Kaiserslautern – Hansa
2. Bundesliga Round 7
Kaiserslautern, September 24
If they win against Hansa on their home field, Kaiserslautern will have an unexpected opportunity on Sunday to equalize with the teams at the top of the table of 2. Bundesliga, , already in round 7.
The Kaiserslautern team has clear ambitions to win a place in the elite Bundesliga for the next season. However, in the previous six rounds of 2. Bundesliga, this team played at the expected level, above all - on their home field. Thus, in the last two home matches, the four-time German champions managed to score three goals each - in victories over Nurnberg (3:1) and Elversberg (3:2).
Overall, Kaiserslautern is playing better and better. After defeats at the end of July and beginning of August in their first official matches of the season, they are now on a streak of six games without defeat. After five wins in a row, last week they drew 1:1 away from Karlsruher - which was a positive outcome for this team, along with a quality performance. In that duel, guests had 14 shots.
Hansa has lost three of their last four matches in 2. Bundesliga. Objectively, this is not a team that has the quality to fight for a place in the elite. This was not only confirmed by the defeat against HSV away from home (2:0) at the beginning of September - but also by a bad game and defeat against Fortuna Dusseldord (3:1) at home last week.
Kaiserslautern are clear favorites on Sunday against a team that has failed to keep a clean sheet in its last six matches. However, the hosts will be under pressure from the role of favorite, and Hansa players will look for chances from the counterattack... In such a scenario, it is most certain that Kaiserslautern as the hosts will score more than one goal, in an open match in which both teams will have chances.
Last season, Hansa won this away game 1:0 (at the end of April this year), and in November 2020, these teams played without goals. However, now Kaiserslautern has built a team that has the highest ambitions in 2. Bundesliga, which has not been the case for us in years. Interestingly, these teams had numerous duels in the third tier of the German league, in the period from 2018 to 2020.
It is expected that the home team will perform at the "Fritz Walter Stadium" with the strongest lineup - and that forward Ragnar Ache will once again get enough opportunities to score a goal. He already has five goals in the 2. Bundesliga this season – and has scored in each of his last four games in which he has appeared.
In the match in the early afternoon, Kaiserslautern will want to settle the question of the winner as soon as possible - and clearly emphasize the candidacy for the first place in the 2. Bundesliga table.