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Karlsruher SC v VfL Bochum 1848 : Bundesliga 2 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 17th May, 14:30 BST, Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe

the Wildparkstadion crowd welcome VfL Bochum 1848's travelling contingent on Sunday afternoon, as Christian Eichner's Karlsruher SC take on Uwe Rösler's charges in the Bundesliga 2. This preview has odds from leading bookmakers for seventeen different markets, alongside supporting data that changes as you go through them. Our predictions run off the last 20 matches, so all statistics are shown for each side's last 20 too. Home vs away and overall records can be viewed, while you'll also find head to head (H2H) history towards the bottom of the page.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Karlsruher 43%	-	-
Draw 24%	-	-
VfL Bochum 33%	-	-
Draw 1-1 11%	-	-
Karlsruher 2-1 9%	-	-
VfL Bochum 2-1 8%	-	-
Karlsruher 1-0 7%	-	-
Draw 2-2 6%	-	-
VfL Bochum 1-0 6%	-	-
Karlsruher 2-0 6%	-	-
Karlsruher 3-1 5%	-	-
VfL Bochum 2-0 5%	-	-
Draw 0-0 4%	-	-
VfL Bochum 3-1 4%	-	-
Karlsruher 3-2 4%	-	-
Karlsruher 3-0 3%	-	-
VfL Bochum 3-2 3%	-	-
VfL Bochum 3-0 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 60%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 40%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 50%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 47%	-	-
No 1st Goal 2%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 62%	-	-
BTTS - No 38%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 24%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 19%	-	-
Home/draw 67%	-	-
Away/draw 57%	-	-
Home/away 76%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 82%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 18%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 38%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 62%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 20%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 80%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 10%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 90%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	-	-
Home DNB 60%	-	-
Away DNB 50%	-	-
Karlsruher win to nil 19%	-	-
VfL Bochum win to nil 14%	-	-

Win / draw / win Bundesliga 2 table

Karlsruher have played 32 matches so far this season and lay in 8th place in the Bundesliga 2 league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 19 games against teams below in the table, having won 10, drawn 5 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 4 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Karlsruher have outscored their opponents by 50 goals to 46 goals.

Home League Performance

Karlsruher have played 16 games at home winning 9, drawing 3 and losing 4 games. They have scored 33 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and conceded 27 goals at home.

VfL Bochum are in 11th position in the Bundesliga 2 on 40 points having played 32 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

8 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 25 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 17 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

18 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 8 and won 4. VfL Bochum have conceded 28 goals, scored 26, failed to score in 3 fixtures and have kept 4 clean sheets.

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 VfL Bochum
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Schalke	32	20	7	5	21	67	w 2-1A	l 1-0A	w 2-0F	l 2-1F
2	Elversberg	32	17	8	7	24	59	l 2-3A	l 3-0A	w 2-0F	d 1-1F
3	Hannover	32	16	10	6	16	58	l 1-3A	l 3-0A	May 9	d 0-00-0
4	Paderborn	32	17	7	8	12	58	l 0-4A	May 8	d 0-00-0	l 1-0A
5	Darmstadt	32	13	12	7	14	51	w 2-1F	l 3-2F	d 3-3A	l 4-1A
6	H.Berlin	32	13	9	10	7	48	d 2-2F	d 0-00-0	w 3-2F	d 1-1A
7	Kaiserslautern	32	14	4	14	2	46	l 2-3A	l 3-0A	w 3-2F	l 3-2A
8	Karlsruher	32	12	7	13	-10	43	-	-	d 2-2F	May 17
9	Nurnberg	32	11	9	12	-1	42	w 2-1F	l 5-1A	d 1-1A	l 2-1A
10	Holstein	32	11	8	13	-1	41	w 3-1F	l 3-0A	l 2-3A	d 1-1F
11	VfL Bochum	32	10	10	12	1	40	May 17	d 2-2A	-	-
12	Dresden	32	10	8	14	1	38	d 3-3A	d 3-3A	l 1-2A	l 2-0A
13	Arminia	32	9	9	14	-1	36	w 4-1A	l 4-0A	w 1-0F	d 1-1A
14	Magdeburg	32	11	3	18	-7	36	w 1-0F	w 1-3F	w 2-0F	l 4-1A
15	E. Braun	32	9	7	16	-18	34	w 2-0F	l 1-0A	w 4-1F	w 0-2F
16	Dusseldorf	32	10	4	18	-19	34	d 1-1A	d 0-00-0	l 0-1A	l 2-1A
17	Greuther	32	9	7	16	-21	34	w 3-1A	w 1-4F	w 2-1F	w 0-3F
18	Preussen Munster	32	6	11	15	-20	29	w 3-2F	w 0-2F	l 1-2A	d 1-1A

