1.FC Kaiserslautern - Erzgebirge Aue

After 5 draws in a row Kaiserslautern could celebrate a win last weekend and it was also their first win on the road this season. Of course they want continue the way at home to hold the pressure to the teams above them high. At home they are always a hard team to play and they are unbeaten in their stadium, this is also due to their great support there and hot atmosphere. The opponent comes from Aue and they have a lot problems anyway. They are coming to Kaiserslautern with 3 defeats in a row and they were not able to get anything in 4 attempts here.

After the first win on the road there are no reason why Coach Runjaic should change his successful starting lineup from last weekend. Against St. Pauli he made some curious decisions in his lineup and put some player on positions they normally not playing. It was Zimmer who played on the right wing in midfield while offensive minded Demirbay played beside Karl in central midfield. This can happen today again. The players who normal plays there are Stöger and Matmour and they are not very pleased about that but they have to help the team and so it is nothing to say against. Also youngster Sebastian Jacob overcomes Hofmann as second striker behind Lakic and he is on bench today again. But it is always up to the match on what attacker the Coach count then.

After the hard 1-2 defeat against Union last friday the situation is getting worse in Aue. Nevertheless Coach Stipic talked only positive from the game and his team. He put out the good things and give them maybe some self confidence for the hard game today. As I wrote above the situation is worse, if you take a look at the table or if you take a look on the squad where a lot of players are not available. Next one was Schröder who was very important for Coach Stipic but he has a muscle injury and can not play. For Schröder can play Diring in midfield while Löning and Hauck are out additional and travelled not with the team. With the miss from Löning they have big problems in attack because they have no alternatives left. Ok, Okoronkwo but he was very weak against Union and is far away from his best level. Aue's Coach Stipic plans a more compact and defensive minded system for this game to hold as long as they can the draw and maybe with some luck they try to get a Point.

In my eyes a big class difference here. Kaiserslautern do a good job this season and they are more involved in promotion race as in recent years what is the reason that they go only from game to game and do not talk from promotion anymore as they did last years. The team is working well and they have some good players with good moves and actions in their team who can help them to come through the preferred wall from Aue. The team from Erzgebirge is nothing special at the moment and they have a lot of problems now. On a normal day, Kaiserslautern win this encounter with 2 or more goals.

Recommend Bet: 1.FC Kaiserslautern AHC -1,25 @ 1,79 (3 Units)