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Bundesliga, football – 15th matchday, December 17th, 2023
3:30 p.m
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3:15 p.m
But the hosts will certainly have something to object to. The Breisgauer team, who lost 2-0 to West Ham United in the Europa League during the week, are also relying on the tried and tested 4-2-3-1 system today. Compared to the bankruptcy in London, coach Christian Streich changes twice. Roland Sallai has to make do with a place on the bench today and will be replaced by Merlin Röhl. In addition, Michael Gregoritsch is also sitting outside, with Lukas Höler moving up front for him. A rather surprising move considering that the Austrian has scored five goals for the sports club in the last four competitive games. Can the SCF continue its winning streak in the league without him?
3:00 p.m
The guests will be playing again today in a 4-2-3-1 system, in which coach Steffen Baumgart has made four personnel changes compared to the goalless draw against Mainz. The Effzeh coach swaps both full-backs and brings in Schmitz for Carstensen and Finkgräfe for Heintz, who is therefore denied a starting role against his former club. Maina also has to sit on the bench and will be represented on the left by Kainz today. There is also still a lot of change in the forward line, with Selke moving into the starting line-up for Tigges, who is still goalless this season. Since all teams that are below Cologne in the table have already lost on this matchday, Effzeh has the opportunity today to score real big points in the fight to stay in the league.
2:43 p.m
The ball will roll into the Europa Park stadium in around 45 minutes. SC Freiburg, who recently had two fairly simple but effective away wins against Mainz and Wolfsburg, are currently eighth in the table and could catch up to the international places with a threesome today. The guests from Cologne, on the other hand, have completely different concerns. Steffen Baumgart’s team is in 15th place with ten points before the game, but is only one point ahead of the current bottom team from Darmstadt. Effzeh is going through a pretty good phase at the moment, only one of the last five games was lost – and that was against Bayern. It is therefore quite possible that the Rhinelanders could steal one or two important points in the fight to stay in the league from Breisgau today, even if the table situation currently speaks in favor of the home team.
Welcome to the 15th matchday of the Bundesliga! At 3:30 p.m. SC Freiburg welcomes 1.FC Cologne in their Europa Park stadium.