DID YOU KNOW?
* St Pauli defeated newly elected European and World club champions Bayern Munich in season 2001-2002, which prompted some of the fans to create the famous Weltpokalsiegerbesieger (World Club Champion beaters) shirts.
* The Hamburg outfit have won just twice against the Bavarians, drawing four times, and losing on nine occasions with a goal difference of 8:22.
* St Pauli are on a ten-game winless streak, something unseen since season 1977-1978.
* The Hamburg outfit are joined last in terms of wins together with Wolfsburg(eight), have the most defeats in the league, have the second worst attack in the league in terms of goals scored, and are third in the most goals conceded criteria.
* Holger Stanislawski is set for his last game at the Millerntor after serving 18 years as player, president and currently coach of the club.
* Bayern Munich are unbeaten in seven games, drawing just twice, and conceding five times.
* The Bavarians have scored ten goals in their last three games, and have conceded once on each occasion.
* Bayern Munich have kept a clean sheet only once this season, against Hamburg in a 0-0 draw.
* In the second half of the Bundesliga Mario Gomez has been the leading goalscorer with 12 goals, Franck Ribery is leading the assist charts with seven assists, and Thomas Muller and Arjen Robben are joint-top(14) in terms of attacker points.
* The Bavarians are leading the Hamburg outfit by 30 points in table, one more than St Pauli have collected so far this season.
PROBABLE LINE-UPS
St Pauli (4-2-3-1)
Kessler; Lechner, Thorandt, Gunesch, Kalla; Daube, Lehmann; Bartels, Takyi, Kruse; Asamoah
Holger Stanislawski is likely to line-up his team in the popular 4-2-3-1 formation, with an attacking trident of Fin Bartels, Charles Takyi and Max Kruse supporting striker Gerald Asamoah. St Pauli will have to attack Bayern Munich, for they have no choice but to play for the three points. Expect ten-man defending if the Pirates take the lead.
Mathias Hain, Bastian Oczipka, Carsten Rothenbach, Moritz Volz and Carlos Zambrano are all injured, which leaves Stanislawski with little options in defence. Fabian Boll, Timo Schultz, and Rouwen Hennings are also out for this game.
Bayern Munich (4-2-3-1)
Butt; Lahm, Van Buyten, Luiz Gustavo, Contento; Tymoshchuk, Schweinsteiger; Robben, Muller, Ribery; Gomez
Andries Jonker has a near full-strength squad at his disposal with the exception of Hamit Altintop who is out injured, while Ivica Olic is still in rehabilitation and is likely to return for the beginning of the pre-season training.
Bayern Munich are likely to field in a 4-2-3-1 formation with Mario Gomez supported by Arjen Robben, Thomas Muller, and Franck Ribery. Luiz Gustavo returns from suspension and is likely to replace Holger Badstuber as the left centre-half in the hosts' defence after the Bavaria native scored an own-goal in the game against Schalke.
Prediction
Bayern Munich will be looking for the three points, and with all the squad fit and eager to win St Pauli are unlikely to prove to be much of a resistance. This will probably be the game after which the Hamburg outfit will be relegated.
FC St. Pauli 0-3 Bayern Munich 
