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

Sun 5th Apr, 12:30 BST, Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen

It's an away trip for Christian Eichner's Karlsruher SC side on Sunday lunch time, as they make their way to the Veltins-Arena for a Bundesliga 2 clash with Miron Muslić's FC Schalke 04. Bundesliga 2 statistics are the most important part of the predictions you'll find below, with head-to-head performance included too. You can view it all, with infographics and the best odds available for every betting markets via the tabs.

Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

This Bundesliga 2 fixture, with Schalke and Karlsruher going head-to-head, offers great potential in the widely used under 2.5 goals market, with 3 goals or more being scored looking highly likely. Strikers for both will look to add to their tallies for the season and, having studied the relevant statistics and odds, we firmly believe that a bet on over 2.5 goals would be stronger than anything in the WDW market.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Schalke are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 60% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.48.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Schalke 60%	12/25 3%	4/9
Draw 21%	16/5 3%	16/5 3%
Karlsruher 20%	5/1 4%	17/4
Schalke 2-1 10%	15/2	13/2
Draw 1-1 9%	15/2 6%	7/1
Schalke 2-0 9%	7/1	13/2
Schalke 1-0 8%	8/1 6%	13/2
Schalke 3-1 7%	10/1	9/1
Schalke 3-0 6%	10/1	17/2
Draw 2-2 6%	14/1	12/1
Karlsruher 2-1 5%	18/1	14/1
Karlsruher 1-0 4%	18/1 10%	14/1
Draw 0-0 4%	14/1 12%	12/1
Schalke 3-2 4%	20/1	16/1
Schalke 4-1 4%	18/1	14/1
Schalke 4-0 3%	18/1	14/1
Karlsruher 2-0 3%	33/1	22/1 10%
Karlsruher 3-2 2%	40/1	28/1
Over 2.5 Goals 62%	4/7	8/15
Under 2.5 Goals 38%	27/20	6/5
Home 1st Goal 55%	4/9 3%	2/5
Away 1st Goal 43%	15/8	21/10
No 1st Goal 2%	14/1 12%	12/1
BTTS - Yes 59%	8/11	8/11 1%
BTTS - No 41%	1/1	1/1 3%
BTTS - Home Win 31%	2/1 4%	19/10
BTTS - Draw 17%	9/2	17/4
BTTS - Away Win 11%	9/1 9%	8/1
Home/draw 80%	1/8	1/8 1%
Away/draw 40%	13/8	8/5
Home/away 79%	2/9 2%	1/5 2%
Over 1.5 Goals 83%	1/6	2/13
Under 1.5 Goals 17%	4/1	10/3
Over 3.5 Goals 40%	11/8	13/10
Under 3.5 Goals 60%	8/15	1/2
Over 4.5 Goals 22%	10/3 8%	29/10
Under 4.5 Goals 78%	1/5 2%	2/11
Over 5.5 Goals 11%	8/1 13%	6/1
Under 5.5 Goals 89%	1/14 1%	1/18
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	1/40	1/100
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	14/1 12%	10/1 8%
Home DNB 74%	2/11 1%	2/11
Away DNB 34%	7/2 10%	17/5 2%
Schalke win to nil 29%	13/8	-
Karlsruher win to nil 8%	12/1	-
Schalke / Schalke 37%	6/5 5%	23/20
Schalke / Karlsruher 3%	33/1 17%	28/1
Schalke / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1
Draw / Schalke 18%	7/2 4%	17/5
Draw / Karlsruher 6%	12/1	11/1 9%
Draw / Draw 12%	6/1 7%	11/2 7%
Karlsruher / Schalke 4%	18/1	16/1
Karlsruher / Karlsruher 9%	9/1 9%	15/2 6%
Karlsruher / Draw 5%	16/1	14/1

Win / draw / win Bundesliga 2 table

Schalke have played 27 matches so far this season and lay in 1st place in the Bundesliga 2 league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 27 games against teams below in the table, having won 15, drawn 7 and lost 5 matches. They have kept 11 clean sheets and have failed to score in 5 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 43 goals to 38 goals.

Home League Performance

Schalke have played 13 games at home winning 9, drawing 3 and losing 1 game. They have scored 22 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 13 goals at home.

Karlsruher are in 8th position in the Bundesliga 2 on 37 points having played 27 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

7 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 29 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 17 goals in total and failed to score in 7 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

9 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 2 and won 1. Karlsruher have conceded 22 goals, scored 10, failed to score in 4 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

