Holstein Kiel vs Schalke 04 match preview: Even contest expected at Holstein-Stadion

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 01.August
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Holstein-Stadion (11386 seats)

It's game two of the 2. Bundesliga season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Holstein Kiel-Schalke 04!

Holstein Kiel and Schalke 04 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Holstein Kiel form and stats

Last season, Holstein Kiel's league statistics were 18 wins, 8 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the 2. Bundesliga. Over these 34 matches they scored 57 goals and conceded 35. Playing at home last season Holstein Kiel managed 11-2-4 (win-draw-lost) with 31 goals and 19 conceded.

Holstein are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus St. Pauli. Defender Marco Komenda got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.05/10. Komenda won 3 of 5 duels.

Preceding that match was a Play-offs 1/2 defeat to Köln (1-5).

This is expected to be a close game, with Holstein perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Holstein Kiel as a small favourite), we find seven games. Holstein Kiel has won four of these, drawn one and lost two.

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Schalke 04 form and stats

Let's have a look at how Schalke 04 performed last season in the Bundesliga: They landed a 18th position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 7 draws and 24 defeats. In total they scored 25 and conceded 86 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 4 and lost 13 with 11/52 goals scored/conceded. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 28 away games in a row.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a 2. Bundesliga home defeat versus Hamburger SV with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Simon Terodde, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.95. Terodde scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and hit four key passes.

Prior to that match, the Schalke manager D. Grammozis faced defeat when travelling to Köln and losing 0-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Schalke in our archives, and the results are: one win for Schalke 04, two draws and two defeats.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Schalke 04S. Terodde
S. Terodde
1 goals

Holstein Kiel missing players

Schalke 04 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Holstein Kiel Schalke 04
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 3
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%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 3
4 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 5
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 13
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 8
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 12%
Holstein Kiel Last season Schalke 04
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
18 11   Won W   0 3
8 2   Drew D   4 7
8 4   Lost L   13 24
57 31   Scored S   11 25
35 19   Conceded C   52 86
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 94%
79% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 82%
47% 59%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   76% 68%
32% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   59% 44%
15% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   29% 18%
59% 59%   BTTS BTTS   47% 41%
38% 41%   Clean Sheets C S   6% 12%
6% 0%   Failed to Score F T   53% 53%
 
4.4 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 3.6
5.2 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   6 6
1.6 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.2
3 2   Red cards R C   1 2
 
