Kaiserslautern vs Dynamo Dresden Predictions

• Kaiserslautern ended the season with a three-game losing streak.
• Dresden completed a winning league double over Kaiserslautern in 2020/21.
• Five of Dresden’s last seven away games ended level.

It’s all on the line for these clubs

After a long season in the 3.Bundesliga, Kaiserslautern must go at it one more time after a three-game losing run to end the regular season saw them drop out of the automatic promotion positions.

After looking like a sure thing for a top-two finish in stages of the season, being pipped to the post by Braunschweig with two games to play has left them reeling. Even more so as Braunschweig went on to lose their final two games as Kaiserslautern failed to capitalise.

On the other hand, Dynamo Dresden have endured a tough campaign in their first season back in the second-tier, but have been afforded a chance at redemption via this playoff. Winning the 3.Bundesliga in 2020/21 with a league double over their hosts, Dresden will hope to emulate those performances to maintain their second-tier status.

Maintaining the status quo

Dresden are actually without a win in this calendar year, but managing to draw in ten of their 16 league games in 2022 (63%) against stronger sides than Kaiserslautern are used to playing suggests that they can more than hold their own in this clash.

We predict that this game will be a tight and tense affair as play-offs usually are, but the value could lie in sticking with the second-tier side to avoid defeat in 90 minutes. What happens beyond that is anyone’s guess, but we fancy a low-scoring 1-1 draw in this crunch encounter.

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