2. Bundesliga match prediction and preview for Sandhausen vs Würzburger Kickers clash

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 04.April
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald (12100 seats)

Sandhausen are welcoming Würzburger Kickers for another important game after their 0-2 result against 8th-placed Erzgebirge Aue.

Insights:
  • Sandhausen have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Würzburger Kickers have the most conceded goals (52) in 2. Bundesliga

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Sandhausen form and stats

Sandhausen have collected 19 points from their 2. Bundesliga home games so far after 5-4-4.

Stress levels are on the rise for Sandhausen's attacking players as they have now played 272 minutes without scoring in a league game. P. Klingmann was their last goal scorer.

In their previous game, the manager G. Kleppinger led his Sandhausen to a defeat in the 2. Bundesliga match away at Erzgebirge Aue. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald. In the match before that, Sandhausen hosted Fortuna Dusseldorf and drew the game 0-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sandhausen handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, four draws and five defeats.

The Sandhausen fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 13 league matches. On the other hand, Sandhausen have conceded 18 goals.

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Würzburger Kickers form and stats

There's been little loot from Würzburger Kickers's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 12 away games in the 2. Bundesliga. Würzburger Kickers, who have the most conceded goals (52) in 2. Bundesliga, only have 1 win to counter their 11 defeats and 0 draws. Bitter travels for Würzburger as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Osnabruck match.

Würzburger played 1-1 against Jahn Regensburg in their previous match. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Jahn Regensburg.

Hendrik Bonmann had red hot gloves after the game against Jahn Regensburg, shaping the outcome of the game with six saves made.

Würzburger are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is six wins, zero draws and four defeats. From a total of ten matches.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The 2. Bundesliga trip to Hannover 96.

The attacking power of Würzburger Kickers when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 12 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Würzburger manager B. Trares has some worries about the defense as 27 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Würzburger Kickers - Sandhausen 2-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Sandhausen two wins, one draw and Würzburger Kickers zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SandhausenK. Behrens
K. Behrens
8 goals
SandhausenD. Keita-Ruel
D. Keita-Ruel
7 goals
Würzburger KickersR. Munsy
R. Munsy
7 goals

Sandhausen missing players

Würzburger Kickers missing players

Sandhausen Würzburger Kickers
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 3 12 25
6 5 2 Won W 1 1 4
4 4 1 Drew D 0 0 4
16 4 0 Lost L 2 11 17
28 20 7 Scored S 5 9 27
47 18 2 Conceded C 6 27 52
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
81% 85% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 84%
62% 54% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 68%
35% 38% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 36%
15% 23% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 25% 28%
46% 46% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 58% 68%
19% 38% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 4%
38% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 42% 32%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 2.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.1 2
3 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
10 10.3 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 10.1 10.7
3.1 3.7 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.7 3.7
35% 42% 70% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 20% 29%
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Sandhausen have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Würzburger Kickers have scored away.
  • Sandhausen have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Würzburger Kickers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Würzburger Kickers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Würzburger Kickers have the fewest clean sheets (1) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Würzburger Kickers have the most conceded goals (52) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Würzburger Kickers have the most conceded goals in the second half (36) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Würzburger Kickers have the the worst goal difference (-25) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Würzburger Kickers haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Bochum 26 16 3 7 48 26 13 8 2 3 26 10 13 8 1 4 22 16 22 51
2 Hamburger SV 26 14 7 5 53 30 13 8 3 2 29 11 13 6 4 3 24 19 23 49
3 Greuther Furth 26 13 8 5 50 32 13 6 3 4 23 17 13 7 5 1 27 15 18 47
4 Holstein Kiel 24 13 7 4 38 22 12 7 2 3 19 14 12 6 5 1 19 8 16 46
5 Karlsruher SC 26 12 6 8 39 32 13 4 4 5 14 13 13 8 2 3 25 19 7 42
6 Fortuna Dusseldorf 26 11 7 8 37 36 13 8 3 2 22 16 13 3 4 6 15 20 1 40
7 Heidenheim 25 11 6 8 37 34 12 8 3 1 24 10 13 3 3 7 13 24 3 39
8 Erzgebirge Aue 26 10 6 10 35 36 13 7 4 2 23 15 13 3 2 8 12 21 -1 36
9 Hannover 96 24 10 5 9 36 28 11 6 3 2 20 9 13 4 2 7 16 19 8 35
10 Paderborn 26 9 8 9 34 32 13 6 4 3 23 19 13 3 4 6 11 13 2 35
11 St. Pauli 26 9 8 9 39 43 13 5 3 5 19 22 13 4 5 4 20 21 -4 35
12 Darmstadt 98 26 9 5 12 42 44 13 5 2 6 18 17 13 4 3 6 24 27 -2 32
13 Jahn Regensburg 25 7 9 9 27 32 13 5 4 4 18 16 12 2 5 5 9 16 -5 30
14 Nürnberg 26 7 8 11 33 40 13 3 5 5 15 19 13 4 3 6 18 21 -7 29
15 Eintracht Braunschweig 26 6 8 12 23 44 14 6 3 5 16 19 12 0 5 7 7 25 -21 26
16 Osnabruck 25 6 5 14 24 40 12 2 1 9 12 21 13 4 4 5 12 19 -16 23
17 Sandhausen 26 6 4 16 28 47 13 5 4 4 20 18 13 1 0 12 8 29 -19 22
18 Würzburger Kickers 25 4 4 17 27 52 13 3 4 6 18 25 12 1 0 11 9 27 -25 16

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