Season ticket holders at Wildparkstadion haven't seen too many victories this season, with Karlsruher SC languishing in the 17th position so far. The guesting Osnabruck will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Karlsruher SC form and stats
3 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Karlsruher SC, who have the most conceded goals (41) in 2. Bundesliga, have to build on here at Wildparkstadion in the 2. Bundesliga. It's trouble wherever Karlsruher SC are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. With Karlsruher SC having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager C. Eichner.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 424 minutes without scoring a league goal. P. Hofmann was the last player to find the net.
Karlsruher SC are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Hamburger SV. 0-0 away at Saarbrucken (after extra-time, 5-3 on penalties) before that.
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 four matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost zero.
Karlsruher SC have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Wildparkstadion with 17 goals in 10 league matches. Karlsruher SC have conceded 20 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Osnabrück form and stats
Osnabrück have only collected 10 points from their away games in the 2. Bundesliga, after 2-4-4 (10 played).
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a 2. Bundesliga home defeat versus Nürnberg with 0-1 on the scoreboard. A 2-2 draw at Darmstadt 98's stadium before that.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Osnabrück playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were six Osnabrück wins, three draws and four defeats.
Osnabrück are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 10 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Osnabrück have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Osnabrück - Karlsruher SC 3-0. Last nine meetings between the teams: Karlsruher SC won three, Osnabrück won one and five draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Hofmann 10 goals |   M. Álvarez 9 goals |  D. Gordon 3 goals |
Karlsruher SC missing players
Osnabrück missing players
| Karlsruher SC | Osnabrück | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 29 | 17 | 9 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 28 |
| 41 | 20 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 86% | 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | 62% |
| 57% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 48% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 29% | 50% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 67% | 70% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 43% |
| 5% | 10% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 29% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 40% | 33% |
| 5.7 | 6.6 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| 5.2 | 4.1 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.4 | 5.9 |
| 2 | 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 304 | 180 | 81 | Total Shots | T S | 35 | 130 | 277 |
| 84 | 51 | 29 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 43 | 93 |
| 35% | 33% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 28% | 30% |
- Karlsruher SC has the fewest clean sheets (1)
- Karlsruher SC has the most conceded goals (41)
- Karlsruher SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Karlsruher SC is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arminia Bielefeld | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 43 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 22 | 41 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 45 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 24 | 40 |
| 3 | Stuttgart | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 38 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 34 |
| 5 | Greuther Fürth | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 31 |
| 6 | Holstein Kiel | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 30 |
| 7 | Erzgebirge Aue | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -1 | 30 |
| 8 | Jahn Regensburg | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -3 | 29 |
| 9 | Osnabrück | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 27 |
| 10 | Sandhausen | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| 11 | Darmstadt 98 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 26 |
| 12 | Hannover 96 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | -7 | 25 |
| 13 | Nürnberg | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -8 | 25 |
| 14 | Bochum | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 34 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -5 | 23 |
| 15 | St. Pauli | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -3 | 22 |
| 16 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -14 | 21 |
| 17 | Karlsruher SC | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -12 | 20 |
| 18 | Dynamo Dresden | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -17 | 17 |
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