1860 München - Energie Cottbus

Very important match for both, because of the huge defeat in Kaiserslautern 0-3 1860 is under huge pressure to win this match today. If they can not win this one their goal is going far away and they are out of the promotion battle for the upcoming weeks. If they win they can hold the contact. With their 5th win the job is done but of course there are 90 minutes ahead of them. On the other side Cottbus should not lose as well as they can fall down and this can be red zone if all goes against them today. Overall we have a very interesting match ahead. Both teams must try to get the Points hopefully this is an open one and not only tactical game.

Coach Funkel said after the match vs. Kaiserslautern that he never was such outplayed from an opponent as today. This gave a lot of interpretation that the squad has not the quality for more at the moment. But due to less alternatives not many changes are expected for this home match today. Therefore he counts on the same eleven as he did in Kaiserslautern and he hopes that this eleven give some reaction about the absolutely weak performance from last weekend. Maybe Wannenwetsch gets a chance and replace Stahl in central midfield, also Adlung is an option on the wing where Tomasov moves out then. In attack both veterans Friend and Lauth are the hope that they can bring the same performance as against Aue where they won 3-1 two weeks ago.

In Cottbus Coach Bommer has some injury worries. Although Uwe Möhrle is back and could play again today but not many alternatives available at the moment. It is very good that Möhrle returns as with DEF Börner Coach Bommer has to replace the first injured player who has some muscle problems. While Börner can replaced by Möhrle very easy who plays beside strong Buljat is the miss from their top striker and scorer Sanogo a big blow. He will miss many weeks now and this can bring a lot of trouble for Cottbus as no one can replace him equal at the moment. For Sanogo maybe plays Jendrisek in attack but could not impress in the recent weeks and is not in best shape anyway. Also the form from central midfielder Banovic is not the best recently and the weakness of the experienced player is a problem at the moment. The only hope is the offensive midfield line who were in great form against Bielefeld last weekend where Bickel, Rivic and Stiepermann had an outstanding day. All three are the hopes for Cottbus at the moment and also for a success in Munich.