KIEL. Holstein Kiel was after all too good for Eintracht Braunschweig with the goal of S. Skrzybski (12′), S. Skrzybski (73′) and B. Pichler (82′). Holstein Kiel was much better in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Holstein-Stadion stadium in Kiel on Saturday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Wolfgang Haslberger assisted by Lars Erbst and Marcel Gasteier. The 4th official was Eric Müller. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 28.2 degrees Celsius or 82.76 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 40%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Holstein Kiel had a strong ball possession 64% while Eintracht Braunschweig was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Holstein Kiel was more aggressive with 56 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Holstein Kiel won the match​.

Holstein Kiel shot 18 times, 7 on target, 11 off target. Talking about the opposition, Eintracht Braunschweig shot 19 times, 6 on target, 13 off target.

Cards

Holstein Kiel received 2 yellow cards (T. Becker and J. Arp). On the other side, Eintracht Braunschweig received 2 yellow cards (J. Nikolaou and N. Kijewski).

Standings

Next matches

In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, Holstein Kiel will play away against DSC Arminia Bielefeld on the 17th of September with a 4-1 head to head record in favor of DSC Arminia Bielefeld (1 draw).

Eintracht Braunschweig will host Karlsruher SC on the 16th of September with a 5-4 head to head stats in favor of Karlsruher SC (5 draws).

Holstein Kiel – Formation

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

The manager Marcel Rapp decided to play with the following team: Thomas Dähne (8.1), Timo Becker (6.9), Patrick Erras (7.8), Marco Komenda (6.8), Philipp Sander (7.0), Julian Korb (7.4), Finn Dominik Porath (6.8), Marvin Schulz (6.7), Jann-Fiete Arp (6.5), Benedikt Pichler (7.8) and Steven Skrzybski (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: Fabian Reese (7.3), Marvin Obuz, Tim Schreiber, Johannes van den Bergh (6.6), Hauke Wahl (6.6), Aleksandar Ignjovski (7.0), Fin Bartels, Alexander Mühling (7.8) and Kwasi Okyere Wriedt.

Holstein Kiel could not rely on the presence of A. Ignjovski (injured).

Substitutions

Holstein Kiel made 5 changes: F. Porath for A. Muhling (59′), J. Arp for F. Reese (59′), T. Becker for H. Wahl (59′), M. Komenda for A. Ignjovski (65′) and M. Schulz for J. van den Bergh (84′).

Best player: Thomas Dähne​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Holstein Kiel was the goalkeeper: Thomas Dähne. His rating is 8.14. He performed 5 saves.

Eintracht Braunschweig – Formation

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

Michael Schiele played with: Jasmin Fejzić (6.2), Jan Hendrik Marx (6.2), Brian Behrendt (6.9), Michael Schultz (6.3), Niko Kijewski (6.7), Bryan Henning (7.4), Jannis Nikolaou (7.0), Fabio Kaufmann (7.4), Immanuel Pherai (7.3), Luc Ihorst (6.4) and Lion Lauberbach (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Keita Endo (6.7), Philipp Strompf, Ron-Thorben Hoffmann, Anthony Ujah (6.8), Danilo Wiebe, Enrique Peña Zauner, Maurice Multhaup (6.2), Anton Donkor (7.3) and Yari Otto.

Substitutions

Eintracht Braunschweig made 4 changes: N. Kijewski for A. Donkor (46′), L. Ihorst for K. Endo (59′), F. Kaufmann for M. Multhaup (66′) and J. Nikolaou for A. Ujah (75′).

Best player: Bryan Henning​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Eintracht Braunschweig was Bryan Henning.

His rating is (7.4) with 26 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Karlsruher SC – Sandhausen – 3-2
• Darmstadt 98 – Hansa Rostock – 4-0
• DSC Arminia Bielefeld – Hamburger SV – 0-2
• Holstein Kiel – Eintracht Braunschweig – 3-0