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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

Uwe Rösler will be hoping for a vital away win in the Bundesliga 2 on Sunday afternoon, as he takes his VfL Bochum 1848 side to the Wildparkstadion to visit Karlsruher SC and Christian Eichner. Recent form, head to head (H2H) statistics, predictions and odds are all published below. We're here to give you everything you need to place an intelligent bet. We've backed both teams to score, but why not take a look and see if there's another bet you prefer?

Best Tip: Both teams to score

Both VfL Bochum and Karlsruher supporters should have some reason to cheer as their sides go head-to-head, with a match prediction of both teams to score looking a far stronger pick than any bet on the outright winner. The two sides have plenty in attack, as is borne out by the stats and past head-to-head data below. Even the bookmakers odds are not finding real separation between the sides, a sign of the qualities (or lack of) each side possesses. Both teams to score is our top tip.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Karlsruher are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 39% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.50.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Karlsruher 39%	-	6/4
Draw 22%	-	13/5
VfL Bochum 38%	-	5/4
Draw 1-1 9%	-	13/2
Karlsruher 2-1 8%	-	8/1
VfL Bochum 2-1 8%	-	8/1
Draw 2-2 7%	-	8/1
Karlsruher 1-0 5%	-	11/1
VfL Bochum 1-0 5%	-	11/1
Karlsruher 3-1 5%	-	12/1
VfL Bochum 3-1 5%	-	12/1
Karlsruher 2-0 5%	-	14/1
VfL Bochum 2-0 4%	-	12/1
Karlsruher 3-2 4%	-	14/1
VfL Bochum 3-2 4%	-	12/1
Draw 0-0 3%	-	16/1
Karlsruher 3-0 3%	-	18/1
VfL Bochum 3-0 3%	-	18/1
Over 2.5 Goals 69%	-	4/11
Under 2.5 Goals 31%	-	17/10
Home 1st Goal 50%	-	19/20
Away 1st Goal 49%	-	17/20
No 1st Goal 1%	-	16/1
BTTS - Yes 69%	-	4/11
BTTS - No 31%	-	9/5
BTTS - Home Win 25%	-	11/4
BTTS - Draw 19%	-	16/5
BTTS - Away Win 25%	-	12/5
Home/draw 62%	-	4/7
Away/draw 61%	-	10/21
Home/away 78%	-	1/4
Over 1.5 Goals 87%	-	1/10
Under 1.5 Goals 13%	-	9/2
Over 3.5 Goals 47%	-	10/11
Under 3.5 Goals 53%	-	8/11
Over 4.5 Goals 28%	-	21/10
Under 4.5 Goals 72%	-	3/10
Over 5.5 Goals 15%	-	17/4
Under 5.5 Goals 85%	-	1/9
Over 0.5 Goals 97%	-	1/1000
Under 0.5 Goals 3%	-	14/1
Home DNB 55%	-	19/20
Away DNB 54%	-	3/4
Karlsruher win to nil 14%	-	-
VfL Bochum win to nil 14%	-	-
Karlsruher / Karlsruher 20%	-	29/10
Karlsruher / VfL Bochum 5%	-	16/1
Karlsruher / Draw 7%	-	10/1
Draw / Karlsruher 11%	-	6/1
Draw / VfL Bochum 12%	-	11/2
Draw / Draw 12%	-	11/2
VfL Bochum / Karlsruher 5%	-	16/1
VfL Bochum / VfL Bochum 23%	-	12/5
VfL Bochum / Draw 7%	-	10/1

Win / draw / win Bundesliga 2 table

Karlsruher have played 33 matches so far this season and lay in 9th place in the Bundesliga 2 league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 17 games against teams below in the table, having won 9, drawn 5 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 4 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Karlsruher have outscored their opponents by 52 goals to 47 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 10th position in the Bundesliga 2 on 41 points having played 33 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

