Closing in on the top clubs is on the list when these mid-table clubs do battle. Both will be aiming to better their league status, Karlsruher SC in 10th and Holstein Kiel in 8th place.
- Karlsruher SC have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Holstein Kiel have the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in 2. Bundesliga
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!
Karlsruher SC form and stats
3-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the 2. Bundesliga numbers at home for Karlsruher SC so far this season. Karlsruher has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Eichner and the players.
Schleusener was the last player to score a league goal for Karlsruher SC and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Karlsruher SC haven't scored in 251 minutes.
Karlsruher SC are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Hannover 96. Gersbeck had a busy but productive day in the Hannover 96 match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Goalkeeper Gersbeck got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.41 out of ten. Gersbeck saved a penalty.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Fortuna Dusseldorf (0-2).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 SC have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 4 and lost 4.
There will be little rest for Karlsruher after this match as they are travelling to Kaiserslautern for a 2. Bundesliga game in only three days.
A decent goal production from Karlsruher SC in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 7 league matches. Karlsruher have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Holstein Kiel form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their 2. Bundesliga travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Home advantage was not enough for Holstein Kiel in their previous game as they lost hosting Fortuna Dusseldorf, 1-2. That defeat was their first after four consecutive league fixtures winning points. Skrzybski has scored for the visitors four fixtures in a row. The ability! Attacker Skrzybski got a player rating of 7.34 in the game. "Man of the match" Skrzybski scored one goal.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Darmstadt 98.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Holstein Kiel playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 4 Holstein Kiel wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Betting fact: Both sides have scored at least once in 8 of this club's latest 10 league games.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Holstein manager Rapp as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against St. Pauli.
The travelling fans enjoy Holstein Kiel's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 7 league matches away. For Holstein, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Karlsruher SC have avoided defeat in the last 4 matches (3-1-0) against Holstein Kiel.Top Goalscorers
  S. Skrzybski 10 goals |   M. Wanitzek 5 goals |  F. Schleusener 5 goals |
Karlsruher SC missing players
Holstein Kiel missing players
| Karlsruher SC | Holstein Kiel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 12 | 25 |
| 20 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 17 | 26 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 86% | 93% |
| 79% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 86% | 86% |
| 57% | 57% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 71% | 71% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 57% | 50% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 43% | 29% |
| 43% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 86% | 79% |
| 29% | 43% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 14% | 21% |
| 36% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 14% | 7% |
| 6.7 | 9.1 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 6.3 | 6.3 |
| 4.1 | 3.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.9 | 18 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 14.9 | 15.2 |
| 4.9 | 5 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.4 | 5 |
| 30% | 31% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 39% | 36% |
| 13 | 12.4 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 16.4 | 15.2 |
| 5.3 | 4.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 6.3 | 5.3 |
- Holstein Kiel have the most conceded goals (17) away in 2. Bundesliga
- Holstein Kiel have the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in 2. Bundesliga
- 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.
| 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 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 29 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
| 3 | Paderborn | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 26 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 24 |
| 5 | Hannover 96 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 23 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 20 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 17 | -1 | 20 |
| 9 | Jahn Regensburg | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 18 |
| 10 | Karlsruher SC | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 17 |
| 11 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 17 |
| 12 | Hansa Rostock | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 17 |
| 13 | St. Pauli | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 | Nurnberg | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 15 |
| 15 | Magdeburg | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -11 | 14 |
| 16 | Greuther Furth | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 13 |
| 17 | Sandhausen | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 13 |
| 18 | Arminia Bielefeld | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 11 |
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