The season has been a struggle for Holstein Kiel so far, and you could say the same about Sandhausen. These hardened teams hope for some vital points here.
- Holstein Kiel have the fewest clean sheets (1) in 2. Bundesliga
- Sandhausen have the most conceded goals in the second half (24) in 2. Bundesliga
This should be an absorbing game with lots of fun and bustle as both participants are well renewed since they last played a game. Let's get started!
Holstein Kiel form and stats
When playing at home in the 2. Bundesliga, Holstein Kiel have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 4 defeats from 8 games. When Holstein Kiel hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Erzgebirge Aue, Dynamo Dresden, Hannover 96, Holstein Kiel and Ingolstadt), they have won 2 of 3 matches! The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Holstein-Stadion.
In their previous game, the manager M. Rapp led his Holstein Kiel to a defeat in the 2. Bundesliga match away at Nurnberg. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Holstein-Stadion. Midfielder Fin Bartels was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.43 (out of ten) in that game. Bartels hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Werder Bremen.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 Kiel 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 three and lost eight.
Holstein has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Holstein Kiel defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Sandhausen form and stats
3 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Sandhausen playing as the away team in the 2. Bundesliga this season. When Sandhausen is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 3 of 3 matches. Erzgebirge Aue, Dynamo Dresden, Sandhausen, Hannover 96 and Ingolstadt is teams we like to compare Holstein Kiel with. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Sandhausen are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Sandhausen played 1-1 against Paderborn in their previous match. Midfield player Bashkim Ajdini was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.01/10. Ajdini scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Schalke 04 wasn't a success with a 2-5 loss.Sandhausen 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, three draws and six defeats. From a total of eleven matches.
The visiting Sandhausen have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 8 games. Sandhausen have conceded 16 goals in these games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches. When Sandhausen is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Erzgebirge Aue, Dynamo Dresden, Sandhausen, Hannover 96 and Ingolstadt.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Holstein victories, five draws and two Sandhausen wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Testroet 5 goals |   J. Mees 4 goals |  B. Pichler 4 goals |
Holstein Kiel missing players
Sandhausen missing players
| Holstein Kiel | Sandhausen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 18 | 8 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 16 | 34 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 88% | 88% |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 75% | 62% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 62% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 75% | 69% |
| 6% | 12% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 12% | 12% |
| 31% | 50% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 25% |
| 5.1 | 5.5 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| 5 | 4.6 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 8.1 | 6.6 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | 16.9 | 16.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.2 | 10 |
| 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.4 | 2.8 |
| 26% | 20% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 58% | 38% |
| 14.4 | 13.9 | 17.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.7 | 20.8 | 17.2 |
| 4.2 | 4 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 7.8 | 6.8 |
- All of Holstein Kiel's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Holstein Kiel have the fewest clean sheets (1) in 2. Bundesliga
- Holstein Kiel have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in 2. Bundesliga
- Holstein Kiel haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sandhausen have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Sandhausen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sandhausen have the most conceded goals in the second half (24) in 2. Bundesliga
- Sandhausen 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 | St. Pauli | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 35 |
| 2 | Darmstadt 98 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 38 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 29 |
| 3 | Jahn Regensburg | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 28 |
| 4 | Paderborn | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 27 |
| 5 | Nurnberg | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | Hamburger SV | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 26 |
| 7 | Schalke 04 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 26 |
| 8 | Heidenheim | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 24 |
| 9 | Werder Bremen | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 23 |
| 10 | Karlsruher SC | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 21 |
| 11 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | -1 | 19 |
| 12 | Hansa Rostock | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Holstein Kiel | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -10 | 17 |
| 14 | Dynamo Dresden | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -5 | 16 |
| 15 | Erzgebirge Aue | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -12 | 14 |
| 16 | Hannover 96 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 14 |
| 17 | Sandhausen | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -17 | 13 |
| 18 | Ingolstadt | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 23 | -25 | 7 |
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