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Win / draw / win form

VfL Bochum have not won in 8 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Karlsruher	2 - 1	Darmstadt
Karlsruher	1 - 3	Hannover
Karlsruher	4 - 1	Arminia
Karlsruher	3 - 1	Greuther
Karlsruher	3 - 3	Dresden
Karlsruher	3 - 1	Holstein
Karlsruher	1 - 1	Dusseldorf
Karlsruher	2 - 2	H.Berlin
Karlsruher	0 - 4	Paderborn
Karlsruher	2 - 3	Elversberg
Karlsruher	2 - 1	Schalke
Karlsruher	2 - 3	Kaiserslautern
Karlsruher	1 - 0	Magdeburg
Karlsruher	2 - 1	Nurnberg
Karlsruher	2 - 0	E. Braun
Karlsruher	3 - 2	Preussen Munster
Karlsruher	3 - 0	Paderborn
Karlsruher	2 - 2	Kaiserslautern
Karlsruher	1 - 0	Greuther
Karlsruher	1 - 0	Hannover

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Karlsruher	2 - 1	Darmstadt
H	Karlsruher	1 - 3	Hannover
A	Karlsruher	0 - 3	Elversberg
H	Karlsruher	4 - 1	Arminia
A	Karlsruher	0 - 1	Schalke
H	Karlsruher	3 - 1	Greuther
A	Karlsruher	0 - 3	Kaiserslautern
H	Karlsruher	3 - 3	Dresden
A	Karlsruher	3 - 1	Magdeburg
H	Karlsruher	3 - 1	Holstein
A	Karlsruher	1 - 5	Nurnberg
H	Karlsruher	1 - 1	Dusseldorf
A	Karlsruher	0 - 1	E. Braun
H	Karlsruher	2 - 2	H.Berlin
A	Karlsruher	2 - 0	Preussen Munster
A	Karlsruher	2 - 2	VfL Bochum
H	Karlsruher	0 - 4	Paderborn
A	Karlsruher	2 - 3	Darmstadt
A	Karlsruher	0 - 3	Hannover
H	Karlsruher	2 - 3	Elversberg

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Arminia	1 - 1	VfL Bochum
Dresden	2 - 0	VfL Bochum
Magdeburg	4 - 1	VfL Bochum
H.Berlin	1 - 1	VfL Bochum
Dusseldorf	2 - 1	VfL Bochum
Preussen Munster	1 - 1	VfL Bochum
Elversberg	1 - 1	VfL Bochum
Hannover	0 - 0	VfL Bochum
Greuther	0 - 3	VfL Bochum
E. Braun	0 - 2	VfL Bochum
Holstein	1 - 1	VfL Bochum
Kaiserslautern	3 - 2	VfL Bochum
Nurnberg	2 - 1	VfL Bochum
Paderborn	1 - 0	VfL Bochum
Schalke	2 - 1	VfL Bochum
Darmstadt	4 - 1	VfL Bochum
St. Pauli	0 - 2	VfL Bochum
Heidenheim	0 - 0	VfL Bochum
W.Bremen	1 - 0	VfL Bochum
Leverkusen	3 - 1	VfL Bochum

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	VfL Bochum	1 - 1	Arminia
H	VfL Bochum	2 - 1	Greuther
A	VfL Bochum	0 - 2	Dresden
H	VfL Bochum	4 - 1	E. Braun
A	VfL Bochum	1 - 4	Magdeburg
H	VfL Bochum	2 - 3	Holstein
A	VfL Bochum	1 - 1	H.Berlin
H	VfL Bochum	3 - 2	Kaiserslautern
A	VfL Bochum	1 - 2	Dusseldorf
H	VfL Bochum	1 - 1	Nurnberg
H	VfL Bochum	0 - 0	Paderborn
A	VfL Bochum	1 - 1	Preussen Munster
H	VfL Bochum	2 - 0	Schalke
A	VfL Bochum	1 - 1	Elversberg
H	VfL Bochum	3 - 3	Darmstadt
H	VfL Bochum	2 - 2	Karlsruher
A	VfL Bochum	0 - 0	Hannover
H	VfL Bochum	1 - 0	Arminia
A	VfL Bochum	3 - 0	Greuther
H	VfL Bochum	1 - 2	Dresden

