Osnabrück - Holstein Kiel: Small difference between teams in 2. Bundesliga clash

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 21.June
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Mirco Aghetoni (16667 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stadio Comunale Mirco Aghetoni haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Osnabrück languishing in the 14th position so far. The guesting Holstein Kiel will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a 2. Bundesliga game only three days ago.

Osnabrück are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. For Holstein most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Osnabrück form and stats

Osnabrück have played 16 2. Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-4-7 (wins-draws-losses). Osnabrück are slowly digging their own grave here at Stadio Comunale Mirco Aghetoni with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Dynamo Dresden match.

Osnabrück drew their last game, 1-1 away at Hamburger SV (placed 3rd). Ahead of that match, Osnabrück lost 0-2 at home to Bochum.

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

Osnabrück has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. Osnabrück have conceded 24 from these games.

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Holstein Kiel form and stats

6 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Holstein Kiel playing as the away team in the 2. Bundesliga this season.

Emmanuel Iyoha and Lion Lauberbach scored in Holstein's previous match, the home game against Dynamo Dresden that ended 2-0. Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Wehen Wiesbaden.

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 13 relevant matches. Results were four Holstein Kiel wins, five draws and four defeats.

Holstein has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 29 goals from 16 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Holstein have conceded 28 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Holstein Kiel - Osnabrück 2-4 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - one - one (Osnabrück wins - draws - Holstein Kiel wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

OsnabrückM. Álvarez
M. Álvarez
13 goals
Holstein KielE. Iyoha
E. Iyoha
9 goals
Holstein KielJ. Serra
J. Serra
7 goals

Osnabrück missing players

Holstein Kiel missing players

Osnabrück Holstein Kiel
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
8 5 0 Won W 3 6 11
12 4 3 Drew D 1 4 9
12 7 2 Lost L 1 6 12
40 22 5 Scored S 13 29 51
45 24 9 Conceded C 8 28 51
88% 88% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
69% 69% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 94% 94%
44% 56% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 81% 69%
34% 38% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 38% 25%
12% 12% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 12% 12%
50% 44% 60% BTTS BTTS 80% 69% 78%
31% 38% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 19% 12%
31% 31% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 9%
 
4.1 3.8 2.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 5.6 5.8
5.6 5.2 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 5.4 4.8
2.2 2.1 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.2 1.4
6 3 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
404 203 52 Total Shots T S 69 247 468
130 66 17 Shots on Target S O 30 90 155
31% 33% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 32% 33%
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Holstein Kiel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Holstein Kiel haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Osnabrück have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arminia Bielefeld 32 17 13 2 59 27 16 8 7 1 29 12 16 9 6 1 30 15 32 64
2 Stuttgart 32 16 7 9 55 38 16 12 2 2 35 12 16 4 5 7 20 26 17 55
3 Hamburger SV 32 14 12 6 60 39 16 10 4 2 34 15 16 4 8 4 26 24 21 54
4 Heidenheim 32 14 10 8 43 32 16 10 4 2 30 12 16 4 6 6 13 20 11 52
5 Darmstadt 98 32 11 13 8 42 41 16 6 9 1 26 17 16 5 4 7 16 24 1 46
6 Bochum 32 11 12 9 51 47 16 6 7 3 35 28 16 5 5 6 16 19 4 45
7 Hannover 96 32 12 9 11 51 47 16 5 8 3 25 21 16 7 1 8 26 26 4 45
8 Greuther Fürth 32 11 10 11 43 41 16 7 3 6 22 21 16 4 7 5 21 20 2 43
9 Holstein Kiel 32 11 9 12 51 51 16 5 5 6 22 23 16 6 4 6 29 28 0 42
10 Jahn Regensburg 32 11 9 12 48 53 16 8 4 4 28 22 16 3 5 8 20 31 -5 42
11 Erzgebirge Aue 32 11 8 13 42 46 16 10 3 3 30 17 16 1 5 10 12 29 -4 41
12 Sandhausen 32 9 13 10 38 43 16 5 8 3 20 18 16 4 5 7 18 25 -5 40
13 St. Pauli 32 9 11 12 37 44 16 8 5 3 23 13 16 1 6 9 14 31 -7 38
14 Osnabrück 32 8 12 12 40 45 16 5 4 7 22 24 16 3 8 5 18 21 -5 36
15 Nürnberg 32 8 12 12 44 51 16 3 7 6 15 25 16 5 5 6 29 26 -7 36
16 Karlsruher SC 32 7 12 13 40 52 16 5 6 5 23 24 16 2 6 8 17 28 -12 33
17 Wehen Wiesbaden 32 8 7 17 39 59 16 3 4 9 15 35 16 5 3 8 24 24 -20 31
18 Dynamo Dresden 32 7 7 18 29 56 16 5 3 8 17 22 16 2 4 10 12 34 -27 28

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The 2. Bundesliga (Zweite Bundesliga) is the second level of German professional football. Like the Bundesliga it has 18 clubs playing a total of 306 fixtures to decide the final league table. The two top teams are promoted while number three has to qualify through a playoff. Two or three teams are relegated through a similar system.