ROSTOCK. Kaiserslautern was eventually too much to handle for Hansa Rostock with the goal of R. Ache was the key of the match after he scored in the 75th, 6th and 66th minute. Ragnar Ache (6′), Ragnar Ache (66′) and Ragnar Ache (75′). Kaiserslautern made the most of its better ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Ostseestadion stadium in Rostock on Saturday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Florian Badstübner who had the assistance of Markus Schüller and Mario Hildenbrand. The 4th official was Sascha Thielert. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 9.18 degrees Celsius or 48.52 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Kaiserslautern had a superior ball possession 59% while Hansa Rostock was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Kaiserslautern was putting more pressure with 75 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Kaiserslautern won the contest.​

Hansa Rostock shot 8 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Kaiserslautern shot 22 times, 10 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Hansa Rostock received 2 yellow cards (Oliver Hüsing and Júnior Brumado ). Talking about the opposition, Kaiserslautern received 1 yellow card (Kenny Prince Redondo).

Standings

After playing this contest, Hansa Rostock stays with 22 points to remain in the 17th place. On the other side, Kaiserslautern will has 25 points to sit in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, Hansa Rostock will play away with Eintracht Braunschweig on the 9th of March with a 5-4 head to head in favor of Hansa Rostock (2 draws).

Kaiserslautern will host Osnabrück on the 9th of March with a 3-1 head to head stats in favor of Kaiserslautern (2 draws).

Hansa Rostock – Formation

Hansa Rostock started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Mersad Selimbegovic decided to play with the following team: Markus Kolke (8.5), Jasper van der Werff (7.0), Oliver Hüsing (5.4), Damian Roßbach (6.7), Nils Fröling (6.6), Dennis Dressel (7.1), Svante Ingelsson (7.3), Kevin Schumacher (7.0), Kai Pröger (6.4), Juan José Perea (6.7) and S. Guðjohnsen (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Konstantinos Stafylidis (7.0), Nico Neidhart (7.3), Simon Rhein, Jonas David, Janik Bachmann, Christian Kinsombi (6.4), Sarpreet Singh (6.6), Marko Johansson and Júnior Brumado  (6.7).

Substitutions

Hansa Rostock made 5 changes: Juan José Perea for Sarpreet Singh (46′), S. Guðjohnsen for Júnior Brumado  (46′), Kevin Schumacher for Konstantinos Stafylidis (59′), Kai Pröger for Christian Kinsombi (81′) and Nils Fröling for Nico Neidhart (81′).

Player of the match: Markus Kolke​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Hansa Rostock was the goalkeeper: Markus Kolke. His rating is 8.47. He performed 7 saves.

Kaiserslautern – Formation

Kaiserslautern started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Friedhelm Funkel played with: Julian Krahl (7.9), Jean Zimmer (7.3), Jan Elvedi (7.3), Boris Tomiak (7.3), Tymoteusz Puchacz (7.8), Julian Niehues (7.3), Filip Kaloč (7.1), Aaron Opoku (7.3), Marlon Ritter (8.1), Kenny Prince Redondo (7.3) and Ragnar Ache (9.5).

They had on the bench: Afeez Aremu, Kevin Kraus, Almamy Touré, Daniel Hanslik (6.6), Tobias Raschl (6.8), Richmond Tachie (6.8), Ben Zolinski, Robin Himmelmann and Dickson Abiama.

Substitutions

Kaiserslautern made 4 changes: Marlon Ritter for Daniel Hanslik (82′), Filip Kaloč for Tobias Raschl (82′), Aaron Opoku for Dickson Abiama (88′) and Kenny Prince Redondo for Richmond Tachie (63′).

Player of the match: Ragnar Ache​

The most impressive player for Kaiserslautern was Ragnar Ache.

His rating is 9.5 with 3 goals, 10 passes (70% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the 2. Bundesliga.​

• Karlsruher SC – SpVgg Greuther Fürth – 4-0
• Nürnberg – Eintracht Braunschweig – 2-1
• Hansa Rostock – Kaiserslautern – 0-3
• Hannover 96 – Fortuna Düsseldorf – 2-2