Heidenheim vs St Pauli Preview: Team News & Prediction
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Heidenheim are struggling in the Bundesliga this season as they begin the weekend just outside of the bottom three and the relegation playoff place ahead of facing fellow strugglers St Pauli, who are looking to stave off a bottom three finish.
Kick-off date/time: Saturday 18th January, 2025: UK – 2:30pm / US ET – 9:30am / US PT – 6:30am
How to watch on TV: UK – Not televised / US – Some matches will be televised on ESPN channels so it is worth checking their schedules
How to watch online: UK – Cannot be streamed / US – ESPN+
Heidenheim Team News: A few injuries
Heidenheim welcome St Pauli this weekend with a few key injury issues as midfielder Lennard Maloney is sidelined alongside forward Mathias Honsak, dealing with a strain.
As well as both Maloney and Honsak being unavailable for this one, Jonas Fohrenbach is also sidelined alongside both Niklas Dorsch and Denis Thomalla.
Predicted XI (4-4-2): Muller; Traore, Mainka, Gimber, Wanner, Scienza, Schoppner, Kratzig; Pieringer, Zivzivadze
Unavailable: Fohrenbach (Injured), Dorsch (Injured), Maloney (Injured), Thomalla (Injured), Honsak (Injured)
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St Pauli Team News: Eggestein illness
Key attacker Johannes Eggestein is expected to be missing for this weekend’s visit to Heidenheim as he battles with illness and he is sidelined alongside many others.
Estonia international centre-back Karol Mets remains unavailable alongside the likes of Ronny Seibt, Lars Ritzka, Robert Wagner, Connor Metcalfe and Elias Saad.
Predicted XI (3-4-3): Vasilj; Wahl, Smith, Nemeth; Saliakas, Irvine, Boukhalfa, Treu; Guilavogui, Sinani, Afolayan
Unavailable: Seibt (Injured), Mets (Injured), Dzwigala (Suspended), Ritzka (Injured), Wagner (Injured), Metcalfe (Injured), Saad (Injured), Eggestein (Illness)
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Heidenheim vs St Pauli Prediction
After qualifying for the UEFA Europa Conference League last season with a remarkable campaign, Heidenheim have struggled throughout the season. The hosts do, though, come into this one on the back of a positive restart as they cruised to a comfortable 2-0 defeat of Union Berlin last weekend before a thrilling 3-3 draw with Werder Bremen in midweek. They now face a St Pauli side that, under the management of Alexander Blessin, try and play an exciting counter-attacking style of football but their matches are often low-scoring. Given that, under 3.5 goals seems very likely for this one.
Heidenheim vs St Pauli Tip: Under 3.5 goals
