Very familiar faces

Preview of the FC St. Pauli friendly

Romano Schmid featured in the last friendly vs. Pauli (Photo: nordphoto).
preliminary report
Thursday, 12.11.2020 / 17:47

“It’s time to face @werderbremen_en again,” tweeted FC St. Pauli last week to announce the third friendly between the two sides in the past two and-a-half months. This time, the game will be played on Friday, 13th November at 14:00 CET at Werder’s ‘Platz 11’ behind closed doors. Fans can however watch the game live on YouTube.

The squad: Ludwig Augustinsson completed parts of team training on Wednesday, but is a doubt to face Pauli. The same can be said for Felix Agu, who has now left self-isolation and has only been training individually. Maximilian Eggestein (thigh), Milos Veljkovic (adductor), Davie Selke (rejoining training next week) and Niclas Füllkrug (rehabilitation) – as well as Pavlenka and Mbom who are with their national sides – will all miss Friday’s game. All other Werder players are available to pick up some minutes in the friendly.

Take no risks

The last meetings: SV Werder beat FC St. Pauli 1-0 in Lohne at the end of August during pre-season. Kohfeldt’s side also won the last friendly meeting on 7th October 2020 4-1, with Tahith Chong scoring a brace.

The opponents: Now both sides’ league campaigns are well underway, there are early indications of how their seasons will go. Werder can be satisfied with 10 points from seven games and ninth place, while Pauli are without a win in five games and lost 3-0 last time out at home to Karlsruhe. The Hamburg-based side are second bottom in Bundesliga 2, although they do have seven points, meaning they are just two points adrift of mid-table.

The head coach on the game: “We are looking forward to facing St. Pauli. It’s obviously a bit strange to be playing them for a third time in such a short period, but it makes sense to face a local side due to corona. We don’t to take any unnecessary risks in this regard. It’s sensible and like any friendly, we want to use it to build some momentum and give a few players some match practice. We will try a few things out, so the result won’t be the most important thing, however we still want a solid performance.”

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