Ingolstadt to take revenge for last season defeats
TEAM NEWS
Jahn Regensburg should not have any important absentees ahead of this game. However, they will be considerably weaker than last season, having lost some of their best players following the departures of Marvin Knoll, Marcel Hofrath, Joshua Mees and Benedikt Gimber. The club have made decent signings in the form of Julian-Maurice Derstroff from Sandhausen, Marcel Correia from Kaiserslautern, Jonas Fohrenbach from Freiburg, Ali Odabas from Zwickau and Maximilian Thalhammer from Ingolstadt, and all hope the new arrivals can fully cover those that have left. Additionally, they have to replace both long-term injured Oliver Hein and Sebastian Nachreiner.
Ingolstadt have been one of the busiest teams on the transfer market so far. They have added 15 players at the time of writing, but have lost 12. It was clear the squad were too weak last season and they tried to take the opportunity to strengthen their ranks during the break Among the new players, Lucas Galvao, Thorsten Rocher, Konstantin Kerschbaumer, Benedikt Gimber, Carlison Benschop and Osayamen Osawe stand out the most. Ingolstadt should be at full strength ahead of the season opener, only long term injured Chrsitian Trasch is missing.
Jahn Regensburg
Suspended: None
Doubtful: None
Injured/unavailable: Oliver Hein, Sebastian Nachreiner (both knee)
Ingolstadt
Suspended: None
Doubtful: None
Injured/unavailable: Christain Trasch (knee)
MATCH PREVIEW
MAIN PREDICTION: AWAY WIN
Jahn Regensburg are coming off a decent campaign in the 2. Bundesliga where they registered 14 wins, six draws and 14 defeats. Overall, they finished the season in an excellent fifth place with 48 points, and that granted them a season without any trouble. Their biggest strength lay up front as they scored the fifth most goals with 53 in the league, but they had one of the worst defensive lines conceding 53. Coach Achim Beierlorzer was looking to strengthen the defensive play in the training sessions to start the season as well as they finished the last.
In contrast, Ingolstadt’s last campaign was underwhelming. They could have done far more, but instead they finished on a disappointing ninth place with just 45 points while being one of the worst home teams in the league, securing only 19 points in 17 games. However, their road record in 2. Bundesliga was much better with seven wins, five draws and five defeats. It will be interesting to see if they be able to turn things around with a new team this term.
Regensburg are solid at home, but Ingolstadt have by far the better team on paper and they had more success on the road last season. That should be enough to put some money on the Schanzer. I'm going with an away win.
SECOND PREDICTION: HILO – HIGH
When these two sides meet each other there always tend to be plenty of goals, with the last five averaging 4.8. I expect goals for both and it is just a case of how many. Take a punt on a high-scoring outcome at Continental Arena on Saturday.
HEAD TO HEAD
Jahn Regensburg won both encounters against Ingolstadt last season (4-2 and 3-2). However, that was their first two wins over the Schanzer in 2. Bundesliga in four attempts, with two defeats.
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