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Big 3 points for hosts
Eintracht Braunschweig collects three important points in the relegation battle of the 2. Bundesliga thanks to a very strong performance in their home match against 1. FC Kaiserslautern. In the 2-0 victory for the Lower Saxony side, Lino Tempelmann is the man of the match with a goal and an assist at the beginning of the second half. After conceding the two goals in the second period, the visitors found their rhythm too late and had no answer against the technically and physically strong hosts.
Full-time
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Alidou narrowly misses
The left-winger cuts inside from 28 metres out from the hosts' goal and shoots with his right foot towards the bottom right corner. Hoffmann dives, but doesn't need to intervene.
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Hoffmann again!
The Eintracht goalkeeper is on the spot again and plucks a very high ball out of the air. In the process, the home side's keeper takes a knock from Heuer, but is able to continue. This naturally draws applause from the home crowd.
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Stoppage time
Four minutes of added time in Braunschweig.
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Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 90 minutes
Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 90 minutes
Through high-end camera technology and machine learning, the speed of each player is evaluated in real time. Top speed then means, the fastest measured single frame of a player/game.
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Substitution
88'
Brilliant from Hoffmann!
Ache gets a free shot from 11 metres in front of Hoffmann. But the home side's goalkeeper makes himself big and prevents the consolation goal. Absolutely superb save from Hoffmann!
84'
Krahl on his post
The goalkeeper of Lautern prevents a third goal, as he keeps out a powerful shot at his near post.
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Substitution
Unreachable
© IMAGO/Sebastian Priebe
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Substitution
78'
Free kick for Ritter
Köhler fouls Ache about 30 metres in front of his own goal. Ritter takes the ball and blasts it well over Hoffmann's goal.
73'
Three suspensions next week
The home side will have to do without Bell Bell, Tempelmann and Jaeckel for the next matchday in Regensburg due to suspensions. They've all collected too many yellow cards this season.
72'
Another striker
The visitors bring on Opoku for Redondo, who never really got into the game today. The visitors have about 20 minutes left.
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Substitution
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Strong performance
Shots
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Richmond Tachie Ragnar Ache
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Substitution
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Substitution
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Ritter curls wide
The creative mind of the visitors curls the ball from 25 metres with great finesse towards the right corner. The ball passes just a few centimetres over the crossbar.
Man of the Match
© IMAGO/David Inderlied
64'
Krahl nearly caught again
Krahl plays a ball forward with a delay again and is lucky once more that Tachie doesn't get to the ball in the visitors' penalty area.
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Tactical Foul
As Redondo heads the ball over Jaeckel on the left, the Braunschweig player stands in the path of the FCK striker and brings him down. Yellow card for Jaeckel and a free-kick for Lautern. However, it comes to nothing.
60'
Anfang reacts
The FCK manager wants to bring fresh impetus into his team's play with a triple substitution. Hanslik, Yokota and Alidou are coming into the match.
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Substitution
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Substitution
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Substitution
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Thick and fast
Tachie forces Krahl into another brilliant save with his shot towards the right corner of the goal. Before that, the visitors had a big chance to pull one back. Robinson's right-footed shot goes narrowly wide of the right post of the home side's goal.
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Huge chance, great save!
Krahl denies the rampant hosts a third with a brilliant flying save, as they win the ball deep in FCK's half and play it quickly. Tachie heads the cross from the right towards the near post with precision. Krahl manages to claw the ball out of the corner with his fingertips.
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Double strike!
The home side immediately capitalise on their first two chances in the second half and make it 2-0. Two losses of possession by FCK in their own build-up play initiated the goals, with Braunschweig's Tempelmann and Philippe finishing clinically in front of Krahl.
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Goooooal!
The double strike from Eintracht! Tempelmann serves the unmarked Philippe on the right, who takes a couple of steps into the penalty area and, coming from the right, smashes the ball into the top left corner with his right foot.
Goal probability
Goal probability
Goal probability determines the likelihood that the ball will land in the goal from every position on the pitch. The value is based on large amounts of data from previous years; factors such as shot angle, distance to goal and opponent pressure - as well as mathematical models.
Shot speed
Shot speed
Shot speed describes the maximum speed in km/h that a ball reaches in a shot on goal. The distance is measured from the location of the shot to the centre of the goal.
