18:53
The game is led by Timon Schulz. He leads the teams, together with his assistants, out into the uncomfortable stadium. With one degree and predicted snowfall, the lawn, which is already difficult to play on, probably won’t get any better. Maybe some people still remember the lousy conditions a few weeks ago when Bayern were guests here in the DFB Cup.
6:45 p.m
The MSV head coach makes four changes to the starting staff: Mogultay, Jander (adductor problems), Robin Müller and Stierlin are replaced by Bakalorz, Castaneda, Pusch and Köther. Central defender Josh Bitter was fit in time after his hip and thigh bruise from the last game in Sandhausen.
6:35 p.m
The boys from Wedau have to slowly start collecting points. The situation for the founding member of the Bundesliga is more than threatening. One win from 15 games, plus the weakest offense in the entire league with a meager nine goals scored. Takes last place in the table, already nine points behind the saving bank. The coach has also already been changed from Torsten Ziegner to Boris Schommers. But even the Leverkusen native has not yet been able to initiate the turnaround. His record from five league games: one point. Why does he think he can turn things around? He demands that his team do their homework and believe in what they can do. In addition, the team should not allow setbacks to set them back, said the coach at the matchday PK. Better said than done. The fact that 1. FC Saarbrücken has an opponent waiting today who is completely on the rise is extremely unfortunate. Schommers also noticed that.
18:22
Things looked bleak for the blue and black a few weeks ago. The team from Saarland was in the middle of the relegation battle and far away from where they actually wanted to be: namely in the promotion battle! Then there were two victories against the then leaders Dresden and Halle and today coach Rüdiger Ziehl’s team has the chance to reduce the gap to the promotion relegation place to three points with another three points. But the trainer warns about today’s opponent and the difficulty of the task. He expects “a hard piece of work”. In addition: “We have to defend as concentratedly as we did last and certainly have the necessary patience.” The head coach knows that MSV simply didn’t get off to a good start to the season and suffered a lot of setbacks. He has to do without Kasim Rabihic (hip flexor problems) today. He will be replaced by Tim Civeja in the starting lineup. In addition, Marcel Gaus is back in the starting line-up for Di Michele Sanchez after a yellow card suspension.
6:09 p.m
In freezing temperatures, the ball is about to roll in Saarbrücken’s Ludwigspark to round off the 11th matchday. The game against the Zebras was originally supposed to take place on October 15th. should take place, i.e. during the international break. However, since MSV midfielder Caspar Jandar had to be released for the German U20 national team, MSV was able to apply to postpone the game. The DFB complied with this. That’s why both teams meet this Wednesday evening. For the hosts, it’s about getting their third win in a row and continuing to climb towards the promotion ranks. On the other hand, the Duisburg team finally have to score three times in order to get out of the bottom of the table. But today’s task will certainly not be easy.
17:52
A warm welcome and a nice Wednesday evening to the catch-up game of the 11th matchday in the 3rd league! 1. FC Saarbrücken welcomes the bottom of the table from MSV Duisburg. Have fun with this encounter!