2. Bundesliga: Tipsway are expecting an entertaining and crucial match featuring Holstein Kiel and Hansa Rostock at Holstein-Stadion. Both teams need the win!
- Holstein Kiel have the most conceded goals in the first half (11) in 2. Bundesliga
- Hansa Rostock have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Holstein Kiel form and stats
Holstein Kiel have played 4 2. Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-0-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Holstein enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Paderborn's place. The match ended 2-1 with Finn Dominik Porath and Joshua Mees scoring. Manager D. Bremser felt very clever after Joshua Mees scored the winning goal against Paderborn, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 67th minute. Midfield player Alexander Mühling got a match rating of 8.0 in that game, the max score being 10. Mühling served one assist, hit five key passes and had 39 successful passes (of 44 total).
Ahead of that match, Holstein lost 0-3 at home to Hannover 96.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 Holstein have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won five times, drawn four and lost seven.
Holstein have scored 3 league goals here from 4 matches, not a lot. Holstein Kiel are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (9 from 4 played).
Hansa Rostock form and stats
The visitors are W1-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the 2. Bundesliga. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Rostock are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
L. Frode was the last player to score for the away team. Rostock haven't scored a league goal in the last 184 minutes.
Home advantage was not enough for Rostock in their previous game, as they lost their 2. Bundesliga-match, hosting Schalke 04, 0-2. Nico Neidhart, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.15. Neidhart hit one key pass and won 7 of 10 duels.
A 0-1 defeat away at Nurnberg before that.Hansa Rostock are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and four defeats. From a total of seven matches.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Rostock have scored 4 goals in 4 league games away. As opposed to that, Rostock have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the preceeding ten meetings involving these two squads are: five wins for Holstein, four draws and one win for Hansa Rostock. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Mees 3 goals |   J. Verhoek 3 goals |  F. Porath 2 goals |
Holstein Kiel missing players
Hansa Rostock missing players
| Holstein Kiel | Hansa Rostock | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 62% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 50% |
| 12% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 25% | 12% |
| 50% | 75% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3 | 4.5 |
| 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.2 | 5 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 16 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.5 | 11.8 |
| 3.9 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 29% | 20% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 24% | 22% |
- All of Holstein Kiel's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Hansa Rostock have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Hansa Rostock have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Hansa Rostock haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Holstein Kiel have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Holstein Kiel have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in 2. Bundesliga
- Holstein Kiel have the most conceded goals in the first half (11) in 2. Bundesliga
- Holstein Kiel have the most matches over the total-line (8) in 2. Bundesliga
- Holstein Kiel 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 | Jahn Regensburg | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 17 |
| 2 | St. Pauli | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | Heidenheim | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Paderborn | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 14 |
| 5 | Nurnberg | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | Schalke 04 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Hamburger SV | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Werder Bremen | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 11 | Darmstadt 98 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 10 |
| 12 | Dynamo Dresden | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 13 | Hannover 96 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 10 |
| 14 | Holstein Kiel | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -8 | 8 |
| 15 | Hansa Rostock | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 7 |
| 16 | Sandhausen | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -8 | 4 |
| 17 | Ingolstadt | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | -14 | 4 |
| 18 | Erzgebirge Aue | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -10 | 3 |
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