Black-and-yellows' points hunt continues at MSV Duisburg | OneFootball

Situation

Two home games in four days are 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. In four competitive matches played so far, the Borussia women have won all four, scored 17 goals and not conceded a single one. “What pleases me especially is that we’ve kept a clean sheet at the back. A solid defense is the foundation of top teams if they 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 train fully again on Thursday. Marina Scholz is currently struggling with adductor problems. “We’ll see how it develops and hope she can return to action by next week at the latest,” says coach Högner.

Opponents

MSV Duisburg left no doubt last season about earning 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. The MSV also only narrowly lost 2-1 to second-division side Borussia Mönchengladbach in the DFB-Pokal recently. From their first three matches in the Regionalliga West, the team picked up six points, three of them coming last weekend in a 5-2 win over fellow promoted side SV Fortuna Freudenberg.

The first “unknown”

MSV Duisburg are the first of six opponents the BVB women have not yet faced from last season in the Regionalliga West. Even so, some players are far from unknown to Markus Högner due to their shared past at SGS Essen. One of them is captain Isabel Hochstein, who played in the Bundesliga for both MSV Duisburg and SGS Essen. “Duisburg will want to trip us up as well,” knows Markus Högner, “but that’s something we have to deal with week after week, and we’ll also have to push ourselves to the limit in this match.” For that reason, workload management was the focus this week. After a controlled session on Thursday with regeneration as the main focus, the team will have Friday off before final training takes place on Saturday.

The Regionalliga West matchday four clash will kick off on Sunday (13/09) at 3:30 p.m. on the grass pitch at BSA, Westender Str. 36 in Duisburg. The stadium and ticket office will open from 2 p.m. – all further travel information can be found here. Admission costs €8 (€5 reduced), and children under 7 are admitted free. The match will also be broadcast live and free on Pluto TV.

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