Kaiserslautern will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind 1860 München.
It's no vacation for neither Kaiserslautern nor 1860 München 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.
Kaiserslautern form and stats
3 victories, 8 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Kaiserslautern have to build on here at Fritz-Walter-Stadion in the 3. Liga. The home supporters have been following results with a growing disbelief as Kaiserslautern has racked up an amazing four draws in a row here at their own stadium. How long will this continue?
Happy days for Kaiserslautern in their previous game, a 3. Liga match away at Magdeburg (placed 15th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Before that, Kaiserslautern drew at home versus Meppen.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Kaiserslautern have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won two, drawn five and lost four.
The manager B. Schommers will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Carl Zeiss Jena in only four days.
Kaiserslautern are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 13 games. Kaiserslautern's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
1860 München form and stats
As the visiting team in 3. Liga matches, 1860 München have produced an overall stat of 5-3-6 so far. Things are running smoothly for 1860 München who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 15 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Hansa Rostock. 1860 München are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
Impressive finishing from D. Dressel, P. Owusu and E. Bekiroglu secured the home win 3-2 against MSV Duisburg in their previous game. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Carl Zeiss Jena.
What a finish in the last match, as München came back from being down 0-2 and secured a very satisfying victory through P. Owusu's goal in the 86th minute. P. Owusu came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against MSV Duisburg last time out, making the manager M. Köllner feel like a tactical genius.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with München playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were one 1860 München wins, two draws and two defeats.
After this away game München return home for a 3. Liga game against Wurzburger Kickers. That game is only three sleeps after this.
München are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 14 games (in the league). In the opposite end, München have conceded 24 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: 1860 München - Kaiserslautern 3-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Kaiserslautern four wins, three draws and 1860 München three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Mölders 14 goals |   F. Pick 10 goals | C. Kühlwetter 10 goals |
Kaiserslautern missing players
1860 München missing players
| Kaiserslautern | 1860 München | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 10 | 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 43 | 15 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 19 | 48 |
| 45 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 24 | 40 |
| 89% | 77% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 82% | 69% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 79% | 82% |
| 54% | 31% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 71% | 61% |
| 43% | 23% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 36% | 39% |
| 21% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 68% | 54% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 64% | 71% |
| 25% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 29% | 21% |
| 18% | 31% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 7% | 11% |
| 6.9 | 6.4 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
| 4.4 | 3.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 269 | 127 | 29 | Total Shots | T S | 48 | 134 | 286 |
| 125 | 57 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 25 | 63 | 142 |
| 34% | 26% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 30% | 34% |
- 1860 München have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- 1860 München have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- 1860 München 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 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 52 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 14 | 47 |
| 2 | Unterhaching | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 42 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 47 |
| 3 | 1860 München | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 48 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 45 |
| 4 | Waldhof Mannheim | 28 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 42 | 33 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 44 |
| 5 | Bayern München II | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 54 | 47 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 7 | 44 |
| 6 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 46 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 44 |
| 7 | Wurzburger Kickers | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 51 | 46 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 5 | 44 |
| 8 | Meppen | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 51 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 18 | 12 | 42 |
| 9 | Ingolstadt | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 48 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 42 |
| 10 | Hansa Rostock | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 42 |
| 11 | Uerdingen | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | -6 | 42 |
| 12 | Chemnitzer FC | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 45 | 44 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 1 | 37 |
| 13 | Kaiserslautern | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 43 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 31 | -2 | 37 |
| 14 | Viktoria Koln | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 57 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 31 | -9 | 35 |
| 15 | Magdeburg | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 37 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 33 |
| 16 | Zwickau | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 42 | 43 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 24 | -1 | 33 |
| 17 | Hallescher FC | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 45 | 47 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 21 | -2 | 33 |
| 18 | Preußen Münster | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 41 | 50 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 25 | -9 | 30 |
| 19 | Sonnenhof Großaspach | 28 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 54 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -31 | 21 |
| 20 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 28 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 27 | 62 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 36 | -35 | 17 |
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