SC Paderborn - Karlsruher SC

The Season is not old but we have the first duel where both teams face a big slump right now. Most of the experts were right that Paderborn has a really hard Season ahead, with only 3 Points they are almost on the bottom at the moment and with 4 defeats in a row the mood would not be the best there anyway. The team from Karlsruhe started bad with two defeats but maybe came back on track with two wins but the last two games were the same as to begin. They conceded 9 and scored zero in the last two what is a big disappointment for them. According to both Teams situations it is a very important match before we have an english week.

After signing unknown and unexperienced Coach Gellhaus Paderborn want to go a different way to other clubs but after the first Rounds it looks like that this has been the wrong decision. Coach Gellhaus stands under huge pressure today, this was mentioned from President Finke already. He has to deliver results otherwise they have to go different ways. He knows the situation well and he wants to bring a team on the pitch which is on good condition. They want to bring in some passion and fighting spirit to get the fans back on their side and also the results.
The situation in squad has changed a bit and the options are a bit more as one week ago. In this case captain Bakalorz is back and can take the place from youngster Schonlau. It is very possible that Bakalorz plays beside Kirch in central midfield, both have a lot of experience and they should help to be very compact against the ball. Also back in squad is Heinloth but he is maybe on bench first after Ndjeng made his job well. The biggest hope lies on Lakic who returns from injury and is in the squad the first time this Season. He should help to get more dangerous in the box after scoring only 3 goals so far. If he is already in the starting lineup is open but if not he comes in as joker for sure.

The start into the new week was not so well for the players form KSC. They had to talk a lot about the 0-3 against Union Berlin. Coach Kauczinski had a lot of work to do to present all mistakes and also tactical things to his players. They made a lot of them and this was the key for this trainings week and preparation to Paderborn. After all the Sessions he was very pleased about his team and he was also very happy to see some improvement what allows him to be very confident about the game today.
After this week he thinks about changes, Gouaida was two times joker but this time he start from beginning on. The place for Gouaida is on the left wing what allow Yamada to move forward on central midfield position behind the attack despite his average shape. This means that youngster Mehlem is out of the starting lineup and on bench now. Also possible is that Nazarov who has some great actions against Union comes into the starting lineup and plays behind alone attacker Hoffer. Not many alternatives are there at the moment in attack who can put some pressure on Hoffer because with Diamantakos they have one but he suffers an injury problem. Not available is midfield player Meffert who is ill. According to Meffert's absent Peitz needs a new partner beside him in central midfield. The options or alternatives are Prömel who said that this is his lovely position and he would take it immediately but also Krebs has played there several times, therefore it is up to Kauczinski which one he will field.