SC Paderborn - 1.FC Kaiserslautern

Again a lot of support expected for Kaiserslautern today

The german sports journal „kicker“ made and interview with all Coaches before the start of the season and almost all named Kaiserslautern as one of the top or hottest contender for the promotion to the Bundesliga. After failing in relegation last season they want to go the last step now. But their kick off to the new season at Paderborn in Benteler Arena is not an easy one. On the other side it is also a very good chance for home side to bring some fans back as they did not well last season above all at home. If they start with a win it can be that some of their fans come often. A huge crowd is expected with around 10.000 fans in the stadium, which are 2000 from Kaiserslautern maybe. It is very hot in germany now and this can play a big role in this match. Both teams must divide their power.

New head coach Andre Breitenreiter must replace two regulars in his first match as 2.Bundesliga coach. Captain Markus Krösche must occur because of light problems while free kick specialist Alban Meha has some knee problems and could not train so far. Despite these two missings Breitenreiter has a lot to choose and he has must find the right mixed for the starting lineup. In defenisve it is all open, new signingsHünemeier and Amedick compete with last years master power Strohdiek for two places. Another new man maybe starts from beginning on, with striker Rick ten Voorde who came from NEC has settled in quickly and hit on his debut for Paderborn a week before against Aston Villa.

At Kaiserslautern it is not so easy to be in starting lineup because they signed a lot of new players which should help to bring more competition into their squad. No on is safe now and he must show this every week on the pitch that he must start. Therefore there are still some questionmarks for the lineup. Only sure is that Torrejon, Alushi and fresh injured captain Bunjaku who is out longer are all not in the squad. So, Idrissou gets a new partner upfront and this can be new signing Occean from Frankfurt or Zoller from Osnabrück. Let’s see what Coach Foda wants to play for a system. This can be also very important for choosing his lineup.