On matchday 16 of the Regionalliga West, 1. FC Düren welcomes SG Wattenscheid 09. Wattenscheid urgently needs points away from home in the promotion battle.

Promotion duel in the Regionalliga West. On matchday 16 (Saturday, 12 November, 2 p.m.), SG Wattenscheid 09 travels to 1. FC Düren. While Wattenscheid is still bottom of the table after a draw against Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, Düren (2:1 in Ahlen) recently moved up to 13th place.

The SGW scored points at home for the second time in a row with a respectable win against Rot-Weiß Oberhausen. Now they have to improve on that away from home. Coach Christian Britscho’s team has only managed one point away from home.

Britscho expects a fight against the promoted team. “We intend to take the game as well as we did in the last few games. Part of that, especially in Düren, is good tackling; that’s very important in order to survive there. They are an extremely strong team,” said the SGW coach about Düren.

But that doesn’t stop the coach’s optimism. “We have to accept that and we are prepared for it. The boys have shown in the last games that they can do it,” said Britscho, who wants to see another committed Wattenscheid team. In terms of personnel, he will probably have the same players at his disposal as against the cloverleaves from Oberhausen.

We will meet a team that will throw everything in, just like we did. I am prepared for an intense and hard-fought match.

Christian Britscho

Against the fellow promoted team, it would be all about the basic virtues. “Düren got off to a rocket start and recently put in a good performance against Ahlen after a slight dip. We will meet a team that will throw everything in, just like us. I am prepared for an intense and hard-fought match.”

And the game against Oberhausen will give the Wattenscheiders a bit of a tailwind. “The point against RWO showed that we can keep up if we really act absolutely at our limit,” Britscho was pleased with the counter.

The coach now wants to see this attitude more consistently in the coming weeks. “We have to do that against every team in the league, we’ve done that well in the last few weeks and that makes us confident that we can now call that up week after week. The fact is it’s going to be tough for us if the boys don’t scrape the line. But I’m confident about that. “