Karlsruher SC vs SpVgg Greuther Fürth: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Fri 10.February
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Wildparkstadion (28762 seats)

Here's everything you should know, and a little bit more, before the Karlsruher SC - SpVgg Greuther Fürth game!

Insights:
  • Karlsruher SC have the most conceded goals (18) at home in 2. Bundesliga
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in 2. Bundesliga

Both participants have had plentiful rest since their last match. Let's look for an animated fixture!

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Karlsruher SC form and stats

The total 2. Bundesliga results at home this season for Karlsruher SC are 3-2-5 (wins-draws-losses).

The home team returns to Wildparkstadion after drawing with Magdeburg (placed 18th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Jung was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.64 out of 10. The defender Jung scored one goal and won 3 of 4 duels.

In the match before that, Karlsruher SC hosted St. Pauli and drew the game 4-4.

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 14 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 5 and lost 4.

A decent goal production from Karlsruher SC in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 10 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 18 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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SpVgg Greuther Fürth form and stats

There's been little loot from SpVgg Greuther Fürth's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 9 away games in the 2. Bundesliga. SpVgg Greuther Fürth only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws.

SpVgg Greuther Fürth had fun at their own home (Wildparkstadion) last time out, beating Nurnberg 1-0. Ache scored. Ache came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Nurnberg last time out, making the manager Zorniger feel like a tactical genius. Haddadi, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.64. Haddadi hit three key passes and won 2 of 4 duels.

Prior to that match, the Greuther manager Zorniger faced defeat when travelling to Holstein Kiel and losing 1-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by SpVgg Greuther Fürth in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for SpVgg Greuther Fürth, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Observe! Both teams have scored at least one goal in 13 of this club's last 17 league fixtures.

SpVgg Greuther Fürth have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Greuther have conceded 16 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Karlsruher SC have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (2-2-0) when facing SpVgg Greuther Fürth.

The dueling parties have played previously this season: SpVgg Greuther Fürth - Karlsruher SC 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

Karlsruher SCF. Schleusener
F. Schleusener
7 goals
KarlsruherM. Wanitzek
M. Wanitzek
6 goals
SpVgg Greuther FürthB. Hrgota
B. Hrgota
6 goals

Karlsruher SC missing players

SpVgg Greuther Fürth missing players

Karlsruher SC SpVgg Greuther Fürth
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 10 3 Played P 3 9 19
5 3 1 Won W 0 1 5
4 2 1 Drew D 1 3 8
10 5 1 Lost L 2 5 6
27 16 7 Scored S 3 10 24
32 18 8 Conceded C 6 16 28
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
79% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 79%
53% 60% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 58%
32% 40% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 37%
32% 40% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
47% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 78% 74%
21% 30% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 21%
37% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 11% 5%
 
6.3 7.7 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4 5.5
4.3 3.6 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 5.9 4.4
1.7 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.3 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
14.5 16.1 14.3 Shots (avg) S ( 7 9.1 13
4.9 5 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.6 4.5
29% 32% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 31% 28%
 
13.8 13.9 15.3 Shots against (avg) S A 14 13.1 11.8
5.2 4.8 5.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.3 4.1
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Karlsruher SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Karlsruher SC have the most conceded goals (18) at home in 2. Bundesliga
  • Karlsruher SC have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Karlsruher SC have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in 2. Bundesliga
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth 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 Darmstadt 98 19 12 6 1 33 15 10 6 4 0 17 6 9 6 2 1 16 9 18 42
2 Hamburger SV 19 13 1 5 35 21 10 6 1 3 19 12 9 7 0 2 16 9 14 40
3 Heidenheim 19 10 6 3 35 22 9 7 2 0 23 10 10 3 4 3 12 12 13 36
4 Kaiserslautern 19 9 8 2 34 25 10 4 4 2 16 15 9 5 4 0 18 10 9 35
5 Paderborn 19 10 2 7 40 23 10 7 0 3 30 12 9 3 2 4 10 11 17 32
6 Fortuna Dusseldorf 19 9 2 8 30 26 9 6 1 2 20 10 10 3 1 6 10 16 4 29
7 Hannover 96 19 8 4 7 26 23 9 5 2 2 13 9 10 3 2 5 13 14 3 28
8 Holstein Kiel 19 7 7 5 33 31 9 4 3 2 16 11 10 3 4 3 17 20 2 28
9 St. Pauli 19 5 8 6 26 25 9 4 5 0 15 6 10 1 3 6 11 19 1 23
10 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 19 5 8 6 24 28 10 4 5 1 14 12 9 1 3 5 10 16 -4 23
11 Eintracht Braunschweig 19 5 6 8 22 30 10 4 2 4 12 11 9 1 4 4 10 19 -8 21
12 Hansa Rostock 19 6 3 10 17 27 10 3 1 6 8 13 9 3 2 4 9 14 -10 21
13 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 19 6 2 11 27 31 9 4 0 5 17 16 10 2 2 6 10 15 -4 20
14 Karlsruher SC 19 5 4 10 27 32 10 3 2 5 16 18 9 2 2 5 11 14 -5 19
15 Sandhausen 19 5 4 10 23 34 9 3 2 4 12 16 10 2 2 6 11 18 -11 19
16 Nurnberg 19 5 4 10 16 27 9 3 1 5 8 12 10 2 3 5 8 15 -11 19
17 Jahn Regensburg 19 5 4 10 21 35 10 3 4 3 10 16 9 2 0 7 11 19 -14 19
18 Magdeburg 19 5 3 11 23 37 9 2 2 5 7 14 10 3 1 6 16 23 -14 18

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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.