SV Darmstadt 98 - 1.FC Nürnberg

Interesting match this evening between new promoted Darmstadt and relegated Nürnberg. Both teams with different season start. Darmstadt continues the way they walked through 3rd leagues and celebrated success after success in 2.BL too. They have already 16 Points on their side and they need only a bit more as they have already and they avoid relegation for sure. Nürnberg won the opener but had a hard time and won not much, the last 3 matches they are unbeaten and collected 7 Points. They have maybe found the right way now and if they win this game they can close the gap to 3 Points to the third place and give some new hope and confidence back.

Coach Schuster is talking from David vs. Goliath but on the pitch it speaks a different language and according to the table situation at the moment. He does not want to change much to the last game, where they were very close to win, they conceded the equalizer only in the last seconds and Schuster was not very pleased with the long injury time from the referee. The squad is big enough for some rotation but they count again on the known players. The only change was last Friday already when new signing Balogun played for Sirigu and he maybe has won the fight for the positon at the moment. The last practiced 4-2-3-1 with Gondorf central behind attacker Stoh-Engel will be changed to the known 4-4-2 to give the defensive more stability. Therefore Gondorf moves back to build up the double six. For him Jungwirth is out of the starting lineup while Sailer comes in as second attacker beside Stroh-Engel.  

Not much to say over Nürnberg, Coach Ismael counts the fourth time on the same starting lineup as in recent matches. The left back wing defender Bihr was slightly injured but he returns to the right time and therefore no worries to change anything. This means that both veterans Pinola and Polak sit on the bench again. Maybe not the best for the experienced players but the young guns did their job. According to the last games it would be interesting how Nürnberg handle the game today. In all the three other matches they can count on a compact defensive and go for counter while Darmstadt will never make the game today, this is the thing from Nürnberg today but it can be a difficult one and it is also not their style and their skill. Kaiserslautern and Leipzig made them a favor but we will see what happen this evening.