Season ticket holders at Wildparkstadion haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Karlsruher SC languishing in the 16th position so far. The guesting Bochum will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Karlsruher SC and Bochum should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Karlsruher SC form and stats
Karlsruher SC have played 13 2. Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-4-5 (wins-draws-losses).
Karlsruher SC's last game was hosting Darmstadt 98 (placed 7th) and winning 2-0. Heartbreak before that as Karlsruher lost 1-3 at Heidenheim's place.
This is expected to be a close game, with Karlsruher SC perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Karlsruher SC as a small favourite), we find five games. Karlsruher has won three of these, drawn two and lost zero.
There will be little rest for Karlsruher after this match as they are travelling to Hannover 96 for a 2. Bundesliga game in only three days.
Karlsruher SC have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Wildparkstadion with 20 goals in 13 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Karlsruher SC defense is not exactly impregnable. 22 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Bochum form and stats
Bochum have only collected 12 points from their away games in the 2. Bundesliga, after 3-3-6 (12 played).
The Bochum goalkeeper Manuel Riemann is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 180 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Impressive finishing from Jordi Osei-Tutu, Silvère Ganvoula and Anthony Losilla secured the home win 3-0 against Heidenheim in their previous game. A 0-0 draw at Darmstadt 98's stadium before that.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Bochum playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were two Bochum wins, four draws and seven defeats.
After this away game Bochum return home for a 2. Bundesliga game against Holstein Kiel. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Bochum have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. Bochum's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 18 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Bochum - Karlsruher SC 3-3 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Karlsruher one win, eight draws and Bochum one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Hofmann 12 goals |   S. Ganvoula M'boussy 12 goals |  D. Blum 9 goals |
Karlsruher SC missing players
Bochum missing players
| Karlsruher SC | Bochum | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 26 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 35 | 20 | 9 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 43 |
| 46 | 22 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 18 | 45 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 85% | 77% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 85% |
| 50% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 65% |
| 35% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 46% |
| 23% | 38% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 23% |
| 62% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 73% |
| 12% | 15% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 17% | 15% |
| 27% | 23% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 15% |
| 5.9 | 6.6 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 2.8 | 3.7 |
| 5.1 | 4.3 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 7.5 | 6.6 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 366 | 223 | 62 | Total Shots | T S | 35 | 120 | 343 |
| 104 | 63 | 25 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 34 | 112 |
| 34% | 32% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 35% | 38% |
- Bochum has the most matches over the total-line (15)
- Bochum has the most scored goals in the first half (22)
- Bochum have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Bochum have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- 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 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 51 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 26 | 52 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 50 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 45 |
| 3 | Stuttgart | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 42 | 30 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 45 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 41 |
| 5 | Greuther Furth | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 39 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 37 |
| 6 | Erzgebirge Aue | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 37 |
| 7 | Darmstadt 98 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 31 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -2 | 36 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 40 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 0 | 35 |
| 9 | St. Pauli | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 33 |
| 10 | Jahn Regensburg | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 44 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 25 | -6 | 33 |
| 11 | Hannover 96 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 18 | -3 | 32 |
| 12 | Bochum | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 43 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -2 | 31 |
| 13 | Osnabrück | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -3 | 30 |
| 14 | Sandhausen | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 31 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 19 | -5 | 29 |
| 15 | Nürnberg | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 46 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 23 | -12 | 29 |
| 16 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 33 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 19 | -11 | 28 |
| 17 | Karlsruher SC | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 46 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -11 | 27 |
| 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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