VfL Bochum - 1.FC Kaiserslautern

Last match of Round 12 where VfL Bochum hosts 1.FC Kaiserslautern on monday evening. After Dresden's win yesterday Bochum fall down in table and stand on a relegation place now this put them under additional pressure although they are coming to this match with 4 loses in a row. Therefore what is pressure? Coach Neururer has to bring his team back on track otherwise it can be very close for him. On the other side Kaiserslautern coming from a unlucky 2-2 draw at home and they want and need the three Points here and according to the results from weekend where some of the teams played for them they can take advantage and climb up to third place what is very important anyway. To stay in touch with the teams ahead and hold promotion ambitions alive.

It is not an easy match for the home side as the pressure is extremely high as I wrote above. All stands behind Coach Neururer but how often he can lose still? After 4 loses in a row and the big fall down in table it is very important to bring the team back on track but against an experienced and well balanced side from Kaiserslautern it can be a very hard task anyway. But what they are able to bring showed they in some matches at home already. Maybe this can be the key that they play at home and have their fans in back what help them a bit more as away from home. After the unlucky 1-2 in Aue Coach Neururer changes his team a bit according to the big opponent. Therefore the tall Aquistapace can get a chance here while Chaftar is out of the team. Although the offensive potential is a big limited from Aquistapace it is not necessary as he has more to help in defensive against big players like Idrissou and Occean. Back again after suspension is keeper Luthe what gives his team a far more stability in the back as Esser did. All other position remain unchanged as no alternatives are there at the moment.

The team from Kaiserslautern worked well in the past although the results looked a bit average but Coach Kosta Runjaic is very pleased about the play and so he counts again on the same eleven as in the past. Despite the unlucky 2-2 he gives the same eleven a chance again to do better as they did against KSC. In this match Torrejon and Sippel was not in his best condition and allowed two easy goals what was the key that they could not win this one. Maybe some options what he has additional. Willi Orban played very good after he came in against KSC and this can be an option for Ring who could not convinced much. Also Simon Zoller is an option in attack but all expect Idrissou and Occean to start as both have a lot of experience. Therefore the young Zoller must show his power again the few minutes he gets from Coach in the end of the match or maybe more if the result is against them.