In the top duel of the 2nd Bundesliga between SC Paderborn and Jahn Regensburg, the hosts have to do without Jasper van der Werff on Friday evening (6.30 p.m. / Sky).
The yellow-banned central defender could possibly be replaced by Marcel Correia, Jannis Heuer or Johannes Dörfler, said coach Lukas Kwasniok on Thursday.
"But since our system also varies a lot, I don't want to disclose the line-up yet," said the Paderborn coach.
Paderborn - The long-injured players Leopold Zingerle and Frederik Ananou are still out.
Kwasniok expects an "extremely intense game".
Regensburg sees itself as an outsider, he said, "but we are not the favorites either." Both teams have had a very good start to the season so far.
Paderborn is currently in third place in the table with 17 points, just one point behind the Regensburg team, who are in second place.
So far, around 7,000 tickets have been sold for the game, 10,500 spectators are allowed.
dpa