Delightful dogfight as daring Karlsruher SC duel with determined Hansa Rostock

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 19.December
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Wildpark Platz 6 (4000 seats)

Boasting a 5 point lead in the league standings, Karlsruher SC club members aim to see their adored players collect all points from this game hosting Hansa Rostock.

Insights:
  • Karlsruher SC have the most matches over the total-line (13) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Hansa Rostock have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

It's quite the trip for Hansa Rostock when visiting Karlsruher as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

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Karlsruher SC form and stats

When playing at home in the 2. Bundesliga, Karlsruher SC have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Wildpark Platz 6.

Karlsruher SC's last game was hosting Heidenheim (placed 8th) and winning 3-2. Marvin Wanitzek (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.22/10. Wanitzek scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.

Prior to that, an away loss at Dynamo Dresden.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Karlsruher handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are zero wins, six draws and four defeats.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (18 in 9 games), Karlsruher SC's attacking play is working. Karlsruher's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Hansa Rostock form and stats

3-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Hansa Rostock in their 2. Bundesliga matches away.

Two away games in a row for Hansa Rostock, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Hamburger SV in the 2. Bundesliga. Rostock goalkeeper Kolke could enjoy a super shift against Hamburger SV, but despite managing seven saves the beating could not be helped. Goalkeeper Markus Kolke got the top player rating of the team with 7.4/10. Kolke stopped the opponent with seven saves.

A draw for Rostock before that, at their own venue hosting Ingolstadt (1-1).

Rostock are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, three draws and two defeats. From a total of nine matches.

The visiting Rostock have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 9 games. Hansa Rostock's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams get together this season, as the records show this recent fixture: Hansa Rostock - Karlsruher SC 1-3. Last ten meetings with these sides: Karlsruher won four, Hansa Rostock were winners in one and we saw five draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Hansa RostockJ. Verhoek
J. Verhoek
10 goals
Karlsruher SCP. Hofmann
P. Hofmann
8 goals
KarlsruherM. Wanitzek
M. Wanitzek
5 goals

Karlsruher SC missing players

Hansa Rostock missing players

Karlsruher SC Hansa Rostock
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 9 3 Played P 3 9 17
6 4 2 Won W 0 3 5
6 3 1 Drew D 1 2 4
5 2 0 Lost L 2 4 8
29 18 8 Scored S 1 10 19
26 13 3 Conceded C 5 15 29
88% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 89% 94%
76% 78% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 56% 59%
53% 56% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 24%
12% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 6%
76% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 59%
24% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 12%
12% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 44% 29%
 
5.1 5.6 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 3 4.5
4.2 3.9 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 6.8 4.8
2.2 2.6 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 3.1 2.9
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.8 15.6 14.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.4 12.2
4.5 5.1 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.3 4.3
38% 39% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 33% 26%
 
14.8 14.6 15 Shots against (avg) S A 14 15.1 12.6
4.9 4.8 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 5.7 4.8
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Hansa Rostock have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Hansa Rostock have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Hansa Rostock haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Karlsruher SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Karlsruher SC have the most matches over the total-line (13) in 2. Bundesliga

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 St. Pauli 17 11 3 3 37 20 8 8 0 0 24 5 9 3 3 3 13 15 17 36
2 Darmstadt 98 17 10 2 5 39 20 8 6 0 2 21 6 9 4 2 3 18 14 19 32
3 Hamburger SV 17 7 8 2 30 17 9 4 5 0 19 9 8 3 3 2 11 8 13 29
4 Schalke 04 17 9 2 6 33 22 9 5 1 3 23 14 8 4 1 3 10 8 11 29
5 Jahn Regensburg 17 8 4 5 35 26 9 5 2 2 24 15 8 3 2 3 11 11 9 28
6 Paderborn 17 7 6 4 30 19 9 2 3 4 11 12 8 5 3 0 19 7 11 27
7 Nürnberg 17 7 6 4 24 20 9 5 2 2 14 7 8 2 4 2 10 13 4 27
8 Heidenheim 17 8 3 6 21 23 9 5 3 1 13 8 8 3 0 5 8 15 -2 27
9 Werder Bremen 17 7 5 5 28 24 8 3 3 2 14 9 9 4 2 3 14 15 4 26
10 Karlsruher SC 17 6 6 5 29 26 9 4 3 2 18 13 8 2 3 3 11 13 3 24
11 Dynamo Dresden 17 7 1 9 20 22 8 5 0 3 12 6 9 2 1 6 8 16 -2 22
12 Fortuna Dusseldorf 17 5 5 7 23 24 8 1 4 3 12 13 9 4 1 4 11 11 -1 20
13 Hannover 96 17 5 5 7 13 23 8 3 2 3 5 7 9 2 3 4 8 16 -10 20
14 Hansa Rostock 17 5 4 8 19 29 8 2 2 4 9 14 9 3 2 4 10 15 -10 19
15 Holstein Kiel 17 4 6 7 20 30 9 3 2 4 10 16 8 1 4 3 10 14 -10 18
16 Erzgebirge Aue 17 3 5 9 14 27 9 2 2 5 7 12 8 1 3 4 7 15 -13 14
17 Sandhausen 17 3 5 9 19 36 8 0 3 5 6 18 9 3 2 4 13 18 -17 14
18 Ingolstadt 17 1 4 12 11 37 8 0 3 5 5 14 9 1 1 7 6 23 -26 7

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The 2. Bundesliga (Zweite Bundesliga) is the second level of German professional football. Like the Bundesliga it has 18 clubs playing a total of 306 fixtures to decide the final league table. The two top teams are promoted while number three has to qualify through a playoff. Two or three teams are relegated through a similar system.