1. FC Kaiserslautern vs Eintracht Braunschweig — 2. Bundesliga: stats, lineups & analysis
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play_arrow1 clip- 9′Eintracht Braunschweig, substitution:off
- 11′Eintracht Braunschweig, yellow card:Foul
- 27′Eintracht Braunschweig, substitution:off
- Half-time
- 46′Eintracht Braunschweig, substitution:off
- 50′Eintracht Braunschweig, yellow card:Foul
- 65′1. FC Kaiserslautern, substitution:off
- 65′1. FC Kaiserslautern, substitution:off
- 67′1. FC Kaiserslautern, yellow card:Argument
- 73′1. FC Kaiserslautern, goal:1–0assist
- 79′1. FC Kaiserslautern, substitution:off
- 79′1. FC Kaiserslautern, substitution:off
- 84′Eintracht Braunschweig, substitution:off
- 84′Eintracht Braunschweig, substitution:off
- 89′1. FC Kaiserslautern, substitution:off
- Full-time1 – 0
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1. FC Kaiserslautern
Eintracht Braunschweig
Match report
Yardımcı strike edges Kaiserslautern past Braunschweig
1. FC Kaiserslautern secured a 1-0 victory over Eintracht Braunschweig in matchday six of the 2. Bundesliga, played at the Fritz-Walter-Stadion. The contest stayed goalless through a tense first half before the home side found a breakthrough deep into the second period.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
The only goal arrived in the 73rd minute when Erencan Yardımcı converted after Julian Krahl supplied the assist, giving Kaiserslautern a lead they would not relinquish. Braunschweig, already toiling for form, could not muster a response and slipped to another defeat.
Kaiserslautern dominated proceedings territorially and in front of goal, controlling 55 percent of possession and forcing 23 shots to Braunschweig's 15, with ten of those finding the target compared with just four for the visitors. The home side also won eight corners to five and were the more disciplined outfit, picking up only one yellow card against Braunschweig's two.
The result lifted Kaiserslautern to fifth in the table on 11 points from six games, while Braunschweig remained down in 13th with four points, their difficulties continuing under Lars Kornetka after another display short on cutting edge.
Krahl set up the decisive goal and finished with the highest rating on the pitch at 8.38, while Yardımcı's second-half finish, rated 8.2, proved enough to settle the contest.
Kaiserslautern's 23 shots to Braunschweig's 15 underlined how much more of the attacking threat came from the home side.
1. FC Kaiserslautern beat Eintracht Braunschweig 1–0 (half-time 0–0).
1. FC Kaiserslautern met Eintracht Braunschweig in the 2. Bundesliga (Regular Season - 6). Kick-off was Saturday, 19 September 2026, 11:00 UTC at Fritz Walter Stadion. Referee: Jarno Wienefeld.
Team pages: 1. FC Kaiserslautern · Eintracht Braunschweig · 2. Bundesliga
Key moments
- 73' Goal: Erencan Yardımcı (assist: Julian Krahl) — 1–0 · Watch Erencan Yardımcı's goal video (73')
Starting line-ups
1. FC Kaiserslautern (3-4-2-1)
Eintracht Braunschweig (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave 1. FC Kaiserslautern 54%, the draw 27%, Eintracht Braunschweig 19%. It finished 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–0 Eintracht Braunschweig.
1. FC Kaiserslautern's rating edge, but the draw is in play — 1. FC Kaiserslautern are the stronger side on our strength rating, and that is most of 1. FC Kaiserslautern's 54%. The draw at 27% is lifted by the early-season fade in home wins.
Why 1. FC Kaiserslautern at 54%?
1. FC Kaiserslautern sit 164 points higher on our strength rating — 1576 to 1412. Sides with a 100–200-point rating edge at home won 57.1% of 12,822 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 60–24–16.
Why only 54%?
Both sides are inside their first six league games — home wins land softer this early in the season, so this trims 1. FC Kaiserslautern's column. Across 11,181 opening-stretch games since 2010, home sides won 42.7% where the rating map expected 44.9%, with draws up 2.0 — negative in every season since 2018.
Why is the draw second, ahead of the Eintracht Braunschweig win?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 24.1%. These teams' recent games average 2.6 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 26.2% of 27,851. Early-season fixtures add 2.0 points to the draw. The goals environment adds 1.3 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Eintracht Braunschweig won 4 of the last 6 meetings with 1. FC Kaiserslautern. The record is 4 wins for Eintracht Braunschweig, 0 draws and 2 wins for 1. FC Kaiserslautern. These were 6 2. Bundesliga games played between 17 December 2023 and 24 April 2026. Latest meeting: 24 April 2026 — 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0–2 Eintracht Braunschweig. In 5,643 historical matches between similarly rated teams, visiting sides with the stronger head-to-head record won 28.1%. Last five: 1. FC Kaiserslautern D-D-W-W-L, Eintracht Braunschweig L-L-L-L-D — 1. FC Kaiserslautern are clearly the hotter side on recent results. Between equals, recent form told us almost nothing: the home side won 44.6% of 2215 games when clearly hotter and 42.7% of 4038 when clearly colder.
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About this match
On this page: the 1. FC Kaiserslautern vs Eintracht Braunschweig final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this 2. Bundesliga fixture.
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- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
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