Karlsruher SC will plan to draw on their home advantage to get one over today’s opposition. The hosting team are currently 17 points behind Hamburger SV.
- Karlsruher SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hamburger SV haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Both squads have had time to rest since their previous match. Let's agree to expect an energetic game!
Karlsruher SC form and stats
Karlsruher SC have played 12 2. Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-5 (wins-draws-losses). The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Marius Gersbeck not having conceded a league goal in 339 minutes.
A strong away win for Karlsruher SC against Hansa Rostock the last match, as Wanitzek and Nebel were on target. Wanitzek (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.21/10. Wanitzek scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, Karlsruher had a home game versus Jahn Regensburg which ended with a victory 1-0.A decent goal production from Karlsruher SC in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 12 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 19 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Hamburger SV form and stats
Hamburger SV have an excellent away record in the 2. Bundesliga so far with 7-2-2 from 11 games. Visiting Hamburger has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
The fans enjoyed Hamburger SV's previous match versus Nurnberg (placed 13th), a 3-0 win played at home. The attacker Dompe got a match rating of 8.42 in that game. Dompe scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 27 successful passes (of 31 total).
A 1-1 draw at Darmstadt 98's stadium before that.Observe that 9 of this side's 12 latest league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.
Hamburger SV are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 11 away games so far. Hamburger have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Hamburger SV have put together a streak of 10 consecutive games without defeat (6-4-0) when facing Karlsruher SC.The last head-to-head game ended Hamburger SV - Karlsruher SC 1-0, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Glatzel 14 goals |   M. Wanitzek 8 goals |  F. Schleusener 8 goals |
Karlsruher SC missing players
Hamburger SV missing players
| Karlsruher SC | Hamburger SV | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 35 | 19 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 20 | 44 |
| 33 | 19 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 13 | 26 |
| 96% | 92% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 91% | 83% |
| 52% | 58% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 45% | 52% |
| 26% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 27% | 30% |
| 26% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 43% | 50% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 45% | 52% |
| 30% | 33% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 36% | 35% |
| 30% | 25% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 18% | 13% |
| 5.9 | 6.9 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.5 | 5.1 |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 15.1 | 16.4 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 14.4 | 15.4 |
| 5.2 | 5.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| 29% | 31% | 8% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 35% | 35% |
| 13.6 | 14.1 | 14.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.2 | 16.6 | 13.7 |
| 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.8 | 5.9 | 4.9 |
- Hamburger SV haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Karlsruher SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 37 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 49 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 18 | 48 |
| 3 | Heidenheim | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 45 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 46 |
| 4 | Paderborn | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 47 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 39 |
| 5 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 23 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 37 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 38 |
| 6 | Kaiserslautern | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 37 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
| 7 | St. Pauli | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 35 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 40 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 23 | 2 | 33 |
| 9 | Karlsruher SC | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 31 |
| 10 | Hannover 96 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 30 |
| 11 | Greuther Furth | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -6 | 27 |
| 12 | Magdeburg | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 31 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 26 | -11 | 27 |
| 13 | Nurnberg | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 23 | -17 | 25 |
| 14 | Hansa Rostock | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -13 | 24 |
| 15 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -12 | 22 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 31 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 20 | -7 | 21 |
| 17 | Sandhausen | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 21 | -17 | 20 |
| 18 | Jahn Regensburg | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 21 | -17 | 20 |
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