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Karlsruher SC v SC Paderborn 07 : Bundesliga 2 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 18th May, 14:30 BST, Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe

Sunday afternoon at the Wildparkstadion, and it’s a Bundesliga 2 showdown between Karlsruher SC and SC Paderborn 07. Christian Eichner and Lukas Kwasniok will be doing all they can to claim victory. We want to see our users winning on this match, so every statistics you could realistically need to make a sound selection is shown below. Go between seventeen betting markets or take our top tip. We've got predictions, head-to-head analysis and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers for every one.

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We're ruling out a bore-draw or a narrow 1-0 win here, and instead we're tipping over 1.5 goals. That means that Karlsruher and Paderborn will score at least 2 between them during 90 minutes. It's a prediction based on the recent form of the respective sides, as well as their historic head-to-heads. We give it a probability of 79%. The bookies have it available at 1.12.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 49% chance of Paderborn coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Karlsruher 28%	10/3 4%	-
Draw 24%	7/2	-
Paderborn 49%	13/20 2%	-
Draw 1-1 11%	17/2	-
Paderborn 2-1 10%	8/1 6%	-
Paderborn 1-0 9%	11/1	-
Paderborn 2-0 8%	10/1	-
Karlsruher 2-1 7%	14/1	-
Karlsruher 1-0 6%	18/1 10%	-
Draw 2-2 6%	12/1	-
Paderborn 3-1 5%	11/1	-
Draw 0-0 5%	22/1 10%	-
Paderborn 3-0 4%	14/1	-
Karlsruher 2-0 4%	28/1	-
Paderborn 3-2 3%	16/1	-
Karlsruher 3-1 3%	28/1	-
Karlsruher 3-2 2%	25/1 10%	-
Paderborn 4-1 2%	20/1 11%	-
Over 2.5 Goals 57%	2/5 3%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 43%	15/8 7%	-
Home 1st Goal 45%	13/8 5%	-
Away 1st Goal 52%	4/9	-
No 1st Goal 3%	22/1 10%	-
BTTS - Yes 58%	4/9 4%	-
BTTS - No 42%	13/8 5%	-
BTTS - Home Win 15%	11/2	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	4/1	-
BTTS - Away Win 25%	7/4	-
Home/draw 51%	6/5 2%	-
Away/draw 72%	2/9 3%	-
Home/away 76%	2/11	-
Over 1.5 Goals 79%	1/9 1%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 21%	11/2 8%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 34%	1/1	-
Under 3.5 Goals 66%	8/11	-
Over 4.5 Goals 18%	12/5	-
Under 4.5 Goals 82%	3/10	-
Over 5.5 Goals 8%	5/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 92%	1/8	-
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	1/80	-
Under 0.5 Goals 5%	22/1 10%	-
Home DNB 44%	12/5 3%	-
Away DNB 65%	3/10 1%	-
Karlsruher win to nil 13%	9/1 9%	-
Paderborn win to nil 24%	11/4 7%	-
Karlsruher / Karlsruher 11%	13/2	-
Karlsruher / Paderborn 5%	16/1	-
Karlsruher / Draw 6%	14/1	-
Draw / Karlsruher 8%	9/1 9%	-
Draw / Paderborn 17%	4/1	-
Draw / Draw 11%	13/2	-
Paderborn / Karlsruher 3%	28/1	-
Paderborn / Paderborn 33%	6/4 4%	-
Paderborn / Draw 6%	12/1	-

Win / draw / win Bundesliga 2 table

Karlsruher have played 33 matches so far this season and are in 9th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

15 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn 5 and won 6. Karlsruher have conceded 26 goals, scored 27, failed to score in 1 match and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Karlsruher have played 16 games at home, winning 8, drawing 4 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 28 goals, conceded 24 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Paderborn lay in 4th place on 55 points in the Bundesliga 2 league table having played 33 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 27 games against teams below them in the table, winning 12, drawing 8 and losing 7 games. They have scored 45 goals and kept 8 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Paderborn have conceded 36 goals and have failed to score in 4 matches.

Away league performance

Paderborn have played 16 away games, winning 7, drawing 7 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.6 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.3 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Karlsruher Paderborn
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Hamburg	33	16	11	6	35	59	l 1-3A	w 1-2F	w 2-0F	d 2-2F
2	Köln	33	17	7	9	11	58	w 1-0F	d 4-4A	l 1-2F	w 1-2A
3	Elversberg	33	15	10	8	26	55	w 3-2F	d 2-2A	d 1-1F	w 1-3A
4	Paderborn Away	33	15	10	8	13	55	May 18	w 1-2F	-	-
5	Dusseldorf	33	14	11	8	7	53	l 2-3F	d 0-00-0	l 1-2A	d 1-1F
6	Kaiserslautern	33	15	8	10	5	53	d 2-2F	l 3-1A	w 5-3F	l 3-0A
7	Magdeburg	33	13	11	9	10	50	w 3-1A	d 2-2A	w 2-1A	d 1-1A
8	Hannover	33	13	11	9	5	50	w 1-0F	l 2-1F	w 2-1F	d 1-1A
9	Karlsruher Home	33	13	10	10	-1	49	-	-	l 1-2A	May 18
10	Nurnberg	33	13	6	14	0	45	w 3-2A	l 2-1A	w 3-2F	w 2-3A
11	H.Berlin	33	12	7	14	-2	43	l 1-3A	l 3-1A	l 1-2A	w 1-2F
12	Darmstadt	33	10	9	14	-1	39	d 3-3F	l 3-0A	w 3-1A	w 0-1F
13	Schalke	33	10	8	15	-9	38	w 2-0F	l 2-1A	l 2-4F	w 0-2F
14	Greuther	33	9	9	15	-15	36	w 1-0F	w 2-3A	l 1-2A	d 1-1A
15	Preussen Munster	33	8	11	14	-3	35	d 1-1F	d 1-1F	w 2-0F	d 3-3A
16	E. Braun	33	8	11	14	-23	35	l 0-2A	w 1-2A	d 0-00-0	l 3-2F
17	Ulm	33	6	11	16	-12	29	d 0-00-0	w 0-1F	d 0-00-0	w 0-2F
18	Regensburg	33	6	7	20	-46	25	w 4-2A	d 2-2F	w 3-0F	d 0-00-0

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Win / draw / win form

Karlsruher have not lost in 6 consecutive home league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Karlsruher	2 - 2	Kaiserslautern
Karlsruher	1 - 0	Greuther
Karlsruher	1 - 0	Hannover
Karlsruher	0 - 0	Ulm
Karlsruher	1 - 0	Köln
Karlsruher	3 - 1	Magdeburg
Karlsruher	0 - 2	E. Braun
Karlsruher	2 - 3	Dusseldorf
Karlsruher	4 - 2	Regensburg
Karlsruher	1 - 3	Hamburg
Karlsruher	1 - 1	Preussen Munster
Karlsruher	1 - 3	H.Berlin
Karlsruher	3 - 3	Darmstadt
Karlsruher	2 - 0	Schalke
Karlsruher	3 - 2	Elversberg
Karlsruher	3 - 2	Nurnberg
Karlsruher	1 - 2	Hannover
Karlsruher	3 - 2	H.Berlin
Karlsruher	2 - 1	St. Pauli
Karlsruher	7 - 0	Magdeburg

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Karlsruher	2 - 2	Regensburg
H	Karlsruher	2 - 2	Kaiserslautern
A	Karlsruher	2 - 1	Hamburg
H	Karlsruher	1 - 0	Greuther
A	Karlsruher	1 - 1	Preussen Munster
H	Karlsruher	1 - 0	Hannover
A	Karlsruher	1 - 3	H.Berlin
H	Karlsruher	0 - 0	Ulm
A	Karlsruher	0 - 3	Darmstadt
H	Karlsruher	1 - 0	Köln
H	Karlsruher	3 - 1	Magdeburg
A	Karlsruher	1 - 2	Schalke
H	Karlsruher	0 - 2	E. Braun
A	Karlsruher	2 - 2	Elversberg
H	Karlsruher	2 - 3	Dusseldorf
A	Karlsruher	1 - 2	Nurnberg
A	Karlsruher	2 - 1	Paderborn
H	Karlsruher	4 - 2	Regensburg
A	Karlsruher	1 - 3	Kaiserslautern
H	Karlsruher	1 - 3	Hamburg

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Schalke	0 - 2	Paderborn
Nurnberg	2 - 3	Paderborn
E. Braun	3 - 2	Paderborn
Regensburg	0 - 0	Paderborn
Hannover	1 - 1	Paderborn
Ulm	0 - 2	Paderborn
Darmstadt	0 - 1	Paderborn
Magdeburg	1 - 1	Paderborn
Elversberg	1 - 3	Paderborn
Dusseldorf	1 - 1	Paderborn
Köln	1 - 2	Paderborn
Kaiserslautern	3 - 0	Paderborn
Hamburg	2 - 2	Paderborn
Preussen Munster	3 - 3	Paderborn
Greuther	1 - 1	Paderborn
H.Berlin	1 - 2	Paderborn
Rostock	1 - 2	Paderborn
Hannover	3 - 2	Paderborn
Nurnberg	0 - 2	Paderborn
St. Pauli	2 - 1	Paderborn

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Paderborn	2 - 1	Magdeburg
A	Paderborn	2 - 0	Schalke
H	Paderborn	1 - 1	Elversberg
A	Paderborn	3 - 2	Nurnberg
H	Paderborn	1 - 2	Dusseldorf
A	Paderborn	2 - 3	E. Braun
H	Paderborn	1 - 2	Köln
H	Paderborn	5 - 3	Kaiserslautern
A	Paderborn	0 - 0	Regensburg
H	Paderborn	2 - 0	Hamburg
A	Paderborn	1 - 1	Hannover
H	Paderborn	2 - 0	Preussen Munster
A	Paderborn	2 - 0	Ulm
H	Paderborn	1 - 2	Greuther
A	Paderborn	1 - 0	Darmstadt
H	Paderborn	1 - 2	H.Berlin
H	Paderborn	1 - 2	Karlsruher
A	Paderborn	1 - 1	Magdeburg
H	Paderborn	2 - 4	Schalke
A	Paderborn	3 - 1	Elversberg

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Paderborn have beaten Karlsruher in 3 consecutive away league meetings

Karlsruher

Paderborn

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

2 / 5

3 / 5

Clean sheets

2 / 5

3 / 5

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FIXTURE HISTORY AT Karlsruher
	0 - 3	Paderborn
	0 - 1	Paderborn
	2 - 4	Paderborn
Karlsruher	1 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw

Paderborn

Karlsruher

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 6

4 / 6

Clean sheets

2 / 6

0 / 6

KSC

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FIXTURE HISTORY AT Paderborn
	1 - 2	Karlsruher
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Paderborn	5 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Paderborn	2 - 0

Goal Statistics

SC Paderborn 07 have been consistent in attack of late, finding the net in 7 consecutive Bundesliga 2 matches. Their PG of 1.7 against Karlsruher SC on Sunday suggests that run is likely to continue.

	Karlsruher 9th	Paderborn 4th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.2 goals	1.7 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 29% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 65% probability that Karlsruher will score no more than 1 goal	0 18% 1 31% 2 26% 3 15% 4+ 10% There is a 82% probability that Paderborn will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+6 Karlsruher’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+6 Paderborn’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	2.1 average goals scored	1.7 average goals scored
	1.5 conceded	1.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Bundesliga 2 - 2024/2025 season

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Games scored	29		29
Failed to score	4		4
Scored first	15		16
Goals scored	54		56
Avg. goals scored	1.6		1.7
Avg. shots per game	9		11
Avg. shots per goal	6		6
Conversion rate for	17		15
Avg. XG for	1.4		1.8
KickOff rating		+2%

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Games conceded	26		24
Clean sheets	7		9
Conceded first	16		14
Goals conceded	55		43
Avg. goals conceded	1.7		1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded	11		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		7
Conversion rate against	16%		15%
Avg. XG against	1.6		1.1
KickOff rating		+16%

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Karlsruher Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
33	13	13	14
M Weiß	M Wanitzek	M Wanitzek	D Burnic

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Weiß GLK	33			3 -
M Wanitzek MID	33	13	13	3 -
D Herold DEF	32		2	-
M Beifus DEF	30			7 1
S Jung DEF	30	2	1	1 -
D Burnic MID	30	2	2	14 -
F Schleusener FWD	30	6	3	4 -
M Franke DEF	29	2		6 -
L Jensen MID	29	4	1	10 -
R Heußer MID	28	1		5 -
N Rapp MID	28	1	1	12 -
B Conté MID	25	1	5	2 -
L Günther DEF	19	1	2	1 -
C Kobald DEF	17	2		4 -
L Pfeiffer FWD	16		3	1 -
A Hunziker FWD	16	2	1	3 -
R. Pinto Pedrosa DEF	14		1	-
M Kaufmann FWD	14	1	1	1 -
L Egloff MID	13			1 -
L. Farhat MID	12	3	1	2 -
R Bormuth DEF	10			1 -
A. Ersungur MID	2			-
D. Salz FWD	2			-
E. Zengin DEF	1			-
M Wäschenbach MID	1			-
R. Geller FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
13	32	13	44
M Wanitzek	M Wanitzek	M Wanitzek	M Wanitzek

