Energie Cottbus - Eintracht Braunschweig

After facing top team Kaiserslautern last weekend Energie Cottbus has the next top match ahead. At Kaiserslautern they were a bit harmless and play not on their level as they are expecting. In this case coach Bommer motivated his team to get back on track but motivation should be there overall at Cottbus, face they an unbeaten team from Braunschweig, where they can be the first team who beat them. This should be motivation enough and give some sign to the league that Braunschweig is beatable as well. An advantage can be their home court, as they are very hard to beat there and they had some great performances here. With a record from 5-1-1 and 12-4 goals they are one of the best home sides in this league. As they are not very pleased with the performance against Kaiserslautern, coach Bommer mentioned some changes. He played 4-2-3-1 in the past but he wants to return to his system from beginning of the season where they had much success and this was 4-4-2. The options are there, according to some players who returned from injuries. For this Sanogo gets his partner back with Stiepermann who was long time out but had some minutes in the past matches and is fully fit now. May some changes in midfield as well but not as important maybe only that Farina is back after injury and strength them a lot for sure. The last change should be the defensive row where youngster Börner moves out for the more experienced Hünemeier. All in all Coach Bommer has almost the whole squad to choose from and the injury problems are gone now.

Unbeaten league leader Eintracht Braunschweig was a bit lucky against Ingolstadt, of course they won 3-0 but Ingolstadt was the much better side. Braunschweig tried to defend well and sit back for some counter attacks and were even very efficient. This decided this match for them, but nevertheless they did this like the whole season so far and success proves them right. But if their first opportunity ends not in a goal and they do not take the lead what they did in the past matches, it would be very interesting to see how the team react then. They have to change their style of play and open more and more options for their opponent. Ok, their home record is absolutely clean but away from home they showed some weakness and they are only 3-3-0 and 9-3-0 goals. No changes expected and Coach Lieberknecht gives the same starting eleven a chance who won against Ingolstadt. They miss again Correia, Kratz, Kluft, Henn, Petersch and Washausen but the last guys are all long term injured so far.

I am very keen on Energie Cottbus here, because they are strong enough at home and Braunschweig are not such dominat as at home soil and it opens a lot of opportunities for Energie today. It is almost the same, as in FSV - FCK match, sooner or later Braunschweig gets his first defeat. After so many matches unbeaten they are focussing not exactly also their concentration subsides. All these are hints and were also assigned. If they lose, it will be for sure away from home. In this case I try the DNB line on Cottbus which is very good in my eyes.

Recommend Bet: Energie Cottbus AHC 0 @ 2,09 (3 Units)