Kaiserslautern 0-0 Karlsruher SC result, stats and report

Hannover 96 did the hard work in the first half, scored twice through Lars Gindorf and Marcel Hartel, and held on to take three points despite a nervy finish against Karlsruher SC in the 2. Bundesliga.

Kaiserslautern kept their home record intact with a hard-earned clean sheet, but the match statistics tell a more complicated story, with Karlsruher generating 11 corners and 8 shots on target that the home goalkeeper had to work through alone.

Karlsruher SC host an in-form Nürnberg side on Saturday having conceded ten goals in their last five 2. Bundesliga matches. This looks like a serious problem for the home side.

Kaiserslautern have conceded just one goal in their last five 2. Bundesliga matches. Eintracht Braunschweig have shipped nine in their last five. Something has to give on Saturday.

Karlsruher SC host Energie Cottbus on Sunday in a 2. Bundesliga fixture that pits one of the division's most volatile home environments against a side with a single away game to their name and nothing to show for it.

Magdeburg carry four active injuries and a fragile home momentum slope into this fixture, while Kaiserslautern arrive in Matchday 3 having kept clean sheets in 70 percent of their last ten games. The structural contrast between these two sides is the story worth watching.

Kaiserslautern welcome a Darmstadt side without a win in their last ten league games to the Fritz Walter Stadion, where the hosts have kept clean sheets in over 85 percent of their home fixtures this season.

Hannover 96 host Karlsruher SC on Friday evening with zero points from their opening two matches and a deeply concerning inability to win at home. Karlsruhe arrive in Lower Saxony with their own travel sickness, but the numbers tell a fascinating story about where goals might come from.