Overview
- Energie Cottbus hosts SV Wehen Wiesbaden on Saturday at 14:00, seeking a home win that would put direct promotion within reach before the season finale.
- Captain Axel Borgmann and playmaker Tolcay Cigerci miss the game on one-match bans after both received their fifth yellow cards in last weekend’s 1:2 loss at MSV Duisburg.
- Cottbus sits second in Germany’s third tier with Duisburg level on points but two goals worse on goal difference, and Duisburg plays Friday at relegated Erzgebirge Aue and can apply pressure by winning first.
- Coach Claus-Dieter Wollitz urged his squad to deliver under heavy pressure, while club president Sebastian Lemke publicly backed him to stay as coach and downplayed a move into a manager role if promotion is achieved.
- A near sell-out crowd of about 19,000 is expected after high demand at the Leag Energie Stadion, and fans are being asked to lift a side facing a Wiesbaden team that has not won in eight league games.