Expected line-ups

Each side's usual system and players over its recent matches, without the injured: a likely eleven, not the team news.

DSC Arminia Bielefeld4-4-2

Zohar Tur Nagel Łaźniowski Dlugaiczyk Mohr Luna Schiele Boris Fornés Cohen

FC St. Pauli4-2-3-1 DM AM Wide

León Szlenkier van Eijk Kléber Turhan van Dongen Guajardo Scholz Diallo Mensah Arslan

• Out: Holger Gunnilstam (right-back, injured: twisted ankle, back about 17 January)

Form

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	FC Bayern München	16	+17	35
2	RB Leipzig	16	+14	31
3	Borussia Dortmund	16	+17	29
4	Hamburger SV	16	+12	29
5	1. FSV Mainz 05	16	+6	29
6	Fortuna Düsseldorf	16	+9	28
7	VfL Wolfsburg	16	+6	27
8	Hertha Berlin	16	+3	25
9	Eintracht Frankfurt	16	+8	24
10	Borussia Mönchengladbach	16	+3	22
11	Sport-Club Freiburg	16	0	20
12	1. FC Köln	16	-3	20
13	1. FC Nürnberg	16	-13	16
14	FC St. Pauli	16	-11	15
15	TSG Hoffenheim	16	-12	12
16	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	16	-16	12
17	DSC Arminia Bielefeld	16	-24	7
18	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	16	-16	6

Head to head

• FC St. Pauli 3-2 DSC Arminia Bielefeld DFB-Pokal
• DSC Arminia Bielefeld 0-2 FC St. Pauli Bundesliga
• FC St. Pauli 3-0 DSC Arminia Bielefeld Bundesliga
• FC St. Pauli 1-0 DSC Arminia Bielefeld Bundesliga
• DSC Arminia Bielefeld 2-3 FC St. Pauli Bundesliga