Schalke 04 have rested up following their 1-2-match versus Hertha BSC and are eager to face Karlsruher SC. Here's all the intelligence!
- All of Karlsruher SC's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Schalke 04 have yet to win a game away.
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.
Karlsruher SC form and stats
Karlsruher SC have played 4 2. Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Karlsruher SC travelled for their previous game, a trip to Magdeburg that ended 1-1.
Preceding that match was the home game against Holstein Kiel that was lost 0-2.This is expected to be a close game, with Karlsruher perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Karlsruher SC as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Karlsruher SC has won 5 of these, drawn 5 and lost 3.
Karlsruher SC has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Karlsruher SC's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Schalke 04 form and stats
The visitors are W0-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the 2. Bundesliga. Recent form does not give Schalke 04 much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Karlsruher SC will be a tough nut to crack.
Schalke failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Hertha BSC (placed 9th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Karaman got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, top player of the team. Karaman served one assist and hit two key passes.
Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Paderborn's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Schalke 04 in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Schalke 04, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Both teams to score at least one goal each? This team's fresh fixtures suggest that, having completed 5 league matches in a row with one or more goals from each side.
Schalke are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 5 games (in the league). Schalke 04 are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 6 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: two - two - three (Karlsruher wins - draws - Schalke 04 wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Schleusener 4 goals |  M. Wanitzek 4 goals |   S. Polter 3 goals |
Karlsruher SC missing players
Schalke 04 missing players
| Karlsruher SC | Schalke 04 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 16 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 89% |
| 44% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 67% |
| 44% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 60% | 44% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 80% | 67% |
| 11% | 25% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 22% |
| 6.3 | 7.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.2 | 6.3 |
| 5.3 | 4.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| 1.9 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 15.7 | 20.8 | 21 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 12.4 | 14.1 |
| 5.8 | 5.8 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | 5.2 |
| 25% | 22% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 32% | 30% |
| 13.9 | 11.8 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 19.8 | 16.7 |
| 5.1 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 7.8 | 6.4 |
- All of Karlsruher SC's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Karlsruher SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Schalke 04 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Schalke 04 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Schalke 04 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Schalke 04 have yet to win a game away.
- Schalke 04 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Pauli | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 19 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Kaiserslautern | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 4 | Holstein Kiel | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| 5 | Hannover 96 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 15 |
| 6 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 7 | Paderborn | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 14 |
| 8 | Magdeburg | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
| 9 | Hertha BSC | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 | Greuther Furth | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 11 | Elversberg | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
| 12 | Hansa Rostock | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 13 | Nürnberg | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 12 |
| 14 | Karlsruher SC | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 9 |
| 15 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 16 | Schalke 04 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 7 |
| 17 | Osnabruck | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 6 |
| 18 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 5 |
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