With a tailwind to Halle

Was the home win against Wehen Wiesbaden just an intermediate high in the crisis or the turning point for SpVgg Unterhaching?

After the bleak series with six games without a win, the third division team managed to get out of the relegation zone on Saturday with a 2-1 win and a surprisingly famous performance.

On Wednesday things could go even higher with another three, SpVgg travels to Halle for the catch-up game (kick-off at 7 p.m.).

Unterhaching - If another victory succeeds, Haching climbs to eleventh place in the table, would have moved a long way from the relegation zone, namely to four points, and would still have played one game less than some of the competitors.

“That”, says coach Arie van Lent, “would definitely do us good.

We didn't play twice weeks ago and were pushed down the table. Now we have the opportunity to get bonus points.

That would look a bit different again. ”The game at Halleschen FC, originally scheduled for October 31, was canceled at short notice because of a - ultimately wrong - positive corona test in the Hachingen team.

"Now we are in good spirits that the game will take place," said SpVgg yesterday.

Neither club is currently affected by the virus.

Even the onset of winter was not a problem yesterday. In Unterhaching, the training session took place yesterday in snowfall.

Halle got the curve a little earlier than Haching this season, after a weak start to the season, the team from Saxony-Anhalt last failed five times in a row and celebrated two wins in a row in the two most recent games against Uerdingen and Viktoria Köln.

With increased self-confidence after the victory on Saturday, SpVgg Unterhaching is not going to Halle as an outsider.

“We have a tailwind,” says van Lent, “what was important against contractions was the way we performed, and that we responded that way after the early 0-1.

That was proof that we can do it. "

Captain Markus Schwabl also sees Saturday's home win as a great source of encouragement: “There were eleven men on the pitch who achieved 100 percent their level of performance, which may not have always been the case in the last few weeks.

To prove such a moral after falling behind shows what a great team we have.

We broke the negative spiral, that was very important for morale. "

In terms of personnel, nothing will change today for the away game after Saturday's success.

Central defender Felix Göttlicher (18) is back in the starting line-up after his third division debut against Wehen Wiesbaden.

Coach van Lent is also planning with Dominik Stroh-Engel in a duet with Patrick Hasenhützl at the forefront, even if Stroh-Engel reported slight muscular problems.

“For a 35-year-old, three games a week is a lot,” says Haching's coach, “but I assume we can count on him.” Pleasing: Lucas Hufnagel, who had been injured for weeks, returned to training yesterday for today it is not yet an option.

For striker Felix Schröter, the pause for thought continues, he is still not in the squad.

SpVgg Unterhaching: Mantl - Schwabl, Göttlicher, R. Müller, Dombrowka - Stierlin, Grauschopf - Anspach, Marseiler - Stroh-Engel, Hasenhüttl.