It's advantage Fortuna Düsseldorf so far with their 5th position in the 2. Bundesliga table, welcoming Karlsruher SC who are placed 8th.
- Karlsruher SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
The visiting Karlsruher SC played their last game only four days ago, a 2. Bundesliga match. That game was also an away game, at Hamburger SV. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Fortuna Düsseldorf are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. Karlsruher are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats
Fortuna Düsseldorf are steadily winning 2. Bundesliga games and points here at Merkur Spiel-Arena. 9 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 14 games.
The fans are hoping that Fortuna Düsseldorf will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the 2. Bundesliga game against Paderborn (placed 9th). Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against St. Pauli.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Düsseldorf have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won four times, drawn two and lost zero.
A decent goal production from Düsseldorf in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 14 league matches. Fortuna Düsseldorf have conceded 16 in these home matches.
Karlsruher SC form and stats
8-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Karlsruher SC in their 2. Bundesliga matches away. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Erzgebirge Aue game have they lost an away game, meaning Karlsruher SC has taken points from seven away matches in a row. With three draws in a row for Karlsruher the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Hamburger SV (placed 3rd) in their previous outing. The 2. Bundesliga match ended in a draw 1-1. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Erzgebirge Aue.
Karlsruher are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, two draws and three defeats. From a total of eight matches.
The travelling fans enjoy Karlsruher's attacking play in away games, having scored 26 goals in 14 league matches away. Karlsruher have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Karlsruher SC - Düsseldorf 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Düsseldorf three wins, four draws and Karlsruher SC three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Hofmann 10 goals |   R. Hennings 9 goals |  K. Karaman 7 goals |
Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players
Karlsruher SC missing players
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Karlsruher SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 30 |
| 14 | 9 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 45 | 24 | 10 | Scored | S | 6 | 26 | 42 |
| 39 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 20 | 36 |
| 90% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 87% |
| 80% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 63% |
| 67% | 57% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | 50% |
| 23% | 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 43% | 30% |
| 17% | 21% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 29% | 20% |
| 50% | 43% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 53% |
| 37% | 43% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 30% |
| 23% | 21% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 30% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 12.5 | 13 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.7 | 12.2 | 12.6 |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| 33% | 36% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 49% | 34% |
- Karlsruher SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Karlsruher SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bochum | 31 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 57 | 36 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 21 | 60 |
| 2 | Greuther Furth | 31 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 60 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 19 | 22 | 57 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 31 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 60 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 21 | 52 |
| 4 | Holstein Kiel | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 43 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 16 | 50 |
| 5 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 45 | 39 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 6 | 49 |
| 6 | Heidenheim | 31 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 45 | 41 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 4 | 48 |
| 7 | St. Pauli | 31 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 50 | 47 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 3 | 47 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 42 | 36 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 45 |
| 9 | Paderborn | 31 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 37 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 43 |
| 10 | Darmstadt 98 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 53 | 51 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 2 | 42 |
| 11 | Erzgebirge Aue | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 22 | -2 | 41 |
| 12 | Nürnberg | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 41 | 44 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 22 | -3 | 40 |
| 13 | Hannover 96 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 49 | 45 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 4 | 39 |
| 14 | Jahn Regensburg | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 40 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -9 | 35 |
| 15 | Sandhausen | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 37 | 53 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 32 | -16 | 31 |
| 16 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 31 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 51 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 30 | -24 | 30 |
| 17 | Osnabruck | 31 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 28 | 53 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | -25 | 27 |
| 18 | Wurzburger Kickers | 31 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 33 | 64 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 35 | -31 | 21 |
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