Fortuna Düsseldorf - Eintracht Braunschweig

This is the second match for interims Coach Hermann, he hosts with his Fortuna Eintracht Braunschweig this evening. With a win they can expand the distance to the red zone up to 3 Points what gives them more advantage for the upcoming matches. But their opponent can with a win close the gap to third place to 1 Point and this is their aim right now.

Fortuna's Coach Hermann does not like the job as head Coach, he is more a man behind the head Coach where he had great success above all with Bayern Munich as Co from Heynckes. Until the winter break he stands on the sideline and he wants to continue his started winning run last weekend. First problem is that his key player in midfield Demirbay is suspended after some bad words against Miss referee Bibi Steinhaus. The role from him should play Schmitz this evening but he is not real creative guy and can not replace him even. Second problem is Ya Konan who is out for this match, for him can play Pohjanpalo up front but he has not scored in 13 matches this Season therefore not the most dangerous player at the moment and Düsseldorf needs goals otherwise they have the same problems as in the past.
But we have also a positive sign for Düsseldorf because in their last 5 home games they were able to collect 10 Points what speaks for them. If they want to be successful in searching for a new Head Coach it would be very helpful if they win some matches before the winter break because not all wants to be a Coach form a team who is in huge danger and have additional stress.

The last away matches were not much successful for Braunschweig. They lost to Paderborn 0-2, to Freiburg they got a 2-2 draw what should be good but the last game to Nürnberg 1-2 was a big disappointment for them additional. If they want to get back in promotion race they need more constance on the road and also some more wins as lately. To begin of every match they had a lot of problems recently above all in first half, in second half they are much more ahead of the actions and they are much better. Maybe the conditional performance is very good if they can bring more in second half but it is sometimes to late to win a match. Therefore they should be ready from beginning on and allow not to much.
It looks like that Coach Lieberknecht does not much changes and he counts on almost the same from last match against Bochum. Only Sauer must pass what brings Correira back into the staring lineup. Also Boland is at 100% now after 5 weeks injury he needs still some rest and maybe can be an option in second half again.