Another exciting fixture in the 2. Bundesliga. Karlsruher SC is in the 10th spot from playing five games. They host Hansa Rostock who are placed 6th from five games.
- All of Karlsruher SC's home-matches have had more than 4,5 goals.
- Karlsruher SC have scored more than double the goals of Hansa Rostock.
Hansa Rostock have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
This has all the signs of an action-packed fixture with lots of fun and energy as both teams are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!
Karlsruher SC form and stats
Only two 2. Bundesliga home games for Karlsruher SC so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
A strong away win for Karlsruher SC against Jahn Regensburg the last match, as Breithaupt, Nebel, Franke, Schleusener (2) and Gondorf were on target. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Karlsruher SC played a great game against Jahn Regensburg and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. The striker Schleusener bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 9.14 out of 10. Schleusener scored two goals, served one assist and hit two key passes.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Sandhausen in a game that was won 3-2.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 10 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 2 and lost 4.
Early season league goal statistics from Karlsruher SC's 2 home games: 5 goals, 5 conceded.
Hansa Rostock form and stats
Things could have gone better for Hansa Rostock in their 2. Bundesliga away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Verhoek and Pröger scored in Hansa Rostock's previous match, the home game against St. Pauli that ended 2-0. Malone was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.05. The defender Malone hit the woodwork once and won 8 of 9 duels.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Darmstadt 98 wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hansa Rostock playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 0 Hansa Rostock wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
It's early days yet, but Hansa Rostock has scored 1 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Data for the former ten meetings featuring these two teams are: three wins for Karlsruher, six draws and one win for Hansa Rostock. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Wanitzek 2 goals |  F. Schleusener 2 goals |   K. Pröger 2 goals |
Karlsruher SC missing players
Hansa Rostock missing players
| Karlsruher SC | Hansa Rostock | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 7.2 | 9.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 3.8 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 5.2 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.4 | 24.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.5 | 12 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 2.8 |
| 40% | 42% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 36% |
| 11.4 | 12 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14.5 | 13.2 |
| 4.4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 3.8 |
- All of Karlsruher SC's home-matches have had more than 4,5 goals.
- Hansa Rostock haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Karlsruher SC have scored more than double the goals of Hansa Rostock.
- Karlsruher SC have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Karlsruher SC have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Karlsruher SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Karlsruher SC | Last season | Hansa Rostock | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 13 | ||
| 54 | 32 | Scored | S | 24 | 41 | ||
| 55 | 26 | Conceded | C | 27 | 52 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 91% | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 79% | ||
| 71% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 59% | 53% | ||
| 50% | 59% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 35% | 29% | ||
| 9% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 15% | ||
| 71% | 76% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 56% | ||
| 18% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 21% | ||
| 18% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 32% | ||
| 5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 14 | 16.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 12.9 | ||
| 4.3 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 37% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 28% | ||
| 15.6 | 14.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.2 | 12.9 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Paderborn | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 |
| 2 | Darmstadt 98 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | Heidenheim | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | Kaiserslautern | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Hamburger SV | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Hansa Rostock | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 7 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 8 |
| 9 | Hannover 96 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | Karlsruher SC | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | St. Pauli | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 12 | Nurnberg | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 13 | Jahn Regensburg | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Sandhausen | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 15 | Greuther Furth | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 16 | Magdeburg | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 3 |
| 17 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 1 |
| 18 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -9 | 1 |
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