Karlsruher SC will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind Paderborn.
Karlsruher SC and Paderborn 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.
Karlsruher SC form and stats
Karlsruher SC have played three 2. Bundesliga home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
A good away victory last time out for Karlsruher SC, who won 3-1 against Eintracht Braunschweig (placed 15th). Before that match, a win away at St. Pauli.
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 nine matches with the results: Won four, drawn four and lost one.
Karlsruher can score goals in their home matches. After 3 league matches they have found the net 6 times. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Karlsruher defense is not exactly impregnable. 5 goals conceded from 3 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Paderborn form and stats
1-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Paderborn, who have the most clean sheets (4) in 2. Bundesliga, in their 2. Bundesliga matches away.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Paderborn goalkeeper Leopold Zingerle is eager to challenge this, with his 247 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Paderborn go into this game after a win, the home game against St. Pauli that ended 2-0. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Darmstadt 98 at their stadium, the result 4-0.
The 2-0 victory against St. Pauli could easily have been bigger as the victors made a valiant effort at breaking the goal posts, hitting them three times.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Paderborn playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were three Paderborn wins, three draws and one defeat.
Paderborn find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. The Paderborn defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 4 games).
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Karlsruher SC, two draws and four wins for Paderborn. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  D. Srbeny 5 goals |   P. Hofmann 4 goals |  C. Führich 4 goals |
Karlsruher SC missing players
Paderborn missing players
| Karlsruher SC | Paderborn | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 88% |
| 75% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 12% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 38% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.4 | 3.3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | 50 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 55 | 112 |
| 33 | 19 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 21 | 39 |
| 39% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 24% | 36% |
- Karlsruher SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Paderborn has the most clean sheets (4) in 2. Bundesliga
- Paderborn has the most scored goals in the first half (10) in 2. Bundesliga
- Paderborn have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | Hamburger SV | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | Paderborn | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Osnabruck | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Holstein Kiel | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | Greuther Furth | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | Bochum | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | Hannover 96 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 10 | Heidenheim | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | Jahn Regensburg | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 | Erzgebirge Aue | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 13 | Darmstadt 98 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Sandhausen | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 8 |
| 15 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 8 |
| 16 | Nurnberg | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 17 | St. Pauli | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 7 |
| 18 | Wurzburger Kickers | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -12 | 1 |
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