Krefeld Pinguine vs Schwenninger Wild Wings: Prediction
Krefeld Pinguine host Schwenninger Wild Wings in DEL Round 41 at Yayla Arena on 28 October. Form, head to head and our model's prediction.
Two strugglers meet at Yayla Arena
Krefeld Pinguine host Schwenninger Wild Wings in Round 41 of the DEL on Wednesday, 28 October 2026, with the puck dropping at 18:30 UTC (14:30 ET) at Yayla Arena. Both sides are in the lower reaches of the 14-team table.
Krefeld Pinguine are 13th with 13 points from 12 games, having won four. Schwenninger Wild Wings sit two places higher in 11th on 14 points from 13 games, with five wins, so only a point separates them.
Form guide
Krefeld Pinguine arrive on a run of five straight defeats. The latest was a 2-4 home loss to EHC Red Bull München on 25 October, two days after a 2-7 beating away at Nürnberg Ice Tigers, and before that they were shut out 0-4 at home by Eisbären Berlin. Narrow 1-2 losses to Grizzlys Wolfsburg and Augsburger Panther complete the sequence.
Schwenninger Wild Wings have a more mixed record of LWWWL. They lost 1-4 at home to Eisbären Berlin on 25 October, but that came after three successive wins: 4-2 at home to Fischtown Pinguins, 3-2 away at Kölner Haie and 2-1 away at Adler Mannheim. Their earlier result in this run was a 3-4 home defeat by ERC Ingolstadt.
Head to head
The only listed meeting between the sides came on 27 September 2026, also at Krefeld. Krefeld Pinguine won that game 5-2, giving them a 1-0 lead in the head-to-head summary.
Key numbers
Krefeld Pinguine have scored 29 goals and conceded 37 in the league so far, and have yet to record a clean sheet. Schwenninger Wild Wings have found the net 31 times but have let in 47, the weaker defensive record of the two, and they also have no clean sheets.
No top scorer data is available for either side ahead of this game.
Prediction
Hyper2Play's model, which weighs points per game, goal difference, recent form and home advantage, rates this as an even contest: 50% for a Krefeld Pinguine win and 50% for Schwenninger Wild Wings. Its pick is Krefeld Pinguine, with 3-2 as the likely score and confidence rated medium.
Home ice and the 5-2 win in September tip the model narrowly towards Krefeld Pinguine, while Schwenninger Wild Wings' better recent form and Krefeld's five-game losing run keep it level. This is an estimate from our own model, not a guarantee.
Most likely score: 3-2
Our own model, from points per game, goal difference, recent form and home advantage. An estimate, not betting advice.
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