Borussia Dortmund take on the visitors St. Pauli in the round 7 match of German Bundesliga. The match will be played on Friday, October 18th at Signal Iduna Park (Dortmund).
Borussia Dortmund clearly hoped for a better start. The "Black and Yellows" reached the Champions League final last season. However, they ended up losing the decisive match to Real Madrid. On top of that, they experienced a sharp decline in domestic competition, especially in the Bundesliga, where the club, which had narrowly missed out on the title the previous year due to their own slip-up, dropped to fifth place. Now, Edin Terzić has been replaced as head coach by Nuri Şahin, who was an assistant coach last winter, and the squad has undergone significant changes. The revamped team started the Champions League campaign well, but against relatively easy opponents — a 3-0 win in Belgium against Club Brugge and a 7-1 thrashing of Celtic at home. However, domestically, despite winning all three home games, they were held to a goalless draw away to Werder Bremen and then suffered defeats against Stuttgart (1-5) and Union Berlin.
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St. Pauli managed to succeed in Bundesliga 2 last season. The mastermind behind this breakthrough was Hürzeler, a young coach often compared to Nagelsmann. However, he left for Brighton in the summer, where he's doing quite well. He was replaced by Alexander Blessin, who had prior experience in Belgium and with Genoa. His official debut saw a 3-0 victory, but that was in the German Cup against modest Hallescher. In the league, the newcomer started with three defeats. Things started to improve in the autumn: they held RB Leipzig at home and then crushed Freiburg 3-0 away. However, they mirrored that performance by losing to Mainz at home.
Overall, Dortmund tends to dominate this fixture. However, in the German Cup two seasons ago, St. Pauli won 2-1 at home in Hamburg. Borussia Dortmund may have some issues, but they remain consistently strong at home. We recommend betting on them to win with a handicap of "-1.5 goals."
Prediction for the match: Borussia Dortmund to win with -1.5 handicap.
