Eintracht Braunschweig - Erzgebirge Aue

With their 3-1 win at Sandhausen Eintracht Braunschweig showed that they are on the way to promote and no one doubt anyway because with a open gap from 10 points and only 5 matches to play it is almost impossible for them to fail in the end. On the other side Aue is still in trouble and not safe yet. Of course they managed 4 points out of their last 2 matches but all the others made points as well and it is very important to get points as fast and as much as they can. Despite all their problems.

Not much changes expected against Aue because Coach Lieberknecht was very pleased with the performance in Sandhausen and he wants to give the same players his trust again. Only defender chief Dogan returns from suspension and should be in while Petkovic gets the place in goal again. Davari is still on the bench. With Dogan in defensive row they should have a lot more stability and he push his team very well, not known is meanwhile if Correia returns on the back wing position or if Kessel gets a chance again but he made a good job in Sandhausen anyway, so no need to change. Offensive is the same as always, only one weapon more with Kruppke who returned last weekend as joker and he scored already. This gives Coach Lieberknecht a very good option and feeling because he knows that he has one player on bench who can help to get the win if it looks a bit difficult.

All were very happy that they got a point against Kaiserslautern on monday. They were only with 9 men on the pitch and Kaiserslautern was up 1-0 but they made it and scored the late equalizer after free kick. Maybe this gave them an additional boost for the upcoming matches and relegation fight in the upcoming weeks. Nevertheless this match made big problems for Coach Baumann, he has to replace 3 suspended players in defensive now. With Klingbeil, Pezzoni and Paulus are important players not available today. For this a lot of changes must be made by Baumann and he has a lot to think how he can defend Braunschweig. Many changes within and outside the team, Schlitte move on the other side, Müller move back on Schlitte's position, Hensel comes in as defender, Höfler plays for Pezzoni and Könnecke maybe offensive for Müller who moved back one position. You can see a lot of changes and maybe some players are not on their normal position. But they do not complain, just stick together and give everything to avoid relegation.