Having a 15 point advantage in the league standings, Kaiserslautern club members crave to see their side win max points from this fixture hosting DSC Arminia Bielefeld.
- Kaiserslautern have the most points from losing position (18) in 2. Bundesliga
- DSC Arminia Bielefeld have the fewest clean sheets (2) in 2. Bundesliga
Kaiserslautern and DSC Arminia Bielefeld 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.
Kaiserslautern form and stats
When playing at home in the 2. Bundesliga, Kaiserslautern have managed 6 wins, 6 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 15 games.
The home team returns to Fritz-Walter-Stadion after drawing with Nürnberg (placed 14th) on their last time out; the game ended 3-3. There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Nürnberg as Klement's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes. Klement was able to secure the draw 3-3 in the game against Nürnberg after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Midfield player Klement got a match rating of 8.71 in that game, the max score being 10. Klement scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 52 successful passes (of 58 total).
Ahead of that match, Kaiserslautern lost 0-1 at home to Hansa Rostock.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Kaiserslautern have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 5 and lost 1.
A decent goal production from Kaiserslautern in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 15 league matches. Kaiserslautern's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
DSC Arminia Bielefeld form and stats
There's been little loot from DSC Arminia Bielefeld's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 15 away games in the 2. Bundesliga. DSC Arminia Bielefeld only have 3 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 3 draws. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as DSC Arminia Bielefeld have lost on their last two travels.
Bielefeld played 1-1 against SpVgg Greuther Fürth in their previous match. Midfielder Hack was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.45. Hack hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 24 successful passes (of 30 total).
A 1-2 defeat away at St. Pauli before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with DSC Arminia Bielefeld playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 2 DSC Arminia Bielefeld wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this side's 11 latest league matches have ended with three or more goals.
DSC Arminia Bielefeld are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 15 games (in the league). DSC Arminia Bielefeld struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 28 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The previous head-to-head match ended DSC Arminia Bielefeld - Kaiserslautern 2-3, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Kaiserslautern four wins, two draws and DSC Arminia Bielefeld four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less. The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be "violent", having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Boyd 13 goals |   R. Hack 10 goals |  F. Klos 6 goals |
Kaiserslautern missing players
DSC Arminia Bielefeld missing players
| Kaiserslautern | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 46 | 25 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 20 | 46 |
| 41 | 21 | 7 | Conceded | C | 9 | 28 | 55 |
| 90% | 93% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 74% | 80% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 87% | 87% |
| 52% | 60% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 65% |
| 35% | 33% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 42% |
| 13% | 13% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 27% | 23% |
| 55% | 60% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 73% | 71% |
| 19% | 20% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 6% |
| 35% | 27% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 23% |
| 5.3 | 6.1 | 9.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.9 | 5.5 |
| 2.3 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 12.3 | 13.1 | 15.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 12.9 | 13.2 |
| 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| 36% | 38% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 30% | 31% |
| 13.5 | 12.2 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.2 | 16.7 | 14.9 |
| 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
- DSC Arminia Bielefeld have the fewest clean sheets (2) in 2. Bundesliga
- DSC Arminia Bielefeld haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kaiserslautern have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kaiserslautern have the most points from losing position (18) in 2. Bundesliga
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Darmstadt 98 | 31 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 48 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 21 | 64 |
| 2 | Heidenheim | 31 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 61 | 31 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 30 | 61 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 31 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 62 | 43 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 19 | 57 |
| 4 | St. Pauli | 31 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 50 | 35 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 15 | 53 |
| 5 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 31 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 54 | 40 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 14 | 53 |
| 6 | Paderborn | 31 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 63 | 39 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 51 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 31 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 46 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 45 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 31 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 52 | 50 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 2 | 42 |
| 9 | Hannover 96 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 44 | 46 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 26 | -2 | 40 |
| 10 | Holstein Kiel | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 48 | 55 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 31 | -7 | 40 |
| 11 | Magdeburg | 31 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 42 | 52 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 32 | -10 | 39 |
| 12 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 40 | 46 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 29 | -6 | 37 |
| 13 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 31 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 53 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 33 | -15 | 35 |
| 14 | Nürnberg | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 47 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 30 | -18 | 34 |
| 15 | Hansa Rostock | 31 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 28 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -18 | 34 |
| 16 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 31 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 46 | 55 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 28 | -9 | 30 |
| 17 | Jahn Regensburg | 31 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 49 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 29 | -20 | 28 |
| 18 | Sandhausen | 31 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 34 | 59 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 29 | -25 | 28 |
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