The Bundesliga 2 game at Fritz-Walter-Stadion on Saturday sees home team Kaiserslautern go into battle with Fortuna Dusseldorf.
Our tips, poll and stats for Kaiserslautern v Fortuna Dusseldorf can all be found here - along with the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
Kaiserslautern
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Kaiserslautern head into this match after a 1-1 Bundesliga 2 tied result vs Hannover.
In that game, Kaiserslautern managed 45% possession and 8 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for Kaiserslautern was Kenny Prince Redondo (53'). Hannover 96 got 10 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Andreas Voglsammer (68') was the scorer for Hannover.
Itโs been seldom in recent times that Kaiserslautern havenโt conceded. In fact, Kaiserslautern have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, letting in 10 goals on the way.
Going into this encounter, Kaiserslautern have left without a victory over Fortuna Dusseldorf in their previous 2 league games.
Fortuna Dusseldorf
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Fortuna Dusseldorf will go into the meeting following on from a 0-4 Bundesliga 2 win with the defeat of Osnabruck in their last match.
In that game, Fortuna Dusseldorf managed 38% possession and 16 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. For Fortuna Dusseldorf, goals were scored by Christos Tzolis (35'), Takashi Uchino (60'), Marlon Mustapha (72') and Ao Tanaka (88'). For their opponents, Osnabruck had 11 shots at goal with 0 on target.
Over the course of their last 6 clashes, Fortuna Dusseldorf have bagged a tally of 13 goals. Fortuna Dusseldorf have also scored in every single one of those games. During that period, theyโve seen 5 goals scored by their opponents. Such a trend might not follow through into this match, however.
Leading up to this clash, Fortuna Dusseldorf:
- haven't been beaten by Kaiserslautern in away games against them for the last 3 matches in the league.
- are unbeaten in their last 3 league matches away from home.
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Head to head
An examination of their past head-to-head meetings going back to 19/08/2017 shows us that Kaiserslautern have won 1 of these games & Fortuna Dusseldorf 5, with the tally of drawn games being 0.
Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 26 overall at an average of 4.33 goals per meeting.
The last league fixture featuring these sides was Bundesliga 2 match day 10 on 21/10/2023 and the score finished Fortuna Dusseldorf 4-3 Kaiserslautern.
On that day, Fortuna Dusseldorf managed 61% possession and 20 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The goalscorers were Jamil Siebert (30' Own goal), Ao Tanaka (36', 63'), Matthias Zimmermann (50') and Felix Klaus (57').
Kaiserslautern got 17 attempts on goal with 9 of them on target. Richmond Tachie (21') and Marlon Ritter (32') scored.
The match was refereed by Benjamin Brand.
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Team News: Kaiserslautern
Ragnar Ache (Muscle injury) and Hendrick Zuck (Cruciate ligament tear) will not be able to play for Kaiserslautern gaffer Friedhelm Funkel.
In our view, Kaiserslautern will probably go for a 4-2-3-1 system this time and select Robin Himmelmann, Jean Zimmer, Jan Elvedi, Boris Tomiak, Tymoteusz Puchacz, Julian Niehues, Filip Kaloc, Aaron Opoku, Marlon Ritter, Kenny Prince Redondo and Filip Stojilkovic.
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Team News: Fortuna Dusseldorf
Thanks to a fully healthy group available to choose from, the Fortuna Dusseldorf boss Daniel Thioune doesnโt have any fitness concerns to report before this clash.
Weโre of the thinking that Fortuna seem most likely to make use of a 4-1-4-1 system using Florian Kastenmeier, Matthias Zimmermann, Jamil Siebert, Tim Oberdorf, Emmanuel Iyoha, Yannik Engelhardt, Felix Klaus, Ao Tanaka, Shinta Appelkamp, Christos Tzolis and Marlon Mustapha.
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Prediction
In our view, Kaiserslautern will manage to put a goal past this Fortuna Dusseldorf side, but a single goal might not quite be enough to prevent defeat.
We therefore reckon that it will be a narrow 1-2 advantage for Fortuna Dusseldorf at the end of the 90 minutes. We are expecting it to be pretty even.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura,
11:37 29/03/2024
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Kaiserslautern
Formed: 1900
Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion (49,850)
Captain: Jean Zimmer
Chairman: Rainer Keรler
Manager: Friedhelm Funkel
Competitions: Bundesliga 2 position 15, DFB-Pokal (Semi-Finals)
โญ Key Man: Marlon Ritter
Usually taking up the Centre Midfield position, Marlon Ritter was born in Essen, Germany. After making a first senior appearance for Fortuna Dusseldorf in the 2016 - 2017 season, the dangerous Midfielder has got 4 league goals in the 2. Bundesliga 2023 - 2024 campaign to date from a total of 24 appearances.