2. Bundesliga match prediction: Little separates Osnabrück and Karlsruher SC in quality

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 05.December
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Mirco Aghetoni (16667 seats)

4th position in the 2. Bundesliga table for Osnabrück so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 8th-placed Karlsruher SC visits Stadio Comunale Mirco Aghetoni.

Insights:
  • Osnabrück have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Karlsruher SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

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!

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Osnabrück form and stats

The story so far in the 2. Bundesliga for Osnabrück at their home stadium (Stadio Comunale Mirco Aghetoni) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Osnabrück enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at St. Pauli's place. The match ended 1-0 with David Blacha scoring. Ahead of that match, Osnabrück lost 1-4 at home to Nurnberg.

World class coaching! That was the thoughts of M. Grote when David Blacha scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 60th minute.

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 Osnabrück have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won four, drawn two and lost five.

A decent goal production from Osnabrück in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Osnabrück defense is not exactly impregnable. 7 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Karlsruher SC form and stats

2-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Karlsruher SC in their 2. Bundesliga matches away. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Karlsruher are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

The supporters enjoyed Karlsruher SC's previous game versus Paderborn (placed 6th), a 2. Bundesliga 1-0 win played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Eintracht Braunschweig.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Karlsruher playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were three Karlsruher SC wins, three draws and four defeats.

Karlsruher have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. Karlsruher have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Osnabrück-Karlsruher SC H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Osnabrück one win, Karlsruher SC three wins, six draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

OsnabrückS. Kerk
S. Kerk
4 goals
Karlsruher SCP. Hofmann
P. Hofmann
4 goals
OsnabrückC. Santos Kwasniewski
C. Santos Kwasniewski
3 goals

Osnabrück missing players

Karlsruher SC missing players

Osnabrück Karlsruher SC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 4 1 Played P 0 5 9
4 2 0 Won W 0 2 4
4 1 1 Drew D 0 1 1
1 1 0 Lost L 0 2 4
13 6 1 Scored S 0 7 14
11 7 1 Conceded C 0 5 10
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
78% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 67%
44% 75% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 44%
22% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 22%
22% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
78% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 33%
22% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 33%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.4 3.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.1 14.2 16 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9 11.6
4 5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.8 3.9
36% 30% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 40%
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Osnabrück's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Karlsruher SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Osnabrück have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Osnabrück have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Osnabrück have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Osnabrück haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Greuther Fürth 9 5 3 1 19 10 4 2 1 1 8 4 5 3 2 0 11 6 9 18
2 Hamburger SV 9 5 2 2 19 14 5 3 1 1 11 7 4 2 1 1 8 7 5 17
3 Holstein Kiel 9 4 4 1 13 8 5 2 2 1 7 7 4 2 2 0 6 1 5 16
4 Osnabrück 9 4 4 1 13 11 4 2 1 1 6 7 5 2 3 0 7 4 2 16
5 Erzgebirge Aue 9 4 3 2 14 9 4 2 2 0 7 3 5 2 1 2 7 6 5 15
6 Paderborn 9 4 2 3 14 8 4 3 0 1 9 5 5 1 2 2 5 3 6 14
7 Bochum 8 4 2 2 12 9 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 3 0 1 8 5 3 14
8 Karlsruher SC 9 4 1 4 14 10 4 2 0 2 7 5 5 2 1 2 7 5 4 13
9 Heidenheim 9 3 3 3 15 13 5 3 2 0 10 4 4 0 1 3 5 9 2 12
10 Jahn Regensburg 9 3 3 3 13 14 5 3 1 1 9 6 4 0 2 2 4 8 -1 12
11 Darmstadt 98 9 3 3 3 16 18 4 1 2 1 6 6 5 2 1 2 10 12 -2 12
12 Fortuna Dusseldorf 8 3 2 3 8 10 4 3 1 0 5 2 4 0 1 3 3 8 -2 11
13 Nurnberg 9 2 4 3 16 15 5 1 2 2 7 8 4 1 2 1 9 7 1 10
14 Hannover 96 9 3 1 5 12 13 5 3 1 1 9 4 4 0 0 4 3 9 -1 10
15 Sandhausen 9 2 2 5 9 16 5 2 2 1 8 9 4 0 0 4 1 7 -7 8
16 Eintracht Braunschweig 9 2 2 5 9 21 4 2 1 1 6 6 5 0 1 4 3 15 -12 8
17 St. Pauli 9 1 4 4 12 17 4 1 1 2 6 8 5 0 3 2 6 9 -5 7
18 Wurzburger Kickers 9 1 1 7 9 21 5 1 1 3 6 11 4 0 0 4 3 10 -12 4

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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.