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     Nürnberg are in great run recently, 4w - 2d on the last six meetings. They won at home against Hamburg (2-0), Leverkusen (1-0) and Frankfurt (3-0). Leverkusen played not badly but the hosts played without many important players, while Frankfurt were totally bad, the goal difference could have been bigger, Nürnberg pressured a lot. Then Nürnberg played away from home 1-1 draw with Freiburg after a tiring midweek, Nürnberg played cup game before three days with their best line up but they played better than Freiburg and deserved win. More two away games were against Stuttgart (won by 4-1) and Schalke (1-1 draw). Judt (reg def) injured, Bunjaku (att) struggle with long term injury, Schieber (reg att) also injured. Cohen (reg mid) will be back after suspension and the most important news that key midfielder Gündoğan recovered after injury and probably will start!

     Newcomers Sankt Pauli aren't a dangerous team especially on away field. If we look their latest away results since beginning of november, we can find four defeats (Schalke, Bremen, Bayern, Dortmund) with 11-0 goals difference, a draw with Hoffenheim and a luckily won against Hamburg. Of course mostly hard opponents but as I see Nürnberg also played very well during the last weeks. The defence will be reservist due to injury problems, Morena, Ozcipka and Rothenbach are still out, furthermore key attacker Asamoah also picked up an injury. I don't think that Sankt Pauli will stop the hosts.