2. Bundesliga match research: Hannover 96 vs Karlsruher SC

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Fri 29.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: HDI-Arena (49000 seats)

Here's every piece of data you must know, and then some, going into the Hannover 96 - Karlsruher SC fixture!

Insights:
  • Hannover 96 have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Karlsruher SC have the most matches over the total-line (16) in 2. Bundesliga

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Hannover 96 form and stats

The overall 2. Bundesliga results playing at home this season for Hannover 96 are 4-6-5 (wins-draws-losses). Hannover 96 have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Hannover haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 195 minutes ago. Kerk scored that one.

Hannover 96 are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Paderborn. Kerk, a forward, was the declared top player for the team in that game, earning a rating of 7.22 (out of 10). Kerk hit four key passes.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Fortuna Dusseldorf.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Hannover 96 handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, one draw and zero defeats.

Hannover have scored 11 league goals here from 15 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Hannover 96 have conceded 17 goals.

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Karlsruher SC form and stats

Playing away, Karlsruher SC have won 4 games, drawn 5 and suffered 6 defeats in the 2. Bundesliga this season.

Karlsruher's last game was the home draw against Ingolstadt (2-2). A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Ingolstadt. Karlsruher SC were trailing 0-2 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with Hofmann scoring the equalizer. Midfield player Wanitzek was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.24/10. Wanitzek signed up for two assists, hit nine key passes and had 66 successful passes (of 81 total).

Prior to that match, the Karlsruher SC manager Eichner faced defeat when travelling to Hamburger SV and losing 0-3.

We have checked recent matches where Karlsruher have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were five victories, one draw and three defeats.

Karlsruher SC are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 22 away goals from 15 games (in the league). As for defending, Karlsruher rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 25 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Karlsruher SC - Hannover 96 4-0 was the score in these squads' previous h2h match, played this season. Previous ten meetings involving these sides: Hannover won four, Karlsruher SC triumphed in four and we saw two draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Karlsruher SCP. Hofmann
P. Hofmann
18 goals
Karlsruher SCM. Wanitzek
M. Wanitzek
9 goals
Hannover 96S. Kerk
S. Kerk
8 goals

Hannover 96 missing players

Karlsruher SC missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Hannover 96 Karlsruher SC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 5 15 31
9 4 2 Won W 1 4 9
9 6 2 Drew D 2 5 13
13 5 1 Lost L 2 6 9
29 11 4 Scored S 6 22 52
45 17 4 Conceded C 7 25 49
87% 80% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 93% 94%
71% 53% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 93% 94%
52% 33% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 80% 74%
26% 13% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 47% 52%
3% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
42% 33% 20% BTTS BTTS 60% 73% 74%
35% 47% 60% Clean Sheets C S 40% 20% 19%
35% 40% 40% Failed to Score F T 20% 13% 13%
 
5.4 5.2 6.4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.3 4.9
5.6 5.3 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.4 5.1 4.4
1.8 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 2
2 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
13.2 13.8 16.4 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 11.8 14.1
3.9 4.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.7 4.3
24% 16% 16% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 40% 39%
 
14.3 14.5 14.2 Shots against (avg) S A 16.2 16.7 15.5
4.7 4.1 4.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 5.5 5
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Hannover 96 have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Hannover 96 have the fewest scored goals (11) at home in 2. Bundesliga
  • Hannover 96 have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Hannover 96 have the most clean sheets (7) at home in 2. Bundesliga
  • Karlsruher SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Karlsruher SC have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Karlsruher SC have the most matches over the total-line (16) in 2. Bundesliga

