St Pauli vs Stuttgart Preview: Team News & Prediction
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St Pauli have performed above expectation following promotion last season and they can secure safety this weekend as they take on a frustrated Stuttgart side in Hamburg this week.
Kick-off date/time: Saturday 3rd March, 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+
St Pauli Preview: Staving off the drop
Having gained promotion to the top-flight of German football last season under the management of Fabian Hurzeler, St Pauli lost their manager to Brighton and Hove Albion but replaced him well with former Royale Union Saint-Gilloise boss Alexander Blessin.
Blessin is now being linked with a move to West Bromwich Albion but the hosts have done very well this season as they begin the final three games of the 2024/25 Bundesliga season sitting six points clear of the bottom three and the danger zone.
Stuttgart Preview: Entertaining but frustrated
Stuttgart avoided relegation in the 2022/23 season via the end of season playoff before then propelling themselves to runners’ up in the Bundesliga last season. This time around, following the sale of several key players, they have regressed back into the middle-of-the-table.
The visitors, with Sebastian Hoeness at the helm, do have a chance to qualify for Europe this season with the upcoming DFB-Pokal final against third-tier Arminia Bielefeld last month and they do appear to be fully focused on that rather than the Bundesliga.
St Pauli Team News: Metcalfe suspended
St Pauli will be without midfielder Connor Metcalfe due to suspension after his red card last weekend, whilst Karol Mets, James Sands and Jackson Irvine are all missing through injury.
Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Vasilj; Nemeth, Wahl, Van Der Heyden; Saliakas, Boukhalfa, Smith, Treu; Weisshaupt, Guilavogui; Sinani
Unavailable: Mets (Injured), Sands (Injured), Irvine (Injured), Metcalfe (Suspended)
Questionable:
Stuttgart Team News: Several doubts
Ahead of their trip to the Millerntor, Stuttgart have several injury doubts for this one such as Dan-Axel Zagadou, Nikolas Nartey, Josha Vagnoman and Atalanta loanee El Bilal Toure.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Neubel; Stergiou, Jeltsch, Chabot, Mittelstadt; Karazor, Stiller; Rieder, Undav, Fuhrich; Demirovic
Unavailable: Millot (Injured), Raimund (Injured)
Questionable: Chase (Injured), Zagadou (Injured), Nartey (Injured), Vagnoman (Injured), Diehl (Injured), Toure (Injured)
St Pauli vs Stuttgart Prediction
St Pauli have been defensively rigid and difficult to play against throughout the campaign as they edge towards safety with the 26 goals that they have scored so far being comfortably the lowest total in the division. They now face a Stuttgart side that have been entertaining throughout the campaign with their 31 games consisting of 107 goals. It is a clash of styles but also a clash of motivation with St Pauli looking to secure top-flight status and Stuttgart seemingly already preparing for the cup final.
St Pauli vs Stuttgart Tip: Double chance – St Pauli to win or draw