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Karlsruher

VfL Bochum

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

2 / 4

Clean sheets

2 / 4

KSC

BOC

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Karlsruher
	0 - 1	VfL Bochum
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Karlsruher	3 - 0

VfL Bochum

Karlsruher

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 5

Clean sheets

0 / 5

KSC

FIXTURE HISTORY AT VfL Bochum
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	1 - 2	Karlsruher
Draw	3 - 3	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Goal Statistics

Karlsruher SC's fans will be hoping for goals on Sunday afternoon, not least because VfL Bochum 1848 have conceded in each of their last 10 Bundesliga 2 matches. A PG of 1.7 for C. Eichner's side suggests that run should continue.

	Karlsruher 8th	VfL Bochum 11th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.7 goals	1.4 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 19% 1 31% 2 26% 3 15% 4+ 9% There is a 81% probability that Karlsruher will score 1 or more goals	0 24% 1 34% 2 25% 3 12% 4+ There is a 76% probability that VfL Bochum will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+24 Karlsruher have scored 24% more goals at home than predicted	-24 VfL Bochum have scored 24% fewer goals when away than predicted
	2.0 average goals scored	1.0 average goals scored
	1.5 conceded	1.5 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Bundesliga 2 - 2025/2026 season

KSC

BOC

12%

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Games scored	21		27
Failed to score	10		5
Scored first	10		14
Goals scored	48		46
Avg. goals scored	1.5		1.4
Avg. shots per game	8		10
Avg. shots per goal	6		7
Conversion rate for	18		14
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.6
KickOff rating		+12%

KSC

BOC

19%

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Games conceded	26		24
Clean sheets	5		8
Conceded first	19		16
Goals conceded	59		45
Avg. goals conceded	1.8		1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded	12		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		7
Conversion rate against	16%		14%
Avg. XG against	1.8		1.5
KickOff rating		+19%

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

Karlsruher Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
32	15	9	9
M Wanitzek	M Wanitzek	M Wanitzek	C Kobald

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Wanitzek MID	32	15	9	2 -
H Bernat GLK	31			5 -
D Herold DEF	31		6	5 -
F Schleusener FWD	31	10	4	3 1
D Burnic MID	30	1	1	8 -
M Franke DEF	27			4 1
R. Pinto Pedrosa DEF	26	1	1	1 -
S Jung DEF	26	1	2	1 -
C Kobald DEF	25	2	3	9 -
P Förster MID	25		2	3 -
R Šimić FWD	25	3	1	3 -
N Rapp MID	23			7 -
A Müller MID	22		1	4 -
S. Fukuda FWD	18	4		2 -
L. Farhat FWD	18	6	2	3 -
L Egloff MID	15	4		5 -
M Beifus DEF	14	2		5 -
P. Scholl DEF	12		1	1 -
L. Opitz MID	12			-
M Wäschenbach MID	10			4 -
M. Kritzer MID	4			-
R. Geller MID	2			-
R Himmelmann GLK	1			-
M. Dühring DEF	1			-
A. Ersungur MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
15	38	9	17
M Wanitzek	M Wanitzek	M Wanitzek	M Wanitzek

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Wanitzek MID	15	38	9	17
F Schleusener FWD	10	24	4	6
L. Farhat FWD	6	13	2	4
S. Fukuda FWD	4	9		1
L Egloff MID	4	8		1
R Šimić FWD	3	8	1	1
C Kobald DEF	2	6	3	2
M Beifus DEF	2	4		1
D Burnic MID	1	5	1	1
R. Pinto Pedrosa DEF	1	3	1	3
S Jung DEF	1	3	2	7
D Herold DEF		6	6	8
M Franke DEF		4		2
P Förster MID		2	2	1
N Rapp MID				1
A Müller MID		2	1	1
P. Scholl DEF			1
L. Opitz MID		1		2
M Wäschenbach MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1431	60	172
M Wanitzek	D Herold	D Herold

