📏 Form Guide

Karlsruhe

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Karlsruhe head into this game after a 2-2 Bundesliga 2 drawn match versus Regensburg.

In that game, Karlsruhe had 58% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. For Karlsruhe, the goalscorers were Marvin Wanitzek (4') and Dženis Burnić (31'). Jahn Regensburg had 20 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Rasim Bulić (17') and Eric Hottmann (65') scored for Regensburg.

Karlsruhe haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, finding the back of the net in one hundred percent of their last 6 games.

They have claimed a sum of 9 during that time while also conceding a total of 6. Let’s see if that trend will be sustained here.

Analysis of their past results shows that Karlsruhe:

• haven't been beaten in the league by SC Paderborn 07 in their previous 2 matches.
• are undefeated in their previous 6 league matches at home.

SC Paderborn 07

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Paderborn will come into the encounter after a 2-1 Bundesliga 2 win in the defeat of Magdeburg in their last match.

In that game, SC Paderborn 07 had 56% possession and 21 shots on goal with 4 on target. For SC Paderborn 07, the scorers were Calvin Brackelmann (41') and Felix Götze (61'). At the other end, Magdeburg had 9 shots at goal with 3 on target. Martijn Kaars (15') scored for Magdeburg.

Proving their fondness for action-packed matches, the back of the net has been hit 20 times in the prior six matches in which SC Paderborn 07 have taken to the pitch, yielding an average of 3.33 goals each clash. Opposing teams have managed 9 of this grand total.

Taking a look at their past results, SC Paderborn 07:

• haven't been defeated by Karlsruhe in games played away from home for the previous 3 league games.
• are unbeaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 10/04/2022 shows that Karlsruhe have won 1 of these games & Paderborn 3, with the number of drawn matches being 2.

A combined total of 18 goals were scored between them in these games, with 5 of them from Karlsruhe and 13 for Paderborn. That is an average goals per game value of 3.

The last league meeting between the two was Bundesliga 2 match day 17 on 21/12/2024 which ended up with the score at SC Paderborn 07 1-2 Karlsruhe.

On that day, SC Paderborn 07 managed 62% possession and 20 shots on goal with 9 of them on target. The scorer was Raphael Obermair (45').

For their opponents, Karlsruhe got 9 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Sebastian Jung (16') and Budu Zivzivadze (34') scored.

The referee was Max Burda.

📋 Team News: Karlsruhe

Fabian Schleusener (Torn muscle fiber in the adductor area), Luca Pfeiffer (Foot surgery), Andrin Hunziker (Torn muscle fiber), Efe-Kaan Sihlaroglu (Knee surgery) and Louey Ben Farhat (Ankle problems) will not be taking part for Karlsruhe manager Christian Eichner.

It looks as if Karlsruhe may well make use of the 3-3-2-2 formation this time, utilising Max Weiss, Christoph Kobald, Marcel Franke, Marcel Beifus, Sebastian Jung, Leon Jensen, David Herold, Dzenis Burnic, Marvin Wanitzek, Bambase Conte and Lilian Egloff.

ℹ️ Team News: Paderborn

There’s a good chance that Paderborn will likely elect for a 3-4-2-1 system, giving starts to Manuel Riemann, Tjark Scheller, Felix Goetze, Calvin Brackelmann, Raphael Obermair, Marcel Hoffmeier, Mattes Hansen, Aaron Zehnter, Marvin Mehlem, Filip Bilbija and Ilyas Ansah.

💭 Prediction

We believe that Karlsruhe are capable enough to score a goal against this SC Paderborn 07 outfit, although one goal likely won’t be enough to avoid a loss.

We’re therefore expecting a tight encounter finishing with a 1-2 winning score for SC Paderborn 07 after the 90. Looking forward to this.

Lucas Pereira, 13:04 18/05/2025