In a weekend match in week 21, on Sat Feb 4th, Saarbrücken will host Elversberg in a clash of the 3. Liga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 3rd placed Saarbrücken is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Verl. Nicolás Sessa struck first for Verl in the 20th minute on a feed from Maximilian Wolfram, then Yari Otto added another in the 71st minute on a feed from Nicolás Sessa At the end of 90 a dissapointed Saarbrücken couldn’t manage to score, and Verl took the shutout win. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Saarbrücken should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 1st placed Elversberg is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Rot-Weiss Essen. Manuel Feil struck first for Elversberg in the 61st minute on a feed from Schnellbacher, then Nick Woltemade added another in the 70th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Rot-Weiss Essen couldn’t manage to score, and Elversberg took the shutout win. Elversberg is on a hot streak lately, with 8 wins in their last 10 matches.
On the 6th of August, Elversberg hosted Saarbrücken in their last match together. Saarbrücken won by a score of 2 to 0. Julian Gunther-Schmidt struck first for Saarbrücken in the 51st minute from the penalty spot, then Pius Krätschmer added another in the 83rd minute In the end, Elversberg was frustrated by Saarbrücken’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Saarbrücken ended the match with the shutout victory.
Elversberg is fortunate enough to have Thore Jacobsen in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored four goals. Kasim Rabihic has been the most prolific scorer on Saarbrücken in the last 5 matches with three goals.