Borussia Monchengladbach vs St. Pauli Prediction 02.12.2025 | DFB Pokal

After surviving a difficult start to the season, Borussia Monchengladbach have not only clawed their way out of the mire but orchestrated a remarkable revival in recent weeks. Their resilience was on full display over the weekend, as they held RB Leipzig to a goalless draw, extending their unbeaten run to five matches.

Prior to this stalemate, Die Fohlen rode a four-game winning streak that began with a 3-1 demolition of 2. Bundesliga side Karlsruhe in the second round of the DFB-Pokal. Now, they enter the next cup round on a mission to maintain their surge in form and secure a place in the last eight for only the second time in the past five editions of the tournament.

During this period of resurgence, Monchengladbach’s defense has been impressively solid, conceding just once in their last four competitive outings — a marked improvement compared to the mere two clean sheets recorded in their opening ten matches.

Head coach Eugen Polanski will, however, be without key options for the midweek DFB-Pokal clash, as Jonas Omlin, Fabio Chiarodia, Philipp Sander, Nathan Ngoumou, and Jan Urbich are all sidelined with injuries.

The next obstacle in Borussia’s cup campaign will be St. Pauli, a side that has struggled to find consistency of late. Their recent 3-1 defeat to Bayern marked their ninth setback in the last ten matches across all competitions, highlighting the challenges facing Alexander Blessin’s men.

Amid this rough patch, the Neighbourhood Kickers’ only bright spot came earlier in the DFB-Pokal, when they overcame Hoffenheim in a dramatic penalty shootout following a 2-2 draw in normal time — a victory that was far from straightforward.

Although they got their season's adventures off to a flying start with a comfortable two-goal triumph over HSV Hamburg, St. Pauli have since fallen into a rut, returning empty-handed from five consecutive away fixtures, scoring just two goals and conceding ten in the process.

As they aim to reach the last-eight stage of the DFB-Pokal for the third time in the last five editions, St. Pauli will be without David Nemeth, Adam Dźwigała, and Marwin Schmitz, all sidelined through injury, making their task against the German champions even more daunting.