St. Pauli vs Union Berlin Prediction & Betting Tips (26 January)

For its return to the Bundesliga this season after long years of absence, Sankt Pauli has no other idea in mind than to validate its continuation as quickly as possible in order to establish itself permanently at the highest level. For the moment, the Hamburg-based club is slightly ahead of its objective since it is in 14th place in the ranking, 3 lengths ahead of the play-off, Heidenheim. The debut in 2025 was not very conclusive for the League Pirates who were quite logically dominated by Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 and Bochum 1-0. But last week, the promoted team carried out an excellent operation by winning against a direct competitor in the race to maintain themselves, Heidenheim 0-2. Union Berlin, for its part, is no longer the refreshing team to barely promoted to the Bundesliga which qualified for all European competitions.

It has now been a year and a half since the capital club fell into line and it must now above all ensure its place outside the red zone before hoping for anything else. Suffering for months now, the Iron Men had been beaten 3 times by Werder Bremen 4-1, Heidenheim 2-0 and Augsburg 0-2 before snatching their first success of 2025 last weekend at the home against Mainz 2-1. This success allowed them to regain a 6-point lead over the red zone.

There are still a lot of breakages to deplore at Sankt Pauli. Indeed, the replacement goalkeepers Burchert and Ahlers, the defenders Ritzka, Mets and Metcalfe, the midfielder Wagner, the substitute Zoller and the very interesting attacker Saad (2 goals, 2 assists in 6 games) are still not on their feet for this match. Already suspended last weekend, defender Dziwgala will have to serve a second match while central defender Eric Smith will pay an accumulation of yellow cards. Both scorers against Heidenheim last weekend, the interesting Eggestein and the striker on loan from Lens, Guilavogui scored their 3rd respective goal of the season. Striker Abdoulie Ceesay, who scored 13 goals in 15 games in the Estonian championship in the first part of the season, joined the club during the winter transfer window but has still not scored.

Suspended during the last two days, the winger Tom Rothe will be able to get back on the scoresheet this weekend. On the other hand, the doorman holder Ronnow and replacements Prtajin and Ogbemudia must still be patient in the infirmary. Against Mainz, striker Hollerbach scored his 4th goal of the season, thus confirming his status as the team's top scorer. Behind, the South Korean Jeong Wooyeong and the Dane Skov are still 2 achievements.

• Summary: FC St. Pauli is going head to head with 1. FC Union Berlin starting on 26 Jan 2025 at 16:30 UTC at Millerntor-Stadion stadium, Hamburg - St. Pauli city, Germany. The match is a part of the Bundesliga .
• St. Pauli Feedinco Rating: 6.81
• Union Berlin Feedinco Rating: 6.81