A key match in 2. Bundesliga as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Bochum in 2nd position and Karlsruher SC placed 6th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
- Bochum is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Karlsruher SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Bochum form and stats
Bochum are steadily winning 2. Bundesliga games and points here at Vonovia Ruhrstadion. 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games. Ever since the Greuther Furth game Bochum has been unbeatable here at Vonovia Ruhrstadion producing five straight wins.
A strong away win for Bochum against St. Pauli the last match, as Simon Zoller (2) were on target. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Sandhausen the opponent.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bochum handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are nine wins, five draws and two defeats.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Bochum as they are travelling to their away game against RB Leipzig in the DFB Pokal. That match is three days after this one.
Bochum can score goals in their home matches. After 9 league matches they have found the net 20 times. From these home matches, Bochum have conceded only 6 goals.
Karlsruher SC form and stats
As the visiting team in 2. Bundesliga matches, Karlsruher SC have produced an overall stat of 5-1-3 so far. Karlsruher SC has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Karlsruher had fun at their own home (Vonovia Ruhrstadion) last time out, beating Hannover 96 1-0. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Heidenheim.
We have checked recent matches where Karlsruher have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were two victories, two draws and three defeats.
Karlsruher has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 9 games. Karlsruher have conceded 14 goals in these games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Karlsruher SC - Bochum 0-1 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Bochum won two, Karlsruher SC won one and seven draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Zoller 10 goals |  R. Zulj 9 goals |   P. Hofmann 8 goals |
Bochum missing players
Karlsruher SC missing players
| Bochum | Karlsruher SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 35 | 20 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 17 | 31 |
| 19 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 26 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 78% |
| 61% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 61% |
| 39% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 44% | 33% |
| 17% | 11% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 33% | 28% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 61% |
| 39% | 56% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 22% |
| 17% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 12.9 | 14.4 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 11.2 | 12.4 |
| 4.7 | 5.4 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
| 41% | 41% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 53% | 42% |
- Bochum has the most points from losing position (13) in 2. Bundesliga
- Bochum have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bochum have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Bochum is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Karlsruher SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Karlsruher SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hamburger SV | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 21 | 40 |
| 2 | Bochum | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 36 |
| 3 | Holstein Kiel | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 36 |
| 4 | Greuther Furth | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 14 | 35 |
| 5 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 32 |
| 6 | Karlsruher SC | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 29 |
| 7 | Erzgebirge Aue | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| 8 | Hannover 96 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 26 |
| 9 | Paderborn | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 26 |
| 10 | Heidenheim | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 26 |
| 11 | Jahn Regensburg | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 24 |
| 12 | Darmstadt 98 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 21 | -4 | 22 |
| 13 | Osnabruck | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -8 | 22 |
| 14 | Nurnberg | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -4 | 20 |
| 15 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 23 | -21 | 17 |
| 16 | St. Pauli | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -8 | 16 |
| 17 | Sandhausen | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 22 | -18 | 15 |
| 18 | Wurzburger Kickers | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -18 | 12 |
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