Hamburger SV host St Pauli at the Volksparkstadion for a German 2. Bundesliga round of matches on Friday night. Hamburger are placed on the third position in the league table with 53 points after 28 games played. Meanwhile, St Pauli are currently occupying the fifth position with 47 points after same number of games as well. Hamburger are a point off of the automatic promotion places; and St Pauli are six points away from Hamburger. As both teams fight their way to promotion to the top division, they meet tonight for this crucial encounter. Tonight, I am expecting St Pauli to get a result from this game for the following reasons:

Firstly. Hamburger are not in a great place in their form right now. They have recorded only two wins in their last six games. After their comfortable 6-1 win over Hannover 96 a fortnight ago, it seemed like they were back to their best. The expectation was that they were going to beat Kaiserslautern last weekend. But disappointingly, they were back to their woeful form as they were well defeated by 2-0. Their major shortcomings have been lapses in their defensive work. They have conceded on average a total of two goals in each of their last six games. It does not look like that is going to go away anytime soon.

Secondly. St Pauli are, on the other hand, flying highly at the moment. They started poorly at the beginning of the season. But since the turn of this year, their form has improved a lot. They have lost only one of their last 12 league games. And, they have won five of their last six games. It is also pertinent to state that their away form has been impeccable as well. They have won all their last five away games. These just point to how good they are right now, and that they are in a better frame of mind to fight for maximum points in tonight's game.

Considering the gap in their forms respectively, Hamburger may want to focus on upping their defence work tonight. This can end up nullifying the effectiveness of St Pauli's attack. It is on this note that I am giving a win or a draw to St Pauli.

周五晚上，汉堡在 Volksparkstadion 主场迎战圣保利，参加德乙的比赛。汉堡队在打完 28 场比赛后以 53 分排名联赛第三。与此同时，圣保利目前在同样的比赛场次后以47分排名第五。汉堡距离自动升级区只有1分；圣保利距离汉堡有六分之差。当两支球队都在为晋级顶级联赛而奋斗时，他们今晚将在这场至关重要的比赛中相遇。今晚，我期待圣保利能从这场比赛中得到一个理想的结果，原因如下：

首先。汉堡现在的状态并不好。在过去的六场比赛中，他们只取得了两场胜利。在两周前以 6-1 轻松击败汉诺威 96 之后，他们似乎又回到了最佳状态。预计他们将在上周末击败凯泽斯劳滕。但令人失望的是，他们又回到了他们的糟糕的状态，他们以 2-0 被击败。他们的主要缺点是防守工作失误。在过去的六场比赛中，他们平均每场丢两个球。看起来这不会很快消失。

第二。另一方面，圣保利此刻状态更好。他们在赛季初开局不佳。但自今年年初以来，他们的状态有了很大的改善。他们在过去的 12 场联赛中只输了一场。而且，他们在过去的六场比赛中赢了五场。值得一提的是，他们的客场表现也无可挑剔。他们赢得了最近五场客场比赛的全部胜利。这些只是表明他们现在有多好，并且他们在今晚的比赛中有更好的心态去争取积分。

考虑到他们各自的状态差距，汉堡可能希望今晚集中精力加强他们的防守工作。这最终可能会抵消圣保利的有效性攻击。正是因为如此，我预测圣保利胜利或平局。