Karlsruher SC favourites for feisty fight facing Kaiserslautern

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 16.Sep
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Wildparkstadion (28762 seats)

This is shaping up to be another intriguing encounter at Wildparkstadion in the 2. Bundesliga. Karlsruher SC is in 10th place and receive Kaiserslautern in 6th place. Learn more about the game here!

Insights:
  • Karlsruher SC have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Kaiserslautern have the most matches over the total-line (5) in 2. Bundesliga

Karlsruher SC and Kaiserslautern should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Karlsruher SC form and stats

Only two 2. Bundesliga home games for Karlsruher SC so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.

In their previous game, the manager Eichner led his Karlsruher SC to a defeat away at Fortuna Düsseldorf. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Wildparkstadion. The forward Schleusener was announced as "man of the match" for Karlsruher with a rating of 7.23/10. Schleusener scored one goal and hit two key passes.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Eintracht Braunschweig in a game that was won 2-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Karlsruher SC have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 4 and lost 0.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Karlsruher SC at home in the league. 4 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Kaiserslautern form and stats

Kaiserslautern are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the 2. Bundesliga, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

Kaiserslautern won their last game, 3-1 versus Nurnberg played at home. Midfield player Puchacz was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.33/10. Puchacz scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Paderborn at their stadium, the result 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Kaiserslautern have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

Goal alert! This team have played 5 consecutive league fixtures all featuring three or more goals (over 2.5 goals).

{2 goals} so far away for Kaiserslautern, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Karlsruher SC victories, four draws and four Kaiserslautern wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, nine matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

KaiserslauternR. Ache
R. Ache
4 goals
Karlsruher SCF. Schleusener
F. Schleusener
3 goals
Karlsruher SCM. Wanitzek
M. Wanitzek
2 goals

Karlsruher SC missing players

Kaiserslautern missing players

Karlsruher SC Kaiserslautern
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 2 1 Played P 1 2 5
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 3
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 0
2 0 0 Lost L 1 1 2
8 4 2 Scored S 0 2 9
8 2 2 Conceded C 3 4 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 40%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
60% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 80%
20% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 20%
 
7.2 6.5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4.5 4
4 3.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 8 4.5 5.4
2 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 4 2.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 2
 
15.8 19.5 18 Shots (avg) S ( 10 11 12.8
6.6 6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.5 4.6
24% 33% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 39%
 
14 10.5 13 Shots against (avg) S A 17 16 17.8
4.6 3 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 6 6
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Kaiserslautern's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Karlsruher SC's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Kaiserslautern have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Kaiserslautern have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Kaiserslautern have the most matches over the total-line (5) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Kaiserslautern haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Karlsruher SC have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Karlsruher SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Karlsruher SC Last season Kaiserslautern
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
13 9   Won W   5 11
7 3   Drew D   6 12
14 5   Lost L   6 11
56 32   Scored S   21 47
53 25   Conceded C   22 48
97% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 91%
85% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 76%
56% 59%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   41% 53%
29% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 32%
29% 35%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 12%
59% 59%   BTTS BTTS   47% 53%
24% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 18%
21% 18%   Failed to Score F T   47% 38%
 
5.6 6.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5.4
4.5 4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 4.5
2 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.3
3 1   Red cards R C   1 3
 
14.4 15.6   Shots (avg) S (   11.9 12.5
5.1 5.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 4.1
33% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 33%
 
14 14.5   Shots against (avg) S A   14.3 13.3
5 4.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.1 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 Hamburger SV 5 4 1 0 13 5 3 3 0 0 10 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 8 13
2 Holstein Kiel 5 4 0 1 9 6 3 2 0 1 6 6 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 12
3 Magdeburg 5 3 2 0 13 8 2 2 0 0 8 5 3 1 2 0 5 3 5 11
4 Fortuna Düsseldorf 5 3 1 1 10 3 3 2 0 1 5 3 2 1 1 0 5 0 7 10
5 Hansa Rostock 5 3 0 2 7 6 3 2 0 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 9
6 Kaiserslautern 5 3 0 2 9 9 3 2 0 1 7 5 2 1 0 1 2 4 0 9
7 Hannover 96 5 2 2 1 9 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 2 1 0 7 4 2 8
8 Wehen Wiesbaden 5 2 2 1 5 4 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 8
9 St. Pauli 5 1 4 0 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 3 2 1 7
10 Karlsruher SC 5 2 1 2 8 8 2 1 1 0 4 2 3 1 0 2 4 6 0 7
11 Nurnberg 5 2 1 2 8 10 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 1 0 2 4 7 -2 7
12 Schalke 04 5 1 1 3 7 9 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 0 1 2 4 7 -2 4
13 Greuther Furth 5 1 1 3 7 10 3 1 1 1 6 3 2 0 0 2 1 7 -3 4
14 Eintracht Braunschweig 5 1 1 3 3 6 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 4 -3 4
15 Elversberg 5 1 1 3 6 12 2 0 0 2 1 7 3 1 1 1 5 5 -6 4
16 Paderborn 5 1 1 3 5 11 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 1 0 2 3 8 -6 4
17 Hertha BSC 5 1 0 4 9 11 2 1 0 1 5 1 3 0 0 3 4 10 -2 3
18 Osnabruck 5 0 1 4 6 10 3 0 0 3 4 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 -4 1

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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.