Holstein Kiel are set for a new test after their 0-3 vs Fortuna Düsseldorf in the previous game. Karlsruher SC are coming to play!
- Holstein Kiel have the most conceded goals in the first half (28) in 2. Bundesliga
- Karlsruher SC have won significantly less corners away then at home.
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.
Holstein Kiel form and stats
Holstein Kiel have played 15 2. Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-4-6 (wins-draws-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Holstein to get some points in this home game.
Holstein Kiel haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 321 minutes ago. Reese scored that one.
In their previous game, the manager Rapp led his Holstein Kiel to a defeat away at Fortuna Düsseldorf. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Holstein-Stadion. The game against Fortuna Düsseldorf was basically lost in the first half (0-3) and the second half was more of a formality. The exact score 0-3 has "struck" this team three league matches in a row! Midfielder Reese was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.93 (out of ten) in that game. Reese hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 36 successful passes (of 40 total).
Preceding that match was a defeat to Darmstadt 98 (0-3).This is expected to be a close game, with Holstein Kiel perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Holstein Kiel as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Holstein has won 5 of these, drawn 3 and lost 4.
Some stats: A review of the 24 most recent league matches shows that 19 of them had goals from both sides.
A decent goal production from Holstein Kiel in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 15 league matches. Holstein Kiel have conceded 24 from these games.
Karlsruher SC form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Karlsruher SC so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 4-3-8 (win-draw-lose). Karlsruher seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Impressive finishing from Kaufmann and Schleusener secured the home win 2-1 against Hannover 96 in their previous game. Nebel got a match rating of 7.62 in that game, top player of the team. Nebel served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 29 successful passes (of 34 total).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Fortuna Düsseldorf wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Karlsruher SC in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Karlsruher SC, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Sports betting statistic: Both teams have scored goal(s) in 8 of this club's latest 10 league games.
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
This isn't the first time these parties get together this season, as the results database show this recent fixture: Karlsruher SC - Holstein Kiel 1-4. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: three - one - three (Holstein Kiel wins - draws - Karlsruher SC wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Skrzybski 13 goals |   F. Schleusener 12 goals |  M. Wanitzek 10 goals |
Holstein Kiel missing players
Karlsruher SC missing players
| Holstein Kiel | Karlsruher SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 48 | 24 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 22 | 52 |
| 55 | 24 | 7 | Conceded | C | 5 | 25 | 50 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 87% | 93% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 87% | 84% |
| 71% | 73% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 53% | 58% |
| 39% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 32% |
| 29% | 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 27% | 32% |
| 74% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 53% | 58% |
| 16% | 13% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 23% |
| 19% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 27% | 23% |
| 5.4 | 6.2 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.5 | 5.8 |
| 6 | 4.3 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.3 | 4.5 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15.4 | 17.7 | 19.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.2 | 13.7 | 14.9 |
| 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| 31% | 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 29% | 32% |
| 15.5 | 13.8 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.2 | 13.9 | 14.1 |
| 5.1 | 4.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 5.6 | 5 |
- Holstein Kiel have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Holstein Kiel have the most conceded goals in the first half (28) in 2. Bundesliga
- Holstein Kiel haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Karlsruher SC have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | Darmstadt 98 | 31 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 48 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 21 | 64 |
| 2 | Heidenheim | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 61 | 31 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 30 | 60 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 31 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 62 | 43 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 19 | 57 |
| 4 | St. Pauli | 31 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 50 | 35 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 15 | 53 |
| 5 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 31 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 54 | 40 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 14 | 53 |
| 6 | Paderborn | 31 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 63 | 39 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 51 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 43 | 38 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 44 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 31 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 52 | 50 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 2 | 42 |
| 9 | Hannover 96 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 44 | 46 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 26 | -2 | 40 |
| 10 | Holstein Kiel | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 48 | 55 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 31 | -7 | 40 |
| 11 | Magdeburg | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 42 | 52 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 32 | -10 | 38 |
| 12 | Greuther Furth | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 40 | 46 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 29 | -6 | 37 |
| 13 | Hansa Rostock | 31 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 28 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -18 | 34 |
| 14 | Nurnberg | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 26 | 44 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 30 | -18 | 33 |
| 15 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 52 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 33 | -16 | 32 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 31 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 46 | 55 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 28 | -9 | 30 |
| 17 | Jahn Regensburg | 31 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 49 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 29 | -20 | 28 |
| 18 | Sandhausen | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 33 | 57 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 27 | -24 | 28 |
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