It's a fresh 2. Bundesliga campaign and Kaiserslautern are aching to get on the pitch here at Fritz-Walter-Stadion. St. Pauli are guesting and this could be a captivating season opening night.
Kaiserslautern form and stats
The season before, Kaiserslautern's league statistics were 11 wins, 12 draws and 11 losses, ending with 9th spot in the 2. Bundesliga. During these 34 matches they scored {47 goals} and let in 48. Appearing as the host team in the former season Kaiserslautern produced 6-6-5 (win-draw-lost) with {26 goals} and 26 conceded.
Kaiserslautern have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and four practice matches played. These training games have ended with 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Kaiserslautern scored {7 goals} and let in {4 goals} during these four games.
St. Pauli form and stats
Let's have a look at how St. Pauli performed last season in the 2. Bundesliga: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 10 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 55 and conceded {39 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 3 and lost 7 with 31/28 goals scored/conceded.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Pauli have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats from four fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Kaiserslautern wins - draws - St. Pauli wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Kaiserslautern missing players
St. Pauli missing players
| Kaiserslautern | St. Pauli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | 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 | St. Pauli | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 8 | ||
| 47 | 26 | Scored | S | 31 | 55 | ||
| 48 | 26 | Conceded | C | 28 | 39 | ||
| 91% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 74% | ||
| 53% | 65% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 65% | 53% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 35% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 24% | 15% | ||
| 53% | 59% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 50% | ||
| 18% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 38% | ||
| 38% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 24% | 21% | ||
| 5.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12.5 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.1 | 16.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 33% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 32% | ||
| 13.3 | 12.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.9 | 11.4 | ||
| 4.5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Elversberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Hamburger SV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Hannover 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Hansa Rostock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Hertha BSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Kaiserslautern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Karlsruher SC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Magdeburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Nurnberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Osnabrück | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Paderborn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Schalke 04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Greuther Furth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | St. Pauli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 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 | Heidenheim | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 67 | 36 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 31 | 67 |
| 2 | Darmstadt 98 | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 50 | 33 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 67 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 70 | 45 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 25 | 66 |
| 4 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 60 | 43 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 17 | 58 |
| 5 | St. Pauli | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 55 | 39 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 28 | 16 | 58 |
| 6 | Paderborn | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 68 | 44 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 46 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 55 |
| 7 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 56 | 53 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 3 | 46 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 58 | 61 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 32 | -3 | 46 |
| 9 | Kaiserslautern | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 47 | 48 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 22 | -1 | 45 |
| 10 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 50 | 55 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 29 | -5 | 44 |
| 11 | Magdeburg | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 48 | 55 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 33 | -7 | 43 |
| 12 | Greuther Furth | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 47 | 50 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 31 | -3 | 41 |
| 13 | Hansa Rostock | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 32 | 48 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 23 | -16 | 41 |
| 14 | Nurnberg | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 49 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 32 | -17 | 39 |
| 15 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 42 | 59 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 37 | -17 | 36 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 50 | 62 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 29 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 33 | -12 | 34 |
| 17 | Jahn Regensburg | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 34 | 58 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 30 | -24 | 31 |
| 18 | Sandhausen | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 35 | 63 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 30 | -28 | 28 |
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