In this week 13 match, on Sun Oct 23rd, Fortuna Düsseldorf will travel to Karlsruhe to battle Karlsruher SC in a meeting of these two evenly matched 2. Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, a perfect day for football. Karlsruher SC is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Sandhausen. Stephan Kofi Ambrosius scored the first goal for Sandhausen on an own goal in the 8th minute, then Zhirov added another in the 44th minute on a feed from David Kinsombi. Karlsruher SC should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while 7th placed Fortuna Düsseldorf is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Jahn Regensburg. Kristoffer Peterson scored the first goal for Fortuna Düsseldorf in the 5th minute, then Dawid Kownacki added another in the 16th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Jahn Regensburg couldn’t manage to score, and Fortuna Düsseldorf took the shutout win. Fortuna Düsseldorf is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Fortuna Düsseldorf won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Appelkamp has been the most prolific scorer on Fortuna Düsseldorf in his last 5 matches with two goals. Marvin Wanitzek has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the midfielder has scored four goals for Karlsruher SC.