Sonntag, 10. September 2017

Eintracht Braunschweig - SV Sandhausen

Braunschweig to beat Sandhausen

TEAM NEWS

Braunschweig’s Julius Biada was injured last time out against Kaiserslautern and is out for several weeks while Patrick Schonfeld and Steve Breitkreutz miss again with injury concerns.

Bielefeld travel to Braunschweig with several players out injured as the club look to replace Stefan Kulovits, Marcel Seegert, Mirco Born, Rick Wulle, Robert Herrmann and Korbinian Vollmann.

Braunschweig

Suspended: None

Doubtful: None

Injured/unavailable: Julius Biada (calf), Patrick Schonfeld (infection), Steve Breitkreutz (pubis)

Sandhausen

Suspended: None

Doubtful: None

Injured/unavailable: Stefan Kulovits (muscle), Marcel Seegert (eye); Mirco Born, Rick Wulle (both knee); Robert Herrmann (broken foot), Korbinian Vollmann (unspecified)

MATCH PREVIEW

MAIN PREDICTION: HOME WIN

Promotion candidates Braunschweig’s start to the new season has not been as good as expected, with three draws and just one victory to date. Of course they are still unbeaten, but they will need to start converting those draws into wins soon to be in with a chance of promotion. The team have scored in their last 24 home games and they have registered three goals in their first two home fixtures so far.  They will hope to continue with this scoring touch and clinch their second home win here.

Sandhausen’s unbeaten run ended with a 2-1 home defeat against Dusseldorf before the international break. Although they took the lead early through Lucas Holer they were unable to make it back-to-back victories after beating Dresden convincingly 4-0 in their previous 2.Bundesliga outing. After two clean sheets in a row, their watertight defence found itself under pressure against Dusseldorf and they conceded the winning goal in the 88th minute.

Given the fact that Sandhausen have a lengthy injury list, they will find it very difficult to line up a strong starting XI here and that gives me reason to believe that Braunschweig will be victorious.

SECOND PREDICTION: HALF TIME HAD – HOME WIN

Braunschweig have been leading at half time in three of their last four home games in the league. I can see this trend continuing here.

HEAD TO HEAD

Braunschweig’s all-time home record against Sandhausen in 2.Bundesliga consists of three wins and one defeat.

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