Sandhausen (dpa / lsw) – Coach Alois Schwartz from the second division soccer team SV Sandhausen thinks highly of 1. FC Heidenheim. “The club is considered a role model in terms of continuity, that’s the one important factor,” said the coach two days before the direct meeting on Wednesday (6:30 p.m. / Sky). “But the club has also made good progress in infrastructure. Unfortunately, we haven’t managed to do that so far. And the Heidenheimers also have more spectators who support them.”
The duel on match day 16 takes place in Sandhausen. With the hosts, Janik Bachmann is eligible to play again after serving a yellow card suspension. First-choice goalkeeper Patrick Drewes has also returned to training after recovering from a torn muscle fibre. “But we won’t take any risks,” Schwartz said. “Thanks to the last games we know that we also have a good representative in Nikolai Rehnen.”
The SVS goes into the last home game of the calendar year as 15th in the table. The FCH arrives as a third party. “Heidenheim seems well-rehearsed and homogeneous,” Schwartz knows about the opponent’s strengths.
