Football betting preview: Werder Bremen the front runner when Holstein Kiel pay a visit

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Fri 29.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: wohninvest WESERSTADION

1st spot in the 2. Bundesliga table for Werder Bremen so far this season, a potent showing. The home team followers hope for more glory as 11th-placed Holstein Kiel visit wohninvest WESERSTADION.

Insights:
  • Werder Bremen have the most points from losing position (17) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Holstein Kiel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This has all the signs of an intriguing match with lots of action and bustle as both contenders are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!

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Werder Bremen form and stats

Werder Bremen have played 15 2. Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-6-2 (wins-draws-losses). The Werder Bremen fans aren't used to losing league-games here at wohninvest WESERSTADION and will expect new points from this game. Werder Bremen has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.

It's back home for Werder, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Schalke 04 away with the result 4-1. Gruev, Füllkrug and Ducksch (2) found the net in that victory. The versatile forward Ducksch edged out all teammates in that game and managed a match rating of 8.4 out of 10. Ducksch scored two goals, hit the woodwork two (!) times and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Nurnberg that ended 1-1.

A decent goal production from Werder Bremen in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 15 league matches. Werder Bremen have only conceded 14 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Holstein Kiel form and stats

There's been little loot from Holstein Kiel's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 15 away games in the 2. Bundesliga. Holstein Kiel only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 6 draws.

Holstein Kiel's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Heidenheim that finished 1-1. Lorenz was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.01. The defender Lorenz scored one goal and won 3 of 6 duels.

A 0-0 draw at Dynamo Dresden's stadium before that.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Holstein have scored 19 goals in 15 league games away. As for defending, Holstein Kiel rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 26 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Holstein Kiel - Werder 2-1 was the story when this pair of participants previously did battle, also in this season.

Top Goalscorers

Werder BremenM. Ducksch
M. Ducksch
18 goals
Werder BremenN. Füllkrug
N. Füllkrug
16 goals
Holstein KielA. Mühling
A. Mühling
7 goals

Werder Bremen missing players

Holstein Kiel missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Werder Bremen Holstein Kiel
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 5 15 31
16 7 3 Won W 0 3 10
9 6 0 Drew D 2 6 9
6 2 1 Lost L 3 6 12
58 25 9 Scored S 4 19 39
40 14 5 Conceded C 10 26 49
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
94% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 87%
68% 47% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 67% 61%
29% 13% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 33% 23%
23% 7% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 10%
68% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 80% 80% 58%
23% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 19%
13% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 20% 26%
 
6.4 7.1 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.3 4.9
3.6 3.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 5.6 5.1
2 1.6 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.9 1.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
17.5 18.2 16.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11 13.2 14.4
6.1 6.2 6.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 3.7 4.3
31% 27% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 35% 29%
 
