FC Heidenheim - Fortuna Düsseldorf

Hard times for both sides because both lost the last two matches. At Heidenheim all are doing their job and working hard to push the team for better times. All keep calm and looking forward because they are newcomer and they know that this periods are come for sure. On the other side in Düsseldorf is a lot of trouble after these bad matches and the first who was in trouble was the Coach. They fired Reck under the week and made Aksoy to the man on the sideline. He has to bring Düsseldorf back to winning way now and close the gap from 9 Points to the top three. It is not out how long he is on the bench as head coach because they are searching for a good solution now.

After three defeats in a row at home Heidenheim is not very pleased to lose again above all against a Düsseldorf team who is a bit shaky now. They want return to their home strength today. But Coach Schmitt must replace some starters. Compared to the last weekend he has not available Beermann with knee problems, Göhlert is not ready after illness and these are both central defenders. It looks like he has to put up the same both Kraus and Wittek in central back who had not the best day in Berlin. On the right wing returns Strauß after Malura was a big disappointment against Union. Also Titsch-Rivero is a question mark today. He had some infect problems on friday and is not at 100% maybe today. It looks like that Reinhardt and Riese must build up the central midfield and both are not in playing rhythm anyway. In attack they have a lot to choose, Niederlechner is the first striker there and for the second place is always a hard fight every week beetween Grimaldi, Morabit, Mayer and Vogelsammer.

The Coach Alsoy from Düsseldorf is not the best choice, it is only a short solution but he should bring the team back to their level. After leading the training this week all players are very motivated and hot to be part of the starting eleven. All see a new opportunity and put them in the window for the upcoming matches. Askoy showed already that he does not count on players like Bodzek and Liendl if the form is not the best and let them train with the B-Team. This was a big sign in all the other players and it is possible that both are not in the starting lineup today. It is very open what he wants to play and it is also not out if he counts again on a three men defensive line or return to a normal practices defensive line with 4 men. First of all he wants to strength the defensive play with two men in central midfield like Pinto and Fink. In offensive Bellinghausen and Benshop are ready to start there and bring with their quickness some good offensive actions on the pitch. Benshop can play in midfield or in attack, it is not out where because with Hoffer and Pohjanpalo they have two excellent strikers in hand and they must be used and not sitting on the bench like in the past. Their potential is huge.

Both teams do not meet each other often and it was only the pre-match they had in their list. It was a huge entertaining one with 3-2 for Düsseldorf. Benshop two times let Düsseldorf take the lead while Niederlechner equalized twice and in the end Joker Pohjanplao brought the winning goal for Düsseldorf.