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	Schalke Karlsruher
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Schalke	27	15	7	5	14	52	-	-	w 2-1A	Apr 5
2	Elversberg	27	15	6	6	18	51	w 1-0F	Apr 12	l 2-3A	Apr 17
3	Paderborn	27	15	6	6	14	51	w 2-1A	Apr 25	l 0-4A	May 9
4	Darmstadt	27	13	11	3	19	50	w 1-0F	d 1-1F	May 2	l 3-2F
5	Hannover	27	14	7	6	12	49	d 2-2F	w 0-3F	Apr 25	l 3-0A
6	H.Berlin	27	12	8	7	9	44	w 2-1F	d 0-00-0	d 2-2F	d 0-00-0
7	Kaiserslautern	27	12	4	11	4	40	d 2-2A	l 1-0A	l 2-3A	l 3-0A
8	Karlsruher	27	10	7	10	-8	37	Apr 5	l 2-1F	-	-
9	Nurnberg	27	10	6	11	0	36	w 1-0F	May 9	w 2-1F	l 5-1A
10	VfL Bochum	27	8	9	10	2	33	w 2-1A	l 2-0A	May 17	d 2-2A
11	Dusseldorf	27	9	4	14	-14	31	May 2	w 0-2F	d 1-1A	d 0-00-0
12	Dresden	27	7	8	12	-1	29	d 2-2F	w 0-1F	d 3-3A	d 3-3A
13	E. Braun	27	8	5	14	-15	29	May 17	l 2-1A	w 2-0F	l 1-0A
14	Greuther	27	8	5	14	-19	29	w 1-0F	d 1-1A	w 3-1A	w 1-4F
15	Arminia	27	7	7	13	0	28	w 1-0F	w 1-2F	Apr 10	l 4-0A
16	Holstein	27	7	7	13	-8	28	l 0-1A	w 1-2F	w 3-1F	l 3-0A
17	Magdeburg	27	8	3	16	-11	27	w 5-3F	w 0-2F	w 1-0F	w 1-3F
18	Preussen Munster	27	6	8	13	-16	26	Apr 19	d 0-00-0	w 3-2F	w 0-2F

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Win / draw / win form

Schalke have not lost in 10 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

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Schalke	2 - 2	Hannover
Schalke	1 - 0	Arminia
Schalke	5 - 3	Magdeburg
Schalke	2 - 2	Dresden
Schalke	2 - 2	Kaiserslautern
Schalke	1 - 0	Nurnberg
Schalke	2 - 1	Paderborn
Schalke	1 - 0	Elversberg
Schalke	1 - 0	Darmstadt
Schalke	1 - 0	Greuther
Schalke	0 - 1	Holstein
Schalke	2 - 1	VfL Bochum
Schalke	2 - 1	H.Berlin
Schalke	1 - 2	Elversberg
Schalke	0 - 2	Paderborn
Schalke	2 - 2	Hamburg
Schalke	2 - 1	Ulm
Schalke	1 - 2	Hannover
Schalke	1 - 0	Preussen Munster
Schalke	2 - 1	Karlsruher

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Draw

Lost

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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
A	Karlsruher	0 - 4	Arminia
H	Karlsruher	2 - 1	Schalke
A	Karlsruher	4 - 1	Greuther
H	Karlsruher	2 - 3	Kaiserslautern
A	Karlsruher	3 - 3	Dresden

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Schalke

Karlsruher

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

2 / 3

Clean sheets

1 / 3

S04

KSC

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Schalke
Schalke	2 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	1 - 2	Karlsruher

Karlsruher

Schalke

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

4 / 4

2 / 4

Clean sheets

2 / 4

0 / 4

KSC

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

Goal Statistics

	Schalke 1st	Karlsruher 8th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	2.1 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 12% 1 26% 2 27% 3 19% 4+ 16% There is a 62% probability that Schalke will score 2 or more goals in this match	0 33% 1 37% 2 21% 3 8% 4+ There is a 70% probability that Karlsruher will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+1 Schalke’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-13 Karlsruher have scored 13% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.6 average goals scored	1.2 average goals scored
	1.2 conceded	2.1 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Bundesliga 2 - 2025/2026 season

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S04

KSC

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Games scored	22		19
Failed to score	5		8
Scored first	17		10
Goals scored	38		43
Avg. goals scored	1.4		1.6
Avg. shots per game	11		9
Avg. shots per goal	8		6
Conversion rate for	13		18
Avg. XG for	1.6		1.3
KickOff rating		+7%

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S04

KSC

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Games conceded	16		22
Clean sheets	11		5
Conceded first	8		15
Goals conceded	24		51
Avg. goals conceded	0.9		1.9
Avg. shots/game conceded	7		12
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		6
Conversion rate against	13%		15%
Avg. XG against	1.1		1.8
KickOff rating		+37%

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

Schalke Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
27	11	5	7
S El-Faouzi	K Karaman	S El-Faouzi	N Katic

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
S El-Faouzi MID	27	1	5	4 -
R Schallenberg MID	26		1	4 -
K Karaman MID	26	11	5	4 -
N Katic DEF	25	1	1	6 1
L Karius GLK	24			3 -
H Kurucay DEF	24	4		6 -
M Sylla FWD	23	5	2	-
F Sánchez DEF	22			2 -
M. Ayhan DEF	21			4 -
T Becker DEF	19			4 -
F Porath MID	18	1	1	3 -
V. Becker DEF	17	2	1	5 -
J Bachmann MID	17			2 -
C. Louis Gomis FWD	15	1	1	1 -
A Gantenbein DEF	13			5 -
C Antwi-Adjei FWD	12	1	1	1 -
B Lasme FWD	10	2		-
A Younes FWD	5			1 -
M. Grüger MID	4			1 -
E Højlund FWD	4			1 -
P. Remmert FWD	3		1	-
A Donkor DEF	2			-
H Matriciani DEF	1			1 -
M. Zalazar Martínez MID	1			-
Z. Amoussou-Tchibara FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
11	33	5	8
K Karaman	M Sylla	S El-Faouzi	S El-Faouzi

