On Easter Monday, the 34th match day in the 3rd league will be completed at 18:00 with the match between KFC Uerdingen and Eintracht Braunschweig. The KFC went with the top budget of 8 million euros in the season 2018/19. But long ago the club from Krefeld had to accept that a high budget does not automatically bring success. After the 33rd game Uerdingen already has the third coach this season and stands with 44 points in the no man’s land of the league. With a lead of seven points on the first relegation rank, the promoted the league has not yet finally secured.
The Eintracht from Braunschweig, on the other hand, continues to fight bravely against relegation. After the first round, the lions were still lagging behind the league with a gap of seven points on the saving shore. But under coach Andre Schubert TSV is the third best team in the second half. Only Osnabrück and Wehen Wiesbaden were able to collect more points in the second half of the season. The Brunswicks are still far from being saved. Although the Eintracht is currently on the first non-relegation zone, but only because of the better goal difference against Fortuna Cologne. The bookmakers reward the good second half of the Lower Saxony and send the team coached by Schubert duel Uerdingen vs.. Braunschweig based on the odds as the away team as a favorite in the race.
Uerdingen:
After Stefan Krämer and Norbert Meier Frank Heinemann is already the third coach of the KFC Uerdingen this season. Under the new coach, the KFC was able to finish the series of twelve league games without a victory on the 32nd match day with the 3-1 win at Sportfreunde Lotte. But the league under Heinmann stands for Uerdingen only one win, a draw and two defeats. Added to this is the 2-0 win at Rot-Weiss-Essen in the national cup. Last season, the Uerdinger had the league leaders Osnabrück as a guest. Already in the 6th minute VfL took the lead. The home side found well after the game, but remained too imprecise on the offensive. With two more goals for Osnabrück the game was decided early after the break. Coach Heinemann was satisfied with the performance of his team against the front runners. According to the coach were above all the high willingness to run and the aggression in the duel behavior impressive.
Thus, the KFC stands at 44 points. Thus, the 3rd place is already 14 meters away. In the first relegation rank, however, there are only seven points. With five remaining games Uerdingen still needs a few points for the safe league. After the first round Krefeld still had a good third place. In the back round table, the Uerdinger are in last place with one win and three draws. Maximilian Beister scored his eleventh goal of the season against Osnabrück, leading the scorers’ list of blue-reds. Injured, the Krefeld have to give up on Monday on Grimaldi, Matuschyk, Ibrahimaj, Udegbe and Vollath. Kevin Grosskreutz is missing because of his tenth yellow card. Alexander Bittroff is expected to play for him. Erb, who saw the fifth yellow against Lotte, will probably return to the starting lineup.
Brunswick:
After eight games in a row without defeat Eintracht on the penultimate round of the game went with the 0: 1 in the league leaders VfL Osnabrück again as a loser from the square. Also last Saturday in the home game against the SG Sonnenhof Großaspach it was enough despite optical superiority only to a point. The equalizer scored Eintracht even in injury time. Thus, the lion wait for three games for a win. Nevertheless Braunschweig is with six wins, six draws and two defeats still in third place in the back round table.
Above all, coach Andre Schubert was able to stabilize the defense of the lions. Ten goals in the second half of the season are the second best value in the league. A bitter pill was for the TSV against the SGS the injury of winter access Bernd Nehrig. The replacement captain fails with a partial tear of the right Achilles tendon until the end of the season. Now coach Schubert has to decide who should replace the experienced midfielder. First contender is Marc Pfitzner. Stephan Fürstner should return to the starting eleven after his yellow card suspension against Uerdingen. Between Uerdingen and Braunschweig, the odds for a tip on the victory of the guests are lower, but in case of success beckons more than twice the effort.
PREDICTION: Over 2,5 goals @ 1,91
