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The leading but weakened Krefeld is waiting for the actual champions

Krefeld is after two rounds the leading team in the league. However, it has problems with injuries, so it doesn't enter this evening's game as a favorite

Although it came into the season without a few key players, including the captain and club legend Herbert Vasiljevs, Krefeld received the maximum six points in the first weekend. It must be noted that it played against two of the most modest teams in the league. First, on Friday it beat DEG at home, that on Sunday it won in Schwenninger. With six thousand ardent fans in attendance, the home team celebrated the first DEL match in Schwenninger in 11 years, but Krefeld has already after 77 seconds subdued them.

Then it was in fact brought to a lead with a goal by Boris Blank. After that, we saw an equival match, but only 40 seconds before the end of the first third, Sinan Akdag brought Krefeld a 2-0 advantage. At the beginning of the second third, Daniel Pietta took advantage of two more players, and all doubts about the winner were removed by Roland Verwey.

By the end of the game it relaxed a bit and allowed the host a honor goal. However, it had a lot of problems in the game with a player more. It used only one of nine chances even when it played 5 on 3. But on the other hand, it was excellent in the defense, where it defend itself in all nine situations.

It is again having a lot of problems with injuries. In practice on Tuesday, coach Rick Adduonu was missing nine players. Beside Vasiljevs, Methot, Hanusch and Sonnenberg, who will be off the court for a long time, there will also be no attacker Blanka (flu) and Sofron (dental surgery). Both attackers should be ready for the match against Eisbären, as well as goalkeeper Tomas Duba, who received an unpleasant blow to the knee at the practice. The performance of two defenders with a shoulder injury, Akdag and Driendla is in question much more.

- When we are complete, we can certainly cope with Eisbaren - said the international striker Daniel Pietta.

But that does not mean that they have no chance even this weakened. The team of coach Adduon always does its best and the reigning champion tonight are expecting a tough task.

Like Krefeld, Eisbaren this past weekend also achieved a hundred percent effect. After the celebration in Ingolstadt on Sunday, it celebrated many goals in Berlin. Against Iserlohn they took a lead as early as the 44th minute through the goal by Darin Olver, but the advantage lasted only 84 seconds. Jens Baxmann brought it new lead, but the guest again equalized in less than two minutes. In the 13th minute, after the goal of the captain Andrea Ranke it was already 3-2 for Eisbaren. But the persistent guest did not surrender and achieved two new goals and went to the break with one goal ahead.

But in the second third Eisbaren was the better team and turned the result with goals by Daniel Weiss and Julian Talbot. At the beginning of the last third, Florian Busch increased to 6-4 and it seemed that Eisbaren will break the match. But this did not happen. The guest was reduced and it dangerously threatened  until the moment when Laurin Braun set the final 7-5.

At the end of the match the guest had even more shots on the goal (36-39), but Eisbaren was saved by a great scoring (3/5). After the game, the visiting coach Doug Mason said:

- I bet a million that Eisbaren will be a champion again. Against them you can not rely on your defense, it is simply too strong in attack, where play great the important passes at three meters.

Eisbaren is a team that usually enters a little slower into the season and later improves its form, and was the best when it was most needed. But this season under new coach Jeff Tomlinson, it had already strongly moved from the start. If it plays tonight as in the first two games, it could be a winner against Krefeld restore. It slowly completes the team, and in Krefeld coach Tomlinson will not be able to count only on the defender C. Braun and attackers Foya and Christensen.

The game between two teams that have two wins in the first two league rounds. Weakened Krefeld has a difficult task ahead, but Eisbaren are a team that likes to compete and I expect this to be an open and efficient game. I am convinced they will go over the set margin of 5.5 goals. Krefeld scores on average 4.5 goals in their games, Eisbaren almost 5. In addition, the 5.5 goals margin was breached in 6 of their their last 7 meetings.