Distance to Goal
Distance to Goal
The distance to goal is measured at the time of the shot - from the position of the ball to the center of the goal.
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Goooooal!
The lead for the home side through Tempelmann. The best man on the pitch opens the scoring. He receives the ball on the left side in front of the penalty area and places it perfectly into the right corner. Difficult angle, great goal and the lead for the home side!
Goal probability
Goal probability
Goal probability determines the likelihood that the ball will land in the goal from every position on the pitch. The value is based on large amounts of data from previous years; factors such as shot angle, distance to goal and opponent pressure - as well as mathematical models.
Shot speed
Shot speed
Shot speed describes the maximum speed in km/h that a ball reaches in a shot on goal. The distance is measured from the location of the shot to the centre of the goal.
Distance to Goal
Distance to Goal
The distance to goal is measured at the time of the shot - from the position of the ball to the center of the goal.
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The corner...
...becomes dangerous in the aftermath as several headers fly out of the penalty area and back into the box. In the end, Heuer's shot is blocked.
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Ache goes down
The FCK's target man is the intended recipient of Redondo's cross, but it doesn't reach Ache because he's wrestled to the ground in the penalty area. The referee deems it a fair challenge and awards a corner.
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Here we go again!
The home side make one change at the start of the second half, bringing on Baas for the cautioned Marie.
Kick-off!
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No shot on goal
Not a single shot on goal in the first half - the last time this happened to FCK in the 2. Bundesliga was in February 2013, when the Palatinate side lost 0-1 to Hertha BSC under manager Franco Foda.
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Substitution
Half-time in Braunschweig
© IMAGO/Sebastian Priebe
Half-time
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Yellow card in stoppage time
In the one-minute of stoppage time, Redondo puts his foot down on Bell Bell and stamps on the Braunschweig player. That's also a yellow card!
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Heuer stands firm
Heuer wins the ball twice in direct duels against a Braunschweig player at the left edge of the penalty area, and the visitors can then clear it collectively. Strong from the FCK defender.
39'
Marie is blocked
The FCK wall does a good job and Marie's free-kick is headed clear for a corner. This comes to nothing, but there is another corner for the visitors. Marie is ready again.
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Eintracht applies pressure
Philippe holds his ground against several opponents on the left side of the penalty area and delivers the ball perfectly to Tachie, who is lurking in the middle. The striker's attempt is blocked, however. Because there is a subsequent foul on Krauße, Eintracht are awarded a perfect free-kick position, 23 metres out in a central position.
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Too weak
Tachie wastes what was actually a good free-kick opportunity with a weak shot into the two-man wall to the left of the visitors' penalty area.
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Tempelmann drives forward
When the hosts manage to create something in attack, it's through Tempelmann, who drives the ball through midfield and then plays it to Bell Bell on the left. However, his cross is blocked and the chance is gone.
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Counter-attack wasted
Ache intercepts a weak cross-field pass from Bell Bell, who then tries to stop the counter-attack with a foul, and the visitors can quickly transition. However, it doesn't lead to a goal-scoring opportunity. Bell Bell receives a yellow card after play stops.
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Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 30 minutes
Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 30 minutes
Through high-end camera technology and machine learning, the speed of each player is evaluated in real time. Top speed then means, the fastest measured single frame of a player/game.
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Next card
Although the match has seen few really tough tackles, there's already been three yellow cards. This time for Tempelmann, who arrives late against Breithaupt and catches the Lautern player on the ankle.
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Feisty Braunschweig
Eintracht have already run one-and-a-half kilometres more than FCK and are winning more duels, unusually they also have significantly more possession. Only goal-scoring opportunities are still in short supply (shots on goal 1-0).
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Krauße misses
The subsequent free-kick is played wide into the penalty area, where Nikolaou manages to get the ball back into the middle at the second attempt. Krauße gets to the ball in the follow-up, but puts it well over the visitors' goal. At least it's a shot on goal...
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Grab on the shoulder
Breithaupt can only stop Tempelmann in central midfield by grabbing his shoulder, thus preventing the counter-attack. He receives a yellow card for that!
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Strong defensive lines
Both teams are operating from a well-structured defence. That's why penalty area or even goal-scoring opportunities have been scarce so far.