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Werder Bremen 31 16 9 6 58 40 15 7 6 2 25 14 16 9 3 4 33 26 18 57
2 Schalke 04 31 17 5 9 65 40 16 9 2 5 37 25 15 8 3 4 28 15 25 56
3 Darmstadt 98 31 16 6 9 61 44 15 8 3 4 33 23 16 8 3 5 28 21 17 54
4 St. Pauli 31 15 8 8 56 42 15 10 3 2 34 16 16 5 5 6 22 26 14 53
5 Hamburger SV 31 13 12 6 58 32 16 8 6 2 34 16 15 5 6 4 24 16 26 51
6 Nürnberg 31 14 8 9 47 43 16 8 3 5 25 21 15 6 5 4 22 22 4 50
7 Paderborn 31 12 11 8 54 41 16 3 7 6 24 24 15 9 4 2 30 17 13 47
8 Heidenheim 31 13 7 11 38 42 15 9 4 2 24 15 16 4 3 9 14 27 -4 46
9 Karlsruher SC 31 9 13 9 52 49 16 5 8 3 30 24 15 4 5 6 22 25 3 40
10 Jahn Regensburg 31 10 9 12 49 46 16 6 4 6 31 27 15 4 5 6 18 19 3 39
11 Hansa Rostock 31 10 9 12 39 49 15 4 4 7 15 22 16 6 5 5 24 27 -10 39
12 Holstein Kiel 31 10 9 12 39 49 16 7 3 6 20 23 15 3 6 6 19 26 -10 39
13 Fortuna Dusseldorf 31 9 11 11 40 38 16 5 6 5 26 20 15 4 5 6 14 18 2 38
14 Sandhausen 31 9 11 11 38 49 15 3 5 7 15 26 16 6 6 4 23 23 -11 38
15 Hannover 96 31 9 9 13 29 45 15 4 6 5 11 17 16 5 3 8 18 28 -16 36
16 Dynamo Dresden 31 7 9 15 30 42 15 5 4 6 17 16 16 2 5 9 13 26 -12 30
17 Erzgebirge Aue 31 5 8 18 31 63 16 3 3 10 14 31 15 2 5 8 17 32 -32 23
18 Ingolstadt 31 4 8 19 28 58 15 2 4 9 12 25 16 2 4 10 16 33 -30 20

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Werder Bremen 31 16 9 6 58 40 15 7 6 2 25 14 16 9 3 4 33 26 18 57
2 Schalke 04 31 17 5 9 65 40 16 9 2 5 37 25 15 8 3 4 28 15 25 56
3 Darmstadt 98 31 16 6 9 61 44 15 8 3 4 33 23 16 8 3 5 28 21 17 54
4 St. Pauli 31 15 8 8 56 42 15 10 3 2 34 16 16 5 5 6 22 26 14 53
5 Hamburger SV 31 13 12 6 58 32 16 8 6 2 34 16 15 5 6 4 24 16 26 51
6 Nürnberg 31 14 8 9 47 43 16 8 3 5 25 21 15 6 5 4 22 22 4 50
7 Paderborn 31 12 11 8 54 41 16 3 7 6 24 24 15 9 4 2 30 17 13 47
8 Heidenheim 31 13 7 11 38 42 15 9 4 2 24 15 16 4 3 9 14 27 -4 46
9 Karlsruher SC 31 9 13 9 52 49 16 5 8 3 30 24 15 4 5 6 22 25 3 40
10 Jahn Regensburg 31 10 9 12 49 46 16 6 4 6 31 27 15 4 5 6 18 19 3 39
11 Hansa Rostock 31 10 9 12 39 49 15 4 4 7 15 22 16 6 5 5 24 27 -10 39
12 Holstein Kiel 31 10 9 12 39 49 16 7 3 6 20 23 15 3 6 6 19 26 -10 39
13 Fortuna Dusseldorf 31 9 11 11 40 38 16 5 6 5 26 20 15 4 5 6 14 18 2 38
14 Sandhausen 31 9 11 11 38 49 15 3 5 7 15 26 16 6 6 4 23 23 -11 38
15 Hannover 96 31 9 9 13 29 45 15 4 6 5 11 17 16 5 3 8 18 28 -16 36
16 Dynamo Dresden 31 7 9 15 30 42 15 5 4 6 17 16 16 2 5 9 13 26 -12 30
17 Erzgebirge Aue 31 5 8 18 31 63 16 3 3 10 14 31 15 2 5 8 17 32 -32 23
18 Ingolstadt 31 4 8 19 28 58 15 2 4 9 12 25 16 2 4 10 16 33 -30 20

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