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Kaiserslautern

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Kaiserslautern will be hoping for a better result following the 2-0 Bundesliga 2 defeat in their last game at the hands of Eintracht Braunschweig.

In that match, Kaiserslautern managed 55% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Eintracht Braunschweig had 19 attempts 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 the game prior to this, Schalke drew 2-2 in the Bundesliga 2 tie with Hamburg.

In that game, Schalke managed 23% possession and 12 shots on goal with 3 on target. For Schalke, the goalscorers were Ron Schallenberg (15') and Moussa Sylla (81'). Hamburg had 26 attempts on goal with 12 of them on target. Emir Sahiti (41', 43') was the scorer 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

Checking on their prior head to head clashes dating back to 23/04/2011 tells us that Kaiserslautern have won 4 of them and Schalke 2, with the number of drawn results standing at 0.

A sum of 20 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 11 from Kaiserslautern and 9 being from Schalke. That is an average goals per game value of 3.33.

The last league encounter featuring these clubs was Bundesliga 2 match day 14 on 29/11/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Schalke 0-3 Kaiserslautern.

That time, Schalke had 55% possession and 17 shots on goal with 5 on target.

Kaiserslautern had 15 attempts at 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) won’t be able to feature for Kaiserslautern boss Markus Anfang.

We think that Kaiserslautern should kick off with a 3-4-1-2 formation this time with Julian Krahl, Jan Elvedi, Luca Sirch, Jannis Heuer, Jean Zimmer, Tim Breithaupt, Filip Kaloc, Florian Kleinhansl, Marlon Ritter, Ragnar Ache and Daniel Hanslik.

🗞️ Team News: Schalke

Schalke boss Kees van Wonderen has some current player fitness concerns. 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.

There’s a good chance that Schalke will likely elect for a 4-2-3-1 formation with a starting lineup of Justin Heekeren, Taylan Bulut, Ron Schallenberg, Marcin Kaminski, Derry Murkin, Janik Bachmann, Paul Seguin, Mehmet Can Aydin, Amin Younes, Tobias Mohr and Moussa Sylla.

💡 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.

Victor Martins, 11:01 27/04/2025