St. Pauli vs Heidenheim Prediction & Betting Tips (25 August)

After very long years of absence, Sankt Pauli finally made its return to the elite of German football which it left in 2011 after only one short season. This year, the Hamburg-based club will try to establish itself permanently at the highest level and become one of the major teams in this first division across the Rhine. Supported by their formidable audience, the newly promoted team won the 2.Bundesliga title last year, finishing a small point ahead of Holstein Kiel. And they negotiated their summer friendly matches well, winning against Lyon 1-0, Norwich 1-3 and Atalanta 3-0 in particular. The League Pirates, on the other hand, had to go through extra time to defeat FC Hallescher last week in the first round of the German Cup 2-3 AP.

For their part, FC Heidenheim were in the same situation as is currently his opponent of the day last year. And the least we can say is that this team has perfectly succeeded in its integration into the Bundesliga by securing the final 8th place in the ranking which allows it to compete in the Conference League play-offs against Häcken which it faces Thursday. Just like the promoted ones, the FCH showed itself to its advantage this summer by stringing together friendly victories. The visitors dominated Parma 1-0, Aris Limassol 2-1 and Espanyol Barcelona 2-1 before outclassing Villingen 0-4 in the German Cup last week.

Despite the rise, several important elements of this St. Pauli team have set sail like winger Da Silva Moreira (Nottingham Forest) and especially Hartel (17 goals, 12 assists, St-Louis City) who was by far the best element of this training. The solid Kemlein returned to the side of Union Berlin to which he belonged. On the other hand, the promoted players were strengthened with the arrivals of full-back Stevens (Brentford), midfielder Wagner (Fribourg, loan), and wingers Banks (Crystal Palace) and Guilavogui (Lens, loan). The precious Irvine (6 goals, 9 assists), Eggestein (9 goals, 4 assists), Afolayan (9 goals, 3 assists) and Saad (7 goals) are still present.

Author of 8 goals and 11 assists on his side left last year, the excellent full-back Beste logically attracted attention and he took charge of Benfica this summer. In addition to this, center forward Kleindienst (12 goals, 3 assists) joined Borussia Mönchengladbach and the very good Dinkçi (10 goals, 4 assists) returned to Werder Bremen after his loan period. Also, the entire offensive sector of this team has been modified and recruits like Kaufmann (Union Berlin), Conteh (Paderborn), Scienza (Ulm) and Honsak (Darsmtadt) will have the heavy responsibility of taking over. Also note the arrivals in the heart of the game of Niehues (Kaiserslautern) and Kerber (Saarbrücken).