Arminia Bielefeld - Dynamo Dresden

Goals likely to flow as Dresden clinch away win against Arminia

TEAM NEWS

Bielefeld could be without midfielder Nils Quaschner, who is still recovering from a knee injury.

Dresden coach Uwe Neuhaus have to replace the injured Tim Boss, Soren Gonther and Florian Ballas. Captain Marco Hartmann also succumbed to injury against Duisburg on Monday and he is out with a pulled muscle for this encounter against Bielefeld.

Bielefeld

Suspended: None

Doubtful: None

Injured/unavailable: Nils Quaschner (knee)

Dresden

Suspended: 

Doubtful: None

Injured/unavailable: Tim Boss, Marco Hartmann (both pulled muscle); Soren Gonther (knee), Florian Ballas (shoulder)

MATCH PREVIEW

MAIN PREDICTION: AWAY WIN

Bielefeld claimed a deserved 1-1 draw in last weekend’s standout match against Heidenheim, in which they came from behind. Although they didn’t manage to start the campaign with a win they were happy with the point. However, Heidenheim, who finished only two points above the drop zone last term, aren't exactly firm favourites when it comes to promotion and it will be hard for Bielefeld to top their fourth place finish from last season. A spot in the first half of the table should be possible, but the team will have to continue in the same vein as last season at home when they closed off the campaign with three wins and two draws in front of their own crowd.

Dresden kicked the new campaign off with a 1-0 home win over Duisburg last Monday. The team have the potential to do better than their 14^thplace finish last season, but there are certain areas they will need to improve as well. They should keep an eye on controlling the game more and be more clinical in front of goal. However, the win will give them an additional boost for the upcoming matches. They were the sixth best away team last season and ended the campaign with one win and two draws on the road.

Dresden have won both of their last two meetings with Bielefeld at Schuco Arena and I believe they will gain the victory here again. 

SECOND PREDICTION: HILO – HIGH 

When these two sides meet at Schuco-Arena there always tend to be plenty of goals, with the last four encounters averaging 3.75 total goals. I think we will see another high-scoring outcome.

HEAD TO HEAD

Dresden have a good record against Bielefeld at Schuco-Area in the 2. Bundesliga, having won twice and drawn one of the last three encounters. Their last meeting back in February ended in a 3-2 win for Dynamo.