), Wagner (Injured), Zoller (Injured)
Questionable:
Freiburg Team News: Muslija could miss out
A call will have to be made regarding midfielder Florent Muslija, who is suffering from an ankle injury and faces a late fitness test. Illness rules out Kubler, whilst Kyereh and Ogbus are out with knee and achilles issues respectively.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Atubolu; Sildillia, Ginter, Lienhart, Gunter; Eggestein, Hofler; Doan, Rohl, Grifo; Gregoritsch
Unavailable: Kubler (Illness), Kyereh (Injured), Ogbus (Injured)
Questionable: Muslija (Injured)
St. Pauli vs Freiburg Prediction
Now that Freiburg are back inside the European places, they need to try and stay there and that means continuing to win if possible. Following back-to-back victories in the league, Freiburg are riding high when it comes to momentum and with a strong squad at the disposal of Julian Schuster, that bodes well for the visitors heading into this game.
St Pauli won’t forget their win at Freiburg in a hurry, their first league victory since promotion to the Bundesliga after having suffered a nightmare start to their top flight campaign. Whilst they face a big challenge to shut out the visitors when taking into account the quality of Freiburg’s disposal going forward, St. Pauli at home should pose a significant goalscoring threat themselves and it does appear a shrewd move to back both teams to score.
St. Pauli vs Freiburg Tip: Both teams to score
