FC Ingolstadt 04 - Karlsruher SC

This is the absolutely top match of the round when Ingolstadt hosts KSC today. The home team can with a win purge KSC to eleven Points and make a big step for promotion. For the fourth placed team from Karlsruhe is a win here very important above all to bounce back after the monday game against Leipzig where they were not able to score the winning goal although they had a lot opportunities and played almost 60 minutes with one man more.

The leader of 2.Bundesliga had a good start into the year but after the first match they had some problems and the results were not so well and as expected. Therefore Coach Hasenhüttl made some changes and let his best man Groß on bench against Aue and allow Pledl to play this position with big success because they won 3-0 and after Groß came in he had some good actions and lead the team to the win again. Also captain and central back player Matip was on bench against Aue, it was maybe a sign for some players to invest much more or he wants to give a new and fresh impulse for their play. But both former KSC players are expected to start today and their experience is needed anyway in such a important game. The next former KSC player is youngster Bauer who had a good start in Ingolstadt and he is a very solid player and on a good way, he should be in starting lineup as well. This can be because with Hübner they have one slight injured player and they want to risk not much, in this case Roger plays again in central back while Bauer can play in central midfield then. In attack Leckie is back in squad and should be a very good option for this game although they have some other players in hand there too. But the national player from Australia has a lot of skills and these are not to be missed from Hasenhüttl for their offensive play.

The disappointing 0-0 against Leipzig puts KSC in a almost must win situation after the results from weekend so far. Both FCK and Darmstadt won their games and open the gap more an more what is not the best for KSC in promotion race. According to this they need immediately a result here and can count on their home game against FCK next weekend to return big in promotion race. Coach Kauzcinski planning to field almost the same lineup as on last monday. The only difference can be that youngster Barry is on bench because Torres is back and should take his position again. In this case only one change in defensive and in offensive they have some in hand but it is not sure if he wants to change there too. Krebs maybe can get a rest here and allow Nazarov a starting place then.