Karlsruher SC will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Greuther Fürth.
- Karlsruher SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Greuther Fürth has the most scored goals in the first half (16) in 2. Bundesliga
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.
Karlsruher SC form and stats
With {2 2. Bundesliga wins}, 0 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Karlsruher SC are certainly not brimming with confidence. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Karlsruher, their manager C. Eichner and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Karlsruher are returning here after visiting Wurzburger Kickers in a 2. Bundesliga game and winning with a 4-2 scoreline. Marvin Wanitzek (2), Benjamin Goller and Jérôme Gondorf scored the goal(s). Before that game, the home loss against Hamburger SV with the scoreline 1-2.
A goal frenzy last time out for Karlsruher, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Wurzburger Kickers. Fun stuff to watch!
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Karlsruher have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won three, drawn four and lost two.
Karlsruher have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Wildparkstadion with 9 goals in 6 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Karlsruher SC defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Greuther Fürth form and stats
The away team, who have the most points (17) away in 2. Bundesliga, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses in the 2. Bundesliga. Greuther are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
Greuther go into this game after a win, the home game against St. Pauli that ended 2-1. Ahead of that match was the DFB Pokal away draw versus Hoffenheim (after extra-time, 6-7 on penalties) that ended 2-2.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Greuther Fürth in our archives, and the results are: one win for Greuther Fürth, five draws and three defeats.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Greuther are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Karlsruher SC won six games, one match ended with a draw and Greuther Fürth has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  P. Hofmann 7 goals |  M. Wanitzek 5 goals |   P. Seguin 5 goals |
Karlsruher SC missing players
Greuther Fürth missing players
| Karlsruher SC | Greuther Fürth | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 23 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 17 | 27 |
| 21 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 64% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 64% |
| 29% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 43% | 43% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 14% | 14% |
| 57% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 57% |
| 21% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 21% |
| 21% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.5 | 15.3 | 17.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 12.9 | 15.7 |
| 4.1 | 5 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.7 | 5.4 |
| 40% | 30% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 52% | 36% |
- All of Greuther Fürth's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Greuther Fürth has the most points (17) away in 2. Bundesliga
- Greuther Fürth has the most scored goals in the first half (16) in 2. Bundesliga
- Greuther Fürth has the the best goal difference (+11) away in 2. Bundesliga
- Greuther Fürth have not yet lost a game away.
- Greuther Fürth have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Greuther Fürth have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Greuther Fürth have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Greuther Fürth haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Karlsruher SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | Hamburger SV | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 29 |
| 2 | Holstein Kiel | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 28 |
| 3 | Greuther Fürth | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 27 |
| 4 | Bochum | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 26 |
| 5 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 23 |
| 6 | Erzgebirge Aue | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 22 |
| 7 | Heidenheim | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 22 |
| 8 | Osnabruck | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 22 |
| 9 | Hannover 96 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 20 |
| 10 | Karlsruher SC | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 19 |
| 11 | Nürnberg | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
| 12 | Paderborn | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 13 | Darmstadt 98 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 18 |
| 14 | Jahn Regensburg | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 17 |
| 15 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 20 | -18 | 12 |
| 16 | Sandhausen | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 17 | -19 | 11 |
| 17 | St. Pauli | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 8 |
| 18 | Wurzburger Kickers | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -18 | 4 |
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