Leipzig under pressure: Will Lok fail for a third time?

1. FC Lok Leipzig still believes in promotion to the 3rd Football League. After losing 1-0 at home, however, the Saxons must win at Würzburger Kickers on Monday (6.30pm/MagentaSport). If they fail to do so, Lok would fail to qualify for relegation, as they did in 2020 (against SC Verl) and 2025 (against TSV Havelse). "We weren't the strongest away team in the Regionalliga Nordost for nothing. We will also try everything in Würzburg to perhaps make the impossible a reality," said coach Jochen Seitz after the first leg.

Since the club from Lower Franconia were clearly superior and could have won by a higher margin, Seitz could "definitely live" with the 0:1. Psychologically, the coach even sees an opportunity: "Realistically, Würzburg has the advantage. But Würzburg has something to lose, we can only win." He wants to analyze the game intelligently, "perhaps also change the build-up play to annoy Würzburg a little more".

Statistics speak for the Kickers

If you go by the statistics, then the chances of the club from Lower Franconia are excellent. So far, no team in the promotion play-offs for the 3rd division has managed to turn around a home defeat in the first leg in the following away match.

Lok now want to change that. "I don't want to say that we're satisfied with the 0:1, but we can live with it for now. We lacked penetration in attack. That's where we have to start," said Seitz. Because without goals of their own, the champions of the Regionalliga Nordost will not be promoted again.