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Wanitzek MID	1431	34	146
M Franke DEF	1333	28	140
C Kobald DEF	1257	36	114
H Bernat GLK	1162	3	25
D Herold DEF	1054	60	172
D Burnic MID	965	38	68
N Rapp MID	946	32	97
P Förster MID	689	22	60
S Jung DEF	684	29	46
A Müller MID	654	35	50
M Beifus DEF	500	13	49
R. Pinto Pedrosa DEF	363	29	83
P. Scholl DEF	357	9	24
F Schleusener FWD	348	7	105
L Egloff MID	303	23	57
L. Farhat FWD	216	16	49
M Wäschenbach MID	184	19	37
R Šimić FWD	150	15	56
S. Fukuda FWD	91	8	28
L. Opitz MID	80	5	19
R Himmelmann GLK	36
M. Kritzer MID	8	1	1
R. Geller MID	6		2
M. Dühring DEF	5
A. Ersungur MID	1

VfL Bochum Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
32	12	7	10
T Horn	P Hofmann	P Hofmann	C. Lenz

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
T Horn GLK	32			1 -
L Morgalla DEF	31	1		7 -
C. Lenz MID	30	2		10 -
P Hofmann FWD	30	12	7	4 -
M Wittek DEF	29		7	7 -
F. Onyeka MID	28	8	1	2 -
P Strompf DEF	27		1	7 -
N Loosli DEF	26		1	2 -
M Pannewig MID	26	2	1	5 -
K. Wätjen MID	24	1		4 -
F. Alfa-Ruprecht FWD	24	2	1	4 -
G Holtmann FWD	23	5	2	3 -
M Bero MID	22			8 1
K Miyoshi MID	20	3	3	7 -
F Passlack DEF	16		1	2 -
M Kwarteng MID	16	1	1	1 -
E Masovic DEF	11		1	3 -
K. Koscierski DEF	10		1	2 -
K Vogt DEF	9			3 -
M. Clairicia FWD	9			-
I Sissoko MID	6	3		2 -
I Sissoko FWD	6	1		1 -
R Roesch DEF	5			1 -
M Obafemi FWD	2			-
O. Darnell Keumo DEF	1			-
C Kleine-Bekel DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
12	24	7	13
P Hofmann	P Hofmann	P Hofmann	M Wittek

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
P Hofmann FWD	12	24	7	5
F. Onyeka MID	8	17	1	3
G Holtmann FWD	5	18	2	7
K Miyoshi MID	3	12	3	4
I Sissoko MID	3	3
C. Lenz MID	2	5		4
M Pannewig MID	2	11	1	2
F. Alfa-Ruprecht FWD	2	12	1	6
L Morgalla DEF	1	3		2
K. Wätjen MID	1	8
M Kwarteng MID	1	6	1	3
I Sissoko FWD	1	1
M Wittek DEF		3	7	13
P Strompf DEF		6	1	1
N Loosli DEF			1
M Bero MID		1		3
F Passlack DEF		3	1	1
E Masovic DEF		1	1
K. Koscierski DEF		1	1	1
K Vogt DEF		2
M. Clairicia FWD		2
M Obafemi FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1319	57	195
P Strompf	C. Lenz	P Hofmann

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
P Strompf DEF	1319	38	161
N Loosli DEF	1244	37	107
M Wittek DEF	1080	55	132
T Horn GLK	958	1	12
L Morgalla DEF	829	41	93
C. Lenz MID	818	57	133
M Pannewig MID	711	44	132
M Bero MID	711	38	84
P Hofmann FWD	505	19	195
K Vogt DEF	434	8	24
F. Onyeka MID	407	19	65
G Holtmann FWD	391	22	59
F. Alfa-Ruprecht FWD	319	18	50
K Miyoshi MID	314	18	47
K. Wätjen MID	308	27	51
E Masovic DEF	297	17	35
F Passlack DEF	211	13	23
I Sissoko MID	141	7	26
M Kwarteng MID	120	7	26
K. Koscierski DEF	114	2	11
R Roesch DEF	86	6	14
M. Clairicia FWD	47		3
I Sissoko FWD	35		12
C Kleine-Bekel DEF	6		1
O. Darnell Keumo DEF	3
M Obafemi FWD	2		1