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Holstein Kiel v 1. FC Kaiserslautern : Bundesliga 2 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 17th Apr, 17:30 BST, Holstein-Stadion, Kiel

1. FC Kaiserslautern are away from home on Friday evening, as manager Torsten Lieberknecht takes his men to visit Holstein Kiel and Tim Walter at the Holstein-Stadion in the Bundesliga 2. You'll see statistics supporting our top of below, but don't forget to explore 16 other betting markets we're covering too. Each has been designed to give you as full a picture as possible, with Bundesliga 2 performances and head-to-heads included, so that you're able to make the smartest bet choices. Finally, be sure to get the best odds and bet smart.


Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We do not expect to see a a bore-draw or a slim 1-0 win here, and instead are predicting over 1.5 goals. That means that Holstein and Kaiserslautern will score at least 2 between them during the standard 90 mins. This is based on each side's recent form stats, as well as their historic head-to-heads. We give it a probability of 80%. Bookies have it priced at 1.20.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Holstein are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 45% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.15.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Holstein
45%
2.15
4%
2.10
7%
Draw
25%
3.75
10%
3.40
3%
Kaiserslautern
30%
3.00
4%
2.88
7%
Draw 1-1
12%
7.50
7%
6.50
Holstein 1-0
10%
10.009.00
Holstein 2-1
9%
9.00
5%
8.00
Kaiserslautern 1-0
8%
12.0010.00
5%
Holstein 2-0
7%
12.00
8%
11.00
Kaiserslautern 2-1
7%
11.009.50
Draw 0-0
6%
15.00
15%
12.00
9%
Draw 2-2
6%
12.0010.00
Holstein 3-1
5%
15.00
12%
13.00
Kaiserslautern 2-0
5%
17.0013.00
Holstein 3-0
4%
21.0015.00
12%
Kaiserslautern 3-1
3%
21.0017.00
13%
Holstein 3-2
3%
21.00
9%
15.00
12%
Kaiserslautern 3-2
2%
26.0019.00
Kaiserslautern 3-0
2%
34.00
17%
23.00
10%
Over 2.5 Goals
53%
1.62
3%
1.60
3%
Under 2.5 Goals
47%
2.25
5%
2.10
2%
Home 1st Goal
51%
1.801.75
5%
Away 1st Goal
45%
2.052.15
5%
No 1st Goal
4%
15.00
15%
12.00
9%
BTTS - Yes
56%
1.571.53
3%
BTTS - No
44%
2.252.30
2%
BTTS - Home Win
22%
3.75
6%
3.60
10%
BTTS - Draw
19%
4.50
4%
4.20
BTTS - Away Win
15%
5.004.80
4%
Home/draw
70%
1.36
3%
1.36
3%
Away/draw
55%
1.67
3%
1.67
6%
Home/away
75%
1.25
4%
1.29
Over 1.5 Goals
77%
1.18
2%
1.17
3%
Under 1.5 Goals
23%
4.50
4%
4.00
5%
Over 3.5 Goals
31%
2.50
5%
2.45
2%
Under 3.5 Goals
69%
1.50
4%
1.44
3%
Over 4.5 Goals
15%
4.50
10%
4.20
7%
Under 4.5 Goals
85%
1.18
1%
1.17
3%
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
9.00
10%
7.50
6%
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1.07
1%
1.05
1%
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1.03
1%
1.01
1%
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
15.00
15%
11.00
10%
Home DNB
62%
1.62
3%
1.60
6%
Away DNB
47%
2.20
5%
2.20
7%
Holstein win to nil
23%
4.33
4%
-
Kaiserslautern win to nil
15%
6.00-
Holstein / Holstein
23%
3.50
7%
3.30
6%
Holstein / Kaiserslautern
3%
26.0021.00
Holstein / Draw
7%
13.0011.00
Draw / Holstein
14%
6.005.50
8%
Draw / Kaiserslautern
11%
7.007.00
8%
Draw / Draw
14%
6.005.75
5%
Kaiserslautern / Holstein
4%
21.00
9%
19.00
Kaiserslautern / Kaiserslautern
17%
4.75
6%
4.60
10%
Kaiserslautern / Draw
7%
13.0011.00
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Win / draw / win Bundesliga 2 table

Holstein have played 29 matches so far this season and are in 12th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

19 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 10 games, drawn 4 and won 5. Holstein have conceded 30 goals, scored 23, failed to score in 3 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Holstein have played 14 games at home, winning 4, drawing 4 and losing 6 fixtures. They have scored 16 goals, conceded 16 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Kaiserslautern lay in 7th place on 46 points in the Bundesliga 2 league table having played 29 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 17 games against teams below them in the table, winning 10, drawing 3 and losing 4 games. They have scored 36 goals and kept 5 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Kaiserslautern have conceded 22 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Kaiserslautern have played 14 away games, winning 4, drawing 3 and losing 7 games. They have scored an average of 1.1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.7 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Holstein
Kaiserslautern
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Schalke2917751658 
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-1F
w
 
