Preview: Kaiserslautern likely to beat Freiburg II at Fritz-Walter-Stadion

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 16.October
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fritz-Walter-Stadion (49780 seats)

Carrying a 2 point lead in the league standings, Kaiserslautern supporters hope to see their adored players collect all points from this fixture versus Freiburg II.

Insights:
  • Kaiserslautern have the fewest conceded goals (8) in 3. Liga
  • Freiburg II have the fewest scored goals (2) away in 3. Liga

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Kaiserslautern form and stats

The 3. Liga results at home this season for Kaiserslautern are 2-3-0 (wins-draws-losses).

Kaiserslautern are confident in defense, having played 443 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Kaiserslautern are returning here after visiting Havelse in a 3. Liga game and winning with a 6-0 scoreline. Kevin Kraus, Philipp Hercher, Marlon Ritter, Mike Wunderlich and Daniel Hanslik (2) scored the goal(s). As indicated by the result mentioned above, Kaiserslautern played a great game against Havelse and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

Before that, Kaiserslautern had a home game versus Osnabruck which ended with a victory 2-0.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Kaiserslautern's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won one match, drawn one and lost zero.

Kaiserslautern are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 games. Defensively Kaiserslautern have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Freiburg II form and stats

As the visiting team in 3. Liga matches, Freiburg II have produced an overall stat of 1-2-2 so far.

Freiburg II played 1-1 against Hallescher FC in their previous match.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Zwickau that ended 0-0.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Freiburg playing away, we found five games. Results were one away win, one draw and three home wins.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Freiburg's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 5 matches. 6 goals have been conceded by Freiburg in these games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

KaiserslauternP. Hercher
P. Hercher
3 goals
KaiserslauternM. Wunderlich
M. Wunderlich
2 goals
KaiserslauternR. Klingenburg
R. Klingenburg
2 goals

Kaiserslautern missing players

Freiburg II missing players

Kaiserslautern Freiburg II
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 2 5 11
4 2 0 Won W 1 1 3
3 3 1 Drew D 0 2 4
4 0 0 Lost L 1 2 4
14 6 1 Scored S 1 2 8
8 1 1 Conceded C 3 6 13
82% 60% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 60% 73%
55% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 40% 45%
27% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 27%
18% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 18%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
9% 20% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 27%
55% 80% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 60% 55%
55% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 60% 45%
 
4.6 4.6 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.6 3.8
4.8 4.4 8 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.6 5.4
2.4 2.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.5
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.3 6.2 5 Shots (avg) S ( 4 4 6.6
3.5 3.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.2 3
37% 38% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 18% 24%
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Freiburg II have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Freiburg II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Freiburg II have the fewest scored goals (2) away in 3. Liga
  • Kaiserslautern have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Kaiserslautern have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Kaiserslautern have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Freiburg II have scored away.
  • Kaiserslautern have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in 3. Liga
  • Kaiserslautern have the fewest conceded goals (8) in 3. Liga
  • Kaiserslautern have the most clean sheets (4) at home in 3. Liga

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Magdeburg 11 7 1 3 22 11 5 3 1 1 8 3 6 4 0 2 14 8 11 22
2 Borussia Dortmund II 11 6 2 3 18 11 5 2 2 1 7 4 6 4 0 2 11 7 7 20
3 Waldhof Mannheim 11 5 4 2 17 9 6 4 1 1 13 5 5 1 3 1 4 4 8 19
4 Viktoria Berlin 11 5 3 3 22 14 6 4 0 2 13 7 5 1 3 1 9 7 8 18
5 Wehen Wiesbaden 11 5 3 3 17 13 5 1 2 2 5 7 6 4 1 1 12 6 4 18
6 Saarbrücken 11 4 5 2 17 13 6 3 1 2 13 10 5 1 4 0 4 3 4 17
7 Osnabruck 11 5 2 4 14 10 6 3 0 3 6 4 5 2 2 1 8 6 4 17
8 Eintracht Braunschweig 11 4 5 2 15 12 5 1 3 1 5 7 6 3 2 1 10 5 3 17
9 Hallescher FC 11 4 5 2 19 17 6 3 2 1 12 10 5 1 3 1 7 7 2 17
10 Kaiserslautern 11 4 3 4 14 8 5 2 3 0 6 1 6 2 0 4 8 7 6 15
11 Turkgucu-Ataspor 11 4 3 4 13 17 5 3 1 1 8 6 6 1 2 3 5 11 -4 15
12 Meppen 11 4 3 4 10 14 5 3 1 1 6 3 6 1 2 3 4 11 -4 15
13 1860 München 11 2 7 2 10 11 6 2 3 1 7 5 5 0 4 1 3 6 -1 13
14 Verl 11 3 4 4 16 19 6 1 3 2 7 10 5 2 1 2 9 9 -3 13
15 Freiburg II 11 3 4 4 8 13 6 2 2 2 6 7 5 1 2 2 2 6 -5 13
16 Zwickau 11 2 6 3 11 13 6 0 4 2 6 9 5 2 2 1 5 4 -2 12
17 MSV Duisburg 11 4 0 7 13 18 5 3 0 2 8 5 6 1 0 5 5 13 -5 12
18 Viktoria Koln 11 2 3 6 13 20 5 2 2 1 10 7 6 0 1 5 3 13 -7 9
19 Wurzburger Kickers 11 1 4 6 5 15 5 0 3 2 2 7 6 1 1 4 3 8 -10 7
20 Havelse 11 2 1 8 7 23 6 1 0 5 2 14 5 1 1 3 5 9 -16 7

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The 3. Liga (Dritte Liga) is the third division in German football. It consists of 20 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 380 fixtures. The two top teams of the final league table are promoted and number three can promote through a playoff. The bottom three teams are relegated.