2. Bundesliga match prediction: Little separates Jahn Regensburg and Holstein Kiel in quality

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 23.January
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Jahnstadion Regensburg

In total; 19 game weeks are played and Jahn Regensburg are 9 points ahead of Holstein Kiel. How will it turn out?

Insights:
  • Jahn Regensburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Holstein Kiel have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in 2. Bundesliga

This promises to be an engaging game with lots of spark and excitement as both squads are well rested since they last played a game. Let's start!

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Jahn Regensburg form and stats

The story so far in the 2. Bundesliga for Jahn Regensburg at their home stadium (Jahnstadion Regensburg) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. Jahn Regensburg are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Jahnstadion Regensburg, having lost their two previous games here.

Happy days for Regensburg in their previous game, a 2. Bundesliga match away at Sandhausen (placed 16th) that ended with a 3-0 victory. Guwara was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.91 out of 10. The defender Guwara scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 5 of 10 duels.

Ahead of that match, Jahn Regensburg lost 0-2 at home to Darmstadt 98.

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

There will be little rest for Jahn Regensburg after this match as they are travelling to FC Augsburg for a Club Friendlies 3 game in only four days.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (24 in 10 games), Jahn Regensburg's attacking play is working. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.

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Holstein Kiel form and stats

There's been little loot from Holstein Kiel's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 9 away games in the 2. Bundesliga. Holstein Kiel only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 5 draws.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Schalke 04 (placed 6th) in their previous outing. The 2. Bundesliga match ended in a draw 1-1. Porath got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, top player of the team. Porath hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 38 successful passes (of 44 total).

Before that, Holstein Kiel secured a home win against St. Pauli with the score 3-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Holstein Kiel playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were three Holstein wins, three draws and five defeats.

The visiting Holstein Kiel have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 9 games. As for defending, Holstein Kiel rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Holstein Kiel - Jahn Regensburg 0-3 was the score in these participants' latest head to head fixture, earlier this season. Jahn Regensburg-Holstein Kiel H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Jahn Regensburg two wins, Holstein Kiel five wins, three draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Holstein KielB. Pichler
B. Pichler
6 goals
RegensburgM. Besuschkow
M. Besuschkow
5 goals
Jahn RegensburgS. Singh
S. Singh
5 goals

Jahn Regensburg missing players

Holstein Kiel missing players

Jahn Regensburg Holstein Kiel
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 10 3 Played P 3 9 19
9 5 2 Won W 1 1 5
4 2 0 Drew D 1 5 7
6 3 1 Lost L 1 3 7
38 24 8 Scored S 5 11 24
28 17 5 Conceded C 5 15 31
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
74% 90% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 74%
47% 80% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 22% 16%
26% 40% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
58% 80% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 89% 63%
26% 10% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 11%
16% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 26%
 
4.8 4.5 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 4.7 5.1
4.3 4.1 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.4 5
1.8 1.6 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.7 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
14.4 16.5 17.7 Shots (avg) S ( 17 12.7 15.2
5.2 6.4 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.3 4.7
39% 38% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 37% 27%
 
14.4 14.3 13.3 Shots against (avg) S A 16.3 15.1 14.1
4.1 3.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 4.4 4.2
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Holstein Kiel's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Jahn Regensburg's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Holstein Kiel have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Holstein Kiel have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in 2. Bundesliga
  • Holstein Kiel have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Holstein Kiel haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Jahn Regensburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Jahn Regensburg have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Holstein Kiel have scored away.
  • Jahn Regensburg 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 St. Pauli 19 11 4 4 39 25 9 8 1 0 26 7 10 3 3 4 13 18 14 37
2 Darmstadt 98 19 11 3 5 43 22 9 6 1 2 23 8 10 5 2 3 20 14 21 36
3 Heidenheim 19 10 3 6 25 25 10 6 3 1 15 9 9 4 0 5 10 16 0 33
4 Werder Bremen 19 9 5 5 35 25 9 4 3 2 17 9 10 5 2 3 18 16 10 32
5 Hamburger SV 19 7 10 2 32 19 10 4 6 0 20 10 9 3 4 2 12 9 13 31
6 Schalke 04 19 9 4 6 35 24 10 5 2 3 24 15 9 4 2 3 11 9 11 31
7 Jahn Regensburg 19 9 4 6 38 28 10 5 2 3 24 17 9 4 2 3 14 11 10 31
8 Paderborn 19 8 6 5 33 22 10 2 3 5 12 14 9 6 3 0 21 8 11 30
9 Nurnberg 19 8 6 5 28 23 10 5 2 3 15 9 9 3 4 2 13 14 5 30
10 Karlsruher SC 19 6 8 5 33 30 10 4 4 2 20 15 9 2 4 3 13 15 3 26
11 Dynamo Dresden 19 7 2 10 21 26 9 5 1 3 13 7 10 2 1 7 8 19 -5 23
12 Hannover 96 19 6 5 8 15 27 9 3 2 4 6 11 10 3 3 4 9 16 -12 23
13 Holstein Kiel 19 5 7 7 24 31 10 4 2 4 13 16 9 1 5 3 11 15 -7 22
14 Fortuna Dusseldorf 19 5 5 9 23 28 9 1 4 4 12 14 10 4 1 5 11 14 -5 20
15 Hansa Rostock 19 5 5 9 21 32 9 2 2 5 9 15 10 3 3 4 12 17 -11 20
16 Sandhausen 19 4 5 10 20 39 9 0 3 6 6 21 10 4 2 4 14 18 -19 17
17 Erzgebirge Aue 19 3 6 10 17 32 10 2 2 6 8 15 9 1 4 4 9 17 -15 15
18 Ingolstadt 19 2 4 13 15 39 9 1 3 5 8 14 10 1 1 8 7 25 -24 10

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