Balanced ball game between Kaiserslautern and Hannover 96 expected

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Fri 15.July
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Fritz-Walter-Stadion (49780 seats)

It's the 2. Bundesliga season opener for these contenders, whom at last are competing for points again. Will Kaiserslautern or Hannover 96 get that vital first win?

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Kaiserslautern form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for Kaiserslautern as they were promoted from 3. Liga last season. Happy days that were secured through 18 wins, 9 draws and 9 losses from 36 games. The team scored 37 goals at home last season and conceded 11. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

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 11 games. Kaiserslautern has won 2 of these, drawn 6 and lost 3.

Kaiserslautern have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and three practice matches played. These training games have ended with 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Kaiserslautern scored 15 goals and let in 4 goals during these three games.

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Hannover 96 form and stats

Let's have a look at how Hannover 96 performed last season in the 2. Bundesliga: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 9 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 35 and conceded 49 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 9 with 19/30 goals scored/conceded.

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 11 relevant matches. Results were {4 Hannover 96 wins}, 1 draw and 6 defeats.

It's a day of discovery for Hannover 96 as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Hannover 96 have played five with the results W4-D1-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Hannover 96 has scored 15 goals and conceded 4 times.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head data (for the last eight meetings): Kaiserslautern won one game, one match ended with a tie and Hannover 96 managed six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / four

Kaiserslautern missing players

Hannover 96 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kaiserslautern Hannover 96
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Kaiserslautern Last season Hannover 96
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   17 34
18 12   Won W   5 11
9 4   Drew D   3 9
9 2   Lost L   9 14
56 37   Scored S   19 35
27 11   Conceded C   30 49
86% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 88%
69% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 74%
42% 56%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   71% 53%
22% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 26%
6% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 6%
31% 33%   BTTS BTTS   53% 44%
53% 61%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 35%
31% 17%   Failed to Score F T   29% 32%
 
5.1 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   5.8 5.4
4.4 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 5.4
1.8 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.8
4 3   Red cards R C   0 2
 
11 12.4   Shots (avg) S (   12.5 13.1
4.6 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.3 3.9
34% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 27%
 
9.5 8.3   Shots against (avg) S A   14.5 14.7
3.7 3.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.4 4.7

