Balanced ball game between Karlsruher SC and Magdeburg expected

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 24.July
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Wildparkstadion (28762 seats)

It's fixture two of the 2. Bundesliga season and a lot to play for. Read our detailed preview of Karlsruher SC-Magdeburg!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Karlsruher SC form and stats

The season before, Karlsruher SC's league statistics were 9 wins, 14 draws and 11 losses, producing 12th position in the 2. Bundesliga. In these 34 matches they scored 54 goals and gave away 55. Playing as the home team in the previous season Karlsruher SC produced 5-9-3 (win-draw-lost) with 32 goals and 26 conceded.

Hofmann 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 196 minutes.

In their previous game, the manager Eichner led his Karlsruher to a defeat away at Paderborn. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Wildparkstadion. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going unbeaten in three league matches. Karlsruher SC were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Wanitzek (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.34/10. Wanitzek hit five key passes and had 28 successful passes (of 35 total).

Prior to that, an away loss at Heidenheim.

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 9 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 2 and lost 4.

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Magdeburg form and stats

Let's have a look at how Magdeburg performed last season in the 3. Liga: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 24 victories, 6 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 83 and conceded 39 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 11 - drew 2 and lost 5 with 49/29 goals scored/conceded.

Magdeburg's previous game was their home loss versus Fortuna Düsseldorf (1-2). Müller got a match rating of 7.83 in that game, top player of the team. Müller dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 54 successful passes (of 62 total).

hometeam won As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Magdeburg in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Magdeburg, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

Head 2 Head

As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Karlsruher victory, zero draws and two Magdeburg wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MagdeburgC. Krempicki
C. Krempicki
1 goals

Karlsruher SC missing players

Magdeburg missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Karlsruher SC Magdeburg
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
5 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
7 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6
2 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 3
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 13
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 5
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 20%
 
17 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 15
9 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 4
Karlsruher SC Last season Magdeburg
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   18 36
9 5   Won W   11 24
14 9   Drew D   2 6
11 3   Lost L   5 6
54 32   Scored S   49 83
55 26   Conceded C   29 39
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 94%
94% 94%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   94% 86%
71% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   78% 64%
50% 59%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   61% 39%
9% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   50% 28%
71% 76%   BTTS BTTS   78% 61%
18% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 36%
18% 12%   Failed to Score F T   6% 8%
 
5 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 5.5
4.3 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4 4.1
1.9 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 1.9
4 2   Red cards R C   1 2
 
14 16.2   Shots (avg) S (   13.2 13.9
4.3 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.2 6.2
37% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   44% 37%
 
15.6 14.6   Shots against (avg) S A   9.4 8.9
5.1 4.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.7 4.2

