Germany 2. Bundesliga Braunschweig - Sandhausen
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Braunschweig Insider Info:Braunschweig coach Torsten Lieberknecht named an unchanged line-up for the midweek encounter with St. Pauli, but saw them turn out a performance in stark contrast to their 2-zero win over Darmstadt, culminating a 1:0 loss.
With Jan Hochscheidt still sidelined, Lieberknecht might build use of getting a near-full squad by mixing things up. Damir Vrancic and Mushaga Bakenga are both knocking on the door for a come back to the first XI.
Suspended: None
Doubtful: None
Injured/Unavailable: Hochscheidt (adductor)
Sandhausen Insider Info:Sandhausen will have to make do while not Lukas Kubler once the right-back picked up 2 bookable offences within the one-0 win over 1860 Munich. Coach Alois Schwartz brought Robert Zillner back to the beginning line-up, however saw the midfielder stretchered off in the thirty fifth minute.
Moritz Kuhn is that the natural replacement, but otherwise I’d expect Schwartz to make no more changes to his beginning line-up.
Suspended: Kubler (one match)
Doubtful: None
Injured/Unavailable: Kratz (ankle), Jovanovic (knee), Paqarada (shoulder), Zillner (cruciate ligament)
HEAD TO HEAD:
Eintracht Braunschweig boast a excellent record against Sandhausen in Germany’s second tier, having completed a league double within the 2012/13 campaign, together with a a 2:1 win on home soil.
MATCH PREVIEW:
Braunschweig’s disappointing start to the present campaign was any compounded during midweek because the promotion hopefuls lost 1:0 touring against a struggling St. Pauli outfit.
Torsten Lieberknecht’s charges only had themselves answerable for failing to produce any creativity in the ultimate third against their disciplined hosts. A return to the Eintracht Stadion, where they’ve picked up six of a potential nine points in 2014/fifteen, will serve them well against this weekend’s opponents, who themselves are currently in an exceedingly made vein of form.
Indeed, when choosing up just a point from their gap four fixtures, Sandhausen now realize themselves in the midst of a three-game winning streak having registered a 3rd successive 1:0 victory, this time against 1860 Munich despite being reduced to 10 men.
There’s no doubting that Alois Schwartz’s side rode their luck, as Andrew Wooten once once more proved their saving grace with a 93rd-minute winner. Their strength of character can be tested again in Braunschweig.
Expect Braunschweig for the win
