It's advantage Karlsruher SC so far with their 5th position in the 2. Bundesliga table, welcoming St. Pauli who are placed 11th.
- St. Pauli is in the best form (5-0-1)
Karlsruher SC and St. Pauli 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
4-2-5 (win-draw-lost) are the 2. Bundesliga numbers at home for Karlsruher SC so far this season.
A good away victory last time out for Karlsruher, who won 1-0 against Darmstadt 98 (placed 14th). Before that game, the home loss against Nurnberg with the scoreline 0-1.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Karlsruher have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won two times, drawn three and lost five.
The Karlsruher SC fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 11 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 13 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
St. Pauli form and stats
3 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of St. Pauli playing as the away team in the 2. Bundesliga this season. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Karlsruher SC. Pauli have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
Pauli had fun at their own home (Wildparkstadion) last time out, beating Hamburger SV 1-0. Daniel-Kofi Kyereh scored. Before that, St. Pauli secured a home win against Darmstadt 98 with the score 3-2.
We have checked recent matches where Pauli have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 16 games were three victories, four draws and nine defeats.
Pauli has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 11 games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Pauli struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 20 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
St. Pauli - Karlsruher 0-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Karlsruher SC five wins, three draws and St. Pauli two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Hofmann 9 goals |   G. Burgstaller 8 goals |  D. Kyereh 7 goals |
Karlsruher SC missing players
St. Pauli missing players
| Karlsruher SC | St. Pauli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 37 | 14 | 3 | Scored | S | 9 | 18 | 37 |
| 30 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 9 | 20 | 40 |
| 96% | 91% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 55% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 87% |
| 57% | 45% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 73% | 70% |
| 30% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 45% | 43% |
| 26% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 18% | 22% |
| 57% | 45% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 82% | 70% |
| 26% | 36% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 22% | 27% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.6 | 13.5 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 11.9 | 12.7 |
| 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| 38% | 26% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 38% | 36% |
- St. Pauli have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- St. Pauli have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- St. Pauli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- St. Pauli is in the best form (5-0-1)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bochum | 23 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 43 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 20 | 45 |
| 2 | Holstein Kiel | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 16 | 45 |
| 3 | Greuther Furth | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 18 | 43 |
| 4 | Hamburger SV | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 48 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 42 |
| 5 | Karlsruher SC | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 39 |
| 6 | Heidenheim | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 31 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 36 |
| 7 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 36 |
| 8 | Hannover 96 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 34 |
| 9 | Erzgebirge Aue | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 32 |
| 10 | Paderborn | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 31 |
| 11 | St. Pauli | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | -3 | 31 |
| 12 | Jahn Regensburg | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -4 | 29 |
| 13 | Nurnberg | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | -5 | 27 |
| 14 | Darmstadt 98 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 34 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 24 | -6 | 25 |
| 15 | Osnabruck | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -15 | 22 |
| 16 | Sandhausen | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 28 | 44 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 26 | -16 | 21 |
| 17 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 25 | -22 | 21 |
| 18 | Wurzburger Kickers | 23 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 25 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 27 | -24 | 15 |
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