2. Bundesliga match prediction: Little separates Karlsruher SC and Nürnberg in quality

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 12.February
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Wildpark Platz 6 (4000 seats)

Numbers, recent trends, results, form, head to head, team selections and much more: Get all you should know on Karlsruher SC - Nürnberg!

Insights:
  • Karlsruher SC have the most matches over the total-line (13) in 2. Bundesliga

Karlsruher SC have less rest than Nürnberg in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a 2. Bundesliga game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Wildpark Platz 6. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Nürnberg have had more rest.

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Karlsruher SC form and stats

Karlsruher SC have played 11 2. Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-4-3 (wins-draws-losses).

The Karlsruher supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Wildpark Platz 6: A 0-2 defeat against Sandhausen (placed 15th). O'Shaughnessy, defender, was given a rating of 7.4/10 in that game, top of the team. O'Shaughnessy hit four key passes and won 2 of 5 duels.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Werder Bremen.

A decent goal production from Karlsruher SC in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 11 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Karlsruher SC defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Nürnberg form and stats

The visitors are W4-D4-L2 on the road this term. That's in the 2. Bundesliga. Momentum is building for Nürnberg in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Nürnberg failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Ingolstadt (placed 18th) that ended with defeat 0-5. Midfield player Krauß was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.14/10. Krauß hit four key passes and had 28 successful passes (of 35 total).

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Paderborn.

Nürnberg find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Nürnberg have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these sides face each other this season, as the results database show this recent match: Nürnberg - Karlsruher SC 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Karlsruher victory, four draws and five Nürnberg wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Karlsruher SCP. Hofmann
P. Hofmann
10 goals
Karlsruher SCM. Wanitzek
M. Wanitzek
5 goals
Karlsruher SCF. Schleusener
F. Schleusener
5 goals

Karlsruher SC missing players

Nürnberg missing players

Karlsruher SC Nürnberg
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 11 3 Played P 2 10 21
6 4 0 Won W 0 4 9
8 4 2 Drew D 2 4 6
7 3 1 Lost L 0 2 6
34 20 6 Scored S 4 14 29
34 17 8 Conceded C 4 14 28
90% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 86%
90% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 70% 71%
76% 73% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 62%
52% 55% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 38%
10% 18% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 14%
76% 64% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 52%
19% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 30% 38%
14% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 24%
 
4.8 4.7 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 5 5.1
4.2 3.7 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.7 5.7
2 2.2 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.3 1.9
3 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
13.6 15 16.7 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 13.7 14
4.2 4.6 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.6 4.7
39% 39% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 30% 30%
 
15.6 14.7 15 Shots against (avg) S A 10 15.1 14.6
5.4 4.9 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.5 4.4
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Karlsruher SC have the most matches over the total-line (13) in 2. Bundesliga

  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 21 12 3 6 45 27 10 6 1 3 23 13 11 6 2 3 22 14 18 39
2 St. Pauli 21 11 5 5 42 29 10 8 2 0 28 9 11 3 3 5 14 20 13 38
3 Werder Bremen 21 11 5 5 41 29 10 5 3 2 19 10 11 6 2 3 22 19 12 38
4 Hamburger SV 21 9 10 2 39 20 11 5 6 0 22 11 10 4 4 2 17 9 19 37
5 Schalke 04 21 11 4 6 42 25 11 6 2 3 26 16 10 5 2 3 16 9 17 37
6 Heidenheim 21 11 4 6 28 26 11 7 3 1 18 10 10 4 1 5 10 16 2 37
7 Nürnberg 21 9 6 6 29 28 11 5 2 4 15 14 10 4 4 2 14 14 1 33
8 Paderborn 21 8 7 6 38 28 11 2 3 6 15 18 10 6 4 0 23 10 10 31
9 Jahn Regensburg 21 9 4 8 40 32 11 5 2 4 25 19 10 4 2 4 15 13 8 31
10 Holstein Kiel 21 7 7 7 27 32 11 5 2 4 14 16 10 2 5 3 13 16 -5 28
11 Karlsruher SC 21 6 8 7 34 34 11 4 4 3 20 17 10 2 4 4 14 17 0 26
12 Hansa Rostock 21 6 6 9 25 33 10 2 3 5 9 15 11 4 3 4 16 18 -8 24
13 Dynamo Dresden 21 7 3 11 22 30 10 5 1 4 14 11 11 2 2 7 8 19 -8 24
14 Hannover 96 21 6 6 9 16 30 10 3 3 4 6 11 11 3 3 5 10 19 -14 24
15 Sandhausen 21 6 5 10 24 39 10 1 3 6 8 21 11 5 2 4 16 18 -15 23
16 Fortuna Dusseldorf 21 5 5 11 23 30 10 1 4 5 12 15 11 4 1 6 11 15 -7 20
17 Erzgebirge Aue 21 3 6 12 17 39 11 2 2 7 8 20 10 1 4 5 9 19 -22 15
18 Ingolstadt 21 3 4 14 20 41 10 1 3 6 8 16 11 2 1 8 12 25 -21 13

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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.