Greuther Fürth - Arminia Bielefeld

After the Coup on „Betzenberg“ Arminia is aiming for more and a better position. With a win they can climb up to the upper midfield where Fürth is sitting at the moment. With 10 Points on the road they are much better as at home where they were not able to win a single game. On the other side is Fürth under some pressure after losing 3 of the last 4 matches. For this reason they lost the contact to the top.

After having some good weeks Fürth was called as Top Team but the last weeks showed that they are far from that. They have to improve in almost all parts above all the offensive is very harmless right now. All the offensive players like Zulj, Stiepermann, Berisha and Freis had a really bad day against Düsseldorf last Friday and they should try to raise stakes. If all these are in starting lineup is very open as Coach Ruthenbeck expects a very difficult opponent. The team from Bielefeld is very nasty in every minute and you have not the time to need too long for decisions on the pitch.

One of the alternatives in offense can be Weilandt who can replace weak Zulj maybe. Also in central midfield they must change according to the muscle injury from Sukalo. In this case he uses the same formation he has put up some time with Hofmann and Gjasula. The first one should play more defensive minded while Gjasula should be the active and creative part of both. Of course there can be more changes but it is open due to less alternatives anyway.

Arminia Coach Meier is very happy to play on the road again according to the winless streak at home. Away from home they must not be the active team, they can be more relaxed and allow the opponent to make the active part. This gives them a lot of space for their counter attacks what is the preferred style of them. They are coming to Fürth with a lot of self confidence and motivation as well above all former keeper Hesl said that they want to win there.

He has already 6 clean sheets this Season and he is looking for the next one today. The next one is Nöthe who played in Fürth some years ago. Maybe his former club coming to the right time, to score a goal after long time. He is waiting since 10 matches for a goal and had not the best performances lately. His rivals on this position with Affane and Görlitz are doing also not so well what allows him Coach Meier to remain in starting lineup. It looks like that the same winning team from Kaiserslautern starts today.