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
K Karaman MID	11	24	5	4
M Sylla FWD	5	33	2	4
H Kurucay DEF	4	7
V. Becker DEF	2	8	1	3
B Lasme FWD	2	3		1
S El-Faouzi MID	1	3	5	8
N Katic DEF	1	3	1	2
F Porath MID	1	4	1
C. Louis Gomis FWD	1	7	1	1
C Antwi-Adjei FWD	1	6	1	3
R Schallenberg MID		2	1	5
F Sánchez DEF		1
M. Ayhan DEF		1
T Becker DEF		4		1
J Bachmann MID		1		2
A Gantenbein DEF				1
A Younes FWD				2
E Højlund FWD		1
P. Remmert FWD		1	1
Z. Amoussou-Tchibara FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1049	81	211
N Katic	S El-Faouzi	N Katic

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
N Katic DEF	1049	40	211
H Kurucay DEF	952	43	128
S El-Faouzi MID	834	81	160
R Schallenberg MID	827	55	128
L Karius GLK	722		24
M. Ayhan DEF	577	34	77
K Karaman MID	565	28	130
T Becker DEF	523	47	97
V. Becker DEF	385	49	80
M Sylla FWD	277	3	60
F Sánchez DEF	261	19	53
A Gantenbein DEF	261	31	65
F Porath MID	177	13	45
C. Louis Gomis FWD	145	6	30
C Antwi-Adjei FWD	133	6	36
J Bachmann MID	127	6	36
A Younes FWD	71	4	10
B Lasme FWD	48	2	15
E Højlund FWD	20		4
M. Grüger MID	16		2
P. Remmert FWD	12	2	10
A Donkor DEF	3		1
M. Zalazar Martínez MID	1
Z. Amoussou-Tchibara FWD	1

Karlsruher Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
27	13	6	8
M Wanitzek	M Wanitzek	M Wanitzek	D Burnic

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Wanitzek MID	27	13	6	1 -
H Bernat GLK	26			5 -
D Herold DEF	26		5	5 -
F Schleusener FWD	26	9	3	3 1
D Burnic MID	25	1	1	8 -
M Franke DEF	22			4 1
R. Pinto Pedrosa DEF	22	1	1	1 -
R Šimić FWD	22	3	1	3 -
S Jung DEF	21	1	2	1 -
C Kobald DEF	20	1	3	8 -
P Förster MID	20		2	2 -
N Rapp MID	19			5 -
A Müller MID	17		1	3 -
L Egloff MID	15	4		5 -
M Beifus DEF	14	2		5 -
S. Fukuda FWD	13	2		2 -
L. Farhat FWD	13	5	2	3 -
L. Opitz MID	12			-
P. Scholl DEF	10		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
13	32	6	15
M Wanitzek	M Wanitzek	M Wanitzek	M Wanitzek

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Wanitzek MID	13	32	6	15
F Schleusener FWD	9	20	3	5
L. Farhat FWD	5	9	2	4
L Egloff MID	4	8		1
R Šimić FWD	3	8	1	1
M Beifus DEF	2	4		1
S. Fukuda FWD	2	5
D Burnic MID	1	4	1	1
R. Pinto Pedrosa DEF	1	3	1	3
S Jung DEF	1	3	2	5
C Kobald DEF	1	5	3	2
D Herold DEF		5	5	6
M Franke DEF		3		2
P Förster MID		2	2	1
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
1163	54	156
M Wanitzek	D Herold	D Herold

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Wanitzek MID	1163	26	117
M Franke DEF	1089	24	101
H Bernat GLK	970	2	21
C Kobald DEF	961	28	87
D Herold DEF	920	54	156
D Burnic MID	827	34	62
N Rapp MID	774	26	82
S Jung DEF	566	24	38
M Beifus DEF	500	13	49
A Müller MID	489	28	39
P Förster MID	483	20	50
P. Scholl DEF	331	7	21
L Egloff MID	303	23	57
R. Pinto Pedrosa DEF	303	25	77
F Schleusener FWD	288	5	86
M Wäschenbach MID	184	19	37
R Šimić FWD	146	14	54
L. Farhat FWD	145	12	30
L. Opitz MID	80	5	19
S. Fukuda FWD	53	6	15
R Himmelmann GLK	36
M. Kritzer MID	8	1	1
R. Geller MID	6		2
M. Dühring DEF	5
A. Ersungur MID	1

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

Schalke have played 27 matches so far this season and lay in 1st place in the Bundesliga 2 league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Karlsruher are in 8th position in the Bundesliga 2 on 37 points having played 27 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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