The Bundesliga 2 fixture at BBBank Wildpark on Saturday sees home side Karlsruhe play against St. Pauli, and we have the latest injury news and predicted line ups to hand.
Karlsruhe head into this match following a 0-0 Bundesliga 2 drawn match vs Schalke. We are thinking that Karlsruhe will probably kick off with a 4-1-2-3 system for the game, handing starts to Patrick Drewes, Sebastian Jung, Marcel Franke, Marcel Beifus, David Herold, Jerome Gondorf, Leon Jensen, Marvin Wanitzek, Igor Matanovic, Paul Nebel and Budu Zivzivadze.
Robin Bormuth, Efe Kaan Sihlaroglu, Daniel O'Shaughnessy, Eren Öztürk and Tim Rossmann aren’t available for Karlsruher gaffer Christian Eichner.
How Karlsruhe might line up to take on St. Pauli
St. Pauli will go into this clash following a 2-1 Bundesliga 2 win to beat SC Paderborn 07 in their most recent outing. There’s a good chance that St. Pauli could decide to elect for a 3-4-3 lineup, starting the game with Nikola Vasilj, Adam Dzwigala, Hauke Wahl, Karol Mets, Manolis Saliakas, Jackson Irvine, Marcel Hartel, Lars Ritzka, Connor Metcalfe, Johannes Eggestein and Etienne Amenyido.
St. Pauli manager Fabian Hürzeler has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Oladapo Afolayan (Ligament injury), Simon Zoller (Hamstring injury), Sören Ahlers (unknown injury) and Scott Banks (Cruciate ligament tear) miss out here. Ineligible players who cannot play in this game through suspension are Connor Metcalfe and Eric Smith.
Possible St. Pauli Starting XI
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