Delightful dogfight as daring Holstein Kiel duel with determined Kaiserslautern

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 23.July
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Holstein-Stadion (11386 seats)

With the edgy opening match done it’s time for the second 2. Bundesliga battle of the season. Holstein Kiel eagerly anticipate Kaiserslautern in front of their home support.

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.

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Holstein Kiel form and stats

The previous season, Holstein Kiel's league results were 12 wins, 9 draws and 13 losses, ending with 9th place in the 2. Bundesliga. From these 34 matches they scored 46 goals and let in 54. Performing as the host team in the former season Holstein Kiel generated 8-3-6 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 23 conceded.

Holstein Kiel shared the glory with SpVgg Greuther Fürth in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Holstein's goalie Dähne played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against SpVgg Greuther Fürth with a stunning six saves.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sandhausen (1-3).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Holstein Kiel handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

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Kaiserslautern form and stats

Let's have a look at how Kaiserslautern performed last season in the 3. Liga: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 18 victories, 9 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 56 and conceded 27 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 5 and lost 7 with 19/16 goals scored/conceded.

The supporters enjoyed Kaiserslautern's previous match versus Hannover 96 (placed 16th), a 2-1 win played at home. The end of the last match, against Hannover 96, was very satisfying as Kraus scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Defender Kraus was the best team player with a rating of 7.51. Kraus scored one goal and won 5 of 5 duels.

Preceding that game was the away Play-offs 2/3 victory against Dynamo Dresden with the score of 2-0.

Kaiserslautern are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.

Head 2 Head

Holstein Kiel-Kaiserslautern H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Holstein Kiel one win, Kaiserslautern one win, zero draws. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Holstein KielA. Mühling
A. Mühling
1 goals
Holstein KielT. Becker
T. Becker
1 goals
KaiserslauternK. Kraus
K. Kraus
1 goals

Holstein Kiel missing players

Kaiserslautern missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Holstein Kiel Kaiserslautern
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
1 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 4
12 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 3
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
3 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 11
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 4
100% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
 
23 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 10
8 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 5
Holstein Kiel Last season Kaiserslautern
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   18 36
12 8   Won W   6 18
9 3   Drew D   5 9
13 6   Lost L   7 9
46 23   Scored S   19 56
54 23   Conceded C   16 27
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 86%
88% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   61% 69%
65% 59%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   28% 42%
26% 12%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   11% 22%
12% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 6%
59% 35%   BTTS BTTS   28% 31%
21% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   44% 53%
24% 29%   Failed to Score F T   44% 31%
 
4.9 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5.1
5 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5 4.4
1.9 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.8
1 1   Red cards R C   1 4
 
14.1 15.5   Shots (avg) S (   9.7 11
4.4 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 4.6
31% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 34%
 
14.7 13.8   Shots against (avg) S A   10.7 9.5
4.3 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4 3.7

  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 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 St. Pauli 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Fortuna Dusseldorf 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
4 Kaiserslautern 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Sandhausen 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Holstein Kiel 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
7 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Eintracht Braunschweig 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Hamburger SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Hansa Rostock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Heidenheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Karlsruher SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Paderborn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Nürnberg 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
15 Arminia Bielefeld 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Hannover 96 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
17 Magdeburg 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Darmstadt 98 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
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 Nürnberg 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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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 Jahn Regensburg 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 St. Pauli 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Fortuna Dusseldorf 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
4 Kaiserslautern 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Sandhausen 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Holstein Kiel 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
7 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Eintracht Braunschweig 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Hamburger SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Hansa Rostock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Heidenheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Karlsruher SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Paderborn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Nürnberg 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
15 Arminia Bielefeld 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Hannover 96 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
17 Magdeburg 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Darmstadt 98 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

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