SV Sandhausen - Eintr. Braunschweig

Sandhausen unable to make it fourth home win in a row

TEAM NEWS

Sandhausen will be without Damian Rossbach, Philipp Klingmann, Andrew Wooten, Ken Gibson and Stefan Kulovits, who are all out due to injury concerns.

Braunschweig have Julius Biada out injured while Mirko Boland and Joseph Baffo have suffered a knee injury and are unavailable too.

Sandhausen

Suspended: None

Doubtful: None

Injured/unavailable: Damian Rossbach, Philipp Klingmann (both head); Andrew Wooten (pulled muscle), Stefan Kulovits (unspecified), Ken Gibson (calf)

Braunschweig

Suspended: None

Doubtful: None

Injured/unavailable: Joseph Baffo, Mirko Boland (both knee); Julius Biada (unspecified)

MATCH PREVIEW

MAIN PREDICTION: DRAW

Sandhausen’s four-match unbeaten run came to an end last Friday as they were very unlucky to be beaten 1-0 by league leaders Dusseldorf. The team struggled to find the same goalscroing form as in their last four matches and the best opportunity was missed by defender Tim Kister from the penalty spot in the 75^th minute. Nevertheless, coach Kenan Kocan was happy with his team’s performance as they were in the game all the time, with only luck the deciding factor. They will be looking to get back to winning ways straight away against Braunschweig.

Braunschweig are going through another tough patch of form, having won one, drawn one and lost three of the last five matches in the league. Their 2-1 home defeat to bottom side Kaiserslautern last Sunday left coach Torsten Lieberknecht very disappointed. The team have dropped down to 13th as a result for their poor recent form and are now only three points above the drop zone.

Braunschweig  have never lost away at Sandhausen and although they have not at all been convincing of late, I think they could get at least a draw here as they have been hard to beat on the road this season.

SECOND PREDICTION: CORRECT SCORE – 0-0

Braunschweig have kept five clean sheets in their last seven league matches at Sandhausen. Sandhausen have not managed to score in two of their last three league games. I predict a 0-0 draw.

HEAD TO HEAD

Sandhausen have hosted Braunschweig seven times in the 2. and 3. Bundesliga. Six of  those matches have ended with a win for the visitors while there has been one draw.