Football guide: Paderborn vs Karlsruher SC - predictions and stats

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 10.April
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Benteler-Arena (15000 seats)

Paderborn are all set for a new challenge after their 2-1 vs Hamburger SV last time out. Karlsruher SC are coming to visit!

Insights:
  • Paderborn have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Karlsruher SC have the most matches over the total-line (15) in 2. Bundesliga

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Paderborn form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the 2. Bundesliga this season. Paderborn have only managed 2 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Benteler-Arena. Paderborn are slowly digging their own grave here at Benteler-Arena with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Ingolstadt match.

A good away victory last time out for Paderborn, who won 2-1 against Hamburger SV (placed 7th). Attacking player Srbeny edged out all the other footballers in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 8.03 out of 10. Srbeny scored two goals.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Jahn Regensburg (0-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Paderborn handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, two draws and two defeats.

The Paderborn fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 14 matches. More than 50 percent of these goals (10 in total) were scored after at least one hour had been played. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Paderborn defense is not exactly impregnable. 22 goals conceded from 14 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. 13 of these goals came after the match timer had passed 60 minutes (more than 55 percent).

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Karlsruher SC form and stats

Playing away, Karlsruher SC have won 4 games, drawn 4 and suffered 5 defeats in the 2. Bundesliga this season.

There were no winners in Karlsruher SC's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Fortuna Düsseldorf (placed 13th). The attacker Hofmann got a match rating of 7.83 in that game. Hofmann scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Jahn Regensburg.

Karlsruher SC are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, zero draws and three defeats. From a total of eight matches.

Karlsruher SC has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 20 goals from 13 games. Karlsruher's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 20 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

This was the scoreline when the squads faced each other earlier this campaign; Karlsruher SC - Paderborn 2-4. Statistics for the previous ten meetings involving these two teams are: three wins for Paderborn, three draws and four wins for Karlsruher SC. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

Karlsruher SCP. Hofmann
P. Hofmann
16 goals
PaderbornS. Michel
S. Michel
14 goals
PaderbornF. Platte
F. Platte
8 goals

Paderborn missing players

Karlsruher SC missing players

Paderborn Karlsruher SC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 3 13 28
10 2 0 Won W 2 4 9
10 6 2 Drew D 1 4 11
8 6 2 Lost L 0 5 8
48 19 4 Scored S 7 20 48
39 22 6 Conceded C 3 20 42
89% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 93%
79% 79% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 93%
61% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 77% 71%
36% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 46% 50%
25% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
71% 79% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 77% 75%
14% 7% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 23% 21%
25% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 11%
 
4.2 5.4 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 4.5 4.9
5.9 7.3 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.3 4.5
1.9 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.8 1.9
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
13.6 14.6 15 Shots (avg) S ( 12.7 12.1 14
4.9 5.4 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 3.6 4.2
35% 25% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 43% 41%
 
15.4 15.6 17 Shots against (avg) S A 12.7 16.2 15.4
5 4.7 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.6 5.1
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Karlsruher SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Karlsruher SC have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Karlsruher SC have the most matches over the total-line (15) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Paderborn have won significantly more corners at home than 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 Werder Bremen 28 15 7 6 52 37 14 7 5 2 24 13 14 8 2 4 28 24 15 52
2 Darmstadt 98 28 15 6 7 56 35 14 8 3 3 31 18 14 7 3 4 25 17 21 51
3 St. Pauli 28 15 6 7 53 38 13 10 2 1 32 13 15 5 4 6 21 25 15 51
4 Schalke 04 28 15 5 8 56 34 14 8 2 4 33 21 14 7 3 4 23 13 22 50
5 Nürnberg 28 13 7 8 41 37 14 7 3 4 20 16 14 6 4 4 21 21 4 46
6 Heidenheim 28 13 6 9 37 36 14 9 4 1 24 13 14 4 2 8 13 23 1 45
7 Hamburger SV 27 10 12 5 47 29 14 6 6 2 27 16 13 4 6 3 20 13 18 42
8 Paderborn 28 10 10 8 48 39 14 2 6 6 19 22 14 8 4 2 29 17 9 40
9 Karlsruher SC 28 9 11 8 48 42 15 5 7 3 28 22 13 4 4 5 20 20 6 38
10 Jahn Regensburg 28 10 7 11 45 40 14 6 3 5 28 22 14 4 4 6 17 18 5 37
11 Hansa Rostock 28 10 7 11 36 43 14 4 3 7 14 21 14 6 4 4 22 22 -7 37
12 Holstein Kiel 28 9 7 12 37 48 14 6 2 6 18 22 14 3 5 6 19 26 -11 34
13 Fortuna Düsseldorf 28 8 9 11 35 36 14 4 5 5 21 18 14 4 4 6 14 18 -1 33
14 Hannover 96 28 8 8 12 26 41 14 4 5 5 11 17 14 4 3 7 15 24 -15 32
15 Sandhausen 28 7 10 11 31 45 13 2 4 7 12 24 15 5 6 4 19 21 -14 31
16 Dynamo Dresden 28 7 7 14 27 38 14 5 3 6 17 16 14 2 4 8 10 22 -11 28
17 Erzgebirge Aue 27 4 7 16 26 54 14 3 2 9 11 26 13 1 5 7 15 28 -28 19
18 Ingolstadt 28 4 6 18 25 54 14 2 4 8 12 24 14 2 2 10 13 30 -29 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.