25.07.2011
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Matchday 2 - The Preview

Tonight will see the Eagles hosting FC St. Pauli in their first home match of the season (kick-off at 20.15h CET). Read the match preview below.

POSSIBLE LINE-UPS

EINTRACHT: Kessler – Jung, Clark, Schildenfeld, Djakpa – Rode, Schwegler, Lehmann – Caio, Hoffer, Meier

Missing: Kittel, Tzavellas, Bellaid, Petkovic (all injured), Schmidt (fitness)

ST. PAULI: Tschauner – Schachten, Thorandt, Sobiech, Kalla – Boll – Bartels, Kruse, Takyi, Bruns - Ebbers

Missing: Zambrano, Schenk, Volz, Herber, Daube, Hennings (all injured)

ATTENDANCE

The Commerzbank Arena will host a crowd of 19,000. The German FA (DFB) have penalised Eintracht for crowd incidents leading to a limited capacity for the match against St. Pauli. 14,000 home fans and 5,000 away supporters will attend the match.

LIVE MATCH INFO

The match can be followed via the English LIVE text commentary on eintracht.de. All major events such as goals, shots, substitutions, cards, fouls, corners and offsides will be posted as and when they happen. Click HERE from kick-off onwards (20.15h CET).

TOP OPTA FACTS

  • Eintracht never lost a home match against St. Pauli (8 matches in Bundesliga & 2. Bundesliga) - 5 wins and 3 draws.
  • The Eagles scored 4 goals in each of the two 2. Bundesliga home games against Pauli (4-2 in 1997/98 and 4-0 in 2002/03).
  • The last away win of St. Pauli was the 1-0 against Hamburger SV (then with manager Armin Veh) last season, their first "Northern Derby" win in 34 years.
  • Goalkeeper Kessler and midfielder Lehmann both played at St. Pauli last season and joined the Eagles this summer. Alex Meier also had a spell at the Hamburg cult club (2001-2003).
  • The Eagles won both Bundesliga meetings last season (3-1 away, 2-1 at home).
  • Last weekend both Fabian Boll (St. Pauli - FC Ingolstadt 2-0) and Alexander Meier (Fürth - Eintracht 2-3) scored twice.