2. Bundesliga: Two sides in fair form get together for this match. Heidenheim could have a wee upper hand with their 3rd spot in the league table?
- All of Karlsruher SC's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Heidenheim have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
Both teams have had enough days rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's hope for an enthusiastic match!
Karlsruher SC form and stats
Karlsruher SC must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three 2. Bundesliga games here at Wildparkstadion. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Karlsruher SC after consecutive victories at their own ground.
In their previous game, the manager Eichner led his Karlsruher to a defeat away at Hamburger SV. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Wildparkstadion. The first loss after going undefeated through four league matches. Schleusener, who usually features in attack, was the top performer for the team in that match, collecting a rating of 7.45 (out of 10). Schleusener hit one key pass.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Hansa Rostock in a game that was won 2-0.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 SC 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.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (7 in 3 games), Karlsruher SC's attacking play is working. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.
Heidenheim form and stats
Playing away, Heidenheim have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 1 defeat in the 2. Bundesliga this season.
Heidenheim are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the match against Fortuna Dusseldorf (placed 6th). Which player has scored three games in a row for the away side? The correct answer is Kleindienst and that is quite the feat! Kleindienst, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.13. Kleindienst scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.
A 2-2 draw at Darmstadt 98's stadium before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by Heidenheim in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Heidenheim, 5 draws and 7 defeats.
Heidenheim are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 6 times in 4 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Heidenheim as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (Karlsruher wins - draws - Heidenheim wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Kleindienst 4 goals |   M. Wanitzek 2 goals |  M. Batmaz 2 goals |
Karlsruher SC missing players
Heidenheim missing players
| Karlsruher SC | Heidenheim | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 71% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 43% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 6.9 | 9 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 6.8 | 6.9 |
| 3.7 | 2.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.5 | 4 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.3 | 23 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 12.2 | 14.3 |
| 6.4 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 40% | 41% |
| 11.9 | 11 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13.8 | 13.1 |
| 4.6 | 3.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | 3.1 |
- All of Karlsruher SC's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Heidenheim have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Heidenheim haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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.
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 3 | Heidenheim | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Darmstadt 98 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Holstein Kiel | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 8 | Hannover 96 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | Karlsruher SC | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | St. Pauli | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | Hansa Rostock | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 12 | Jahn Regensburg | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 8 |
| 13 | Nurnberg | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 14 | Sandhausen | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 6 |
| 15 | Arminia Bielefeld | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 16 | Greuther Furth | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 17 | Magdeburg | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 4 |
| 18 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -10 | 4 |
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