In this 12th week match, on Saturday Oct 15th, Karlsruher SC will play host to Darmstadt 98 in a 2. Bundesliga match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, a perfect day for football. 6th placed Karlsruher SC is fresh off their 2-1 win against Arminia Bielefeld. Fabian Schleusener scored the first goal for Karlsruher SC in the 43rd minute, but Janni Serra got the equalizer for Arminia Bielefeld in the 52nd minute. Karlsruher SC should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while 2nd placed Darmstadt 98 is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Fortuna Düsseldorf. Pfeiffer struck first for Darmstadt 98 in the 73rd minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Fortuna Düsseldorf couldn’t muster any offence and Darmstadt 98 ran away with the shutout win. Darmstadt 98 is on a hot streak lately, with 7 wins in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Karlsruher SC won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Darmstadt 98 is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Phillip Tietz and Tobias Kempe each having 2 goals in their last 5. Karlsruher SC’s most prolific scorer has been Wanitzek. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches.