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FC Schalke 04 v Karlsruher SC : Bundesliga 2 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 16th Feb, 12:30 BST, Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen

Kees Van Wonderen's FC Schalke 04 side enjoy home advantage in the Bundesliga 2 on Sunday lunch time, as Christian Eichner's Karlsruher SC arrive at the Veltins-Arena. We provide predictions based on in-depth statistical analysis of both teams, across 17 major markets. Data shown and the odds is designed to fit each market, and head-to-head stats are included for all.


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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Schalke
37%
--
Draw
21%
--
Karlsruher
42%
--
Karlsruher 2-1
8%
--
Draw 1-1
8%
--
Draw 2-2
7%
--
Schalke 2-1
7%
--
Karlsruher 3-1
5%
--
Karlsruher 3-2
5%
--
Schalke 3-2
5%
--
Schalke 3-1
5%
--
Karlsruher 2-0
4%
--
Karlsruher 1-0
4%
--
Schalke 1-0
4%
--
Schalke 2-0
4%
--
Draw 3-3
3%
--
Karlsruher 3-0
3%
--
Karlsruher 4-1
3%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
75%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
25%
--
Home 1st Goal
49%
--
Away 1st Goal
50%
--
No 1st Goal
1%
--
BTTS - Yes
74%
--
BTTS - No
26%
--
BTTS - Home Win
26%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
29%
--
Home/draw
58%
--
Away/draw
63%
--
Home/away
79%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
90%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
10%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
56%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
44%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
36%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
64%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
21%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
79%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
98%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
2%
--
Home DNB
51%
--
Away DNB
57%
--
Schalke win to nil
11%
--
Karlsruher win to nil
13%
--
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Win / draw / win Bundesliga 2 table

Schalke have played 20 matches so far this season and are in 13th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

14 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 4 and won 3. Schalke have conceded 33 goals, scored 25, failed to score in 3 matches and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Schalke have played 10 games at home, winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 5 fixtures. They have scored 22 goals, conceded 25 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Karlsruher lay in 8th place on 30 points in the Bundesliga 2 league table having played 20 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 12 games against teams below them in the table, winning 7, drawing 3 and losing 2 games. They have scored 26 goals and kept 2 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Karlsruher have conceded 20 goals and scored in every game.

Away league performance

Karlsruher have played 11 away games, winning 4, drawing 4 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.7 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.7 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Schalke
Karlsruher
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Köln2011451037 
l
 
1-3A
Feb 9
Mar 1
d
 
4-4A
2
Hamburg209831835 
Apr 19
d
 
2-2A
l
 
1-3A
Apr 26
3
Magdeburg209831235 
l
 
2-5A
d
 
2-2F
Feb 22
d
 
2-2A
4
Kaiserslautern201055735 
l
 
0-3A
Apr 26
May 3
l
 
3-1A
5
Dusseldorf20965733 
d
 
1-1A
May 10
l
 
2-3F
d
 
0-00-0
6
Hannover20956632 
Mar 15
l
 
1-0A
Apr 5
l
 
2-1F
7
Paderborn20875431 
May 3
w
 
2-4A
May 18
w
 
1-2F
8
Karlsruher Away20866130 
Feb 16
l
 
2-0A
-
-
9
Elversberg20857529 
May 18
w
 
1-4F
w
 
3-2F
d
 
2-2A
10
Nurnberg20848128 
w
 
3-1F
l
 
3-1F
w
 
3-2A
l
 
2-1A
11
Darmstadt20677525 
l
 
3-5F
Feb 23
d
 
3-3F
Mar 8
12
H.Berlin20749-225 
d
 
2-2A
Mar 8
l
 
1-3A
Mar 29
13
Schalke Home20668-224 
-
-
w
 
2-0F
Feb 16
14
Greuther20659-1123 
l
 
3-4A
Mar 29
Apr 19
w
 
2-3A
15
Preussen Munster20488-520 
Feb 28
w
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1F
Apr 12
16
Ulm20389-217 
Apr 5
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 15
w
 
0-1F
17
E. Braun203611-2115 
w
 
5-1F
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 9
w
 
1-2A
18
Regensburg204214-3314 
w
 
2-0F
Apr 12
w
 
4-2A
May 10
Promotion
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Win / draw / win form
Schalke 13TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
37
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Schalke2 - 5Magdeburg
Schalke3 - 1Nurnberg
Schalke1 - 1Dusseldorf
Schalke0 - 3Kaiserslautern
Schalke2 - 0Regensburg
Schalke3 - 4Greuther
Schalke2 - 2H.Berlin
Schalke3 - 5Darmstadt
Schalke1 - 3Köln
Schalke5 - 1E. Braun
Schalke2 - 1Rostock
Schalke1 - 1Dusseldorf
Schalke2 - 0Nurnberg
Schalke0 - 0Karlsruher
Schalke3 - 3Paderborn
Schalke3 - 1St. Pauli
Schalke1 - 0Wiesbaden
Schalke1 - 0E. Braun
Schalke0 - 2Hamburg
Schalke2 - 2Greuther
Goals: Scored
37
Conceded
39
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
Draw
6
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSchalke2 - 5Magdeburg
HSchalke3 - 1Nurnberg
ASchalke0 - 0E. Braun
ASchalke4 - 1Elversberg
HSchalke1 - 1Dusseldorf
ASchalke4 - 2Paderborn
HSchalke0 - 3Kaiserslautern
ASchalke2 - 2Hamburg
HSchalke2 - 0Regensburg
ASchalke0 - 0Ulm
HSchalke3 - 4Greuther
ASchalke0 - 1Hannover
HSchalke2 - 2H.Berlin
ASchalke2 - 1Preussen Munster
HSchalke3 - 5Darmstadt
ASchalke0 - 2Karlsruher
HSchalke1 - 3Köln
ASchalke2 - 2Magdeburg
ASchalke1 - 3Nurnberg
HSchalke5 - 1E. Braun
Karlsruher 8TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
9
Draw
6
Lost
5
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Elversberg2 - 2Karlsruher
Nurnberg2 - 1Karlsruher
Paderborn1 - 2Karlsruher
Kaiserslautern3 - 1Karlsruher
Greuther2 - 3Karlsruher
Hannover2 - 1Karlsruher
Ulm0 - 1Karlsruher
Köln4 - 4Karlsruher
Magdeburg2 - 2Karlsruher
E. Braun1 - 2Karlsruher
Dusseldorf0 - 0Karlsruher
Elversberg0 - 3Karlsruher
Rostock1 - 2Karlsruher
Nurnberg0 - 1Karlsruher
Paderborn1 - 1Karlsruher
Schalke0 - 0Karlsruher
Holstein1 - 0Karlsruher
Kaiserslautern0 - 4Karlsruher
E. Braun2 - 0Karlsruher
Hamburg3 - 4Karlsruher
Goals: Scored
39
Conceded
38
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AKarlsruher2 - 2Elversberg
HKarlsruher2 - 3Dusseldorf
AKarlsruher1 - 2Nurnberg
AKarlsruher2 - 1Paderborn
HKarlsruher4 - 2Regensburg
AKarlsruher1 - 3Kaiserslautern
HKarlsruher1 - 3Hamburg
AKarlsruher3 - 2Greuther
HKarlsruher1 - 1Preussen Munster
AKarlsruher1 - 2Hannover
HKarlsruher1 - 3H.Berlin
AKarlsruher1 - 0Ulm
HKarlsruher3 - 3Darmstadt
AKarlsruher4 - 4Köln
AKarlsruher2 - 2Magdeburg
HKarlsruher2 - 0Schalke
AKarlsruher2 - 1E. Braun
HKarlsruher3 - 2Elversberg
AKarlsruher0 - 0Dusseldorf
HKarlsruher3 - 2Nurnberg
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
5
Karlsruher have not lost to Schalke in 5 consecutive league meetings
3
Karlsruher have kept a clean sheet in 3 consecutive league meetings with Schalke
League games at Schalke since 2021
Schalke
Karlsruher
Goals: Scored
1
2
Games: Scored
1 / 2
1 / 2
Clean sheets
1 / 2
1 / 2
D
1
KSC
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Schalke
Draw0 - 0Draw
1 - 2Karlsruher
League games at Karlsruher since 2022
Karlsruher
Schalke
Goals: Scored
6
1
Games: Scored
3 / 3
1 / 3
Clean sheets
2 / 3
0 / 3
D
1
KSC
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Karlsruher
Karlsruher2 - 0
Karlsruher3 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics

FC Schalke 04's fans will be hoping for goals on Sunday lunch time, not least because Karlsruher SC have conceded in each of their last 11 Bundesliga 2 matches. A PG of 1.9 for Kees Van Wonderen's side suggests that run should continue.

A PG of 2.0 is decent for Karlsruher SC in their meeting with FC Schalke 04, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 18 consecutive Bundesliga 2 matches.

Schalke 13th Karlsruher 8th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.9
goals
2.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
15%
1
28%
2
27%
3
17%
4+
13%
There is a 85% probability that Schalke will score 1 or more goals
0
13%
1
27%
2
27%
3
18%
4+
15%
There is a 60% probability that Karlsruher will score 2 or more goals in this match
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+2
Schalke’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+8
Karlsruher’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.9
average goals scored
1.7
average goals scored
1.8
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Bundesliga 2 - 2024/2025 season
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Schalke
PG (predicted goals)
Karlsruher
1.9
2
Attack rating
%
better
S04
KSC
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Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
S04
KSC
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

Schalke v Karlsruher Bundesliga 2 lLine ups will show here when available.

Schalke Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
191335
M SyllaM SyllaD MurkinK Karaman
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Schallenberg MID1921
3
1
M Sylla FWD19131
1
-
K Karaman FWD19112
5
-
J Heekeren GLK181
-
D Murkin DEF183
3
-
M Aydın MID182
3
-
A Donkor DEF161
2
-
T. Bulut DEF1511
2
-
T Mohr MID1533
4
-
J Bachmann MID1521
4
-
P Seguin MID1513
5
-
M Kaminski DEF14
4
-
T Kalas  DEF131
1
-
M. Grüger MID131
4
-
A Younes FWD1311
2
-
C Antwi-Adjei FWD112
1
-
I Hamache FWD9
-
A Gantenbein DEF811
1
-
E Højlund FWD6
-
F Sánchez DEF4
2
1
I Cissé DEF41
1
-
P Ba FWD11
-
Karlsruher Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
20899
M WeißM WanitzekM WanitzekD Burnic
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Weiß GLK20
2
-
D Herold DEF201
-
M Wanitzek MID2089
3
-
F Schleusener FWD2063
4
-
M Beifus DEF19
2
-
M Franke DEF192
4
-
S Jung DEF1911
1
-
L Jensen MID183
7
-
R Heußer MID181
2
-
N Rapp MID18
8
-
D Burnic MID1811
9
-
B Conté MID1612
1
-
A Hunziker FWD1421
3
-
L Pfeiffer FWD133
1
-
L Günther DEF1112
1
-
R. Pinto Pedrosa DEF71
-
L Egloff MID6
-
C Kobald DEF4
1
-
M Kaufmann FWD31
-
R Bormuth DEF2
-
D. Salz FWD2
-
E. Zengin DEF1
-
L. Farhat MID1
-
A. Ersungur MID1
-
R. Geller FWD1
-