Soccer match preview: Kaiserslautern confident before travelling to Carl Zeiss Jena

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sun 07.June
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld (12990 seats)

Carl Zeiss Jena hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 18 points and a 20th position in the 3. Liga table. Visiting Kaiserslautern holds 12th place with 38 pts.

It's no vacation for neither Zeiss nor Kaiserslautern as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Carl Zeiss Jena form and stats

Carl Zeiss Jena's struggle is real here at Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld with only 8 points collected from 14 3. Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-2-10. Game days at Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Carl Zeiss Jena as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

Zeiss drew their last game, 1-1 away at MSV Duisburg (placed 1st). Preceding that match was a defeat to Chemnitzer FC (0-1).

There will be little rest for Zeiss after this match as they are travelling to Würzburger Kickers for a 3. Liga game in only three days.

Zeiss have scored 11 league goals here from 14 matches, not a lot. Zeiss have conceded 26 from these games.

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Kaiserslautern form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their 3. Liga travels is 6 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats.

Kaiserslautern delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against 1860 München (placed 6th) in their previous match; a 3. Liga game. Prior to that result Kaiserslautern won their away game at Magdeburg. The scoreline was 1-0.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting MSV Duisburg in just three days.

Kaiserslautern has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 28 goals from 15 games. Kaiserslautern have conceded 31 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Kaiserslautern - Zeiss 3-1. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's two Zeiss victories, four draws and two Kaiserslautern wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

KaiserslauternF. Pick
F. Pick
10 goals
KaiserslauternC. Kühlwetter
C. Kühlwetter
10 goals
KaiserslauternT. Thiele
T. Thiele
8 goals

Carl Zeiss Jena missing players

Kaiserslautern missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Carl Zeiss Jena Kaiserslautern
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 5 15 29
4 2 1 Won W 3 6 9
6 2 1 Drew D 0 2 11
19 10 2 Lost L 2 7 9
28 11 5 Scored S 12 28 44
63 26 6 Conceded C 10 31 46
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
97% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 93% 83%
62% 64% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 73% 52%
28% 7% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 80% 60% 41%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 27% 21%
66% 57% 75% BTTS BTTS 80% 80% 69%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 13% 24%
34% 43% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 7% 17%
 
4.5 4.1 2.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 7.4 6.8
6.3 6.6 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.1 4.4
2.6 2.7 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.3 2.2
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
237 99 21 Total Shots T S 41 142 275
110 49 13 Shots on Target S O 23 68 128
25% 22% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 52% 41% 34%
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Carl Zeiss Jena has the fewest clean sheets (0)
  • Carl Zeiss Jena has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home
  • Carl Zeiss Jena has the fewest points (8) at home
  • Carl Zeiss Jena has the fewest scored goals (11) at home
  • Carl Zeiss Jena has the most conceded goals (63)
  • Carl Zeiss Jena has the most conceded goals in the second half (41)
  • Carl Zeiss Jena has the most dropped points from leading position (23)
  • Carl Zeiss Jena has the the worst goal difference (-35)
  • Carl Zeiss Jena have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Carl Zeiss Jena have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Carl Zeiss Jena have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Carl Zeiss Jena haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Kaiserslautern have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Kaiserslautern have scored at least twice as many goals away as Carl Zeiss Jena have scored home.
  • Kaiserslautern haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 MSV Duisburg 29 14 6 9 53 39 14 9 3 2 28 16 15 5 3 7 25 23 14 48
2 Unterhaching 29 12 11 6 43 33 15 5 6 4 20 20 14 7 5 2 23 13 10 47
3 Waldhof Mannheim 29 11 14 4 43 33 14 3 7 4 18 21 15 8 7 0 25 12 10 47
4 Bayern München II 29 14 5 10 57 49 15 8 3 4 31 24 14 6 2 6 26 25 8 47
5 Eintracht Braunschweig 29 13 8 8 47 40 15 7 4 4 28 22 14 6 4 4 19 18 7 47
6 1860 München 29 12 10 7 49 41 14 7 6 1 29 16 15 5 4 6 20 25 8 46
7 Ingolstadt 29 12 9 8 50 37 15 6 5 4 29 21 14 6 4 4 21 16 13 45
8 Würzburger Kickers 29 13 5 11 51 47 14 7 1 6 22 21 15 6 4 5 29 26 4 44
9 Meppen 29 11 10 8 51 39 14 6 2 6 26 21 15 5 8 2 25 18 12 43
10 Uerdingen 29 12 7 10 34 40 14 5 3 6 16 22 15 7 4 4 18 18 -6 43
11 Hansa Rostock 29 12 6 11 38 34 15 8 3 4 22 14 14 4 3 7 16 20 4 42
12 Kaiserslautern 29 9 11 9 44 46 14 3 9 2 16 15 15 6 2 7 28 31 -2 38
13 Viktoria Koln 29 10 8 11 51 57 15 5 4 6 22 26 14 5 4 5 29 31 -6 38
14 Chemnitzer FC 29 9 10 10 45 45 15 6 6 3 22 16 14 3 4 7 23 29 0 37
15 Magdeburg 29 8 12 9 38 32 14 5 3 6 24 18 15 3 9 3 14 14 6 36
16 Hallescher FC 29 9 6 14 45 48 15 4 5 6 26 27 14 5 1 8 19 21 -3 33
17 Zwickau 29 8 9 12 42 46 14 5 4 5 25 19 15 3 5 7 17 27 -4 33
18 Preußen Münster 29 7 9 13 43 53 15 5 5 5 23 25 14 2 4 8 20 28 -10 30
19 Sonnenhof Großaspach 29 6 6 17 24 54 15 2 3 10 13 35 14 4 3 7 11 19 -30 24
20 Carl Zeiss Jena 29 4 6 19 28 63 14 2 2 10 11 26 15 2 4 9 17 37 -35 18

