Sit down for a show! Today's leading characters are Kaiserslautern and Hannover 96, victory is the main plot and 90 minutes the playing time.
- Kaiserslautern have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hannover 96 have the most scored goals (19) in 2. Bundesliga
Kaiserslautern and Hannover 96 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
The story so far in the 2. Bundesliga for Kaiserslautern at their home stadium (Fritz-Walter-Stadion) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Kaiserslautern, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Kaiserslautern travelled for their previous game, a trip to Osnabrück that ended 2-2. Late drama in the game against Osnabrück as Kaiserslautern were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Tomiak popped out and made it level in the 90th minute. Midfield player Niehues got a match rating of 8.31 in that game, the max score being 10. Niehues scored one goal and hit three key passes.
Ahead of that match, Kaiserslautern won a home game hosting Hansa Rostock (3-1).This is expected to be a close game, with Kaiserslautern perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Kaiserslautern as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Kaiserslautern has won 6 of these, drawn 4 and lost 2.
Goals from both sides! That has been the case in 6 league rounds in a row for this team. Will it happen again?
The Kaiserslautern manager Schuster has got the team scoring with 10 from 4 home games in the league. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 6 goals have been conceded.
Hannover 96 form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (19) in 2. Bundesliga, on their 2. Bundesliga travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.
Impressive finishing from Köhn and Nielsen secured the home win 2-0 against Wehen Wiesbaden in their previous game. Neumann, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.02. Neumann served one assist, hit two key passes and won 3 of 10 duels.
Before that, Hannover 96 travelled to Fortuna Düsseldorf and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hannover 96 playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were {3 Hannover 96 wins}, 2 draws and 7 defeats.
As opposed to that, Hannover have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Kaiserslautern wins - draws - Hannover 96 wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Teuchert 7 goals |   R. Ache 6 goals |  D. Köhn 3 goals |
Kaiserslautern missing players
Hannover 96 missing players
| Kaiserslautern | Hannover 96 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 19 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 62% |
| 50% | 75% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 62% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 5.2 | 4.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 6.2 | 7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.8 | 5.1 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.9 | 16 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 9.2 | 13.2 |
| 6.6 | 6.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.5 | 5.2 |
| 28% | 38% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 57% | 45% |
| 17.8 | 19 | 18 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 14.5 | 13.9 |
| 5.2 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4 | 4.2 |
- All of Hannover 96's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Kaiserslautern's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Hannover 96 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Hannover 96 have not yet lost a game away.
- Hannover 96 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hannover 96 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Hannover 96 have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Hannover 96 have the most scored goals (19) in 2. Bundesliga
- Hannover 96 have the most scored goals in the first half (10) in 2. Bundesliga
- Hannover 96 have the the best goal difference (+11) in 2. Bundesliga
- Hannover 96 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kaiserslautern have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Kaiserslautern have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kaiserslautern have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Kaiserslautern have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Kaiserslautern 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 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | Hannover 96 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 15 |
| 4 | Holstein Kiel | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| 5 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 6 | Kaiserslautern | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Magdeburg | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Nurnberg | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Hansa Rostock | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | Paderborn | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 11 | Elversberg | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -3 | 11 |
| 12 | Hertha BSC | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 9 |
| 13 | Greuther Furth | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -2 | 9 |
| 14 | Karlsruher SC | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 16 | Schalke 04 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -5 | 7 |
| 17 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 5 |
| 18 | Osnabrück | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 5 |
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