Overview

• Kickoff is Sunday at 13:30 local in Spiesen-Elversberg’s Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde, with about 10,000 fans expected and roughly 1,500 traveling from Dresden.
• Elversberg arrive on a club-best second-tier start with nine points from four league matches following the international break.
• Coach Vincent Wagner warns that promoted Dresden top the league in possession and opponent-box contacts after four matchdays and have only suffered one-goal defeats.
• Dynamo coach Thomas Stamm targets points in Saarland, stressing compact defending, calmer choices in critical moments, and readiness for set pieces.
• Elversberg have multiple striker options, with two-goal debutant Younes Ebnoutalib joined by fit-again Luca Schnellbacher and new signing Otto Stange.