  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Arminia Bielefeld 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Eintracht Braunschweig 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Fortuna Dusseldorf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Hamburger SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hannover 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hansa Rostock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Heidenheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Holstein Kiel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Jahn Regensburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Kaiserslautern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Karlsruher SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Magdeburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Nurnberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Paderborn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Sandhausen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Greuther Furth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 St. Pauli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Magdeburg 36 24 6 6 83 39 18 13 4 1 34 10 18 11 2 5 49 29 44 78
2 Eintracht Braunschweig 36 18 10 8 61 36 18 8 6 4 27 21 18 10 4 4 34 15 25 64
3 Kaiserslautern 36 18 9 9 56 27 18 12 4 2 37 11 18 6 5 7 19 16 29 63
4 1860 München 36 17 10 9 67 50 18 9 4 5 39 28 18 8 6 4 28 22 17 61
5 Waldhof Mannheim 36 16 12 8 58 40 18 8 5 5 33 21 18 8 7 3 25 19 18 60
6 Osnabruck 36 16 10 10 56 48 18 8 3 7 22 19 18 8 7 3 34 29 8 58
7 Saarbrucken 36 14 11 11 50 44 18 8 5 5 25 20 18 6 6 6 25 24 6 53
8 Wehen Wiesbaden 36 14 9 13 49 44 18 6 6 6 20 19 18 8 3 7 29 25 5 51
9 Borussia Dortmund II 36 14 7 15 51 48 18 4 6 8 17 19 18 10 1 7 34 29 3 49
10 Zwickau 36 11 14 11 46 44 18 6 6 6 27 24 18 5 8 5 19 20 2 47
11 Freiburg II 36 12 11 13 34 42 18 8 6 4 24 18 18 4 5 9 10 24 -8 47
12 Meppen 36 13 8 15 47 60 18 7 4 7 29 26 18 6 4 8 18 34 -13 47
13 Viktoria Koln 36 12 9 15 39 52 18 7 6 5 27 22 18 5 3 10 12 30 -13 45
14 Hallescher FC 36 10 13 13 46 48 18 7 7 4 31 25 18 3 6 9 15 23 -2 43
15 MSV Duisburg 36 13 3 20 46 71 18 7 2 9 25 37 18 6 1 11 21 34 -25 42
16 Verl 36 10 10 16 56 66 18 5 5 8 29 33 18 5 5 8 27 33 -10 40
17 Viktoria Berlin 36 10 7 19 44 62 18 7 3 8 25 29 18 3 4 11 19 33 -18 37
18 Wurzburger Kickers 36 7 9 20 34 59 18 2 5 11 18 32 18 5 4 9 16 27 -25 30
19 Havelse 36 5 8 23 28 71 18 4 1 13 14 34 18 1 7 10 14 37 -43 23
20 Turkgucu-Ataspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Schalke 04 34 20 5 9 72 44 17 10 2 5 40 27 17 10 3 4 32 17 28 65
2 Werder Bremen 34 18 9 7 65 43 17 8 6 3 29 17 17 10 3 4 36 26 22 63
3 Hamburger SV 34 16 12 6 67 35 17 9 6 2 36 17 17 7 6 4 31 18 32 60
4 Darmstadt 98 34 18 6 10 71 46 17 10 3 4 42 23 17 8 3 6 29 23 25 60
5 St. Pauli 34 16 9 9 61 46 17 11 4 2 37 17 17 5 5 7 24 29 15 57
6 Heidenheim 34 15 7 12 43 45 17 10 4 3 27 18 17 5 3 9 16 27 -2 52
7 Paderborn 34 13 12 9 56 44 17 4 7 6 26 24 17 9 5 3 30 20 12 51
8 Nurnberg 34 14 9 11 49 49 17 8 3 6 26 23 17 6 6 5 23 26 0 51
9 Holstein Kiel 34 12 9 13 46 54 17 8 3 6 23 23 17 4 6 7 23 31 -8 45
10 Fortuna Dusseldorf 34 11 11 12 45 42 17 6 6 5 28 21 17 5 5 7 17 21 3 44
11 Hannover 96 34 11 9 14 35 49 17 6 6 5 16 19 17 5 3 9 19 30 -14 42
12 Karlsruher SC 34 9 14 11 54 55 17 5 9 3 32 26 17 4 5 8 22 29 -1 41
13 Hansa Rostock 34 10 11 13 41 52 17 4 5 8 17 25 17 6 6 5 24 27 -11 41
14 Sandhausen 34 10 11 13 42 54 17 4 5 8 19 29 17 6 6 5 23 25 -12 41
15 Jahn Regensburg 34 10 10 14 50 51 17 6 4 7 31 29 17 4 6 7 19 22 -1 40
16 Dynamo Dresden 34 7 11 16 33 46 17 5 5 7 18 18 17 2 6 9 15 28 -13 32
17 Erzgebirge Aue 34 6 8 20 32 72 17 3 3 11 14 34 17 3 5 9 18 38 -40 26
18 Ingolstadt 34 4 9 21 30 65 17 2 5 10 12 29 17 2 4 11 18 36 -35 21

2. Bundesliga:
Germany:
Table
  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Arminia Bielefeld 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Eintracht Braunschweig 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Fortuna Dusseldorf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Hamburger SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hannover 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hansa Rostock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Heidenheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Holstein Kiel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Jahn Regensburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Kaiserslautern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Karlsruher SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Magdeburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Nurnberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Paderborn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Sandhausen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Greuther Furth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 St. Pauli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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