VöLKLINGEN. Kaiserslautern overcomes Saarbrücken with a 2-0 win with a goal from M. Ritter (53′) and a goal from A. Touré (75′).
The match was played at the Hermann-Neuberger-Stadion stadium in Völklingen on Tuesday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. In front of 15,903 spectators. The referee was Marco Fritz assisted by Dominik Schaal and Marcel Pelgrim. The 4th official was Martin Petersen. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 6.84 degrees Celsius or 44.31 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.
Match Statistics
- 54 Ball Possession 46
Shots
- 15 Total 8
- 2 On Target 4
- 6 Off Target 3
- 7 Shots blocked 1
- 95 Attack 84
- 48 Dangerous attack 38
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 2
- 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 19 Total 14
- 6 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Saarbrücken was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Kaiserslautern that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Saarbrücken was putting more pressure with 48 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, Kaiserslautern found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Saarbrücken shot 15 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Kaiserslautern shot 8 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Saarbrücken received 6 yellow cards (Patrick Sontheimer, Kai Brünker, Manuel Zeitz , Marcel Gaus, Fabio Di Michele Sanchez and Boné Uaferro ). Regarding the opposition, Kaiserslautern received 3 yellow cards (Almamy Touré, Julian Niehues and Boris Tomiak).
Match Timeline
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Saarbrücken – Formation
Saarbrücken started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Rüdiger Ziehl decided to play with the following team: Tim Schreiber , Bjarne Thoelke , Manuel Zeitz , Lukas Boeder , Calogero Rizzuto , Luca Kerber , Patrick Sontheimer , Marcel Gaus , Amine Naïfi , Kasim Rabihic and Kai Brünker .
The home team had on the bench: Julius Biada , Boné Uaferro , Robin Becker, Dominik Becker, Julian Günther-Schmidt, Fabio Di Michele Sanchez , Simon Stehle , T. Civeja and Tim Paterok.
Substitutions
Saarbrücken made 5 changes: Amine Naïfi for Simon Stehle (67′), Kasim Rabihic for Boné Uaferro (86′), Patrick Sontheimer for T. Civeja (67′), Marcel Gaus for Fabio Di Michele Sanchez (67′) and Manuel Zeitz for Julius Biada (78′).
Player of the match: Marcel Gaus
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Saarbrücken was Marcel Gaus.
His rating is with 23 passes (61% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 6 crosses.
Kaiserslautern – Formation
Kaiserslautern started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
Friedhelm Funkel played with: Robin Himmelmann , Almamy Touré , Jan Elvedi , Boris Tomiak , Tymoteusz Puchacz , Jean Zimmer , Filip Kaloč , Julian Niehues , Kenny Prince Redondo , Marlon Ritter and Daniel Hanslik .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Kevin Kraus, Tobias Raschl, Ba-Muaka Simakala, Filip Stojilkovic , Frank Ronstadt , Richmond Tachie, Avdo Spahic, Dickson Abiama and Aaron Opoku .
Kaiserslautern could not rely on the presence of Aaron Opoku (injured).
Substitutions
Kaiserslautern made 3 changes: Kenny Prince Redondo for Aaron Opoku (31′), Daniel Hanslik for Filip Stojilkovic (67′) and Jean Zimmer for Frank Ronstadt (78′).
Player of the match: Almamy Touré
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Kaiserslautern was Almamy Touré.
His rating is with 1 goal, 33 passes (79% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the DFB Pokal.