Germany:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 MSV Duisburg 29 14 6 9 53 39 14 9 3 2 28 16 15 5 3 7 25 23 14 48
2 Unterhaching 29 12 11 6 43 33 15 5 6 4 20 20 14 7 5 2 23 13 10 47
3 Waldhof Mannheim 29 11 14 4 43 33 14 3 7 4 18 21 15 8 7 0 25 12 10 47
4 Bayern München II 29 14 5 10 57 49 15 8 3 4 31 24 14 6 2 6 26 25 8 47
5 Eintracht Braunschweig 29 13 8 8 47 40 15 7 4 4 28 22 14 6 4 4 19 18 7 47
6 1860 München 29 12 10 7 49 41 14 7 6 1 29 16 15 5 4 6 20 25 8 46
7 Ingolstadt 29 12 9 8 50 37 15 6 5 4 29 21 14 6 4 4 21 16 13 45
8 Würzburger Kickers 29 13 5 11 51 47 14 7 1 6 22 21 15 6 4 5 29 26 4 44
9 Meppen 29 11 10 8 51 39 14 6 2 6 26 21 15 5 8 2 25 18 12 43
10 Uerdingen 29 12 7 10 34 40 14 5 3 6 16 22 15 7 4 4 18 18 -6 43
11 Hansa Rostock 29 12 6 11 38 34 15 8 3 4 22 14 14 4 3 7 16 20 4 42
12 Kaiserslautern 29 9 11 9 44 46 14 3 9 2 16 15 15 6 2 7 28 31 -2 38
13 Viktoria Koln 29 10 8 11 51 57 15 5 4 6 22 26 14 5 4 5 29 31 -6 38
14 Chemnitzer FC 29 9 10 10 45 45 15 6 6 3 22 16 14 3 4 7 23 29 0 37
15 Magdeburg 29 8 12 9 38 32 14 5 3 6 24 18 15 3 9 3 14 14 6 36
16 Hallescher FC 29 9 6 14 45 48 15 4 5 6 26 27 14 5 1 8 19 21 -3 33
17 Zwickau 29 8 9 12 42 46 14 5 4 5 25 19 15 3 5 7 17 27 -4 33
18 Preußen Münster 29 7 9 13 43 53 15 5 5 5 23 25 14 2 4 8 20 28 -10 30
19 Sonnenhof Großaspach 29 6 6 17 24 54 15 2 3 10 13 35 14 4 3 7 11 19 -30 24
20 Carl Zeiss Jena 29 4 6 19 28 63 14 2 2 10 11 26 15 2 4 9 17 37 -35 18

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