Struggling Karlsruher SC will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Arminia Bielefeld in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Karlsruher SC form and stats
Overall 2. Bundesliga stats at home this season for Karlsruher SC, who have the most conceded goals (46) in 2. Bundesliga, are 3-4-5 (wins-draw-losses).
The fans are hoping that Karlsruher SC will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the 2. Bundesliga game against Heidenheim (placed 4th). Preceding that match was a defeat to Nürnberg (0-1).
The Karlsruher fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 12 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 22 goals have been conceded.
Arminia Bielefeld form and stats
The away team, who have the most scored goals (50) in 2. Bundesliga, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 4 draws and only 1 loss in the 2. Bundesliga.
Bielefeld has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Stuttgart for a 2. Bundesliga game that ended a draw (1-1). Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Wehen Wiesbaden.
As mentioned above, Bielefeld drew the match against Stuttgart. Manager U. Neuhaus brought on Cebio Soukou to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
The Arminia Bielefeld manager U. Neuhaus has got the team scoring on the road, with 28 away goals in 13 league matches. 14 goals have been conceded by Bielefeld in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Arminia Bielefeld - Karlsruher SC 2-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Karlsruher won two, Arminia Bielefeld won three and five draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Klos 16 goals |   P. Hofmann 11 goals |  A. Voglsammer 10 goals |
Karlsruher SC missing players
Arminia Bielefeld missing players
| Karlsruher SC | Arminia Bielefeld | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 25 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 33 | 18 | 4 | Scored | S | 14 | 28 | 50 |
| 46 | 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 92% |
| 84% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 69% | 72% |
| 52% | 42% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 54% | 48% |
| 36% | 42% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 46% | 40% |
| 24% | 42% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 75% | 31% | 20% |
| 64% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 54% | 56% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 38% | 36% |
| 28% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 23% | 16% |
| 5.8 | 6.6 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.3 | 6 |
| 5.2 | 4.5 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 358 | 215 | 52 | Total Shots | T S | 47 | 165 | 354 |
| 100 | 59 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 25 | 64 | 124 |
| 33% | 31% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 44% | 40% |
- Arminia Bielefeld has the fewest conceded goals (14) away
- Arminia Bielefeld has the fewest conceded goals (24)
- Arminia Bielefeld has the most points (28) away
- Arminia Bielefeld has the most scored goals (28) away
- Arminia Bielefeld has the most scored goals (50)
- Arminia Bielefeld has the most scored goals in the second half (33)
- Arminia Bielefeld has the the best goal difference (+14) away
- Arminia Bielefeld has the the best goal difference (+26)
- Arminia Bielefeld have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Arminia Bielefeld have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Karlsruher SC has the fewest clean sheets (2)
- Karlsruher SC has the most conceded goals (46)
- Karlsruher SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arminia Bielefeld | 25 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 50 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 26 | 51 |
| 2 | Stuttgart | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 45 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 48 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 44 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 41 |
| 5 | Greuther Fürth | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 36 |
| 6 | Darmstadt 98 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 31 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 36 |
| 7 | Holstein Kiel | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 34 |
| 8 | Erzgebirge Aue | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 34 |
| 9 | Hannover 96 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 18 | -3 | 32 |
| 10 | Jahn Regensburg | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 36 | 42 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 25 | -6 | 32 |
| 11 | St. Pauli | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 30 |
| 12 | Osnabrück | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -3 | 29 |
| 13 | Sandhausen | 25 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 30 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 29 |
| 14 | Nürnberg | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | -11 | 29 |
| 15 | Bochum | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 40 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -5 | 28 |
| 16 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 19 | -12 | 25 |
| 17 | Karlsruher SC | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -13 | 24 |
| 18 | Dynamo Dresden | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 41 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -16 | 24 |
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