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Germany 2.Bundesliga Aue vs RB Leipzig
| Erzgebirge Aue | vs | RasenBallsport Leipzig |
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Aue Insider Soccer Info:
Aue have recruited heavily during the winter transfer window, therefore there might well be wholesale changes to the side that drew with Bochum within the last league game before the winter break, especially given the injuries sustained by 1st-team pair Arvydas Novikovas and Romario Kortzog.
Stefan Mugosa (Kaiserslautern), Sebastian Hertner (1860 Munich), Vladimir Rankovic (Hannover), Benedikt Krug (Schwabmunchen), Roman Golobart (Cologne), and Clemens Fandrich (Leipzig) have all come back in on loan, while experienced second-tier midfielder Selcuk Alibaz (Karlsruher) and striker Bobby Wood have penned permanent deals.
Henri Anier, Frank Loning, Thorsten Schulz and Solomon Okoronkwo have moved on to pastures new.
Suspended: None
Doubtful: Krug (bruised spine)
Injured/unavailable: Novikovas, Kortzog (both ankle)
RB Leipzig Insider Soccer Info:
Leipzig have been just as active within the winter transfer market, with Brazilian defender Rodnei (RB Salzburg), Peruvian midfielder Yordy Reyna (RB Salzburg), Israeli forward Omer Damari (Austria Vienna) and Swedish midfielder Emil Forsberg (Malmo) set to spice things up for a side whose promotion push hit one thing of a wall towards the end of 2014.
Fringe players Federico Palacios, Matthias Morys, Clemens Fandrich, Andre Luge and Mikko Sumusalo will not be missed after moving out on loan, but suspended defender Marvin Compper definitely will be this weekend.
Ante Rebic, Rodnei and Damari are all doubts for this game, though, as they're struggling with diverse ailments.
Suspended: Compper (one match)
Doubtful: Sebastian (knee), Rebic (back), Rodnei, Damari (both fitness)
Injured/ unavailable: None
Head to Head:
The two sides have only met twice before, with Leipzig nicking a 1-0 home win back on Matchday 3 and also knocking Aue out of the second round of the German Cup (3-1 after extra time).
Match Preview:
Rock-bottom Aue have a mountain to climb if they're to tug themselves above the waterline throughout the second [*fr1] of the season. The Violets haven't won in ten, losing 5 of their last nine and drawing four while not a single clean sheet amongst them.
They scraped friendly wins over regional sides Jena and Havelse during the winter break, however lost to Bundesliga club Paderborn, Hungary's Bucharest and Czech outfit Slavia Prague.
Leipzig, by distinction, start the new year unbeaten in six mid-season outings once beating Barleben, Goslarer, Berliner AK and Qatar Sports Club, and drawing with Austrian facet Salzburg and fellow 2. Bundesliga club Aalen.
Alex Zorniger's men enjoyed a similar run at the start of the campaign, solely losing for the primary time on Matchday 6 at Union Berlin. They didn't fancy quite therefore a lot of success towards the back finish of the calendar year, though, winning simply two of their last eight league assignments (D4, L2).
The Leipzig hierarchy were understandably keen to freshen things up once falling eleven points behind league leaders Ingolstadt, with a few promising first-team candidates signing on the dotted line in the winter transfer window.
Cohesion may be a problem within the short-term, but Aue lack the standard to require advantage of any teething problems.
Expect Away DNB (Draw No Bet)
