Greuther Fürth - 1.FC Kaiserslautern

Furth to roar to another victory at home

TEAM NEWS

Greuther Furth won’t have Mathis Bolly and Nik Omladic at their disposal.

Kaiserslautern have five players on their injury list as Kacper Przybylko, Patrick Salata, Giuliano Modica, Daniel Halfar and Mads Albaek are all absent. Furthermore, they have to find a replacement for Benjamiin Kessel after the player received his fifth yellow card against Union Berlin last weekend and is suspended here.

Greuther Furth

Suspended: None

Doubtful: None

Injured/unavailable: Mathis Bolly (muscle), Nik Omladic (foot)

Kaiserslautern

Suspended: Benjamin Kessel

Doubtful: None

Injured/unavailable: Kacper Przybylko (foot), Mads Albaek (pubis); Patrick Salata, Giuliano Modica (both knee); Daniel Halfar (hip)

MATCH PREVIEW

MAIN PREDICTION: HOME WIN

Damir Buric’s Greuther Furth shocked Nurnberg with a 2-0 win at Max Morlock Stadium in their last 2. Bundesliga outing as the Shamrocks claimed their first win on the road this season against the then-leaders. Furth’s main aim is to fire themselves away from the relegation zone and last weekend’s victory took them three points clear of 16^th place. Their change in fortunes is only down to their good run over the past month as they have won three and drawn one of their last four matches. Surprisingly, on home turf, they are one of the best teams in the league with seven wins, two draws and only three defeats.

Kaiserslautern had been showing signs of improvement since Michael Frontzeck took over, but they are still rooted to the bottom of the table and are five points from safety. Despite winning three out of their last five league fixtures, including an important 4-3 home win over Union Berlin last Friday, they look doomed to relegation. However, they are still in with a chance of retaining their second-division status and continuing to collect wins will be a must as there are only nine matches left.

Kaiserslautern present a great opportunity for Furth to recover some lost ground. The bottom-of the-league side have not kept a clean sheet on the road in any of their matches this season. With that record in mind, Furth will come into this contest as the clear favourites.

SECOND PREDICTION: ODD/EVEN – ODD

On paper, these two sides are pretty evenly matched. When they met last time at Furth, there was only one goal between them and I expect a repeat here. Have a punt on odd goals to be scored again.

HEAD TO HEAD

Kaiserslautern have won eight of their last ten competitive encounters with Greuther Furth. In the reverse fixture at Betzenberg, Michael Frontzeck’s Red Devils claimed a 3-0 victory.