Union Berlin - Greuther Fürth

Kreilach is captain and key player for Union

After the first victory this Season for Union what was an excellent debut for new Coach Lewandowski they hope of course to continue the way from last weekend. But this can be a very hard encounter for Union, coming Fürth to them with a derby win against Nürnberg in the bag what give them a lot of self confidence back after average results recently. Also they are one of the opponents who like to play in Berlin, they have with 5 wins and 2 draws by only 1 defeat a very good record by Union. It is maybe something like an fear opponent for them. If they want to be successful they have to fight hard to get the second win at home against Fürth.

It was seen this week that it is a huge pleasure for Lewandowski to be on the sideline for Union and in front of so a great crowd today. He said that he is very proud to train Union now but he lies the focus also on the opponent which is very hard to play and they must be ahead of all actions above all in defensive. He thinks that Fürth has the power to hurt them and they should be warned. He has a lot of respect of the offensive form Fürth because they had scored 10 goals already in 6 matches.
The first match with Union and the win in Karlsruhe was fantastic but he wants to changes his starting lineup a bit. Because he has some important players back with Kessel and Brandy what gave him more options. Nevertheless it would be not as easy to come in for Kessel and Brandy after their suspension. They have to play maybe different positions as before but if they can start they will do it, of course. Kessel played central while he has to move to the right back wing as Leistner and Puncec made a great job in Karlsruhe therefore they are seeded in central back. This can be that Trimmel move forward and replace Korte there in offensive because he was one of the weaker players there. The second one Brandy has to wait, it is very open what position he should play. The offensive guys with Wood and Skrzybski did a great job last time, maybe he think about an tactical change and let Brandy play behind the attack instead on the wing or attack. If Lewandowski choose this option Zejnullahu can be a candidate to be out of the starting lineup and only on bench. With all the moves Kreilach must play a bit more defensive minded and maybe beside Fürtner that they are not too open and allow to much space.

In Fürth they are all hoping that the derby win gave some more self confidence and believe in their strength for the upcoming matches. Coach Ruthenbeck talk that they want to continue this way and collect some more Points as they have done in recent matches. They want to get something in Berlin but he said also that they have to play a little bit better as in the last matches.
Apart from Korcsmar and Lam he has all players available and therefore a lot to choose from. The alternatives and options are there for him, he has to form only the right starting lineup to get a good balance between defensive and offensive play. But compared to the last game it is not so far that he trusts the same guys again according to the slogan, never change a winning team. But winning goal scorer Freis is a real alternative in attack for him. He has made some self advertising against Nürnberg and let Coach Ruthenbeck thinking about him but with Berisha and Kumbela he has two very good strikers who did his job lately. One of the winner in team is offensive player Weilandt who has found his form now and is very important with his solo attempts to create more opportunities. In central midfield was the change to a more compact lineup with Hofmann and Sukalo the right choice.