Eintracht Braunschweig - Union Berlin

Both teams talked before the Season that they want to be under the top 6 but the situation is a bit different at the moment. Of course Braunschweig is with 14 Points one of the teams who is close to the top but they have a lot to improve above all at home where they can not convince recently. The last home game with 0-1 to Fürth was a big disaster for them after having a really good run. They may have to start a new streak if they want to close the gap to the top. On the other side has their opponent much more problems. The team from Berlin has already changed their Coach but the problems are still their and the performances are to average additionally. With the 3-2 win in bag they come to Braunschweig with some self confidence what let them hope to continue the winning run.

After last game Braunschweig has a huge problem in defensive today. Coach Lieberknecht has to replace 2 of the 3 in the back. The game to Fürth was not in their favor and also not their best defensive wise. First was Correia out due to injury worries and he is a big doubt now, the second one Decarli is out for sure after he was send off with yellow red card after undisciplined action against Gjasula. Therefore he has to search for two new players who can play his system in defensive line. It is very open what system he wants to use, he mentioned that this is very open right now and they can play with a 3 men defending back or maybe a 4 men line. But nevertheless they are able to bring a strong lineup on the pitch and Coach Lieberknecht believes that his team is ready for the second win at home. If both players are out, the defending line can be build with Baffo and Matuschyk in central back while Dogan returns from the second team on bench as back up for both if anything happened with them. Instead of Matyschuk can play Pfitzner in central midfield then. The offensive must also be changed a bit above all if they strength the defensive part they can play with two strikers maybe. But also there they have a big blow with the miss from top striker Berggreen who has a shoulder injury. Both Hvilsom and Ademi maybe gets a chance today to show that they are more as only substitute in Braunschweig. Also on the right wing he has a lot of options with Hochscheidt, Ofosu Ayeh, Khelifi who can be an alternative to weak Omladic who was in the starting lineup against Fürth.

After two defeats Union was able to beat bottom side Duisburg 3-2. They were already up 3-0 to half time but got in danger in second half because Trimmel missed the decider with a penalty which would have been the 4-1. Coach Lewandowski was not very pleased with his team and he wants to see the next step and also more quality in their play. This is the only solution to collect Points in the future.
Maybe he would be very happy to get a lucky Point in Braunschweig today according to his huge problems in defensive. They have with Schönheim, Leistner and Parensen 3 defenders out injured and also in central back tested Fürstner is a big doubt too. For this reason Lewandowski is thinking to play only the defensive line with 3 mens. This means that two back wings plays there and one central defender. The guys who should be take this part are Trimmel, Puncec and Kessel. Before the line in central midfield is Zejnullahu possible but also Fürstner can be an option if he can play. Both other players Daube and Kreilach are ready to create some offensive actions while they can strength their offensive with one man more if they play only with 3 in the back. In this case Korte can be a good choice here on the wing while Skrzybski plays on the other side. The attacker duo can be Brandy and Wood.