SC Freiburg - Eintracht Braunschweig

Despite the 0-1 lose in St. Pauli Freiburg is going into this encounter as leader because both Bochum and St. Pauli could not take advantage and overcome Freiburg on Friday. But after the 0-3 defeat against Augsburg at home they have to improve before this game otherwise strong away side Braunschweig is able to hurt the leader. It is also a must for Braunschweig to go for all three Points, if they can manage this they are only 1 Point behind Freiburg and have a really good position after having a lot of problems to begin of the Season. For this it needs to break through the negative run from 19 matches without a win against Freiburg. All the last 7 duels were lost !!!

The Cup game against Augsburg was not the big matter for Streich these days, he was working on this game and to be in good shape because the league is more important as Cup although the money would help them anyway. He saw a lot of things in this Cup game and he knows on which things he has to work now.
According to the Cup game he plans not so many changes. Of course keeper Schwolow returns and replace Klandt who got some match praxis in Cup and Abrashi should play instead of Schuster who was also in starting lineup for the Cup game. More changes are only possible if the doubtful players must pass. They have with Höfler and Philipp some with slight problems, if both they must looks what they can do but with Schuster and Guede they have some in back which can help immediately. Also doubtful is joker Kleindienst, the others Torrejon, Kübler, Dähli and Hedenstad are all not available due to injury worries.

Eintracht Coach Lieberknecht is talking very well from Freiburg the last days and he knows how difficult this match can be. Maybe they got some self confidence back with the win against Heidenheim and also in Cup but they have to walk on and look to close the gap to the top. He said also that Freiburg is the absolutely favorite today and they must have an excellent day if they want to get here something. They have to invest much more as on other days or other opponents.
Nevertheless he is very positive and believes in his team that they can be a hard opponent who fight a lot for the Points. The squad is looking better compared to last weeks, only Boland is a big miss at the moment because he was in good shape and was key in Lieberknecht's system. The defensive guy Correia has some problems and is a doubt here but all expect him to start. Also it looks like that no changes will be done as the team was very good in Cup and they showed a really good play and were balanced in all parts. Both Omladic and Holtmann can hope to start again today as their Cup performance was good although on unusual positions.