The race for automatic promotion to the German Bundesliga is very much still alive. One of the teams in the fight for promotion is Holsten Kiel, who host Jahn Regensburg on Thursday afternoon.
Holsten Kiel are second in the Bundesliga.2 table, a point clear of third-place Greuther Furth who occupy the promotion play-off spot. This game in hand gives the home team some potential breathing space in the promotion race if they can record a victory.
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The home team’s recent league form has been encouraging, as they are five games unbeaten in the German second tier, having recorded four wins in the process.
A 1-0 win over Hannover last time out means that they have also kept three straight clean sheets, which have all came on home soil.
Holsten Kiel’s recent good home form has had a major hand in their promotion push, as they have won six straight matches on home soil without conceding a goal.
The home side may be pushing for promotion to the German top-flight, but Jahn Regensburg will be looking to just avoid the drop to the third tier. The visitors should survive, as they are four points clear of the relegation play-off spot and five clear of the last automatic relegation berth.
Their recent league form has maybe made life slightly more nervous than it needed to be, though. The visitors head into the clash on the back of one win in their last eight outings in the German second tier. Last time out they were trounced 5-1 against league leaders Bochum.
Their recent away form in the Bubdesliga.2 has not been great either, as a record of one win in their previous six away games illustrates.
Forebet predicts that the home team will record a victory in a low-scoring encounter to move a step closer to promotion to the German top-flight for next season.