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- Kaiserslautern have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- All of Hansa Rostock's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
Both sides have had plentiful rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's hope for an enthusiastic match!
Kaiserslautern form and stats
Kaiserslautern must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three 2. Bundesliga games here at Fritz-Walter-Stadion.
The home team returns to Fritz-Walter-Stadion after drawing with Karlsruher SC (placed 9th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. The attacking player Ache was named "man of the match" for Kaiserslautern with the rating of 7.85/10. Ache scored one goal and hit three key passes.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Paderborn and winning 2-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Kaiserslautern have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 4 and lost 2.
The Kaiserslautern manager Schuster has got the team scoring with 7 from 3 home games in the league. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Kaiserslautern defense is not exactly impregnable. 5 goals conceded from 3 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Hansa Rostock form and stats
Hansa Rostock are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the 2. Bundesliga, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Home advantage was not enough for Hansa Rostock in their previous game as they lost hosting Fortuna Düsseldorf, 1-3. Midfield player Rossipal was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.4/10. Rossipal hit two key passes and had 35 successful passes (of 41 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Hamburger SV's place.We have checked recent matches where Rostock have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 17 games were 5 victories, 7 draws and 5 defeats.
It's early days yet, but Hansa Rostock has scored 2 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings involving these participants: Kaiserslautern won three, Hansa Rostock triumphed in four and we saw three draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Ache 5 goals |   J. Perea Mendoza 3 goals |  K. Kraus 1 goals |
Kaiserslautern missing players
Hansa Rostock missing players
| Kaiserslautern | Hansa Rostock | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 33% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 17% |
| 3.8 | 3.7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.5 | 5.2 |
| 6 | 6 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 5.7 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4.5 | 3.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 14 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12.5 | 14.7 |
| 5 | 5.3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 33% | 44% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 31% |
| 18.8 | 19 | 18 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15.5 | 14.3 |
| 6.2 | 6 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 5.2 |
- All of Hansa Rostock's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Kaiserslautern's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Hansa Rostock have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Hansa Rostock haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kaiserslautern have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Kaiserslautern haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Holstein Kiel | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 4 | Hannover 96 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 11 |
| 5 | Magdeburg | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | St. Pauli | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Hansa Rostock | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 9 | Karlsruher SC | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Nürnberg | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 12 | Schalke 04 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 7 |
| 13 | Elversberg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -5 | 7 |
| 14 | Paderborn | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 6 |
| 16 | Greuther Furth | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 5 |
| 17 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 18 | Osnabrück | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -11 | 1 |
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