Hansa Rostock vs Karlsruher SC match preview: Even contest expected at Ostseestadion

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 24.July
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Ostseestadion (29000 seats)

It's a new 2. Bundesliga campaign and Hansa Rostock are eager to get started here at Ostseestadion. Karlsruher SC are coming to visit and this should be a thrilling season kickoff.

Karlsruher SC have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Hansa Rostock form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for Hansa Rostock as they were promoted from 3. Liga last season. Happy days that were secured through 20 wins, 11 draws and 7 losses from 38 games. The team scored 29 goals at home last season and conceded 18. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

This is expected to be a close game, with Rostock perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hansa Rostock as a small favourite), we find five games. Hansa Rostock has won four of these, drawn one and lost zero.

Hansa Rostock have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and seven practice matches played. These training games have ended with 6 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Hansa Rostock scored 33 goals and let in 7 goals during these seven games.

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Karlsruher SC form and stats

Let's have a look at how Karlsruher SC performed last season in the 2. Bundesliga: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 10 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 51 and conceded 44 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 4 and lost 4 with 32/26 goals scored/conceded.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Karlsruher playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were four Karlsruher SC wins, four draws and four defeats.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Karlsruher have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeats from five fixtures.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Hansa Rostock victories, five draws and three Karlsruher SC wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Hansa Rostock missing players

Karlsruher SC missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Hansa Rostock Karlsruher SC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Hansa Rostock Last season Karlsruher SC
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   17 34
20 10   Won W   9 14
11 6   Drew D   4 10
7 3   Lost L   4 10
52 29   Scored S   32 51
33 18   Conceded C   26 44
87% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 88%
66% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 68%
34% 32%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   71% 56%
18% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 35%
13% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   29% 24%
47% 53%   BTTS BTTS   76% 59%
39% 37%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 26%
26% 21%   Failed to Score F T   12% 26%
 
4.6 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   5.2 5.6
4.4 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 5
2.3 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.3
6 2   Red cards R C   2 4
 
9.4 10.4   Shots (avg) S (   11.4 12.1
3.8 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 4
36% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   53% 38%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Darmstadt 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Dynamo Dresden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Erzgebirge Aue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Fortuna Dusseldorf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Hamburger SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hannover 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hansa Rostock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Heidenheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Holstein Kiel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Ingolstadt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Jahn Regensburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Karlsruher SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Nurnberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Paderborn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Sandhausen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Schalke 04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 St. Pauli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Werder Bremen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 Dynamo Dresden 38 23 6 9 61 29 19 12 5 2 35 14 19 11 1 7 26 15 32 75
2 Hansa Rostock 38 20 11 7 52 33 19 10 6 3 29 18 19 10 5 4 23 15 19 71
3 Ingolstadt 38 20 11 7 56 40 19 13 5 1 29 14 19 7 6 6 27 26 16 71
4 1860 München 38 18 12 8 69 35 19 8 8 3 36 19 19 10 4 5 33 16 34 66
5 Saarbrucken 38 16 11 11 66 51 19 9 5 5 39 26 19 7 6 6 27 25 15 59
6 Wehen Wiesbaden 38 15 11 12 57 53 19 8 6 5 29 25 19 7 5 7 28 28 4 56
7 Verl 38 14 13 11 66 55 19 6 7 6 30 24 19 8 6 5 36 31 11 55
8 Waldhof Mannheim 38 13 13 12 50 55 19 7 6 6 36 33 19 6 7 6 14 22 -5 52
9 Hallescher FC 38 14 10 14 51 58 19 8 6 5 27 24 19 6 4 9 24 34 -7 52
10 Zwickau 38 13 12 13 46 45 19 6 4 9 21 23 19 7 8 4 25 22 1 51
11 Magdeburg 38 14 9 15 42 45 19 6 6 7 17 23 19 8 3 8 25 22 -3 51
12 Viktoria Koln 38 13 12 13 52 59 19 6 4 9 26 33 19 7 8 4 26 26 -7 51
13 Turkgucu-Ataspor 38 12 11 15 45 55 19 6 7 6 19 23 19 6 4 9 26 32 -10 47
14 Kaiserslautern 38 8 19 11 47 52 19 5 11 3 24 21 19 3 8 8 23 31 -5 43
15 MSV Duisburg 38 11 10 17 52 67 19 6 5 8 26 35 19 5 5 9 26 32 -15 43
16 Uerdingen 38 11 11 16 38 50 19 4 5 10 14 28 19 7 6 6 24 22 -12 41
17 Meppen 38 12 5 21 37 61 19 8 0 11 24 37 19 4 5 10 13 24 -24 41
18 Bayern München II 38 8 13 17 47 58 19 5 3 11 20 27 19 3 10 6 27 31 -11 37
19 VfB Lubeck 38 8 11 19 41 57 19 4 7 8 17 23 19 4 4 11 24 34 -16 35
20 Unterhaching 38 9 5 24 40 57 19 6 2 11 21 26 19 3 3 13 19 31 -17 32
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 Bochum 34 21 4 9 66 39 17 12 2 3 40 16 17 9 2 6 26 23 27 67
2 Greuther Furth 34 18 10 6 69 44 17 9 4 4 34 23 17 9 6 2 35 21 25 64
3 Holstein Kiel 34 18 8 8 57 35 17 11 2 4 31 19 17 7 6 4 26 16 22 62
4 Hamburger SV 34 16 10 8 71 44 17 10 4 3 40 16 17 6 6 5 31 28 27 58
5 Fortuna Dusseldorf 34 16 8 10 55 46 17 11 4 2 32 20 17 5 4 8 23 26 9 56
6 Karlsruher SC 34 14 10 10 51 44 17 5 6 6 19 18 17 9 4 4 32 26 7 52
7 Darmstadt 98 34 15 6 13 63 55 17 7 3 7 29 23 17 8 3 6 34 32 8 51
8 Heidenheim 34 15 6 13 49 49 17 10 3 4 28 16 17 5 3 9 21 33 0 51
9 Paderborn 34 12 11 11 53 45 17 8 5 4 32 26 17 4 6 7 21 19 8 47
10 St. Pauli 34 13 8 13 51 56 17 8 3 6 28 25 17 5 5 7 23 31 -5 47
11 Nurnberg 34 11 11 12 46 51 17 5 7 5 22 23 17 6 4 7 24 28 -5 44
12 Erzgebirge Aue 34 12 8 14 44 53 17 8 4 5 29 28 17 4 4 9 15 25 -9 44
13 Hannover 96 34 12 6 16 53 51 17 7 4 6 30 22 17 5 2 10 23 29 2 42
14 Jahn Regensburg 34 9 11 14 37 50 17 6 6 5 23 21 17 3 5 9 14 29 -13 38
15 Sandhausen 34 10 4 20 41 60 17 9 4 4 29 21 17 1 0 16 12 39 -19 34
16 Osnabruck 34 9 6 19 35 58 17 3 1 13 16 34 17 6 5 6 19 24 -23 33
17 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 7 10 17 30 59 17 6 4 7 17 23 17 1 6 10 13 36 -29 31
18 Wurzburger Kickers 34 6 7 21 37 69 17 3 6 8 22 33 17 3 1 13 15 36 -32 25

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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 Darmstadt 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Dynamo Dresden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Erzgebirge Aue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Fortuna Dusseldorf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Hamburger SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hannover 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hansa Rostock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Heidenheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Holstein Kiel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Ingolstadt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Jahn Regensburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Karlsruher SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Nurnberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Paderborn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Sandhausen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Schalke 04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 St. Pauli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Werder Bremen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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