- Red and white food is a guest in the 3rd league today (4:30 p.m.). SC Verl. The game against our feared opponent is a top game, with around 1,800 RWE fans there.
- Marek Janssen will be in the starting line-up for the first time today. Jannik Mause has to go to the bench. Michael Schultz, Franci Bouebari and Jannik Hofmann are also starting. The RWE lineup: Golz – Rios Alonso, Schultz, Kraulich – Hofmann, Gjasula, Moustier, Bouebari – Müsel, Mizuta – Janssen
- RWE has to do without five players, including Ahmet Arslan and Ramien Safi, who are both ill. Jakob Golz returns to goal. U19 talent James Gnagnon is in the squad.
Jannik Hofmann (l.) will be in the starting eleven for Rot-Weiss Essen in Verl today. stand. The 23-year-old replaces the injured Michael Kostka.
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Top game in the 3rd league: Rot-Weiss Essen will be guests at SC Verl in the Sportclub Arena on Saturday afternoon (4.30 p.m.). The team will be accompanied on this away trip by around 1,800 fans. The RWE supporters hope that the “Verl curse” will finally be ended. Since promotion to the third division in 2022, Essen has not been able to win a game against East Westphalia. The balance: six games, three draws, three defeats, 5:15 goals.
After VfL Osnabrück was able to advance in the promotion battle with the spectacular 5-3 win in Ulm on Friday evening, there is now an opportunity for the head coach’s team Uwe Koschinat the opportunity to move past the table again with a win – and also to overtake SC Verl. That is exactly the goal of the Essenes. There is only one point between SCV and RWE after 17 games. It is the first game for Koschinat after his contract extension was announced on Tuesday at the regular general meeting.
SC Verl against Rot-Weiss Essen: The 3rd league in the live ticker today
Essen’s head coach has to do without five players. In addition to the long-term injured striker Jaka Cuber Potocnik (torn muscle bundle), defensive talent Nico Schulte-Kellinghaus (irritation in the adductor area), right-back Michael Kostka (strain) and the offensive players Ramien Safi and Ahmet Arslan will definitely be out. Both have to pass due to a flu-like infection. “We don’t want to play big games there. It wouldn’t be justifiable from a health point of view,” explained Koschinat before the game.
Jakob Golz is fit again and is back in the starting line-up in Verl.
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However, there is also good news from the RWE hospital: regular goalkeeper Jakob Golz is fit again after his illness and will return to goal. Jannik Hofmann also plays for the injured Kostka. However, these will not be the only two changes.
Rot-Weiss Essen: Koschinat makes five changes
Marek Janssen also moves into the starting line-up for Jannik Mause. Franci Bouebari and captain Michael Schultz also get the chance from the start. Lucas Brumme has to go to the bench for this. Koschinat is using a three-man chain today for the first time in months.