  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 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
2 Hamburger SV 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Jahn Regensburg 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 St. Pauli 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Kaiserslautern 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Sandhausen 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Heidenheim 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Holstein Kiel 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 Greuther Furth 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Nurnberg 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
12 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
13 Hannover 96 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 Magdeburg 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Hansa Rostock 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Darmstadt 98 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 Eintracht Braunschweig 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Karlsruher SC 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Schalke 04 34 20 5 9 72 44 17 10 2 5 40 27 17 10 3 4 32 17 28 65
2 Werder Bremen 34 18 9 7 65 43 17 8 6 3 29 17 17 10 3 4 36 26 22 63
3 Hamburger SV 34 16 12 6 67 35 17 9 6 2 36 17 17 7 6 4 31 18 32 60
4 Darmstadt 98 34 18 6 10 71 46 17 10 3 4 42 23 17 8 3 6 29 23 25 60
5 St. Pauli 34 16 9 9 61 46 17 11 4 2 37 17 17 5 5 7 24 29 15 57
6 Heidenheim 34 15 7 12 43 45 17 10 4 3 27 18 17 5 3 9 16 27 -2 52
7 Paderborn 34 13 12 9 56 44 17 4 7 6 26 24 17 9 5 3 30 20 12 51
8 Nurnberg 34 14 9 11 49 49 17 8 3 6 26 23 17 6 6 5 23 26 0 51
9 Holstein Kiel 34 12 9 13 46 54 17 8 3 6 23 23 17 4 6 7 23 31 -8 45
10 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 11 11 12 45 42 17 6 6 5 28 21 17 5 5 7 17 21 3 44
11 Hannover 96 34 11 9 14 35 49 17 6 6 5 16 19 17 5 3 9 19 30 -14 42
12 Karlsruher SC 34 9 14 11 54 55 17 5 9 3 32 26 17 4 5 8 22 29 -1 41
13 Hansa Rostock 34 10 11 13 41 52 17 4 5 8 17 25 17 6 6 5 24 27 -11 41
14 Sandhausen 34 10 11 13 42 54 17 4 5 8 19 29 17 6 6 5 23 25 -12 41
15 Jahn Regensburg 34 10 10 14 50 51 17 6 4 7 31 29 17 4 6 7 19 22 -1 40
16 Dynamo Dresden 34 7 11 16 33 46 17 5 5 7 18 18 17 2 6 9 15 28 -13 32
17 Erzgebirge Aue 34 6 8 20 32 72 17 3 3 11 14 34 17 3 5 9 18 38 -40 26
18 Ingolstadt 34 4 9 21 30 65 17 2 5 10 12 29 17 2 4 11 18 36 -35 21
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Magdeburg 36 24 6 6 83 39 18 13 4 1 34 10 18 11 2 5 49 29 44 78
2 Eintracht Braunschweig 36 18 10 8 61 36 18 8 6 4 27 21 18 10 4 4 34 15 25 64
3 Kaiserslautern 36 18 9 9 56 27 18 12 4 2 37 11 18 6 5 7 19 16 29 63
4 1860 München 36 17 10 9 67 50 18 9 4 5 39 28 18 8 6 4 28 22 17 61
5 Waldhof Mannheim 36 16 12 8 58 40 18 8 5 5 33 21 18 8 7 3 25 19 18 60
6 Osnabruck 36 16 10 10 56 48 18 8 3 7 22 19 18 8 7 3 34 29 8 58
7 Saarbrucken 36 14 11 11 50 44 18 8 5 5 25 20 18 6 6 6 25 24 6 53
8 Wehen Wiesbaden 36 14 9 13 49 44 18 6 6 6 20 19 18 8 3 7 29 25 5 51
9 Borussia Dortmund II 36 14 7 15 51 48 18 4 6 8 17 19 18 10 1 7 34 29 3 49
10 Zwickau 36 11 14 11 46 44 18 6 6 6 27 24 18 5 8 5 19 20 2 47
11 Freiburg II 36 12 11 13 34 42 18 8 6 4 24 18 18 4 5 9 10 24 -8 47
12 Meppen 36 13 8 15 47 60 18 7 4 7 29 26 18 6 4 8 18 34 -13 47
13 Viktoria Koln 36 12 9 15 39 52 18 7 6 5 27 22 18 5 3 10 12 30 -13 45
14 Hallescher FC 36 10 13 13 46 48 18 7 7 4 31 25 18 3 6 9 15 23 -2 43
15 MSV Duisburg 36 13 3 20 46 71 18 7 2 9 25 37 18 6 1 11 21 34 -25 42
16 Verl 36 10 10 16 56 66 18 5 5 8 29 33 18 5 5 8 27 33 -10 40
17 Viktoria Berlin 36 10 7 19 44 62 18 7 3 8 25 29 18 3 4 11 19 33 -18 37
18 Wurzburger Kickers 36 7 9 20 34 59 18 2 5 11 18 32 18 5 4 9 16 27 -25 30
19 Havelse 36 5 8 23 28 71 18 4 1 13 14 34 18 1 7 10 14 37 -43 23
20 Turkgucu-Ataspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Table
  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 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
2 Hamburger SV 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Jahn Regensburg 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 St. Pauli 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Kaiserslautern 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Sandhausen 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Heidenheim 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Holstein Kiel 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 Greuther Furth 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Nurnberg 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
12 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
13 Hannover 96 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 Magdeburg 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Hansa Rostock 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Darmstadt 98 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 Eintracht Braunschweig 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Karlsruher SC 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 0

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