17 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 5 games, drawn 8 and won 4. VfL Bochum have conceded 25 goals, scored 24, 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	33	20	7	6	18	67	w 2-1A	l 1-0A	w 2-0F	l 2-1F
2	Elversberg	33	17	8	8	22	59	l 2-3A	l 3-0A	w 2-0F	d 1-1F
3	Hannover	33	16	11	6	16	59	l 1-3A	l 3-0A	d 1-1A	d 0-00-0
4	Paderborn	33	17	8	8	12	59	l 0-4A	d 2-2A	d 0-00-0	l 1-0A
5	Darmstadt	33	13	13	7	14	52	w 2-1F	l 3-2F	d 3-3A	l 4-1A
6	H.Berlin	33	14	9	10	8	51	d 2-2F	d 0-00-0	w 3-2F	d 1-1A
7	Kaiserslautern	33	15	4	14	4	49	l 2-3A	l 3-0A	w 3-2F	l 3-2A
8	Nurnberg	33	12	9	12	2	45	w 2-1F	l 5-1A	d 1-1A	l 2-1A
9	Karlsruher	33	12	8	13	-10	44	-	-	d 2-2F	May 17
10	VfL Bochum	33	10	11	12	1	41	May 17	d 2-2A	-	-
11	Holstein	33	11	8	14	-3	41	w 3-1F	l 3-0A	l 2-3A	d 1-1F
12	Magdeburg	33	12	3	18	-5	39	w 1-0F	w 1-3F	w 2-0F	l 4-1A
13	Dresden	33	10	8	15	0	38	d 3-3A	d 3-3A	l 1-2A	l 2-0A
14	E. Braun	33	10	7	16	-17	37	w 2-0F	l 1-0A	w 4-1F	w 0-2F
15	Dusseldorf	33	11	4	18	-17	37	d 1-1A	d 0-00-0	l 0-1A	l 2-1A
16	Arminia	33	9	9	15	-3	36	w 4-1A	l 4-0A	w 1-0F	d 1-1A
17	Greuther	33	9	7	17	-22	34	w 3-1A	w 1-4F	w 2-1F	w 0-3F
18	Preussen Munster	33	6	12	15	-20	30	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

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Karlsruher	2 - 2	Paderborn
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

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

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	VfL Bochum	1 - 1	Hannover
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

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 games. A PG of 1.8 for C. Eichner's side suggests that run should continue.

	Karlsruher 9th	VfL Bochum 10th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.8 goals	1.8 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 17% 1 30% 2 27% 3 16% 4+ 11% There is a 83% probability that Karlsruher will score 1 or more goals	0 17% 1 30% 2 27% 3 16% 4+ 10% There is a 83% 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

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Games scored	23		28
Failed to score	10		5
Scored first	11		14
Goals scored	52		47
Avg. goals scored	1.6		1.4
Avg. shots per game	9		10
Avg. shots per goal	6		7
Conversion rate for	18		14
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.6
KickOff rating		+8%

KSC

BOC

19%

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Games conceded	28		25
Clean sheets	5		8
Conceded first	20		17
Goals conceded	62		46
Avg. goals conceded	1.9		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
33	15	9	10
M Wanitzek	M Wanitzek	M Wanitzek	C Kobald

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Wanitzek MID	33	15	9	3 -
H Bernat GLK	32			5 -
D Herold DEF	32		7	5 -
F Schleusener FWD	32	11	4	3 1
D Burnic MID	31	1	1	8 -
M Franke DEF	28			4 1
R. Pinto Pedrosa DEF	27	1	1	2 -
S Jung DEF	27	1	2	1 -
C Kobald DEF	26	2	3	10 -
P Förster MID	26		3	4 -
R Šimić FWD	25	3	1	3 -
N Rapp MID	24			7 -
A Müller MID	23		1	5 -
L. Farhat FWD	19	6	2	3 -
S. Fukuda FWD	19	5		2 -
L Egloff MID	15	4		5 -
M Beifus DEF	14	2		5 -
L. Opitz MID	13			-
P. Scholl DEF	12		1	1 -
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	11	25	4	6
L. Farhat FWD	6	14	2	4
S. Fukuda FWD	5	11		1
L Egloff MID	4	8		1
R Šimić FWD	3	8	1	2
C Kobald DEF	2	6	3	2
M Beifus DEF	2	4		1
D Burnic MID	1	4	1	1
R. Pinto Pedrosa DEF	1	3	1	3
S Jung DEF	1	3	2	7
D Herold DEF		6	7	8
M Franke DEF		4		2
P Förster MID		2	3	2
N Rapp MID				1
A Müller MID		2	1	1
L. Opitz MID		1		2
P. Scholl DEF			1
M Wäschenbach MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1478	63	179
M Wanitzek	D Herold	D Herold

