Another interesting game in the 2. Bundesliga. Sandhausen is in the 17th position after playing two matches. They welcome Karlsruher SC who are placed 1st after two games.
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.
Sandhausen form and stats
Sandhausen's first 2. Bundesliga home game here at BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 9 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats from 17 matches.
Stress levels are on the rise for Sandhausen's attacking players as they have now played 210 minutes without scoring in a league game. K. Behrens was their last goal scorer.
The Sandhausen crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-4 to RB Leipzig here at BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald in a DFB Pokal match. Daniel Keita-Ruel, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 6.93 (out of 10). Keita-Ruel hit one key pass. Sandhausen were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Prior to that, an away loss at Jahn Regensburg in the 2. Bundesliga.At BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald, Sandhausen has the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Karlsruher SC form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the 2. Bundesliga, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 9 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats from 17 matches.
Karlsruher play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-1 victory visiting Sportfreunde Lotte. The attacker Fabio Kaufmann got a match rating of 8.62 in that game. Kaufmann scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Darmstadt 98.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Karlsruher SC has managed 3 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the former ten meetings involving these two participants are: three wins for Sandhausen, two draws and five wins for Karlsruher SC. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  P. Hofmann 3 goals |  S. Jung 1 goals |  C. Kobald 1 goals |
Sandhausen missing players
Karlsruher SC missing players
| Sandhausen | Karlsruher SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8.5 | 9 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5.5 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 3.5 |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.5 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12 | 13 |
| 2.5 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 60% | 67% |
| Sandhausen | Last season | Karlsruher SC | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 10 | 9 | Won | W | 9 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 20 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 41 | 29 | Scored | S | 32 | 51 | ||
| 60 | 21 | Conceded | C | 26 | 44 | ||
| 97% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 82% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 68% | ||
| 62% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 56% | ||
| 35% | 35% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 35% | ||
| 18% | 24% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 50% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 76% | 59% | ||
| 21% | 41% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 26% | ||
| 32% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 26% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.6 | ||
| 5.9 | 6.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10.9 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 12.1 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | ||
| 33% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Karlsruher SC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Jahn Regensburg | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Dynamo Dresden | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | St. Pauli | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Hamburger SV | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Werder Bremen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Heidenheim | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Hansa Rostock | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Schalke 04 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Nurnberg | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Paderborn | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Erzgebirge Aue | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Hannover 96 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Ingolstadt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 16 | Darmstadt 98 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 17 | Sandhausen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 18 | Holstein Kiel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bochum | 34 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 66 | 39 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 27 | 67 |
| 2 | Greuther Furth | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 69 | 44 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 21 | 25 | 64 |
| 3 | Holstein Kiel | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 57 | 35 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 22 | 62 |
| 4 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 71 | 44 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 28 | 27 | 58 |
| 5 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 55 | 46 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 9 | 56 |
| 6 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 51 | 44 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 26 | 7 | 52 |
| 7 | Darmstadt 98 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 63 | 55 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 32 | 8 | 51 |
| 8 | Heidenheim | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 49 | 49 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 33 | 0 | 51 |
| 9 | Paderborn | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 53 | 45 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 47 |
| 10 | St. Pauli | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 51 | 56 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 31 | -5 | 47 |
| 11 | Nurnberg | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 46 | 51 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 28 | -5 | 44 |
| 12 | Erzgebirge Aue | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 44 | 53 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 25 | -9 | 44 |
| 13 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 53 | 51 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 2 | 42 |
| 14 | Jahn Regensburg | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 37 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 29 | -13 | 38 |
| 15 | Sandhausen | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 41 | 60 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 39 | -19 | 34 |
| 16 | Osnabruck | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 35 | 58 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 16 | 34 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 24 | -23 | 33 |
| 17 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 59 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 36 | -29 | 31 |
| 18 | Wurzburger Kickers | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 37 | 69 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 33 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 36 | -32 | 25 |
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