Black-and-yellows continue points hunt at MSV Duisburg | OneFootball

Starting position

Two home matches in four days are now behind the BVB women. Following the 3-0 win against DJK Wacker Mecklenbeck in the Regionalliga West, they followed it up on Wednesday with a win in the Westphalia Cup against league rivals 1. FFC Recklinghausen in front of 1,845 spectators at Stadion Rote Erde. The Borussia women have won all four of their competitive matches so far, scored 17 goals and conceded none. “I’m especially pleased that we’ve kept a clean sheet at the back. A solid defense is the foundation of top teams if you want to stay at the top in the long term,” explains head coach Markus Högner.

Squad

All players came through the extra midweek workload well. Jacqueline Meißner, who was left out of the squad for the cup match as a precaution, was able to return to full training on Thursday. Marina Scholz is currently struggling with adductor problems. “We’ll see how it develops and hope that she can return to action by next week at the latest,” says coach Högner.

Opposition

MSV Duisburg left no doubt last season about their promotion to the Regionalliga West. By the end of the campaign, they had recorded 23 wins from 24 matches while conceding just seven goals in the Niederrheinliga. MSV also only narrowly lost 2-1 to second-division side Borussia Mönchengladbach in the DFB Cup most recently. From their first three matches in the Regionalliga West, the team picked up six points, three of them last weekend in a 5-2 win against fellow promoted side SV Fortuna Freudenberg.

The first “unknown”

MSV Duisburg are the first of six opponents from last season that the BVB women have not yet faced in the Regionalliga West. Even so, some of their players are far from unknown to Markus Högner thanks to their shared past at SGS Essen. That includes captain Isabel Hochstein, who played in the Bundesliga for both MSV Duisburg and SGS Essen. “Duisburg will also want to trip us up,” Markus Högner knows, “but that’s something we have to deal with week after week, and in this match too we’ll have to perform at our limit.” Workload management was therefore the main focus this week. After a lighter session on Thursday with an emphasis on recovery, the team will have Friday off before the final training session takes place on Saturday.

The Matchday 4 Regionalliga West clash kicks off on Sunday (13 September) at 15:30 on the grass pitch at BSA, Westender Str. 36 in Duisburg. The stadium and ticket office open from 14:00 – all further travel information is available here. Admission costs €8 (€5 reduced), and children under 7 get in free. The match will also be broadcast live and free on Pluto TV.

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