Karlsruher SC will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 0 points behind Hannover 96.
- Karlsruher SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Karlsruher SC form and stats
Overall 2. Bundesliga stats at home this season for Karlsruher SC are 3-1-4 (wins-draw-losses).
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Heidenheim in the 2. Bundesliga last time out and are looking for a win here. In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Holstein Kiel.
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 ten games. Karlsruher has won three of these, drawn five and lost two.
The manager C. Eichner will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Bochum in only four days.
The Karlsruher fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 8 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Karlsruher SC defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Hannover 96 form and stats
The visitors are W3-D1-L5 on the road this term. That's in the 2. Bundesliga. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Hannover are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Two travels in a row for Hannover, whose manager K. Kocak could celebrate last time after the 2. Bundesliga win against Nürnberg. A 2-3 loss hosting St. Pauli before that.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Nürnberg was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Hannover 96 in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Hannover 96, zero draws and four defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Hannover have scored 11 goals in 9 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 13 goals have been conceded by Hannover in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Hannover 96 - Karlsruher 2-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Karlsruher won two games, three matches ended with a draw and Hannover 96 has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  M. Ducksch 9 goals |   P. Hofmann 8 goals |  M. Wanitzek 5 goals |
Karlsruher SC missing players
Hannover 96 missing players
| Karlsruher SC | Hannover 96 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 17 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 30 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | 28 |
| 26 | 12 | 7 | Conceded | C | 6 | 13 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 88% |
| 82% | 75% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 56% | 71% |
| 65% | 62% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 59% |
| 35% | 25% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 22% | 29% |
| 29% | 25% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 22% | 24% |
| 65% | 62% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 41% |
| 18% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 41% |
| 18% | 12% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12.6 | 14.2 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10.3 | 12.5 |
| 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.6 | 4.4 |
| 42% | 33% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 48% | 37% |
- 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 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 19 | 36 |
| 2 | Bochum | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 33 |
| 3 | Holstein Kiel | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 32 |
| 4 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 31 |
| 5 | Greuther Furth | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 29 |
| 6 | Hannover 96 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 26 |
| 7 | Karlsruher SC | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 26 |
| 8 | Heidenheim | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 26 |
| 9 | Erzgebirge Aue | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | Paderborn | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 25 |
| 11 | Osnabruck | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -7 | 22 |
| 12 | Nürnberg | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -3 | 20 |
| 13 | Jahn Regensburg | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 20 |
| 14 | Darmstadt 98 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -5 | 18 |
| 15 | St. Pauli | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 16 |
| 16 | Sandhausen | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -17 | 15 |
| 17 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | -20 | 14 |
| 18 | Wurzburger Kickers | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -18 | 9 |
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