1-0F
d
 
2-2F
2
Paderborn2917661757 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-1A
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-0A
3
Hannover2915861453 
l
 
1-2F
l
 
3-1A
w
 
3-1A
l
 
1-0A
4
Elversberg2915771752 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-3F
l
 
2-1A
5
Darmstadt29131151650 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-0A
w
 
3-1A
l
 
4-0A
6
H.Berlin291388947 
l
 
0-1A
Apr 25
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-1F
7
Kaiserslautern2914411846 
Apr 17
l
 
4-1A
-
-
8
Karlsruher2911711-640 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
3-1A
w
 
3-0F
w
 
2-3F
9
Nurnberg2910712-237 
l
 
2-3A
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-0A
10
VfL Bochum299911236 
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-3F
w
 
3-2F
l
 
3-2A
11
Dresden298813032 
w
 
2-1A
May 17
w
 
3-1F
May 2
12
Holstein298813-732 
-
-
w
 
4-1F
Apr 17
13
Arminia298714-231 
l
 
0-2A
d
 
2-2F
May 8
d
 
0-00-0
14
Dusseldorf299416-1831 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2F
w
 
3-0F
d
 
1-1F
15
Magdeburg299317-930 
May 9
d
 
3-3F
l
 
2-3A
May 17
16
E. Braun298615-1830 
May 2
d
 
1-1A
Apr 24
l
 
2-0A
17
Greuther298615-2130 
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-2F
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-3F
18
Preussen Munster2961013-1628 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-1F
w
 
4-1F
w
 
2-3F
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
5
Holstein have not won in 5 consecutive home league games
Holstein 12TH
20 league games
Home
5
Overall
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
5
Draw
5
Lost
10
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Holstein0 - 0Preussen Munster
Holstein2 - 3Nurnberg
Holstein1 - 1Elversberg
Holstein1 - 2Schalke
Holstein1 - 2Greuther
Holstein2 - 0Paderborn
Holstein2 - 1Dresden
Holstein0 - 1H.Berlin
Holstein1 - 0Dusseldorf
Holstein1 - 1VfL Bochum
Holstein1 - 1Darmstadt
Holstein3 - 0Karlsruher
Holstein1 - 2Hannover
Holstein0 - 2Arminia
Holstein1 - 2Freiburg
Holstein4 - 3B. M'gladbach
Holstein1 - 2St. Pauli
Holstein0 - 3W.Bremen
Holstein2 - 2Stuttgart
Holstein0 - 2Leverkusen
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AHolstein2 - 1Dusseldorf
HHolstein0 - 0Preussen Munster
AHolstein3 - 2VfL Bochum
HHolstein2 - 3Nurnberg
AHolstein0 - 2Darmstadt
HHolstein1 - 1Elversberg
AHolstein1 - 3Karlsruher
HHolstein1 - 2Schalke
AHolstein1 - 3Hannover
HHolstein1 - 2Greuther
AHolstein2 - 2Arminia
HHolstein2 - 0Paderborn
HHolstein2 - 1Dresden
AHolstein3 - 3Magdeburg
AHolstein1 - 1E. Braun
HHolstein0 - 1H.Berlin
AHolstein1 - 4Kaiserslautern
HHolstein1 - 0Dusseldorf
AHolstein1 - 2Preussen Munster
HHolstein1 - 1VfL Bochum
Kaiserslautern 7TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
42
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
W
4
D
4
Lost
12
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
H.Berlin0 - 1Kaiserslautern
Nurnberg3 - 0Kaiserslautern
VfL Bochum3 - 2Kaiserslautern
Preussen Munster2 - 3Kaiserslautern
Darmstadt4 - 0Kaiserslautern
Schalke2 - 2Kaiserslautern
Arminia0 - 0Kaiserslautern
E. Braun2 - 0Kaiserslautern
Dusseldorf1 - 1Kaiserslautern
Karlsruher2 - 3Kaiserslautern
Paderborn2 - 0Kaiserslautern
Greuther0 - 3Kaiserslautern
Elversberg2 - 1Kaiserslautern
Hannover1 - 0Kaiserslautern
Köln4 - 0Kaiserslautern
Karlsruher2 - 2Kaiserslautern
E. Braun2 - 0Kaiserslautern
Magdeburg2 - 0Kaiserslautern
Paderborn5 - 3Kaiserslautern
Hamburg3 - 0Kaiserslautern
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AKaiserslautern1 - 0H.Berlin
HKaiserslautern3 - 0Dusseldorf
AKaiserslautern0 - 3Nurnberg
HKaiserslautern3 - 0Karlsruher
AKaiserslautern2 - 3VfL Bochum
HKaiserslautern1 - 2Paderborn
AKaiserslautern3 - 2Preussen Munster
HKaiserslautern1 - 0Greuther
AKaiserslautern0 - 4Darmstadt
HKaiserslautern1 - 3Elversberg
AKaiserslautern2 - 2Schalke
HKaiserslautern3 - 1Hannover
HKaiserslautern2 - 3Magdeburg
AKaiserslautern0 - 0Arminia
HKaiserslautern3 - 1Dresden
AKaiserslautern0 - 2E. Braun
HKaiserslautern4 - 1Holstein
HKaiserslautern0 - 1H.Berlin
AKaiserslautern1 - 1Dusseldorf
HKaiserslautern1 - 1Nurnberg
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Holstein since 2017
Holstein
Kaiserslautern
Goals: Scored
5
6
Games: Scored
3 / 3
3 / 3
Clean sheets
0 / 3
0 / 3
SVE
1
D
1
FCK
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Holstein
1 - 3Kaiserslautern
Draw2 - 2Draw
Holstein2 - 1
League games at Kaiserslautern since 2018
Kaiserslautern
Holstein
Goals: Scored
9
6
Games: Scored
3 / 4
4 / 4
Clean sheets
0 / 4
1 / 4
SVE
1
FCK
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern4 - 1
0 - 3Holstein
Kaiserslautern2 - 1
Kaiserslautern3 - 1
Goal Statistics
Holstein 12th Kaiserslautern 7th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
13%
4+
There is a 79% probability that Holstein will score 1 or more goals
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Kaiserslautern will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-20
Holstein have scored 20% fewer goals at home than predicted
-21
Kaiserslautern have scored 21% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.2
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
1.5
conceded
2.1
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Bundesliga 2 - 2025/2026 season
Holstein
PG (predicted goals)
Kaiserslautern
1.6
1.2
Attack rating
SVE
FCK
9%
better
view stats
Games scored24
22
Failed to score5
7
Scored first11
16
Goals scored36
49
Avg. goals scored1.2
1.7
Avg. shots per game9
10
Avg. shots per goal7
6
Conversion rate for14
17
Avg. XG for1.4
1.6
KickOff rating
+9%
Defence rating
SVE
FCK
9%
better
view stats
Games conceded23
22
Clean sheets6
7
Conceded first17
12
Goals conceded43
41
Avg. goals conceded1.5
1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded10
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
8
Conversion rate against14%
13%
Avg. XG against1.7
1.7
KickOff rating
+9%

