VfL Bochum - SC Paderborn

In today’s West-Derby meet two teams each other which are the weakest in the last 5 Rounds. With VfL Bochum winless since 7 matches and Paderborn since 6 could only Heidenheim collect less Points in this period. For this reason it is not expected that this will be a festival of good football, it should be hard work and fight too. Both want to end their run and in this case a close match should be ahead.

At the moment Coach Verbeek can work without any fear that he lose his job but according to the long winless streak he should try to win this match otherwise the situation can turn against him immediately. Nevertheless all in club are very pleased with the work from him so far and want continue to work with him but only results count in this business. The last win was on Round 10 with 5-0 against Fürth and since then it was only a huge downtrend from Bochum.

One of the biggest problems additional in club is the intern suspension from keeper Luthe who has a very good relationship with the fans. Also for this reason Coach Verbeek needs results otherwise the arguments for him are less also from fan side. For him Riemann who came from Sandhausen stands in goal for the last three matches this year. In central back they have to change too because captain Fabian is suspended today, his replacement can be Cacutalua. He has not start since 7 games but he gets the trust today. Back in the starting lineup should be top striker Terodde who was on bench last game for special reasons from Coach.

After having a good start under follower Coach Effenberg they are running behind their expectations. In all their last 6 games they have not much success and looking for a win but failed always. After first half of the Season they got only 16 Points and stands on 16. Place. They had a lot of expectations on Effenberg but he could not deliver so far. Only one Season they had less Points (12 in Season 07/08) as now and at the end they were relegated.

The situation in very serious and Coach Effenberg has to find some solutions now to bring his team on the right track and lead them into a better future. Some changes are possible but as always Effenberg made a real secret for the lineup. In defensive Heinloth can get a break and Narey replace him there. Also up front had Proschwitz not the best game against Nürnberg what put maybe Lakic back into the starting lineup.