Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Karlsruher SC in 12th and Greuther Fürth in 9th place.
It's no vacation for neither Karlsruher SC nor Greuther Fürth as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Karlsruher SC form and stats
Karlsruher SC have collected 12 points from their 2. Bundesliga home games so far after 3-3-1.
The Karlsruher SC crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-5 to Greuther Fürth here at Wildparkstadion in a 2. Bundesliga match. 2-2 away at Arminia Bielefeld before that.
Karlsruher SC were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Karlsruher SC handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W3-D2-L3.
The Karlsruher SC manager A. Schwartz has got the team scoring with 16 from 7 home games in the league. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.
Greuther Fürth form and stats
Greuther Fürth have only collected 6 points from their away games in the 2. Bundesliga, after 1-3-4 (8 played).
It's the second away game in a row for Greuther Fürth, but there's smiles all around after the 5-1 victory versus Karlsruher SC (placed 12th) in the 2. Bundesliga last time out. Before that, Greuther Fürth secured a home win against Bochum with the score 3-1.
As mentioned above, Greuther Fürth was the only team on the pitch versus Karlsruher SC in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.
Greuther Fürth are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats. From a total of 16 matches.
Greuther Fürth have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. Greuther Fürth have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Karlsruher SC - Greuther Fürth 1-5, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Karlsruher SC 5 wins, 1 draw and Greuther Fürth 4 victories. As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Hofmann 10 goals |   B. Hrgota 7 goals |  D. Keita-Ruel 5 goals |
Karlsruher SC missing players
Greuther Fürth missing players
| Karlsruher SC | Greuther Fürth | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 29 | 17 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 24 |
| 35 | 17 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 88% |
| 94% | 88% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 76% |
| 71% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 44% | 47% |
| 47% | 62% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 44% | 35% |
| 35% | 62% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 22% | 12% |
| 82% | 88% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 47% |
| 6% | 12% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 24% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 44% | 41% |
| 5.8 | 6.4 | 6.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
| 5.4 | 4.2 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.2 | 5 |
| 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 253 | 146 | 35 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 118 | 244 |
| 76 | 46 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 37 | 74 |
| 38% | 37% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 35% | 32% |
- Karlsruher SC has the fewest matches under the total-line (5)
- Karlsruher SC has the most points from losing position (9)
- Karlsruher SC have scored in all their home matches so far.
- 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 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 17 | 33 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 29 |
| 3 | Stuttgart | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 29 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | Erzgebirge Aue | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 26 |
| 6 | Osnabrück | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 23 |
| 7 | Jahn Regensburg | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 23 |
| 8 | Sandhausen | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
| 9 | Greuther Fürth | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 22 |
| 10 | Holstein Kiel | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 13 | -1 | 21 |
| 11 | Bochum | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -1 | 20 |
| 12 | Karlsruher SC | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 18 | -2 | 20 |
| 13 | Hannover 96 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -8 | 20 |
| 14 | Darmstadt 98 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 19 |
| 15 | St. Pauli | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 15 |
| 16 | Nürnberg | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -10 | 15 |
| 17 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -13 | 14 |
| 18 | Dynamo Dresden | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -12 | 13 |
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