Eintracht Frankfurt vs St. Pauli

Eintracht Frankfurt, the hosts, are in pole position to qualify for the Champions League, but St Pauli can extend their Bundesliga stays with a Sunday victory at Deutsche Bank Park.

Currently in third place with 56 points, Eintracht Frankfurt drew 1-1 with mainz 05 last weekend and only two points from their remaining matches will secure a top four finish. Meanwhile, St Pauli, 31 points on the sea floor in 5th from bottom, has to win two of their last two assignments in order to stay out of the drop zone.

Eintracht Frankfurt registered their only shot on target at the 16th minute and it directly caused the opponent’s opening goal from a throw-in and the Eagles are now fourth in conceding set piece goals in the league averaging 14 to date.

Recent internally Dino Toppmoller, the Eintracht Frankfurt have shown strong defense, three consecutive clean-sheets, only allowing two goal out of the narrowly a five match.

The hosts managed a tight 1-0 victory in the league on January 11, but St Pauli failed to score any of their impressive five chances during the encounter.

While Toppmoller’s team has only won two from their last five games, they are also one-sided to defeat and have shared two results among a typically varied run of results.

In their last five home games Eintracht Frankfurt showed a lot of resilience winning four times and scoring 12 goals with only two when they kept the net completely quiet.

Stuttgart on May 3 defeated St Pauli 1-0 even though St Pauli missed an opportunity to score and had to play a man down from the 57th minute onwards.

Kiezkicker has only scored four goals in their last five games, but they have also only given up four goals during that time, making it difficult for them to create chances in the final third.

In the event that Heidenheim loses to Union Berlin on Saturday, manager Alexander Blessin's club would virtually guarantee their survival as they are five points ahead of the 16th-place team, who hold the relegation playoff berth.

With three draws and one victory in their last five games, St Pauli has only lost once.

The visitors have won one of their past two away games and are undefeated overall, although they have lost three of their previous four away games.