RB Leipzig - 1.FC Kaiserslautern

It would be a very tricky game for Kaiserslautern against Leipzig above all in their actual form. It faces two teams each other with different form anyway. Kaiserslautern is on the way down after they had some hope with new Coach Fünfstück but this is gone after the last defeats and on the other side Leipzig is running hot at the moment and coming from win to win what pushed them up to the top. It was not only the good results from Leipzig lately, the rivals lost all Points and with a win today they can expand the lead and let them look forward very relaxed.

In Leipzig they are not very pleased with the suspension from former FCK player Orban, for this reason Coach Rangnick has to chance his central back what is not the best as they had a lot of problems last Season with the duo Sebastian and Compper. Both had always some mistakes in their play and allowed easy goals. This is not the best variant and preferred one anyway. They have with Nukan one in back but he has to do with some injuries in the past and is no option right now. The next one can be Klostermann but he is not really a central back player but he is out anyway. He got injured in Sandhausen last weekend. Instead of Klostermann comes youngster Gipson into the starting lineup and he should replace him. It looks like that the defensive part face some problems while in offensive they got some good news with the return of Forsberg after illness. He should be in starting lineup immediately for Bruno.

A lot of trouble in Kaiserslautern, in all parts they have problems. With Runjaic and Schupp must left two already and the next who has hard times at the moment is Kuntz. It is not out if he must go too but the rumors are there and are not very helpful for the team anyway. Of course they talk a lot and they are saying that this is not their problem, they have to look on their performance. Maybe it is very good that they come to Leipzig and no one expect anything form them right now above all Coach Fünfstück said they are coming as really outsider to Leipzig what takes a lot of pressure away from them. They can only win there and give their fans some back which was lost in the last games.
Almost all players were out of form lately, they have to improve a lot if they want to compete with Leipzig today. All their key players like Halfar, Löwe, Karl and so on are far from their best form and can not help the team right now. In this case Coach Fünfstück decides to changes some positions for this important encounter. For the suspended central back Heuback is Mockenhaupt in the starting lineup and in offensive starts Colak instead of Gaus. Also Piossek is out and Jenssen can take his part in midfield then. Very open is if central midfield player Karl can play or not, if he must pass Ziegler is the option there.