2. Bundesliga news and pre-match guide: Fortuna Düsseldorf moderate betting favourite to overpower Karlsruher SC

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Fri 01.Sep
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Merkur Spiel-Arena (54600 seats)

Fortuna Düsseldorf prepare to battle it out with Karlsruher SC in this 2. Bundesliga match. All you can know about the game is here!

Insights:
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf have the most clean sheets (3) in 2. Bundesliga

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats

Only two 2. Bundesliga home games for Fortuna Düsseldorf so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

A strong away win for Fortuna Düsseldorf against Elversberg the last match, as de Wijs, Tzolis (2), Klaus and Vermeij were on target. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Fortuna Düsseldorf played a great game against Elversberg and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Midfield player Appelkamp got a match rating of 8.1 in that game, the max score being 10. Appelkamp signed up for two assists, hit six key passes and had 37 successful passes (of 44 total).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Paderborn (1-2).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Düsseldorf handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Fortuna Düsseldorf at home in the league. 2 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Karlsruher SC form and stats

Karlsruher SC are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the 2. Bundesliga, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

The fans enjoyed Karlsruher SC's previous match versus Eintracht Braunschweig (placed 16th), a 2-0 win played at home. Defender Heise was the best team player with a rating of 7.85. Heise hit three key passes and won 0 of 2 duels.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Wehen Wiesbaden wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Karlsruher SC have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 1 victory, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

It's early days yet, but Karlsruher SC has scored 3 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Düsseldorf have won at least one point in the last 8 matches (6-2-0) versus Karlsruher SC.

Top Goalscorers

Fortuna DüsseldorfJ. de Wijs
J. de Wijs
2 goals
Fortuna DüsseldorfC. Tzolis
C. Tzolis
2 goals
Karlsruher SCF. Schleusener
F. Schleusener
2 goals

Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players

Karlsruher SC missing players

Fortuna Düsseldorf Karlsruher SC
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 0 2 4
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
7 2 0 Scored S 0 3 7
2 2 0 Conceded C 0 3 5
75% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 75%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 50%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 25%
25% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
75% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 25%
 
8.2 9.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 8 7.2
5.2 4.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 3.2
1.8 1.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16 18.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 14.5 17
5 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 6.5 6.2
35% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 23% 28%
 
11.2 10.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 15 12.8
3.5 3.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 6 4.5
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf have the most clean sheets (3) in 2. Bundesliga
Fortuna Düsseldorf Last season Karlsruher SC
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
17 11   Won W   4 13
7 4   Drew D   4 7
10 2   Lost L   9 14
60 38   Scored S   24 56
43 19   Conceded C   28 53
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
79% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 85%
62% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 56%
38% 53%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 29%
18% 24%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   24% 29%
56% 65%   BTTS BTTS   59% 59%
26% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 24%
21% 6%   Failed to Score F T   24% 21%
 
4.6 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 5.6
4.9 3.7   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 4.5
2.4 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2
2 0   Red cards R C   2 3
 
14.1 15.5   Shots (avg) S (   13.2 14.4
5.3 6.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.7 5.1
33% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 33%
 
12.4 12.2   Shots against (avg) S A   13.6 14
4 4.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.6 5

  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 4 3 1 0 11 5 2 2 0 0 8 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 6 10
2 Hansa Rostock 4 3 0 1 7 4 3 2 0 1 5 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 9
3 Holstein Kiel 4 3 0 1 7 5 2 1 0 1 4 5 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 9
4 Magdeburg 4 2 2 0 7 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 2 0 5 3 3 8
5 Fortuna Düsseldorf 4 2 1 1 7 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 5 0 5 7
6 Karlsruher SC 4 2 1 1 7 5 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 7
7 Wehen Wiesbaden 4 2 1 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 7
8 Nurnberg 4 2 1 1 7 7 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 7
9 St. Pauli 4 1 3 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 6
10 Kaiserslautern 4 2 0 2 6 8 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 2 4 -2 6
11 Hannover 96 4 1 2 1 6 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 0 5
12 Greuther Furth 4 1 1 2 6 7 2 1 1 0 5 0 2 0 0 2 1 7 -1 4
13 Paderborn 4 1 1 2 4 9 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 6 -5 4
14 Hertha BSC 4 1 0 3 5 5 2 1 0 1 5 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 3
15 Schalke 04 4 1 0 3 6 8 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 2 3 6 -2 3
16 Eintracht Braunschweig 4 1 0 3 2 5 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 -3 3
17 Osnabruck 4 0 1 3 6 9 2 0 0 2 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 -3 1
18 Elversberg 4 0 1 3 5 12 2 0 0 2 1 7 2 0 1 1 4 5 -7 1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Heidenheim 34 19 10 5 67 36 17 12 4 1 41 16 17 7 6 4 26 20 31 67
2 Darmstadt 98 34 20 7 7 50 33 17 11 5 1 27 13 17 9 2 6 23 20 17 67
3 Hamburger SV 34 20 6 8 70 45 17 11 3 3 38 20 17 9 3 5 32 25 25 66
4 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 17 7 10 60 43 17 11 4 2 38 19 17 6 3 8 22 24 17 58
5 St. Pauli 34 16 10 8 55 39 17 9 7 1 24 11 17 7 3 7 31 28 16 58
6 Paderborn 34 16 7 11 68 44 17 12 0 5 46 20 17 4 7 6 22 24 24 55
7 Karlsruher SC 34 13 7 14 56 53 17 9 3 5 32 25 17 4 4 9 24 28 3 46
8 Holstein Kiel 34 12 10 12 58 61 17 6 4 7 29 29 17 6 6 5 29 32 -3 46
9 Kaiserslautern 34 11 12 11 47 48 17 6 6 5 26 26 17 5 6 6 21 22 -1 45
10 Hannover 96 34 12 8 14 50 55 17 8 3 6 27 26 17 4 5 8 23 29 -5 44
11 Magdeburg 34 12 7 15 48 55 17 6 4 7 23 22 17 6 3 8 25 33 -7 43
12 Greuther Furth 34 10 11 13 47 50 17 8 7 2 28 19 17 2 4 11 19 31 -3 41
13 Hansa Rostock 34 12 5 17 32 48 17 6 1 10 18 25 17 6 4 7 14 23 -16 41
14 Nurnberg 34 10 9 15 32 49 17 7 4 6 18 17 17 3 5 9 14 32 -17 39
15 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 9 9 16 42 59 17 7 3 7 23 22 17 2 6 9 19 37 -17 36
16 Arminia Bielefeld 34 9 7 18 50 62 17 5 4 8 28 29 17 4 3 10 22 33 -12 34
17 Jahn Regensburg 34 8 7 19 34 58 17 4 7 6 17 28 17 4 0 13 17 30 -24 31
18 Sandhausen 34 7 7 20 35 63 17 4 4 9 18 33 17 3 3 11 17 30 -28 28

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