Bundesliga Preview: St Pauli vs. Bayern Munich
Andries Jonker’s side will travel to Hamburg for their next Bundesliga fixture to face St Pauli at the Millerntor-Stadion on Saturday, May 7. Bayern Munich will be looking for a win to further strengthen their chances of UEFA Champions League qualification
with tough competition from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hannover-96-c39492.
The reverse fixture between the two sides resulted in a comfortable 3-0 win for the Bavarians with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Philipp-Lahm-c29929 and Franck Ribery finding the net.
St Pauli
The home side have had a disastrous season this term and are bottom of the Bundesliga with only 29 points. The club have most certainly been relegated to the second division with only two games left to play in the season.
Holger Stanislawski’s team have been in very poor form recently and have not won in their last ten games. They have lost four of the last five games played, drawing one. The Pirates of the League have lost nine games at home this season and have only four
wins at the Millerntor-Stadion.
Bayern Munich
The Munich giants have had a dismal season and have been without any silverware this term after winning the domestic double and reaching the final of the Champions League last season. They are currently in third place with 59 points behind the likes of Bayer
Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund.
The Bavarians have been in sensational form recently and are unbeaten in their last seven games, conceding only five goals in the process. Bayern currently occupy the final UEFA Champions League qualification berth and are only two points ahead of Hannover
96 with two games still to play.
Team News
St Pauli
The home side will be without winger Rouwen Hennings for this clash whereas defenders Moritz Volz and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bastian-Oczipka-c7372 are long-term absentees. The manager is expected to play a 4-2-3-1 formation, with top goal-scorer Gerald Asamoah playing the lone striker
role.
Bayern Munich
Bayern have no major injury concerns and are expected to play at full strength against the Hamburg opposition. Mario Gomez will start as the lone striker upfront with Thomas Muller playing just behind him in the second striker role. Franck Ribery and Arjen
Robben will provide the wing support.
Players to watch
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gerald-Asamoah-c14650
The vice-captain has been club's top goal scorer this season with six goals to his name. The striker will have to find the net if his side wishes to take home the three points.
Mario Gomez
The German International has had a phenomenal season with the Bavarians this term, scoring a sensational 35 goals in 43 appearances. He will be the most likely scorer when his side face the league bottom side in Hamburg on Saturday.
Prediction
Bayern have had a poor away record this season but their recent form has been brilliant. The home side will have no chance whatsoever to down Germany’s most successful club and Andries Jonker’s side will comfortably win the clash with a 4-0 score
line.
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