Hamburger SV could still get 60 points in the final sprint of the 2nd Bundesliga, FC St. Pauli 65. However, these are theoretical values. The Kiezkicker have the more demanding rest of the program in Darmstadt, Nuremberg, Schalke and Düsseldorf. HSV has to deal with Regensburg, Ingolstadt, Hanover and Rostock. The prediction of which Hamburg club can celebrate at the end of the season is as risky as a four-day weather forecast. Most weathermen are wrong despite computer help. What are the football fans supposed to say?
FC St. Pauli, third in the table, wants to go straight back to promotion with a home win over fourth-placed Darmstadt 98 on Saturday evening (8.30 p.m. / Sky and Sport 1). The chances are not bad, since table leaders Schalke 04 and second Werder Bremen face each other.
The Hamburgers have to deliver after three games without a win. “We’re still in an excellent starting position,” said St. Pauli’s head coach Timo Schultz, emphasizing: “We have the chance to achieve something huge.” The Millerntor Stadium will be sold out with 29,546 spectators.
Hamburger SV has to play at Jahn Regensburg on Saturday (1.30 p.m. / Sky). The Oberpfalzer, who are ninth in the table, are still one point away from reaching the 40-point mark. This is considered the minimum limit for remaining in the league. However, the people of Hamburg cannot take the wishes of the hosts into consideration. Coach Tim Walter’s team has only won twice in the past eight league games and has yet to start a winning streak.
Holstein Kiel wants to clear up the last doubts about staying in the 2nd Bundesliga on Saturday (1.30 p.m. / Sky). In the home game against 1. FC Heidenheim, Marcel Rapp’s team also wants to jump the 40-point line. She is currently at 38. The coach formulates the goal unequivocally: “The task is for us to get three points.”
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