📊 Form Guide

Hamburg

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Hamburg enter this match after a 2-2 Bundesliga 2 tied result versus Schalke.

In that match, Hamburg had 77% possession and 26 attempts on goal with 12 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Hamburg was Emir Sahiti (41', 43'). On the other side, Schalke 04 had 12 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Ron Schallenberg (15') and Moussa Sylla (81') scored for Schalke.

Fixtures with Hamburg have usually been entertaining encounters recently with high scoring anticipated. Over their past half dozen clashes, a grand total of 21 goals have been scored for both teams combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 14 of these coming from Hamburg.

Coming into this meeting, Hamburg are without a win at home for the past 2 league games.

Karlsruhe

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Karlsruhe will come into the game after a 1-0 Bundesliga 2 win vs Greuther Furth in their most recent match.

In that match, Karlsruhe had 46% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Karlsruhe was Marvin Wanitzek (75'). Greuther Furth got 13 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

The strike force from Karlsruhe have suffered from a lack of goals over their last 6 encounters, recording the disappointing return of only 4. In those fixtures, Karlsruhe have also seen the overall goal aggregate of their opponents equal 7. Previous results aside, time will tell whether such a trend might be sustained in this next match or not.

Coming into this meeting, Karlsruhe are without a win away from home in their last 6 league games.

👥 Head to head

A look at their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 16/04/2022 shows that Hamburg have won 3 of these games and Karlsruhe 2, with the number of draws being 1.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 25 in total which averages out at 4.17 goals per meeting.

The previous league meeting featuring these clubs was Bundesliga 2 match day 14 on 01/12/2024 when it finished Karlsruhe 1-3 Hamburg.

In that game, Karlsruhe had 48% possession and 21 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Their only player to score was Fabian Schleusener (36').

For their opponents, Hamburg got 19 shots at goal with 8 on target. Jean-Luc Dompé (23', 55') and Davie Selke (87') scored.

The match was refereed by Sascha Stegemann.

📰 Team News: Hamburg

Matheo Raab (Broken hand), Miro Muheim (Torn muscle fiber), Aboubaka Soumahoro (Tendon rupture), Nicolas Oliveira (Internal ligament tear), Noah Katterbach (Cruciate ligament tear) and Bakery Jatta (Syndesmotic ligament tear) won’t be able to feature for Hamburg manager Merlin Polzin.

In our view, Hamburg should opt for a 4-1-2-3 formation for the game, beginning the first half with D. Heuer Fernandes, William Mikelbrencis, Dennis Hadzikadunic, Daniel Elfadli, Silvan Hefti, Jonas Meffert, Adam Karabec, Ludovit Reis, Emir Sahiti, Davie Selke and Jean-Luc Dompe.

🗞️ Team News: Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe manager Christian Eichner has some current player fitness concerns. Sebastian Jung (Adductor injury), Luca Pfeiffer (Foot surgery) and Efe Kaan Sihlaroglu (Knee surgery) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

We reckon that Karlsruhe will likely play in a 3-5-2 lineup, settling for Max Weiß, Christoph Kobald, Robin Bormuth, Marcel Beifus, Rafael Pinto Pedrosa, Leon Jensen, Nicolai Rapp, Marvin Wanitzek, Dzenis Burnic, Louey Ben Farhat and Bambasé Conté.

💡 Prediction

In our view, Karlsruhe will surely be able to get a goal against this Hamburg outfit, but that might not quite be enough to avoid defeat.

Our tip is for a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 win for Hamburg at full-time. Hopefully this is a good one.

Peter Guest, 11:01 27/04/2025