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Wanitzek MID	13	32	13	44
F Schleusener FWD	6	20	3	9
L Jensen MID	4	7	1	15
L. Farhat MID	3	8	1	5
C Kobald DEF	2	2
A Hunziker FWD	2	4	1	3
S Jung DEF	2	5	1	14
D Burnic MID	2	8	2	13
M Franke DEF	2	4		2
L Günther DEF	1	1	2	6
M Kaufmann FWD	1	4	1	5
R Heußer MID	1	1		3
B Conté MID	1	10	5	8
N Rapp MID	1	5	1	4
A. Ersungur MID				1
M Weiß GLK				1
L Egloff MID		1		3
R. Pinto Pedrosa DEF			1	2
L Pfeiffer FWD			3	4
M Beifus DEF		1		1
D Herold DEF		3	2	15

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1584	68	181
M Beifus	L Jensen	M Wanitzek

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Beifus DEF	1584	33	102
M Franke DEF	1432	22	125
M Wanitzek MID	1383	61	181
M Weiß GLK	1309	1	18
L Jensen MID	1146	68	108
N Rapp MID	1017	49	115
S Jung DEF	1005	38	62
D Burnic MID	784	38	70
D Herold DEF	776	50	136
C Kobald DEF	629	20	55
L Günther DEF	468	18	45
F Schleusener FWD	376	20	85
R Heußer MID	341	17	39
B Conté MID	328	22	92
M Kaufmann FWD	201	9	74
R Bormuth DEF	125	3	21
L Egloff MID	103	12	21
R. Pinto Pedrosa DEF	96	13	32
L. Farhat MID	68	6	25
L Pfeiffer FWD	66	4	24
A Hunziker FWD	53	5	31
E. Zengin DEF	47	1	3
A. Ersungur MID	16	3	5
R. Geller FWD	14		1
D. Salz FWD	3		1

Paderborn Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
32	9	11	7
R Obermair	F Bilbija	A Zehnter	T. Scheller

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
R Obermair MID	32	6	6	3 -
F Bilbija FWD	32	9	8	4 -
I Ansah FWD	32	6	6	5 -
S Castaneda MID	31		1	4 1
A Zehnter MID	31	3	11	1 -
F Götze DEF	30	3	2	5 -
T. Scheller DEF	29	1		7 -
A Grimaldi FWD	28	8	3	1 1
S Michel FWD	26	4	2	6 -
C. Brackelmann DEF	21	3		2 -
M Hoffmeier DEF	20			3 1
L Curda DEF	19	1		6 1
L Herrmann MID	19			2 -
S Klaas MID	18	2		3 -
M Mehlem MID	15	4	2	4 -
M Hansen MID	14		2	-
M Schubert GLK	12			-
M Riemann GLK	12			1 1
L. Engelns MID	12			2 -
C Terho MID	11		1	3 -
F Platte FWD	9	1		1 -
A. Bäuerle MID	4			-
M. Ens DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
9	34	11	35
F Bilbija	F Bilbija	A Zehnter	R Obermair

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
F Bilbija FWD	9	34	8	16
A Grimaldi FWD	8	22	3	8
R Obermair MID	6	17	6	35
I Ansah FWD	6	11	6	8
M Mehlem MID	4	8	2	6
S Michel FWD	4	9	2	13
A Zehnter MID	3	15	11	35
F Götze DEF	3	4	2	7
C. Brackelmann DEF	3	8		4
S Klaas MID	2	5		4
F Platte FWD	1	4		5
L Curda DEF	1	6		5
T. Scheller DEF	1	5		5
L Herrmann MID		3		3
M Hoffmeier DEF		2		1
M Hansen MID		2	2	2
M Riemann GLK		1
L. Engelns MID		4		1
C Terho MID			1	4
S Castaneda MID		3	1	13

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1700	46	145
F Götze	R Obermair	F Götze

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
F Götze DEF	1700	33	145
T. Scheller DEF	1407	42	109
R Obermair MID	1238	46	104
C. Brackelmann DEF	1168	28	93
A Zehnter MID	1098	39	81
S Castaneda MID	1094	43	126
L Curda DEF	841	29	68
M Hoffmeier DEF	789	26	66
F Bilbija FWD	553	37	143
M Riemann GLK	455	1	10
S Klaas MID	361	16	49
M Schubert GLK	346		1
M Mehlem MID	338	23	57
S Michel FWD	328	14	59
I Ansah FWD	326	14	104
M Hansen MID	284	16	32
L. Engelns MID	242	10	38
A Grimaldi FWD	221	5	102
L Herrmann MID	152	7	22
C Terho MID	103	7	19
F Platte FWD	68	1	26
M. Ens DEF	31		2
A. Bäuerle MID	10	1	3

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Karlsruher SC v SC Paderborn 07 : Bundesliga 2 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Karlsruher have played 33 matches so far this season and are in 9th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Paderborn lay in 4th place on 55 points in the Bundesliga 2 league table having played 33 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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