Karlsruher SC and St. Pauli are both successful in the 2. Bundesliga with their 5th and 3rd positions respectively. Let's hope for a great fixture!
- Karlsruher SC have not yet lost a game at home.
- St. Pauli have the most scored goals in the second half (9) in 2. Bundesliga
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 must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three 2. Bundesliga games here at Wildpark Platz 6. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Karlsruher SC enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Schalke 04's place. The match ended 2-1 with Kyoung-Rok Choi and Marvin Wanitzek scoring. Defender Christoph Kobald got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.32/10. Kobald served one assist, hit one key pass and won 9 of 12 duels.
In the match before that, Karlsruher SC hosted Holstein Kiel and drew the game 2-2.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 ten matches with the results: Won three, drawn five and lost two.
Karlsruher SC have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Wildpark Platz 6 with 5 goals in 3 league matches. Karlsruher are not conceding a lot of goals here at Wildpark Platz 6 in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
St. Pauli form and stats
The 2. Bundesliga season is young and St. Pauli have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far. With two straight losses from their last two away games, St. Pauli are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
The supporters enjoyed Pauli's previous game versus Ingolstadt (placed 17th), a 2. Bundesliga 4-1 win played at home. Defender Leart Paqarada was the best team player with a rating of 8.4. Paqarada signed up for two assists, hit six key passes and won 2 of 4 duels.
Prior to that match, the Pauli manager T. Schultz faced defeat when travelling to Hannover 96 and losing 0-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by St. Pauli in our archives, and the results are: one win for Pauli, three draws and six defeats.
Pauli are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 3 away games. As opposed to that, St. Pauli have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Data for the preceeding ten meetings between these two squads are: four wins for Karlsruher, four draws and two wins for St. Pauli. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  G. Burgstaller 5 goals |   P. Hofmann 4 goals |  K. Choi 3 goals |
Karlsruher SC missing players
St. Pauli missing players
| Karlsruher SC | St. Pauli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 86% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 33% | 71% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 57% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 43% |
| 43% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 29% |
| 5.4 | 5.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.3 | 5.6 |
| 4 | 4.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.3 | 15.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10 | 14.1 |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.7 | 4.4 |
| 35% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 12% | 42% |
- Karlsruher SC have not yet lost a game at home.
- St. Pauli have the most scored goals in the second half (9) in 2. Bundesliga
- St. Pauli have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- St. Pauli have yet to win a game 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 | Paderborn | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | Jahn Regensburg | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 3 | St. Pauli | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Nurnberg | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Karlsruher SC | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | Hamburger SV | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Heidenheim | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Werder Bremen | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 9 | Darmstadt 98 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 |
| 10 | Dynamo Dresden | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 11 | Schalke 04 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | Hannover 96 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 10 |
| 13 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 14 | Hansa Rostock | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 7 |
| 15 | Holstein Kiel | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -9 | 5 |
| 16 | Sandhausen | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -8 | 4 |
| 17 | Ingolstadt | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | -13 | 4 |
| 18 | Erzgebirge Aue | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -9 | 3 |
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