12 10.4 10 Shots against (avg) S A 15.8 15.7 14.8
4.3 3.3 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.6 4.6 4.4
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Holstein Kiel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Werder Bremen have the fewest conceded goals (14) at home in 2. Bundesliga
  • Werder Bremen have the most points from losing position (17) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Werder Bremen have the most scored goals in the second half (43) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Werder Bremen have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Werder Bremen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Werder Bremen 31 16 9 6 58 40 15 7 6 2 25 14 16 9 3 4 33 26 18 57
2 Schalke 04 31 17 5 9 65 40 16 9 2 5 37 25 15 8 3 4 28 15 25 56
3 Darmstadt 98 31 16 6 9 61 44 15 8 3 4 33 23 16 8 3 5 28 21 17 54
4 St. Pauli 31 15 8 8 56 42 15 10 3 2 34 16 16 5 5 6 22 26 14 53
5 Hamburger SV 31 13 12 6 58 32 16 8 6 2 34 16 15 5 6 4 24 16 26 51
6 Nurnberg 30 14 8 8 45 39 15 8 3 4 23 17 15 6 5 4 22 22 6 50
7 Heidenheim 31 13 7 11 38 42 15 9 4 2 24 15 16 4 3 9 14 27 -4 46
8 Paderborn 30 11 11 8 51 41 15 2 7 6 21 24 15 9 4 2 30 17 10 44
9 Karlsruher SC 31 9 13 9 52 49 16 5 8 3 30 24 15 4 5 6 22 25 3 40
10 Jahn Regensburg 31 10 9 12 49 46 16 6 4 6 31 27 15 4 5 6 18 19 3 39
11 Holstein Kiel 31 10 9 12 39 49 16 7 3 6 20 23 15 3 6 6 19 26 -10 39
12 Fortuna Düsseldorf 31 9 11 11 40 38 16 5 6 5 26 20 15 4 5 6 14 18 2 38
13 Hansa Rostock 30 10 8 12 37 47 15 4 4 7 15 22 15 6 4 5 22 25 -10 38
14 Hannover 96 30 9 9 12 29 42 15 4 6 5 11 17 15 5 3 7 18 25 -13 36
15 Sandhausen 30 8 11 11 34 47 15 3 5 7 15 26 15 5 6 4 19 21 -13 35
16 Dynamo Dresden 31 7 9 15 30 42 15 5 4 6 17 16 16 2 5 9 13 26 -12 30
17 Erzgebirge Aue 30 5 7 18 29 61 15 3 2 10 12 29 15 2 5 8 17 32 -32 22
18 Ingolstadt 31 4 8 19 28 58 15 2 4 9 12 25 16 2 4 10 16 33 -30 20

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Werder Bremen 31 16 9 6 58 40 15 7 6 2 25 14 16 9 3 4 33 26 18 57
2 Schalke 04 31 17 5 9 65 40 16 9 2 5 37 25 15 8 3 4 28 15 25 56
3 Darmstadt 98 31 16 6 9 61 44 15 8 3 4 33 23 16 8 3 5 28 21 17 54
4 St. Pauli 31 15 8 8 56 42 15 10 3 2 34 16 16 5 5 6 22 26 14 53
5 Hamburger SV 31 13 12 6 58 32 16 8 6 2 34 16 15 5 6 4 24 16 26 51
6 Nurnberg 30 14 8 8 45 39 15 8 3 4 23 17 15 6 5 4 22 22 6 50
7 Heidenheim 31 13 7 11 38 42 15 9 4 2 24 15 16 4 3 9 14 27 -4 46
8 Paderborn 30 11 11 8 51 41 15 2 7 6 21 24 15 9 4 2 30 17 10 44
9 Karlsruher SC 31 9 13 9 52 49 16 5 8 3 30 24 15 4 5 6 22 25 3 40
10 Jahn Regensburg 31 10 9 12 49 46 16 6 4 6 31 27 15 4 5 6 18 19 3 39
11 Holstein Kiel 31 10 9 12 39 49 16 7 3 6 20 23 15 3 6 6 19 26 -10 39
12 Fortuna Düsseldorf 31 9 11 11 40 38 16 5 6 5 26 20 15 4 5 6 14 18 2 38
13 Hansa Rostock 30 10 8 12 37 47 15 4 4 7 15 22 15 6 4 5 22 25 -10 38
14 Hannover 96 30 9 9 12 29 42 15 4 6 5 11 17 15 5 3 7 18 25 -13 36
15 Sandhausen 30 8 11 11 34 47 15 3 5 7 15 26 15 5 6 4 19 21 -13 35
16 Dynamo Dresden 31 7 9 15 30 42 15 5 4 6 17 16 16 2 5 9 13 26 -12 30
17 Erzgebirge Aue 30 5 7 18 29 61 15 3 2 10 12 29 15 2 5 8 17 32 -32 22
18 Ingolstadt 31 4 8 19 28 58 15 2 4 9 12 25 16 2 4 10 16 33 -30 20

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