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Wanitzek MID	1478	35	152
M Franke DEF	1395	31	152
C Kobald DEF	1347	36	120
H Bernat GLK	1198	3	25
D Herold DEF	1072	63	179
N Rapp MID	1001	32	100
D Burnic MID	971	38	68
P Förster MID	737	25	64
S Jung DEF	716	29	46
A Müller MID	685	36	51
M Beifus DEF	500	13	49
R. Pinto Pedrosa DEF	373	29	83
F Schleusener FWD	357	8	106
P. Scholl DEF	357	9	24
L Egloff MID	303	23	57
L. Farhat FWD	226	16	49
M Wäschenbach MID	184	19	37
R Šimić FWD	150	15	56
S. Fukuda FWD	102	8	31
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
33	12	7	10
T Horn	P Hofmann	P Hofmann	C. Lenz

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
T Horn GLK	33			1 -
L Morgalla DEF	32	1		7 -
P Hofmann FWD	31	12	7	4 -
C. Lenz MID	30	2		10 -
M Wittek DEF	29		7	7 -
F. Onyeka MID	29	8	1	2 -
P Strompf DEF	27		1	7 -
N Loosli DEF	27		2	2 -
M Pannewig MID	27	2	1	5 -
K. Wätjen MID	25	1		4 -
F. Alfa-Ruprecht FWD	25	3	1	4 -
G Holtmann FWD	24	5	2	3 -
M Bero MID	23			9 1
K Miyoshi MID	21	3	3	7 -
M Kwarteng MID	17	1	1	2 -
F Passlack DEF	16		1	2 -
E Masovic DEF	12		1	3 -
K. Koscierski DEF	11		1	2 -
K Vogt DEF	10			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			-
C Kleine-Bekel DEF	1			-
O. Darnell Keumo 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
F. Alfa-Ruprecht FWD	3	13	1	6
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
L Morgalla DEF	1	3		2
K. Wätjen MID	1	8
M Kwarteng MID	1	7	1	3
I Sissoko FWD	1	1
M Wittek DEF		3	7	13
P Strompf DEF		6	1	1
N Loosli DEF			2
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	209
P Strompf	C. Lenz	P Hofmann

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
P Strompf DEF	1319	38	161
N Loosli DEF	1290	37	111
M Wittek DEF	1080	55	132
T Horn GLK	998	1	12
L Morgalla DEF	866	41	93
C. Lenz MID	818	57	133
M Bero MID	747	39	88
M Pannewig MID	721	44	133
P Hofmann FWD	522	20	209
K Vogt DEF	435	9	25
F. Onyeka MID	427	21	67
G Holtmann FWD	397	23	61
E Masovic DEF	353	17	38
K. Wätjen MID	327	28	53
F. Alfa-Ruprecht FWD	326	21	55
K Miyoshi MID	317	18	46
F Passlack DEF	211	13	23
M Kwarteng MID	146	8	28
I Sissoko MID	141	7	26
K. Koscierski DEF	119	2	12
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

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

Karlsruher have played 33 matches so far this season and lay in 9th place in the Bundesliga 2 league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

VfL Bochum are in 10th position in the Bundesliga 2 on 41 points having played 33 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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