St Pauli vs Fortuna Dusseldorf Predictions

• St Pauli beat Fortuna 2-1 on Saturday
• Fortuna have lost four of their five league meetings with sides above them
• The hosts are unbeaten in the league this term

St Pauli to continue brilliant campaign

Tuesday pits together two sides from Germany’s second tier as they chase a spot in the semi-finals of the DFB Pokal. Hosts St Pauli top the 2. Bundesliga, going unbeaten through their first 19 games of the campaign.

The home side were 2-1 winners away to Fortuna Dusseldorf at the weekend, opening up an eight-point gap between these two. That was a fourth loss in five meetings with the teams above them in the league this term for Fortuna, who have struggled against quality opposition.

The visitors have picked up 23 of their 31 points so far against sides in the bottom half, managing only two wins from nine meetings with teams in the top nine. Fortuna have also gone off the boil of late, winning just once across their last four in the league.

Fortuna are leaking too many goals at the minute and they were put to the sword by Marcel Hartel at the weekend. St Pauli’s top scorer scored a brace in Saturday’s 2-1 win, which has taken him to 11 goals for the season and he has hit four across his last three appearances. Hartel has also scored in each of his last three cup appearances this season, so back him to prove the difference when these two renew rivalries.