VfL Bochum - Jahn Regensburg

It can be a very good weekend for VfL Bochum because all went in their way as Dresden lost at Kaiserslautern and with a win today they can let the gap get bigger. Now 4 points with a win 7 points which would give them more rest for their work. Although they should have one eye on Sandhausen as well, because if they win they overcome Dresden. Nevertheless it would be even 6 points lead to the drop zone but they have to win first as with Regensburg they get a very hard nut today. The bottom team is almost in a must win situation if they want to hold the aim of remaining in 2.BL alive they must start getting points. 

They started good into 2013 with a draw at Aalen, but they were not very happy about it as they were two times up and conceded every time the equalizer. But things are against them at the moment as with Ortega and Dedic they miss additional players to the other injured guys like Aydin and Tasaka. These means that their offensive is very thinned. The coach is not to be envied, because he has very few options his offensive so far. It speaks all for Scheidhauer and Iashvili upfront while the rest of the lineup will be the same as against Aalen. But they have also one questionmark behind Freier, who has some problems. Otherwise they have to change a bit their system. But should they? Kramer and Goretzka played well but if Freier can not play maybe old guy Dabrowski plays for Goretzka on the double six while Goretzka can move on Freier's position. All possible. Also they miss suspended Eyjolfsson.

It looks like the new coach Smuda still could not fix the problems because if they concede the first goal they break down totally. And it was not a surprise that they lost 1-5 against Hertha in the end. They played well first half but collapse totally in second half. Also none of the new signings could help so far to stop this trend. Overall not many changes expected because they have to look forward and it counts every match now if they want to remain in the league. Only important striker Sembolo is out after booked his 5th yellow card last weekend. For him maybe Djuricin is set upfront while Wießmeier move in the starting lineup and plays in midfield. The other missings from Jahn are Kotzke, Kurz and Ziereis.