The visiting Holstein Kiel side should be favourites in this visit to Sandhausen, as the away team holds a 14 point advantage from their twelve league games this season.
- Sandhausen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Holstein Kiel has the fewest conceded goals (11) in 2. Bundesliga
Holstein Kiel could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a 2. Bundesliga game only four sleeps ago.
Sandhausen form and stats
The story so far in the 2. Bundesliga for Sandhausen at their home stadium (BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Sandhausen, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 200 minutes without scoring a league goal. D. Keita-Ruel was the last player to find the net.
In their previous game, the manager M. Schiele led his Sandhausen to a defeat in the 2. Bundesliga match away at Hamburger SV. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald. Before that game, the home loss against Greuther Fürth with the scoreline 0-3.
As you see from the result above, Sandhausen suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sandhausen as they are travelling to their away game against Wolfsburg in the DFB Pokal. That match is three days after this one.
Sandhausen has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Sandhausen are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (12 from 6 played).
Holstein Kiel form and stats
As the visiting team in 2. Bundesliga matches, Holstein Kiel, who have the fewest conceded goals (11) in 2. Bundesliga, have produced an overall stat of 3-2-0 so far. The fact that Holstein have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Holstein Kiel are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Holstein had fun at their own home (BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald) last time out, beating Nurnberg 1-0. Fin Bartels scored. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Jahn Regensburg at their stadium, the result 3-2.
The travelling fans enjoy Holstein's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 5 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: two - five - one (Sandhausen wins - draws - Holstein Kiel wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Mühling 6 goals |   D. Keita-Ruel 5 goals | K. Behrens 3 goals |
Sandhausen missing players
Holstein Kiel missing players
| Sandhausen | Holstein Kiel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 80% | 92% |
| 75% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 75% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 42% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 8% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 58% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 60% | 42% |
| 42% | 17% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 8% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.5 | 3 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8.8 | 9.8 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 8 | 10.3 |
| 3.2 | 3.5 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3 | 4 |
| 31% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 60% | 42% |
- Holstein Kiel has the fewest conceded goals (11) in 2. Bundesliga
- Holstein Kiel has the fewest conceded goals (3) away in 2. Bundesliga
- Holstein Kiel have not yet lost a game away.
- Holstein Kiel have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Sandhausen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Sandhausen 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 | Holstein Kiel | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 23 |
| 3 | Greuther Fürth | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Bochum | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 20 |
| 5 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -2 | 20 |
| 6 | Heidenheim | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 7 | Osnabrück | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 9 | Nurnberg | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 16 |
| 10 | Erzgebirge Aue | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 16 |
| 11 | Hannover 96 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 16 |
| 12 | Jahn Regensburg | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 13 | Paderborn | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 14 | Darmstadt 98 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 15 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | -13 | 12 |
| 16 | Sandhausen | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -13 | 11 |
| 17 | St. Pauli | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 8 |
| 18 | Wurzburger Kickers | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -14 | 4 |
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