Struggling Karlsruher SC will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Stuttgart in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Karlsruher SC are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Stuttgart are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Karlsruher SC form and stats
Karlsruher SC have collected 18 points from their 2. Bundesliga home games so far after 4-6-5. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
The fans are hoping that Karlsruher will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the 2. Bundesliga game against Erzgebirge Aue (placed 9th). Preceding that game was the home draw versus St. Pauli that ended 1-1.
Karlsruher SC are traveling soon after this match as the 2. Bundesliga match at Jahn Regensburg awaits in three days.
Karlsruher SC has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Karlsruher defense is not exactly impregnable. 23 goals conceded from 15 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Stuttgart form and stats
4 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Stuttgart playing as the away team in the 2. Bundesliga this season.
225 minutes! That's how long the Stuttgart goalkeeper Gregor Kobel and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Stuttgart delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Osnabrück (placed 14th) in their previous match; a 2. Bundesliga game. Prior to that result Stuttgart won their away game at Dynamo Dresden. The scoreline was 2-0.
After this away game Stuttgart return home for a 2. Bundesliga game against Sandhausen. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Stuttgart have scored 19 goals in 15 league games away. In the opposite end, Stuttgart have conceded 24 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Karlsruher SC - Stuttgart 2-1. Karlsruher SC-Stuttgart H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Karlsruher two wins, Stuttgart six wins, zero draws. five of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  P. Hofmann 13 goals |   N. González 9 goals | H. Al Ghaddioui 7 goals |
Karlsruher SC missing players
Stuttgart missing players
| Karlsruher SC | Stuttgart | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 37 | 21 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 19 | 49 |
| 49 | 23 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 24 | 35 |
| 97% | 93% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 93% |
| 80% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 73% | 80% |
| 43% | 33% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 47% | 57% |
| 30% | 33% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 27% |
| 20% | 33% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 13% |
| 60% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 57% |
| 13% | 20% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 27% | 33% |
| 30% | 27% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | 17% |
| 5.5 | 6.3 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 6.9 | 6 |
| 5 | 4.3 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 405 | 241 | 55 | Total Shots | T S | 70 | 270 | 519 |
| 115 | 70 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 21 | 95 | 174 |
| 32% | 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 20% | 28% |
- Stuttgart has the fewest matches over the total-line (10)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arminia Bielefeld | 30 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 54 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 27 | 58 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 31 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 59 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 53 |
| 3 | Stuttgart | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 49 | 35 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 14 | 52 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 31 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 43 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 51 |
| 5 | Darmstadt 98 | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 39 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 1 | 43 |
| 6 | Bochum | 31 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 49 | 46 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 42 |
| 7 | Greuther Fürth | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 42 |
| 8 | Hannover 96 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 45 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 42 |
| 9 | Erzgebirge Aue | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 42 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 27 | -2 | 41 |
| 10 | Sandhausen | 31 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 37 | 38 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 20 | -1 | 40 |
| 11 | Holstein Kiel | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 49 | 51 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 28 | -2 | 39 |
| 12 | Jahn Regensburg | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 52 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 31 | -6 | 39 |
| 13 | St. Pauli | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 35 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -4 | 35 |
| 14 | Osnabrück | 31 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 39 | 44 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -5 | 35 |
| 15 | Nürnberg | 31 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 38 | 51 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 26 | -13 | 33 |
| 16 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 31 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 39 | 53 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 24 | -14 | 31 |
| 17 | Karlsruher SC | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 37 | 49 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 26 | -12 | 30 |
| 18 | Dynamo Dresden | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 28 | -21 | 28 |
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