Moving closer to the top clubs is the task when these mid-table clubs meet. Both are targeting to improve their league position, Kaiserslautern in 7th and Karlsruher SC in 10th spot.
- Kaiserslautern have the most points from losing position (9) in 2. Bundesliga
- Karlsruher SC have won significantly less corners away then at home.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Kaiserslautern and Karlsruher SC.
Kaiserslautern form and stats
The 2. Bundesliga statistics playing at home this season for Kaiserslautern, who have the most conceded goals (14) at home in 2. Bundesliga, are 2-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).
A good away victory last time out for Kaiserslautern, who won 3-2 against DSC Arminia Bielefeld (placed 18th). Manager Schuster felt very clever after Hanslik scored the winning goal against DSC Arminia Bielefeld, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 66th minute. Klement (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.63/10. Klement scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 26 successful passes (of 30 total).
In the match before that, Kaiserslautern hosted Nurnberg and drew the game 0-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Kaiserslautern perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Kaiserslautern as a small favourite), we find 11 games. Kaiserslautern has won 3 of these, drawn 6 and lost 2.
The manager Schuster will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Fortuna Düsseldorf in only three days.
The Kaiserslautern fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Kaiserslautern defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Karlsruher SC form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Karlsruher SC so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-4 (win-draw-lose). It's looking increasingly bleak for Karlsruher SC who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. DSC Arminia Bielefeld was the last time a defeat was avoided.
Karlsruher failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Holstein Kiel (placed 8th) that ended with defeat 1-4. The attacker Rapp got a match rating of 7.41 in that game. Rapp scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Prior to that match, the Karlsruher SC manager Eichner faced defeat when travelling to Hannover 96 and losing 0-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Karlsruher SC in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Karlsruher, 2 draws and 0 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting St. Pauli in just four days.
Karlsruher SC are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Karlsruher have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Kaiserslautern have put together a streak of 5 consecutive games without losing (2-3-0) when facing Karlsruher SC.Top Goalscorers
  T. Boyd 7 goals |   M. Wanitzek 5 goals |  F. Schleusener 5 goals |
Kaiserslautern missing players
Karlsruher SC missing players
| Kaiserslautern | Karlsruher SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 25 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 7 | 10 | 22 |
| 22 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 24 |
| 87% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 80% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 80% |
| 60% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 60% |
| 40% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 33% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 29% | 33% |
| 67% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 47% |
| 20% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 14% | 27% |
| 27% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 33% |
| 5.6 | 6.2 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.3 | 6.6 |
| 4.3 | 3.9 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.7 | 13.4 | 17.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 11.7 | 14.8 |
| 4.3 | 4.1 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| 39% | 36% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 64% | 29% | 30% |
| 13.5 | 12.5 | 15.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 13.6 | 13.4 |
| 4.7 | 4.5 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.1 | 5.4 |
- Kaiserslautern have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kaiserslautern have the most conceded goals (14) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- Kaiserslautern have the most points from losing position (9) in 2. Bundesliga
- 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 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 32 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
| 3 | Heidenheim | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 27 |
| 4 | Paderborn | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 26 |
| 5 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 26 |
| 6 | Hannover 96 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 23 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | Jahn Regensburg | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 18 |
| 10 | Karlsruher SC | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 17 |
| 11 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 17 |
| 12 | Hansa Rostock | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 13 | Sandhausen | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 16 |
| 14 | St. Pauli | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -2 | 15 |
| 15 | Nurnberg | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 15 |
| 16 | Magdeburg | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -11 | 14 |
| 17 | Greuther Furth | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 13 |
| 18 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 11 |
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