Dynamo Dresden - VfL Bochum

Important match for both teams, because they are already in red zone or they are not far away. After just one Point from the last two matches Dynamo Dresden went down to relegation zone and need their fifth win to go out of the danger zone before the winter break. They do not want to spend the winter break on the bottom, however, a win is necessary. Bochum was on a good run lately and won 3 matches in a row, however, they did not great in recent 3 games and collected only one point out of these matches. In this case they are only 2 Points ahead of Dynamo Dresden and if they do not want to get in danger they should not lose this encounter before the winter break.

Compared to the 1-3 at Cologne as Coach Olaf Janssen was very pleased with the performance from his team, apart from the errors before the goals from Cologne, but of course was not happy with the result anyway. Therefore some changes, basically a return to 4-4-2 instead of 4-1-4-1 which was practiced in Cologne is possible. It seems that youngster Leistner after his weak day in Cologne probably sit only on bench and Schuppan who made a lot of mistakes before the goals for Cologne is out of the starting lineup too. For Schuppan moves Thorsten Schulz from the right to the left side of defense, on the right side would start Menz or Gueye. In defensive midfield then play two guys with should be Kempe and Losilla. In offensive Coach Janssen has once again significantly more choice because Robert Koch and Pote returning from suspension. Both are expected back in the starting lineup, what let Milde move out of the team. Beside Pote is it probably that Joker Aoudia has good chances to get a place from beginning on with good performances.

Bochum’s coach Peter Neururer, which of course does not want to go with four matches without a win in a row in the winter break has a lot of problems before the game in Dresden above all with injuries. From the startling lineup last week against Union Berlin 0-4 are not available Freier, Fabian and Sukuta Pasu, all out with injury and all are very hard to be replaced equal. For Freier starts Eyjolfsson who stand for a difficult task to defend an agile Ouali who is one of the best offensive players for Dresden. In central back is Acquistapace set to play for Fabian and should help to be as compact as they can. In attack is Aydin expected to replace Sukuta Pasu. Of course he could not convince much in his performances but Sukuta Pasu was also not the best in scoring. Maybe this change hurts Bochum not much. The others must be seen but overall they should be able to competed with Dresden today.