U23s to host TSV Havelse on Saturday | OneFootball

The 19th-placed side in the 3. Liga will be the visitors to Stadion Rote Erde on Saturday lunchtime. Following their 3-1 away win in Duisburg, the Borussia Dortmund U23s will be looking to close the gap to the teams above them in the table.

TSV Havelse have made a bright start to 2022 and are sensing their chance to beat the drop. Every point counts in the third tier's tightly-contested relegation scrap. It was only on Matchday 9 that fellow promoted outfit Havelse managed to claim their first three points, having previously suffered seven defeats and picked up one draw. Coach Rüdiger Ziehl's team have been in the relegation zone since the second round of matches, but things are going much better for the Lower Saxony side in 2022. A stalemate with leaders Magdeburg was followed by a defeat against Wiesbaden and, more recently, two wins against Türk. Munich and Meppen. That lifted TSV off bottom spot at Würzburg's expense.

Following their victory in Duisburg, BVB occupy eighth place in the table with an impressive tally of 38 points. Richmond Tachie and Lennard Maloney will return to the matchday squad after their recent suspensions. Franz Pfanne, who is suspended, and the injured Kolbeinn Finnsson will miss out.