"Fantastic stadium, strong opponent. They have clearly developed into more of a possession-based team this season. It's a huge challenge there, also because a very intense and football-mad crowd who make a lot of noise awaits us. It will depend on how we act as a team, especially in high-pressure situations."

"In our home matches so far, we've always been able to convey the feeling that we absolutely want to win the game. We need to bring that again and let the spark ignite."

Braunschweig will be without Tino Casali (partial cruciate ligament tear), Marvin Rittmüller (muscular problems), Sidi Sané (cruciate ligament rupture), Niklas Tauer (cruciate ligament rupture) and Sidney Raebiger (thigh injury).

The hosts are without Boris Tomiak (suspended due to yellow cards), Philipp Klement (calf problems), Hendrick Zuck (cruciate ligament rupture), Jean Zimmer (back problems), Marlon Ritter (adductor issues), Almamy Touré (lack of match fitness) and Jannis Heuer (muscle strain).

Johansson – Jaeckel, Bicakcic, Ehlers – Kaufmann, Krauße, Köhler, Bell Bell – Gomez, Conteh - Philippe

Krahl – Elvedi, Sirch, Tomiak – Ronstadt, Aremu, Kleinhansl – Yokota, Kaloc – Ache, Hanslik

Eintracht recently recorded a 3-1 victory against HSV, before that they drew 0-0 in Paderborn and 1-1 against Münster.

On the last matchday, there was a goalless draw in Nuremberg, and before that a 2-2 against Magdeburg. Overall, Kaiserslautern are unbeaten in their last four matches in the Bundesliga 2. Before their DFB Cup exit against Bundesliga side Stuttgart, Kaiserslautern won in Düsseldorf and against Paderborn.

With Holstein Kiel and Darmstadt, Lautern coach Anfang recorded three victories and two draws against Braunschweig. Daniel Scherning, on the other hand, lost four of his five encounters with the hosts.

Kaiserslautern leads in the overall head-to-head record (26 wins), while Eintracht has won 22 times.

After eight consecutive competitive matches without a win against Eintracht, the Red Devils won their last encounter 5-0 on matchday 34 of the previous season - although there wasn't much at stake for either team at that point.

Kaiserslautern and Braunschweig are former German champions and founding members of the Bundesliga, having played together in the top flight for 20 years (most recently in 1984/85).

Welcome along and thanks for joining us for build-up and live coverage of this Matchday 13 fixture between 1. FC Kaiserslautern and Eintracht Braunschweig.