Alexander Blessin’s St. Pauli, who also coached Genoa in Italy, has had a truly sparkling start. The Hamburg club made its debut with a 3-3 draw against Borussia Dortmund, catching up thanks to a sensational comeback (3-3) in the final minutes of the game, and on the second day, it achieved a huge satisfaction by beating its historic rivals Hamburg (0-2) in the highly anticipated derby. It was a one-sided derby, in which the browns made the most of their greater experience, dominating from start to finish, even when they were not playing with a numerical advantage (Hamburg were down to ten men in the last quarter of an hour).
Augsburg, another team that, like St. Pauli, is aiming for a comfortable survival, did not get off to a bad start either. Before the break, the Bavarians made things difficult for their cousins Bayern Munich: trailing by three goals at the start of the second half, Sandro Wagner’s men took advantage of the German champions’ moment of relaxation and managed to get back into the game by scoring two goals in twenty minutes (2-3). However, it was not enough to avoid their first defeat of the season. In their previous two games, Augsburg had beaten Halle in the German Cup and snatched three crucial points away at Freiburg in their Bundesliga debut (1-3).
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The prediction
St. Pauli have never lost to Augsburg in front of their home crowd in official matches: last February, the Brown-Whites drew 1-1 in Hamburg after losing 3-1 in the first leg in Bavaria. Both teams have shown good form in August and are likely to produce a hard-fought match, with both sides looking for three points: we predict at least one goal per side. St. Pauli should at least avoid defeat.
Probable lineups for St. Pauli-Augsburg
ST. PAULI (3-4-1-2): Vasilj; Wahl, Smith, Dźwigała; Pyrka, Sands, Fujita, Oppie; Sinani; Hountondji, Pereira Lage.
AUGSBURG (3-1-4-2): Dahmen; Matsima, Gouweleeuw, Zesiger; Jakić; Wolf, Rieder, Massengo, Pedersen; Tietz, Saad.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-2