Kaiserslautern vs Fortuna Dusseldorf Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Kaiserslautern

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Kaiserslautern will be looking to improve on their last outing here after a 2-0 Bundesliga 2 losing effort in their last game against Karlsruhe.

In that game, Kaiserslautern had 53% possession and 16 shots at goal with 4 on target. On the other side, Karlsruher had 7 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Budu Zivzivadze (70') and Paul Nebel (95') scored for Karlsruhe.

Dirk Schuster's Kaiserslautern have celebrated scoring a sum total of 6 times over their past six outings. Conversely, the number of goals that they have conceded in those games is 8.

Heading into this fixture, Kaiserslautern are without a home win in the past 2 league games.

Fortuna Dusseldorf

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In the game prior to this, Fortuna Dusseldorf drew 3-3 in the Bundesliga 2 match with Hannover.

In that game, Fortuna Dusseldorf managed 57% possession and 18 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. For Fortuna Dusseldorf, the goalscorers were Felix Klaus (30', 52') and Daniel Ginczek (77'). Hannover 96 had 14 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Cedric Teuchert (12'), Louis Schaub (21') and Maximilian Beier (89') scored for Hannover.

Daniel Thioune's Fortuna Dusseldorf have found the back of the net 10 times in the course of their latest six matches. The number of goals that have been scored against them during the equivalent period adds up to 7.

Taking a look at their past results, Fortuna Dusseldorf:

• remain undefeated by Kaiserslautern in away games against them for the last 2 league matches.
• are without an away win for the past 3 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 29/08/2016 tells us that Kaiserslautern have won 1 of them and Fortuna Dusseldorf 3, with the number of draws standing at 2.

A total of 18 goals were produced between them in this period, with 6 for Kaiserslautern and 12 for Fortuna. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.

The last league match featuring these sides was Bundesliga 2 match day 17 on 11/11/2022 which finished with the scoreline of Fortuna Dusseldorf 1-2 Kaiserslautern.

That time, Fortuna Dusseldorf had 63% possession and 19 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Their only player to score was Michał Karbownik (14').

Kaiserslautern had 9 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Kevin Kraus (50') and Philipp Klement (96') scored.

The match was refereed by Benjamin Cortus.

🗞️ Team News: Kaiserslautern

Marlon Ritter (Torn Muscle Fibre), Kevin Kraus (Ankle Injury), Robin Bormuth (Torn Muscle Fibre), Nicolai Rapp (Muscular problems), Terrence Boyd (Adductor problems), Aaron Basenach (Knee Problems) and Avdo Spahic (Finger Injury) will not be taking part for Kaiserslautern gaffer Dirk Schuster.

It looks as if Kaiserslautern look set to use a 3-4-2-1 system in the match, beginning the first half with Andreas Luthe, Jean Zimmer, Boris Tomiak, Lars Bünning, Erik Durm, Julian Niehues, Philipp Hercher, Hendrick Zuck, Philipp Klement, Daniel Hanslik and Lex-Tyger Lobinger.

📰 Team News: Fortuna Dusseldorf

Thanks to a completely injury-free group available to choose from, the Fortuna Dusseldorf manager Daniel Thioune doesn’t have any fitness concerns at all ahead of this game.

There’s a good chance that Fortuna seem most likely to utilise a 5-4-1 lineup by sending out Florian Kastenmeier, Matthias Zimmermann, Tim Oberdorf, Christoph Klarer, Jordy de Wijs, Nicolas Gavory, Felix Klaus, Shinta Appelkamp, Elione Fernandes, Emmanuel Iyoha and Dawid Kownacki.

💭 Prediction

We’re of the view that Fortuna Dusseldorf and Kaiserslautern could both well score more than once here although it’s hard to see a clear-cut winner.

Looks like a high-scoring draw might be possible, as we’re expecting it to be that close. Our tip is therefore for a draw at the end of the 90.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 00:15 24/05/2023