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Counter-attack
The home side win the ball well in front of their own penalty area and quickly transition. The ball is played into the middle from the right, but Philippe's finish is blocked. The crowd is now engaged, celebrating the effort of their own team.
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Foul on Ritter
Ritter plays the ball at the halfway line directly along the right touchline to Redondo. The Lautern playmaker is tackled heavily from behind and wins a free-kick, which comes to nothing.
Contested start
© IMAGO/David Inderlied
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High boot
Marie catches Redondo at stomach height in a battle for the ball. No bad intent from the Braunschweig player but certainly painful for the Kaiserslautern player, who needs extended treatment.
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Braunschweig's Pressing
The home side are pressing FCK early in the visitors' own half. The Red Devils are currently looking for solutions in their build-up play and need to be patient, as Braunschweig are easily dealing with their long balls at the moment.
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Krahl makes it exciting
After a back pass into the penalty area, Krahl waits far too long and Tachie nips in, but can't quite take advantage. That could have been costly for FCK.
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The visitors are...
...playing cautiously here. The success of Braunschweig must have clearly shown the visitors from Betzenberg how dangerous the Lower Saxony side can be with their quick counter-attacks.
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No structure yet
Both teams are giving away far too cheaply to be able to create a goal threat so far.
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Dangerous loss of possession
The home side try to maintain possession but carelessly lose the ball on the right near their own penalty area. Redondo's square pass is intercepted.
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20,000 matches in the 2. Bundesliga
With the kick-off of the match between Braunschweig and Kaiserslautern, history is made. It is the 20,000th Bundesliga 2 match.
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The ball is rolling!
The match has kicked off as Braunschweig get us underway.
Kick-off!
About to kick off!
The teams are entering the atmospheric Eintracht-Stadion in Braunschweig.
200 appearances in the 2. Bundesliga
© IMAGO/Fabian Kleer
Elvedi only on the bench
FCK manager Anfang, after the unfortunate defeat against Nürnberg, puts the trio Kaloc, Hanslik and also Elvedi (for him the first time since August 2024) on the bench, with Wekesser, Heuer and Robinson starting instead.
Faith in the HSV conquerors
Braunschweig start with the same starting line-up as in their recent coup in Hamburg. Di Michele Sanchez is fit again, but Bell Bell has secured his place on the left with strong recent performances.
This is Lautern's starting XI
Krahl - Sirch, Heuer, Bauer - Gyamerah, Breithaupt, Robinson, Wekesser - Ritter, Redondo - Ache
This is how Eintracht line up
Hoffmann - Jaeckel, Köhler, Nikolaou - Rittmüller, Krauße, Bell Bell - Tempelmann, Marie - Philippe, Tachie
What Scherning says
"The weeks of top opponents continue against Kaiserslautern. They are a very physical team with a lot of pace in their back line. With Ragnar Ache, we face another big target man. Around him, there's a lot of quality, many one-on-one situations, and with Marlon Ritter, a free spirit. We need to defend very, very well. The spectators can look forward to two teams that want to win the match."
What Anfang says
"When you step onto the pitch, you must always bring a certain level of emotion and mentality. I think we managed that well against Nuremberg and especially in the second half, we gave it our all. We're facing a team that has beaten Paderborn at home and won in Hamburg."
Anfang's Success Record
Markus Anfang has never lost as a manager against Eintracht Braunschweig. With Kaiserslautern, Darmstadt and Holstein Kiel, he has achieved four wins and two draws in six competitive matches (five in the Bundesliga 2, one in the DFB Cup) against the hosts.
Betzenberg victories, Braunschweig curse
Lautern's two most recent victories against Braunschweig came at the Betzenberg, while the Red Devils last won in Braunschweig in 2018 (4-1 in the third division in September, 2-1 in the Bundesliga 2 in February).
Kaiserslautern turn the tables
Kaiserslautern have won the last two encounters against Braunschweig. Before that, Eintracht had remained unbeaten against the Palatinate side for eight matches (four wins, four draws).
Classic match-up!
Braunschweig and Kaiserslautern are former German champions and founding members of the Bundesliga, playing 20 years together in the top flight (most recently in 1984/85).
Hello and welcome!
Welcome along and thanks for joining us for build-up and live coverage of this Matchday 30 fixture between Eintracht Braunschweig and 1. FC Kaiserslautern.