The visiting Saarbrücken side should be favourites in this visit to Kaiserslautern, as the away team holds a 18 point advantage from their 31 league games this season.
- Kaiserslautern have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) in 3. Liga
- Saarbrücken haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Kaiserslautern form and stats
Kaiserslautern have collected 16 points from their 3. Liga home games so far after 2-10-3.
Kaiserslautern manager M. Antwerpen and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus VfB Lubeck (placed 19th) in the 3. Liga. Before that, Kaiserslautern drew at home versus Zwickau.
D. Hanslik was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against VfB Lubeck after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Kaiserslautern have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won two, drawn six and lost seven.
The manager M. Antwerpen will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to MSV Duisburg in only three days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Kaiserslautern here at Fritz-Walter-Stadion in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (14 from 15 games). It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Kaiserslautern have conceded 16 goals.
Saarbrücken form and stats
Playing away, Saarbrücken have won 6 games, drawn 5 and suffered 4 defeats in the 3. Liga this season. Saarbrücken has drawn their two previous away games.
N. Shipnoski and M. Zeitz scored in Saarbrücken's previous match, the home game against Türkgücü-Ataspor that ended 2-1. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Wehen Wiesbaden that ended 2-2.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Saarbrücken in our archives, and the results are: one win for Saarbrücken, three draws and four defeats.
After this away game Saarbrücken return home for a 3. Liga game against Waldhof Mannheim. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Saarbrücken have scored 22 goals in 15 league games away. As opposed to that, Saarbrücken have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Saarbrücken - Kaiserslautern 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Kaiserslautern zero wins, two draws and Saarbrücken zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Shipnoski 12 goals |   M. Pourié 9 goals |  S. Jacob 9 goals |
Kaiserslautern missing players
Saarbrücken missing players
| Kaiserslautern | Saarbrücken | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 31 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 16 | 10 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 32 | 14 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 22 | 54 |
| 39 | 16 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 21 | 44 |
| 87% | 80% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 71% | 60% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 80% | 87% |
| 35% | 33% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 47% | 65% |
| 23% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 35% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 23% |
| 55% | 53% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 73% | 77% |
| 23% | 27% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 13% | 16% |
| 35% | 40% | 80% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 13% | 10% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9.7 | 11 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 8.2 | 9.4 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.3 |
| 27% | 25% | 7% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 42% | 41% |
- Kaiserslautern have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) in 3. Liga
- Kaiserslautern have the most matches under the total-line (20) in 3. Liga
- Saarbrücken 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 | Dynamo Dresden | 31 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 51 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 15 | 25 | 59 |
| 2 | Hansa Rostock | 31 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 44 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 58 |
| 3 | Ingolstadt | 31 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 34 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 58 |
| 4 | 1860 München | 31 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 57 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 12 | 29 | 54 |
| 5 | Saarbrücken | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 54 | 44 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 49 |
| 6 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 31 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 51 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 48 |
| 7 | Verl | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 57 | 49 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 8 | 45 |
| 8 | Türkgücü-Ataspor | 31 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 40 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 0 | 43 |
| 9 | Viktoria Köln | 31 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 42 | 49 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 21 | -7 | 43 |
| 10 | Zwickau | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 40 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 18 | -1 | 41 |
| 11 | Waldhof Mannheim | 31 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 40 | 43 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 39 |
| 12 | Hallescher FC | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 51 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 29 | -15 | 39 |
| 13 | MSV Duisburg | 31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 41 | 52 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 26 | -11 | 38 |
| 14 | Magdeburg | 31 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 20 | -8 | 37 |
| 15 | Meppen | 31 | 11 | 3 | 17 | 32 | 51 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 29 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 22 | -19 | 36 |
| 16 | Bayern München II | 31 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 41 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 26 | -4 | 34 |
| 17 | Uerdingen | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 39 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 14 | -7 | 33 |
| 18 | Kaiserslautern | 31 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 32 | 39 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 23 | -7 | 31 |
| 19 | VfB Lubeck | 31 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 46 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 29 | -12 | 30 |
| 20 | Unterhaching | 31 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 35 | 46 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 25 | -11 | 28 |
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