Both coaches are having many players sidelinde with injuries. St. Pauli coach Holger Stanislawski will be without Mathias Hain, Carlos Zambrano, Bastian Oczipka, Fabio Morena, Carsten Rothenbach and Moritz Volz. On other side Schalke new coach Ralf Ragnick (replace Felix Magath) will be without Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Christian Pander, Tim Hoogland, Christoph Moritz, Levan Kenia and Angelos Charisteas. It is very hard to say which handicap is bigger, but according to me St. Pauli is the team that is more handicapped. The reason is simple, Schalke roster is much bigger.

However, there is something else. St. Pauli is in bad form. They have lost all five previous games in Bundesliga and it is clear the team morale is on low level at the moment.

Schalke also have the tradition on their side. The last three mutual matches ended with Schalke victories all. Here are the results:

05.11.2010. Schalke - St. Pauli 3:0
09.02.2002. Schalke - St. Pauli 4:0
08.09.2001. St. Pauli - Schalke 0:2�

At the end I will say that the quality is also on Schalke side. That is why I am expecting another victory for Schalke.