Dynamo Dresden vs Kaiserslautern match preview: Even contest expected at Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga Play-offs
Competition: Tue 24.May
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion

Finally! The 2. Bundesliga Play-offs opening game for these teams, whom are finally competing for points again. Will Dynamo Dresden or Kaiserslautern get that highly important first three points?

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Dynamo Dresden form and stats

Disaster struck Dynamo Dresden last season as they could not defend their status as a 2. Bundesliga team. With 16 defeats from 34 games, and only 7 wins, relegation could not be avoided. Dynamo Dresden are hopeful of bouncing straight back up, but need to improve upon their home record from last season of W5 D5 L7.

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 Dresden have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 2 and lost 1.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Dynamo Dresden, who have participated in three training matches. Dynamo Dresden have won 1 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 1 game.

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Kaiserslautern form and stats

A job perfectly done for Kaiserslautern last season as they secured promotion from 3. Liga. With a grand total of 18 wins, 9 draws and 9 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 6 were in away matches.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Kaiserslautern playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 5 Kaiserslautern wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Kaiserslautern played two friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 0 draws and 1 defeat. In these two matches Kaiserslautern scored 3 and conceded 3 goals.

Head 2 Head

The participants have faced each other already this season, with the result Kaiserslautern - Dynamo Dresden 0-0 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Dynamo Dresden four wins, two draws and Kaiserslautern four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

DresdenC. Daferner
C. Daferner
13 goals
KaiserslauternT. Boyd
T. Boyd
8 goals
KaiserslauternM. Wunderlich
M. Wunderlich
7 goals

Dynamo Dresden missing players

Kaiserslautern missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Dynamo Dresden Kaiserslautern
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
1 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 4
4 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 1
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
2 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 11
1 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
11 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 2
2 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 1
Dynamo Dresden Last season Kaiserslautern
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   18 36
7 5   Won W   6 18
11 5   Drew D   5 9
16 7   Lost L   7 9
33 18   Scored S   19 56
46 18   Conceded C   16 27
91% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 86%
71% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   61% 69%
50% 35%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   28% 42%
18% 12%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   11% 22%
3% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 6%
50% 41%   BTTS BTTS   28% 31%
24% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   44% 53%
35% 35%   Failed to Score F T   44% 31%
 
5 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5.1
5.1 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   5 4.4
2.1 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.8
3 1   Red cards R C   1 4
 
12.5 13.9   Shots (avg) S (   9.7 11
4.3 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 4.6
23% 21%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 34%
 
14.6 12.8   Shots against (avg) S A   10.7 9.5
4.9 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4 3.7

Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Schalke 04 34 20 5 9 72 44 17 10 2 5 40 27 17 10 3 4 32 17 28 65
2 Werder Bremen 34 18 9 7 65 43 17 8 6 3 29 17 17 10 3 4 36 26 22 63
3 Hamburger SV 34 16 12 6 67 35 17 9 6 2 36 17 17 7 6 4 31 18 32 60
4 Darmstadt 98 34 18 6 10 71 46 17 10 3 4 42 23 17 8 3 6 29 23 25 60
5 St. Pauli 34 16 9 9 61 46 17 11 4 2 37 17 17 5 5 7 24 29 15 57
6 Heidenheim 34 15 7 12 43 45 17 10 4 3 27 18 17 5 3 9 16 27 -2 52
7 Paderborn 34 13 12 9 56 44 17 4 7 6 26 24 17 9 5 3 30 20 12 51
8 Nurnberg 34 14 9 11 49 49 17 8 3 6 26 23 17 6 6 5 23 26 0 51
9 Holstein Kiel 34 12 9 13 46 54 17 8 3 6 23 23 17 4 6 7 23 31 -8 45
10 Fortuna Dusseldorf 34 11 11 12 45 42 17 6 6 5 28 21 17 5 5 7 17 21 3 44
11 Hannover 96 34 11 9 14 35 49 17 6 6 5 16 19 17 5 3 9 19 30 -14 42
12 Karlsruher SC 34 9 14 11 54 55 17 5 9 3 32 26 17 4 5 8 22 29 -1 41
13 Hansa Rostock 34 10 11 13 41 52 17 4 5 8 17 25 17 6 6 5 24 27 -11 41
14 Sandhausen 34 10 11 13 42 54 17 4 5 8 19 29 17 6 6 5 23 25 -12 41
15 Jahn Regensburg 34 10 10 14 50 51 17 6 4 7 31 29 17 4 6 7 19 22 -1 40
16 Dynamo Dresden 34 7 11 16 33 46 17 5 5 7 18 18 17 2 6 9 15 28 -13 32
17 Erzgebirge Aue 34 6 8 20 32 72 17 3 3 11 14 34 17 3 5 9 18 38 -40 26
18 Ingolstadt 34 4 9 21 30 65 17 2 5 10 12 29 17 2 4 11 18 36 -35 21
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Magdeburg 36 24 6 6 83 39 18 13 4 1 34 10 18 11 2 5 49 29 44 78
2 Eintracht Braunschweig 36 18 10 8 61 36 18 8 6 4 27 21 18 10 4 4 34 15 25 64
3 Kaiserslautern 36 18 9 9 56 27 18 12 4 2 37 11 18 6 5 7 19 16 29 63
4 1860 München 36 17 10 9 67 50 18 9 4 5 39 28 18 8 6 4 28 22 17 61
5 Waldhof Mannheim 36 16 12 8 58 40 18 8 5 5 33 21 18 8 7 3 25 19 18 60
6 Osnabruck 36 16 10 10 56 48 18 8 3 7 22 19 18 8 7 3 34 29 8 58
7 Saarbrucken 36 14 11 11 50 44 18 8 5 5 25 20 18 6 6 6 25 24 6 53
8 Wehen Wiesbaden 36 14 9 13 49 44 18 6 6 6 20 19 18 8 3 7 29 25 5 51
9 Borussia Dortmund II 36 14 7 15 51 48 18 4 6 8 17 19 18 10 1 7 34 29 3 49
10 Zwickau 36 11 14 11 46 44 18 6 6 6 27 24 18 5 8 5 19 20 2 47
11 Freiburg II 36 12 11 13 34 42 18 8 6 4 24 18 18 4 5 9 10 24 -8 47
12 Meppen 36 13 8 15 47 60 18 7 4 7 29 26 18 6 4 8 18 34 -13 47
13 Viktoria Koln 36 12 9 15 39 52 18 7 6 5 27 22 18 5 3 10 12 30 -13 45
14 Hallescher FC 36 10 13 13 46 48 18 7 7 4 31 25 18 3 6 9 15 23 -2 43
15 MSV Duisburg 36 13 3 20 46 71 18 7 2 9 25 37 18 6 1 11 21 34 -25 42
16 Verl 36 10 10 16 56 66 18 5 5 8 29 33 18 5 5 8 27 33 -10 40
17 Viktoria Berlin 36 10 7 19 44 62 18 7 3 8 25 29 18 3 4 11 19 33 -18 37
18 Wurzburger Kickers 36 7 9 20 34 59 18 2 5 11 18 32 18 5 4 9 16 27 -25 30
19 Havelse 36 5 8 23 28 71 18 4 1 13 14 34 18 1 7 10 14 37 -43 23
20 Turkgucu-Ataspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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