Dynamo Dresden - 1.FC Nürnberg

Dynamo is back !!! They managed the promotion race really excellent and find the way back into 2.Bundesliga. The stadium should be almost full today and the match is very attractive against 1.FC Nürnberg today. Dresden have the wind of promotion in their back and should be very motivated while Nürnberg maybe suffer a bit of their missed chance to get promoted after losing very close the relegation battle to Eintracht Frankfurt. Despite this bad experience they wants to start the next attempt but this time with a new Coach after Weiler left to RSC Anderlecht.

Dresden's two promotion hero's left the club during the summer break. Captain and head of the team Hefele signed a contract in England's Championship while top striker Eilers (23 goals) left to Werder Bremen where he was in former years already. Both are very hard to replace and this must be the first task for Coach Baumann to find the right mix and replacements but they had such an individual class that both can not be replaced even.
The replacement for Hefele in defensive can be new signing from FSV Frankfurt Ballas. He knows the league already and can start a new future after a disappointing last Season. For the opening position in offense they have a lot of candidates or options. With Berko or Hilßner have two new signed players the chance to start but also Kreuzer can have some hopes to be in the starting lineup on the wing today. The other positions are well manned with Stefaniak and Testroet.
In defensive part they must buy a new keeper after first choice keeper Balswich left again. They signed the best keeper from last 3.Bundesliga Season. This was Schwäbe who came from VfL Osnabrück now but overall it looks like that they have a lot of work to do if they want to have a chance to remain into 2.Bundesliga. The squad look to weak right now but of course it is still time to work on. But if the euphoria is gone after some defeats the situation is getting hard.

That Nürnberg is more as competitive in this league is out of question of course but they have lost some important players anyway. With Blum, Kerk and top attacker Füllkrug they have to suffer a lot in offensive. The three lost, other three came. With Salli who had good moments in preparation, Kempe from Darmstadt and Alushi from St. Pauli they try to compensate this. Also on the sideline they find a new Coach who knows the league very well as he was former Coach from Sandhausen and this is the logical next step in his career now.
It is not far that Nürnberg need some time to get back on track after losing such an important promotion battle to Frankfurt. Some clubs before showed it already that this can be not as easy as all mean. The clubs are KSC and Fürth who made the experience already. It is very important that Coach Schwartz find the right balance in team and also make the right decisions. With a good start all is ok but if they have to run behind from beginning on it would be a bit disappointing for them.
A big advantage maybe can be that the defensive line is the same as last Season and with the experienced keeper behind they can count on a strong defensive to begin already. The positions in midfield can be changed a bit compared to last Season. But with Behrens is a guy there who can lead the youngster Mühl. Up front is Burgstaller key player and absolutely unsaleable.