Schalke meet the visiting St. Pauli at Veltins-Arena in the Bundesliga 2 clash on Friday. We have the latest player updates and predicted teams line ups.
Schalke will be looking for an improved result here following a 3-0 Bundesliga 2 losing effort in their last game against Magdeburg. It’s our opinion that Schalke should line up in a 4-4-2 system for the game with Marius Müller, Cedric Brunner, Tomas Kalas, Marcin Kaminski, Thomas Ouwejan, Darko Churlinov, Paul Seguin, Ron Schallenberg, Blendi Idrizi, Timo Baumgartl and Kenan Karaman.
Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just the lone fitness concern for the Schalke manager Karel Geraerts to be concerned with from an otherwise complete group of players. Leo Greiml is sidelined.
How Schalke might line up to take on St. Pauli
St. Pauli go into this meeting after a 3-4 Bundesliga 2 win against Holstein Kiel in their most recent match. We are inclined to think that St. Pauli will likely elect for a 4-5-1 formation, giving starts to Nikola Vasilj, Manolis Saliakas, Hauke Wahl, Karol Mets, Philipp Treu, Connor Metcalfe, Jackson Irvine, Eric Smith, Marcel Hartel, Aljoscha Kemlein and Oladapo Afolayan.
St. Pauli manager Fabian Hürzeler has to currently contend with reduced team options. Sören Ahlers (unknown injury) and Scott Banks (Cruciate ligament tear) are those who can’t be considered.
Possible St. Pauli Starting XI
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