Dresden to claim second home win
TEAM NEWS
Dresden's coach Maik Walpurgis has to find replacements for the injured Soren Gonther, Jannik Muller and Florian Ballas.
Darmstadt’s Rouven Sattelmaier and Selim Gunduz are out with knee injuries.
Dresden
Suspended: None
Doubtful: None
Injured/unavailable: Soren Gonther (knee), Florian Ballas (shoulder), Jannik Muller (foot)
Darmstadt
Suspended: None
Doubtful: None
Injured/unavailable: Rouven Sattelmaier, Selim Gunduz (both knee)
MATCH PREVIEW
MAIN PREDICTION: HOME WIN
After one win and two defeats from three league matches, Maik Walpurgis took over as head coach at Dresden and picked up his first win last Friday. Goals from Aias Aosman and Dario Dumic gave the side a deserved 2-0 win away at Jahn Regensburg in their second victory of the season. However, the team were unable to follow that up with another positive result as they succumbed to a 1-0 home defeat against leaders Hamburg on Tuesday.
Dirk Schuster’s Darmstadt go into this league game in good form. After starting the season with a win and a defeat, Darmstadt claimed back-to-back wins over Duisburg (3-0) and Heidenheim (1-0) before clinching a point against Sandhausen in a 1-1 draw at Bollenfalltor in a hard-fought league game last weekend. Darmstadt are now level on points with third placed Bochum and only two points off leaders Hamburg.
Given their three-match unbeaten run, Darmstadt may be the obvious choice here, but Dresden's slender midweek defeat to the current league leaders was nothing to be ashamed of and I expect Walpurgis to guide his men back to winning ways. Expect Dresden to make the most of their home advantage with a second win in front of their own fans.
SECOND PREDICTION: HILO – LOW
Neither Dresden nor Darmstadt have been prolific so far in front of goal, with Dresden scoring five and Darmstadt six goals so far. I therefore fancy this to be a low-scoring league encounter on Saturday.
HEAD TO HEAD
Darmstadt beat Dresden 2-0 on the road last season. The reverse league encounter at Bollenfalltor finished in a thrilling 3-3 draw.
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