Review of the German Football League
Saturday, February 3, 2024
Darmstadt – Leverkusen
live feed: True Sports 2, BeIN Sports 6, BeIN Sports Extra (Time: 2:30 AM)
stadium : Merckstadion am Bellenwaltur
Bayer Leverkusen, the leader of the German League recently, faltered. Mönchengladbach's 0-0 win at home became the first match of the season where they failed to find the back of the net. This time, the team traveled to Darmstadt, a team that had just 11 points after 21 matches. The two teams had met earlier in the season in Bjarenna and played out a 5-1 draw.
Darmstadt:
Preparation before the competition: Darmstadt coach Torsten Liebergknecht is missing a fair number of injured players, including Marvin Mehlem, Matthias Hunsack, Aaron Seidl, Fraser Hornby, Braydon Manu, and they will also have to wait until they are fit, Fabian Nurnberger and Clemens Riedel. . He is not expected to recover in time.
It is likely that the army formation will rely on three players at the back in the hope of resisting the attacking power of the leaders, while the attacking line includes Julian Istvan, who has just been loaned from Hoffenheim, as a starter, in coordination with Tim Skarki and Luca Vai.
Leverkusen:
As for Xabi Alonso, the hot young coach of the “Pharmacy” army, he has been suffering recently amid the problem of the absence of many key players, despite the exclusion of Edmond Tapsoba (Burkina Faso) and Amin Ad Ley (Morocco). From the Africa Cup of Nations and back but Odilon Kosounou is still there with Ivory Coast.
Victor Boniface and Equiel Palacios are also struggling with injuries, with the latter's problems having led to the signing of Spanish striker Borja Iglesias on loan from Real Betis, and they are expected to have the chance to start immediately, with Jonas Hoffmann and Florian Wiertz joining forces to shape the match.
Players are expected to enter the field
Darmstadt (3-4-2-1): Marcel Schuhen – Christoph Klarer, Christoph Zimmermann, Matej Maglica – Matthias Bader, Bartol Franje Im, Fabian Holland, Amir Carrick – Julian Istvan, Tim Skarcki – Luca Pfeiffer
Leverkusen (3-4-3): Lucas Hradecki – Edmond Tapsoba, Jonathan Tah, Piero Incapie – Jeremy Frimpong, Robert Andrich, Gra Nit Xhaka, Alex Grimaldo – Jonas Hoffmann, Borja Iglesias, Florian Wiertz
Probability of the game
Leverkusen there are a lot of players missing and this is worrying. But the visit to this match is a good opportunity to regain momentum and confidence as Darmstadt go to the bottom of the club with the weakest defensive record in the league this season. It turns out that it is not worth making a mistake to get 3 points with a beautiful result.
Expected results
Darmstadt lost to Leverkusen 0-3.