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The first matchday of the 2019/20 season in the 2nd Bundesliga will be concluded on Monday evening in the Schüco Arena: The DSC Arminia Bielefeld receives the FC St. Pauli. With 31 points from 16 games Bielefeld are in the calendar year 2019 so far the best team in the 2nd Bundesliga. Of course, the armies want to build on this success in the new season and go into the season with a barely changed squad. The club relies mainly on coach Uwe Neuhaus, who has brought the success back to East Westphalia.
By contrast, there is chaos at FC St. Pauli. The coach sounded the alarm because of the transfer policy of the association and also the fans can not understand the reluctance of those responsible in the transfer market. In addition, the hospital is well filled again. Before the match Bielefeld vs. St. Pauli certainly speak the odds of bookmakers for the hosts, but not as clearly as one might expect.
Bielefeld:
The Arminia is in its fifth league season in a row. As second-best team in the second half of the season, the Bielefeld team managed a good seventh place at the end of the 2018/19 season, eight points behind the first promotion place. After the first round, the DSC was still in 14th place, only six points ahead of the first relegation place, confessed. With the change of coach in December 2018 from Jeff Saibene to Uwe Neuhaus the success returned. In the second half of 2018/19 Bielefeld scored the third most goals (31) and let the seventh (24) to. The coach has not only earned a lot of points with the team, but has also made some playful progress. The crew radiates safety and stability. The coach usually lets the armies play in the offensive 4-3-3. The team of the preseason remained largely together.
With Julian Börner (Sheffield Wednesday) you had to pull only a regular force. The central defender will be replaced by Joakim Nilsson (IF Elfsborg). In offensive came Cebio Soukou (Hansa Rostock). However, the Benin national player completed the Africa Cup for his country and entered training only a few days ago.
In the preparation of the DSC played five friendly matches: 4: 0 against FK Jablonec, 2: 0 against Uerdingen, 2: 2 against Norwich City, 2: 3 against Barnsley and 2: 1 against Verl. In the club and in the environment a sense of departure is palpable , In the offensive, the armies hope again for Fabian Klos and Andreas Voglsammer. Both came together in the preseason on 30 goals and 18 assists.
St. Pauli:
While Bielefeld is full of anticipation and euphoria for the coming season, little is to be felt in the neighborhood. So far only three newcomers have come to Hamburg: Leo Östigard (Brighton & Hove Albion), Boris Tashchy (MSV Duisburg) and Rico Benatelli (Dynamo Dresden). However, with Alex Meier, Sami Allagui (Royal Mouscron), Jeremy Dudziak (HSV), Richard Neudecker (Venlo) and Justin Hoogma (Hoffenheim) numerous important players left the club.
The list of injuries is long again. Currently, Dimitrios Diamantakos is the only healthy striker. Coach Jos Luhukay sounded the alarm in the training camp. Luhukay took over the team six weeks before the end of the season. Shortly before, sporting director Uwe Stöver and coach Markus Kauczinski were dismissed. With the new coach, the Hamburg after a good first round and a subsequent intermediate low, actually wanted to intervene once again in the promotion race.
Directed by the new coach, however, there was only one victory in six games. So Pauli finished the season in 9th place. In preparation for the new season, the Kiezkicker completed seven friendly matches: 1: 2 against NY Cosmos, 2: 0 against Buffalo, 3: 3 against Teutonia Hamburg, 3: 0 against Ingolstadt, 2: 3 against Wattens, 1-0 against Weiche Flensburg and 1-1 against Heerenveen. The mood among the fans is very critical, because you as an outsider, the personnel policy can not understand.
The new additions Tashchy and Benatelli are missing due to injury. Also Henk Veerman and Philipp Ziereis can play again at the earliest in the autumn. On Thursday evening, after Leo Östigard short term, the second lending business with Brighton & Hove Albion to announce: The Swedish international Viktor Gyokkeres should help to fix the trouble. Whether the newcomer can already be in the squad on Monday is not yet clear.
Arminia Bielefeld vs St. Pauli head to head matches
14.04.19 2BUN St. Pauli Arminia Bielefeld 1 : 1
04.11.18 2BUN Arminia Bielefeld St. Pauli 1 : 2
06.05.18 2BUN St. Pauli Arminia Bielefeld 1 : 0
01.12.17 2BUN Arminia Bielefeld St. Pauli 5 : 0
19.02.17 2BUN Arminia Bielefeld St. Pauli 1 : 1