Holstein v Kaiserslautern Bundesliga 2 lLine ups will show here when available.

Holstein Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
266812
J TolkinP HarresA BernhardssonD Zec
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Therkelsen MID293
2
-
P Harres FWD2862
1
-
J Tolkin DEF2712
3
-
D Zec DEF265
11
1
A Kaprálik FWD2633
5
-
L Rosenboom DEF2511
2
1
K. Davidsen MID243
5
-
N Niehoff MID2312
-
J Krumrey GLK221
1
-
M Ivezic DEF221
6
-
M. Müller FWD2011
4
1
S Schwab MID19
5
-
S Skrzybski FWD1922
2
-
M Komenda  DEF18
2
-
M Knudsen MID17
4
-
A Bernhardsson FWD1728
2
-
I. Nekić DEF153
5
1
R Wagner MID14
3
-
C Johansson DEF111
2
-
T Weiner GLK7
3
-
A. Kelati FWD6
3
-
F Roslyng DEF4
2
-
L Köster FWD31
1
-
M. Cvjetinovic DEF1
-
Kaiserslautern Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
2811613
L. SirchI PrtajinP JolyF Kunze
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L. Sirch DEF2914
4
-
S Sahin  MID2945
2
-
J Krahl GLK28
1
-
N Skyttä MID2894
3
-
F Kunze MID27
13
-
M. Haas DEF2621
5
-
M Ritter MID2672
6
-
P Joly DEF2516
3
-
L. Robinson MID252
6
1
M Gyamfi DEF22
6
1
D Hanslik FWD2134
2
-
K Ji-Soo DEF16
2
-
I Prtajin FWD14111
3
-
J Elvedi DEF12
1
-
S Asta DEF11
-
R Tachie FWD111
2
-
F Alidou FWD1111
3
-
F Kleinhansl DEF101
-
M Emreli FWD101
1
-
D Abiama FWD10
2
-
K Redondo FWD1011
1
-
A Aremu MID8
1
-
T Raschl MID61
-
E Wekesser  DEF4
-
S Simoni GLK1
-