Kaiserslautern vs Schalke Live Stream, Predictions (Apr 27)

📊 Form Guide

Kaiserslautern

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Kaiserslautern will be looking to improve on their last outing here after the 2-0 Bundesliga 2 defeat last time out to Eintracht Braunschweig.

In that game, Kaiserslautern had 55% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Eintracht Braunschweig had 19 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Lino Tempelmann (51') and Rayan Philippe (53') scored for Eintracht Braunschweig.

It’s been seldom in recent times where Kaiserslautern have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Kaiserslautern have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 13 goals during that time. We will have to see whether or not that trend can be continued on here.

Coming into this clash, Kaiserslautern have not been beaten in the league by Schalke in their last 2 matches.

Schalke

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In their previous fixture, Schalke drew 2-2 in the Bundesliga 2 match with Hamburg.

In that game, Schalke managed 23% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 3 on target. For Schalke, goals were scored by Ron Schallenberg (15') and Moussa Sylla (81'). On the other side, Hamburg got 26 attempts on goal with 12 on target. Emir Sahiti (41', 43') scored for Hamburg.

Looking at their form, and Schalke have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 11 goals in all. In defence, Schalke just haven’t been too solid at all.

Going into this contest, Schalke haven’t won away from home in the past 2 league matches.

👥 Head to head

A look at their prior head to head clashes going back to 23/04/2011 tells us that Kaiserslautern have won 4 of these and Schalke 2, with the tally of drawn matches being 0.

A total of 20 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 11 for Kaiserslautern and 9 netted by Schalke. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.33.

The last league clash featuring the two was Bundesliga 2 match day 14 on 29/11/2024 when it ended Schalke 0-3 Kaiserslautern.

On that occasion, Schalke managed 55% possession and 17 shots at goal with 5 of them on target.

On the other side, Kaiserslautern had 15 attempts on goal with 9 on target. Ragnar Ache (12'), Daniel Hanslik (52') and Daisuke Yokota (61') scored.

The match was refereed by Robin Braun.

📋 Team News: Kaiserslautern

Hendrick Zuck (Cruciate ligament tear) and Afeez Aremu (Shoulder injury) are unavailable for Kaiserslautern gaffer Markus Anfang.

ℹ️ Team News: Schalke

Schalke manager Kees van Wonderen has multiple availability issues to deal with. Ralf Fährmann (Torn lateral knee ligament), Christopher Antwi-Adjei (Hamstring injury), Aris Bayindir (Hamstring injury), Niklas Barthel (Torn muscle fiber), Loris Karius (Calf injury) and Zaid Amoussou-Tchibara (Cruciate ligament tear) are those who can’t be considered.

💭 Prediction

We’re of the view that Kaiserslautern should be able to create a high number of chances and successful shots on target.

At the same time, Schalke will not find it easy to break down their defence but do we see them converting at least once here.

Accordingly, we see a fairly comfortable 3-1 win for Kaiserslautern at the end of this one.

📚 ⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?

Looking at the bookies’ prices in the WDW market, victory for Kaiserslautern is available for 2.1, a bet on the game finishing all-square is 3.5 & betting on victory for Schalke gets 3.25. They’re the top market prices available at this very moment.

Victor Martins, 09:04 24/04/2025