3. Liga preview: Can Kaiserslautern edge out victory against Zwickau?

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 28.August
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fritz-Walter-Stadion (49780 seats)

Kaiserslautern host Zwickau for another appealing 3. Liga game here at Fritz-Walter-Stadion.

Insights:
  • Kaiserslautern have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Zwickau have yet to win a game.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Kaiserslautern and Zwickau.

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Kaiserslautern form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Kaiserslautern's two home games in the 3. Liga so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Fritz-Walter-Stadion.

No payout for Kaiserslautern in their previous match, an away game at Hallescher FC that ended in defeat 0-1.

Ahead of that match, Kaiserslautern won a home game hosting 1860 München (3-0).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Kaiserslautern handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, seven draws and zero defeats.

At Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern has the goal stats of 3-0 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Zwickau form and stats

The 3. Liga season is young and Zwickau have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.

There were no winners in Zwickau's previous match, a 3. Liga home game that ended 1-1 vs Viktoria Berlin (placed 1st).

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Eintracht Braunschweig's place.

We have checked recent matches where Zwickau have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were four victories, one draw and eight defeats.

1 goal so far away for Zwickau, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the previous six meetings between these two sides are: two wins for Kaiserslautern, four draws and zero wins for Zwickau. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

KaiserslauternM. Wunderlich
M. Wunderlich
1 goals
KaiserslauternR. Klingenburg
R. Klingenburg
1 goals
KaiserslauternM. Kiprit
M. Kiprit
1 goals

Kaiserslautern missing players

Zwickau missing players

Kaiserslautern Zwickau
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 1 2 5
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew D 1 1 3
3 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
3 3 0 Scored S 1 1 4
6 0 0 Conceded C 1 3 7
80% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
40% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
40% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 20%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 80%
40% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
80% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 20%
 
5.2 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.5 6.4
4.6 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6 5.4
3 2.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.4 11.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 15 12.5 13.6
3.8 5.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5 4.4
16% 27% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 10% 18%
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • All of Zwickau's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Kaiserslautern have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Zwickau have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Zwickau have yet to win a game.
  • Zwickau haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Kaiserslautern Last season Zwickau
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
8 5   Won W   7 13
19 11   Drew D   8 12
11 3   Lost L   4 13
47 24   Scored S   25 46
52 21   Conceded C   22 45
89% 84%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 89%
76% 68%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 79%
45% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 50%
29% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 16%
13% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 5%
61% 63%   BTTS BTTS   74% 63%
18% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 21%
32% 32%   Failed to Score F T   16% 26%
 
4.9 5   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 4.9
4.1 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   6.5 5.9
2.5 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.1
8 5   Red cards R C   2 3
 
9.9 11.1   Shots (avg) S (   9.6 10.1
4 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 4
31% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 30%

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

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Read more about 3. Liga

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.