Struggling Sandhausen will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Karlsruher SC in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Sandhausen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Karlsruher SC is in the best form (4-2-0)
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.
Sandhausen form and stats
Sandhausen have collected 15 points from their 2. Bundesliga home games so far after 4-3-3.
Sandhausen are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus St. Pauli. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Nurnberg.
A decent goal production from Sandhausen in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 10 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Sandhausen defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Karlsruher SC form and stats
The visitors are W6-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the 2. Bundesliga. Karlsruher have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
Karlsruher played 0-0 against Jahn Regensburg in their previous match. Prior to that result Karlsruher SC won their away game at Bochum. The scoreline was 2-1.
Karlsruher are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 10 away games so far. Karlsruher SC struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Karlsruher SC - Sandhausen 3-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Sandhausen won three, Karlsruher SC won five and two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Hofmann 8 goals |   D. Keita-Ruel 7 goals | K. Behrens 6 goals |
Sandhausen missing players
Karlsruher SC missing players
| Sandhausen | Karlsruher SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 22 | 15 | 1 | Scored | S | 12 | 19 | 33 |
| 39 | 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 27 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 85% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 75% |
| 65% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 70% | 60% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 30% |
| 15% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 30% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 70% | 60% |
| 15% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 10% | 25% |
| 35% | 20% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.8 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9.4 | 10.4 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 11.5 | 12.6 |
| 3.2 | 3.6 | 1.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| 34% | 42% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 80% | 51% | 38% |
- Karlsruher SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Karlsruher SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Karlsruher SC is in the best form (4-2-0)
- Sandhausen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hamburger SV | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 21 | 41 |
| 2 | Bochum | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 39 |
| 3 | Greuther Fürth | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 17 | 38 |
| 4 | Holstein Kiel | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 36 |
| 5 | Karlsruher SC | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 33 |
| 6 | Hannover 96 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 32 |
| 7 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 32 |
| 8 | Erzgebirge Aue | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 29 |
| 9 | Paderborn | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 26 |
| 10 | Heidenheim | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 26 |
| 11 | Jahn Regensburg | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 25 |
| 12 | Nurnberg | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -5 | 23 |
| 13 | Darmstadt 98 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 21 | -5 | 22 |
| 14 | St. Pauli | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | -6 | 22 |
| 15 | Osnabruck | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -10 | 22 |
| 16 | Sandhausen | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 24 | -17 | 18 |
| 17 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 23 | -22 | 17 |
| 18 | Wurzburger Kickers | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 23 | -21 | 12 |
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