11.7 13   Shots (avg) S (   7.7 8.7
4.2 4.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   1.8 2.4
40% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 30%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dynamo Dresden 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 St. Pauli 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Hamburger SV 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Karlsruher SC 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
5 Fortuna Dusseldorf 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
6 Jahn Regensburg 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
7 Hannover 96 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Werder Bremen 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Erzgebirge Aue 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Heidenheim 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Nurnberg 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Paderborn 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Hansa Rostock 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
14 Schalke 04 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
15 Darmstadt 98 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Sandhausen 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Holstein Kiel 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
18 Ingolstadt 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 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 Bochum 34 21 4 9 66 39 17 12 2 3 40 16 17 9 2 6 26 23 27 67
2 Greuther Furth 34 18 10 6 69 44 17 9 4 4 34 23 17 9 6 2 35 21 25 64
3 Holstein Kiel 34 18 8 8 57 35 17 11 2 4 31 19 17 7 6 4 26 16 22 62
4 Hamburger SV 34 16 10 8 71 44 17 10 4 3 40 16 17 6 6 5 31 28 27 58
5 Fortuna Dusseldorf 34 16 8 10 55 46 17 11 4 2 32 20 17 5 4 8 23 26 9 56
6 Karlsruher SC 34 14 10 10 51 44 17 5 6 6 19 18 17 9 4 4 32 26 7 52
7 Darmstadt 98 34 15 6 13 63 55 17 7 3 7 29 23 17 8 3 6 34 32 8 51
8 Heidenheim 34 15 6 13 49 49 17 10 3 4 28 16 17 5 3 9 21 33 0 51
9 Paderborn 34 12 11 11 53 45 17 8 5 4 32 26 17 4 6 7 21 19 8 47
10 St. Pauli 34 13 8 13 51 56 17 8 3 6 28 25 17 5 5 7 23 31 -5 47
11 Nurnberg 34 11 11 12 46 51 17 5 7 5 22 23 17 6 4 7 24 28 -5 44
12 Erzgebirge Aue 34 12 8 14 44 53 17 8 4 5 29 28 17 4 4 9 15 25 -9 44
13 Hannover 96 34 12 6 16 53 51 17 7 4 6 30 22 17 5 2 10 23 29 2 42
14 Jahn Regensburg 34 9 11 14 37 50 17 6 6 5 23 21 17 3 5 9 14 29 -13 38
15 Sandhausen 34 10 4 20 41 60 17 9 4 4 29 21 17 1 0 16 12 39 -19 34
16 Osnabruck 34 9 6 19 35 58 17 3 1 13 16 34 17 6 5 6 19 24 -23 33
17 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 7 10 17 30 59 17 6 4 7 17 23 17 1 6 10 13 36 -29 31
18 Wurzburger Kickers 34 6 7 21 37 69 17 3 6 8 22 33 17 3 1 13 15 36 -32 25
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 Bayern München 34 24 6 4 99 44 17 13 4 0 64 21 17 11 2 4 35 23 55 78
2 RB Leipzig 34 19 8 7 60 32 17 11 4 2 29 13 17 8 4 5 31 19 28 65
3 Borussia Dortmund 34 20 4 10 75 46 17 11 2 4 40 20 17 9 2 6 35 26 29 64
4 Wolfsburg 34 17 10 7 61 37 17 10 4 3 32 16 17 7 6 4 29 21 24 61
5 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 16 12 6 69 53 17 10 7 0 37 20 17 6 5 6 32 33 16 60
6 Bayer Leverkusen 34 14 10 10 53 39 17 8 5 4 34 22 17 6 5 6 19 17 14 52
7 Union Berlin 34 12 14 8 50 43 17 8 8 1 32 18 17 4 6 7 18 25 7 50
8 Borussia M'gladbach 34 13 10 11 64 56 17 8 4 5 32 19 17 5 6 6 32 37 8 49
9 Stuttgart 34 12 9 13 56 55 17 5 6 6 27 26 17 7 3 7 29 29 1 45
10 Freiburg 34 12 9 13 52 52 17 7 6 4 33 23 17 5 3 9 19 29 0 45
11 Hoffenheim 34 11 10 13 52 54 17 8 3 6 32 24 17 3 7 7 20 30 -2 43
12 Mainz 05 34 10 9 15 39 56 17 4 4 9 16 26 17 6 5 6 23 30 -17 39
13 Augsburg 34 10 6 18 36 54 17 6 4 7 21 25 17 4 2 11 15 29 -18 36
14 Hertha BSC 34 8 11 15 41 52 17 5 5 7 21 26 17 3 6 8 20 26 -11 35
15 Arminia Bielefeld 34 9 8 17 26 52 17 6 2 9 13 23 17 3 6 8 13 29 -26 35
16 Köln 34 8 9 17 34 60 17 3 5 9 20 31 17 5 4 8 14 29 -26 33
17 Werder Bremen 34 7 10 17 36 57 17 3 5 9 16 28 17 4 5 8 20 29 -21 31
18 Schalke 04 34 3 7 24 25 86 17 3 3 11 14 34 17 0 4 13 11 52 -61 16

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dynamo Dresden 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 St. Pauli 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Hamburger SV 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Karlsruher SC 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
5 Fortuna Dusseldorf 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
6 Jahn Regensburg 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
7 Hannover 96 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Werder Bremen 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Erzgebirge Aue 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Heidenheim 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Nurnberg 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Paderborn 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Hansa Rostock 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
14 Schalke 04 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
15 Darmstadt 98 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Sandhausen 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Holstein Kiel 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
18 Ingolstadt 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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