2. Bundesliga: What this match might lack in glitz it should compensate in effort and commitment. Bring on Holstein Kiel - DSC Arminia Bielefeld!
- Holstein Kiel have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- DSC Arminia Bielefeld have the fewest clean sheets (2) in 2. Bundesliga
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Holstein Kiel form and stats
4 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Holstein Kiel have to build on here at Holstein-Stadion in the 2. Bundesliga.
The home team returns to Holstein-Stadion after drawing with Hamburger SV (placed 3rd) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. Holstein Kiel's goalie Himmelmann played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Hamburger SV with a stunning ten saves. The goalie Himmelmann was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 9.51 out of ten. Himmelmann topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that game, the home loss against Jahn Regensburg with the scoreline 1-2.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Holstein handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
Some stats: A review of the 18 latest league games highlights that 16 of them had at least one goal from each side.
Holstein Kiel have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Holstein-Stadion with 20 goals in 12 league matches. On the other hand, Holstein Kiel have conceded 17 goals.
DSC Arminia Bielefeld form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for DSC Arminia Bielefeld so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-7 (win-draw-lose).
Bielefeld's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Nurnberg that finished 2-2. Drawing 2-2 against Nurnberg after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager Koschinat needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. The attacker Okugawa got a match rating of 8.44 in that game. Okugawa scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Darmstadt 98.We have checked recent matches where DSC Arminia Bielefeld have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 1 victory, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
DSC Arminia Bielefeld have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 14 goals have been scored. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Bielefeld have conceded 20 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
DSC Arminia Bielefeld have won all of the 5 latest duels against this opponent. Another win today?Here's the final score when the teams faced each other previously this season; DSC Arminia Bielefeld - Holstein Kiel 4-2.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Skrzybski 11 goals |   R. Hack 8 goals |  F. Reese 7 goals |
Holstein Kiel missing players
DSC Arminia Bielefeld missing players
| Holstein Kiel | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 41 | 20 | 8 | Scored | S | 0 | 14 | 36 |
| 40 | 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 20 | 41 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 84% | 92% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 83% | 84% |
| 64% | 67% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 40% | 33% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 36% |
| 28% | 17% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 20% |
| 80% | 83% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 64% |
| 20% | 17% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 25% | 28% |
| 6 | 6.8 | 7.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 5.7 | 4.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 6.1 | 5.7 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 15.7 | 17.7 | 18.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 12.2 | 12.8 |
| 4.9 | 5.6 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| 33% | 30% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 28% | 30% |
| 15 | 13 | 14.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.7 | 15.8 | 14.7 |
| 5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
- DSC Arminia Bielefeld have the fewest clean sheets (2) in 2. Bundesliga
- DSC Arminia Bielefeld haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Holstein Kiel have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Holstein Kiel have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Holstein Kiel haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Darmstadt 98 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 40 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 19 | 52 |
| 2 | Heidenheim | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 51 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 23 | 50 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 46 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 49 |
| 4 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 25 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 43 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 42 |
| 5 | St. Pauli | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 41 |
| 6 | Paderborn | 25 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 47 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 40 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 39 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 39 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 41 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 23 | 1 | 34 |
| 9 | Karlsruher SC | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 41 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 34 |
| 10 | Hannover 96 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 31 |
| 11 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 37 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -4 | 30 |
| 12 | Nurnberg | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -15 | 29 |
| 13 | Magdeburg | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 31 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 29 | -14 | 28 |
| 14 | Jahn Regensburg | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 22 | -15 | 26 |
| 15 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 36 | 41 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 20 | -5 | 25 |
| 16 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 26 | -13 | 25 |
| 17 | Hansa Rostock | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -16 | 25 |
| 18 | Sandhausen | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -22 | 21 |
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