St Pauli vs Holstein Kiel Predictions

• St Pauli beat Kiel twice last season.
• St Pauli are three points above the visitors.
• Kiel have eight defeats in 11 Bundesliga games.

Promoted pair meet on Friday

St Pauli entertain Holstein Kiel in a Friday night Bundesliga fixture as two promoted sides face off in Hamburg.

St Pauli pipped Kiel to the Bundesliga 2 title last season and they won both league meetings between these two sides, including a 5-1 win in the corresponding fixture.

Both of these sides are struggling and sit inside the bottom three but St Pauli have handled the step up to the top flight a little better. The Hamburg club have eight points on the board, while Kiel have just five to show for their efforts and have eight defeats in 11 games.

This is a key game in the relegation battle and St Pauli can make the most of their home advantage.

Kiel have picked up two points on the road in five games and have five defeats in their last six across all competitions. The Kiezkicker are yet to win, or remarkably even score, at home but a 0-0 draw with RB Leipzig and a 1-0 defeat to Bayern Munich at the Millerntor-Stadion suggests they can get results at this venue and the visit of Kiel looks an ideal opportunity to end that wait for a home victory.

There were 13 goals scored across the two games between these sides last term but they meet in different circumstances on Friday. With both teams already scrapping for survival this could be a nervy and close affair, but St Pauli can end their wait for a home win courtesy of a 1-0 victory against a team who have failed to score in three of their last six games.