The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. St. Pauli are in the 11th position while the guesting Karlsruher SC worry at 17th.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
St. Pauli form and stats
Only two 2. Bundesliga home games for St. Pauli so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat. The last three games played by Pauli, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.
Pauli manager T. Schultz and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Hamburger SV (placed 1st) in the 2. Bundesliga. Preceding that game was the away draw at Darmstadt 98 that finished 2-2.
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 Pauli have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won five, drawn three and lost one.
St. Pauli has scored 6 goals so far and conceded 4 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Karlsruher SC form and stats
Still no away game victory in the 2. Bundesliga for Karlsruher SC with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.
Home advantage was not enough for Karlsruher in their previous game, as they lost their 2. Bundesliga-match, hosting Darmstadt 98, 3-4. A 1-1 draw at Nurnberg's stadium before that.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Darmstadt 98 was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? Late heartbreak for Karlsruher SC in the Darmstadt 98 match, as the deciding 3-4 goal came deep into overtime.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Karlsruher SC in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Karlsruher SC, three draws and four defeats.
Karlsruher SC are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 3 away games. Karlsruher have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two St. Pauli victories, four draws and four Karlsruher SC wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Zalazar Martínez 3 goals |  D. Kyereh 3 goals |   P. Hofmann 3 goals |
St. Pauli missing players
Karlsruher SC missing players
| St. Pauli | Karlsruher SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | 6 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | 4 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 50% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 75 | 26 | 26 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 31 | 81 |
| 31 | 12 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 8 | 27 |
| 39% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 12% | 26% |
- All of St. Pauli's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Karlsruher SC have yet to win a game away.
- Karlsruher SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- St. Pauli have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- St. Pauli have not yet lost a game at home.
- St. Pauli 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | Bochum | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Holstein Kiel | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | Osnabruck | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Greuther Fürth | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Hannover 96 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | Jahn Regensburg | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Darmstadt 98 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Paderborn | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | Erzgebirge Aue | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 11 | St. Pauli | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| 12 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 13 | Sandhausen | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 14 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -6 | 7 |
| 15 | Nurnberg | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
| 16 | Heidenheim | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 5 |
| 17 | Karlsruher SC | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 18 | Würzburger Kickers | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -9 | 1 |
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