Dynamo Dresden - 1.FC Köln

This is the last match of Saturday when Dynamo Dresden hosts 1.FC Köln. It looks like a good encounter at 1.Round. Big favorite in this one should be promotion candidate Köln, who wants the return after disappointing last season while Dynamo Dresden wants to play a good season without any worries after their bad last season where they stayed only after relegation win against Osnabrück and saved 2.Bundesliga.

Their relegation battle costs a bit of the new season as they played 1-2 weeks longer and therefore they had not the time immediately to prepare for new season. So Coach Pacult had less time here but they should be on a good level even without 1-2 weeks less on training. Coach said that his team is on their normal level after third round, so hopefully they are not down already if they lose some. But nevertheless they want to try all to get as much points as they get and they never give a match away. Also their big crowd in their back above all at home matches helps a lot too. One important and good thing ist hat the striker duo Pote and Dedic is back for Dresden. Dedic played one season for Bochum and signed for Dresden now. He was on loan in Season 2011/12 and played really great together with Pote. This can be an important advantage for Dresden this season if both are without injury worries. Also new midfielder Menz and Mravac who gets the place from Susac can be two more new guys in starting lineup, so it is not much and they are well balanced from last season. This can be also good fort hem if they know each other better.

But on the other side Köln has the same advantage because with Clemens they lost one of their best players but signed some quality new. With Golobart who plays for long term injured McKenna beside Maroh and Risse in midfield they got some good players in their rows which can help to be more dangerous infront of the goal. Also Nascimento miss out this match due to privat things. New coach on the line is Stöger who came from Austria Wien where he won the title last season. He plays a 4-1-4-1 system in almost all friendly matches so it is expected that he counts on this again today. Youngster Gebhardt could use his chance and should be in starting lineup while new signed Halfar needs some time. Also showed Matuschyk the better preparation as Lehmann and he can hope fort he place before the back line in central midfield. Ufront can be Risse, Ujah and Bröker who should build a dangerous offensive.