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Probable St. Pauli line-up

Vasilj - Wahl, Smith, Mets - Treu, Wagner, Irvine (c), Boukhalfa, Ritzka - Eggestein, Guilavogui

Probable Leipzig line-up

Gulácsi (c) - Geertruida, Orban, Castello - Henrichs, Haidara, Kampl, Raum - Xavi, Šeško - Openda

A familiar face

Many in the Leipzig ranks, particularly the staff, will recognise the St Pauli coach: Alexander Blessin spent eight years as a youth team coach with Die Roten Bullen between 2012 and 2020.

A little history

They have previously faced off four times in BL2 though: Leipzig won the duo's first-ever competitive contest 4-1 in November 2014, but lost the next three meetings all 1-0 before being promoted to the Bundesliga at the end of the 2015/16 season.

First time for everything

These two have never met in the top flight, though will now meet three times this season as they will also face each other in the DFB Cup next month.

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Watch: Leipzig 0-0 Union Berlin

Leipzig dropped points for the first time this season as they were held at home after Loïs Openda saw his penalty saved. They're in third place - behind Dortmund on goal difference - ahead of Matchday 4.

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Watch: Augsburg 3-1 St Pauli - highlights

Carlo Boukhalfa got Pauli's first goal of the season, but the newly promoted side are second-from-bottom coming into Matchday 4 and one of three teams yet to pick up a point in 2024/25.

Hello and welcome!

Welcome along and thanks for joining us for build-up and live coverage of this Matchday 4 fixture between FC St. Pauli and RB Leipzig.

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