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Kiel – Ingolstadt, the two currently most formidable teams in the league are facing each other in direct duel. Rising star Holstein Kiel has even taken the league lead last weekend, while FC Ingolstadt has worked its way up to fifth place after a miserable start with 16 points from their last six games.
Both clubs met so far only in the third league season 2009/10 to each other. After a 2: 2 in the first leg in Kiel, succeeded Ingolstadt in the second leg, a 1-0 home win.
Holstein Kiel :
Holstein Kiel did not make a good start with just one point from the first two games but has not been able to slow down much since then. A 2-1 victory in the Cup against Eintracht Braunschweig was the initial spark for the storks, which culminated in eight wins from the next nine league games. Only against FC St. Pauli conceded Kiel a bitter 0: 1 defeat, but gave with four successes at MSV Duisburg (3: 1), against the VfL Bochum (3: 0), at 1 FC Heidenheim (5: 3 ) and against Arminia Bielefeld (2: 1) a more than convincing answer. And when Kiel at 1. FSV Mainz 05 (2: 3 nV) unhappy in the Cup drew the short straw, the surprise climber came up with four points from the two games at SV Darmstadt 98 (1: 1) and against Dynamo Dresden (3: 0 ) also strongly back. The same happened last weekend within 90 minutes at 1. FC Nuremberg, where from a 0-2 deficit was still made 2: 2.
Kiel coach Markus Anfang usually rebuilds his team at most slightly, but could muster the same team as in Nuremberg. Not operational are only the long missing Manuel Janzer and Christopher Lenz.
Probable lineup: Kronholm – Herrmann, Schmidt, Czichos, van den Bergh – Peitz – Schindler, Mühling, Drexler, Lewerenz – Ducksch
Ingolstadt :
After relegation from the Bundesliga FC Ingolstadt is also a league lower with three defeats in one piece stuck in the starting blocks and has only in the DFB Cup at TSV 1860 Munich (2: 1) celebrate a success, which is why the early separation of Coach Maik Walpurgis was no surprise. Successor Stefan Leitl, who was initially appointed interim and after a few weeks to the head coach, began with a 1-0 win at SpVgg Greuther Fürth, but then was able to record from the next four games only mixed four. Only a 3: 0 on the ninth match against SV Darmstadt 98 then became an initial spark. After a subsequent 2: 2 at Dynamo Dresden celebrated the Schanzer last five wins in a row. In addition to a 3: 1 in the Cup in Fürth, there were in the league against 1 FC Heidenheim (3: 0), Arminia Bielefeld (3: 1), at 1 FC Nuremberg (2: 1) and against leaders Fortuna Dusseldorf (1: 0) the optimal yield of twelve points.
Coach Leitl should see little reason to change the successful against Düsseldorf Elf. There are still no complaints of failures.
Probable lineup: Nyland – Levels, Matip, Wahl, Gaus – Träsch – Cohen, Morales – Pledl, Kittel – Kutschke
Holstein Kiel vs Ingolstadt head to head matches
20.01.12 CF Ingolstadt Holstein Kiel 2 : 1
20.02.10 3LIG Ingolstadt Holstein Kiel 1 : 0
29.08.09 3LIG Holstein Kiel Ingolstadt 2 : 2