DüSSELDORF. Fortuna Düsseldorf defeats Karlsruher SC 3-1.

The match was played at the Merkur Spiel-Arena stadium in Düsseldorf on Saturday and it started at 11:30 am local time. In front of 22,458 spectators.​ The referee was Felix Brych who was helped by Marcel Unger and Lars Erbst. The 4th official was Marcel Gasteier. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.4 degrees Celsius or 54.3 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

Fortuna Düsseldorf

3 - 1

Karlsruher SC

  • 51 Ball Possession 49
Shots
  • 19 Total 12
  • 3 On Target 2
  • 16 Off Target 10
  • 7 Shots blocked 5
  • 101 Attack 99
  • 51 Dangerous attack 50
  • 89 Ball safe 79
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 11 Corners 1
Fouls
  • 10 Total 7
  • 0 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

None of the teams had an upper hand in terms of ball possession. Fortuna Düsseldorf was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Karlsruher SC that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Fortuna Düsseldorf was more aggressive with 51 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Fortuna Düsseldorf won the match​.

Fortuna Düsseldorf shot 19 times, 3 on target, 16 off target. Talking about the opposition, Karlsruher SC shot 12 times, 2 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Fortuna Düsseldorf didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Karlsruher SC received 1 yellow card (P. Heise).

Match Timeline

10'
Philip Heise(own-goal)
22'
Marvin Wanitzek(goal)P. Heise
51'
63'
63'
64'
Fabian Schleusener- sub ->M. Lorenz
71'
71'
78'
78'
Felix Klaus- sub ->K. Peterson
79'
86'
Philip Heise- Yellow
88'
90'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Schalke 04
65
34
Werder Bremen
63
34
Hamburger SV
60
34
Darmstadt 98
60
34
St. Pauli
57
34
Heidenheim
52
34
Paderborn
51
34
Nürnberg
51
34
Holstein Kiel
45
34
Fortuna Düsseldorf
44
34
Hannover 96
42
34
Karlsruher SC
41
34
Hansa Rostock
41
34
Sandhausen
41
34
Jahn Regensburg
40
34
Dynamo Dresden
32
34
Erzgebirge Aue
26
34
Ingolstadt
21
34

After playing this match, Fortuna Düsseldorf will have 15 points like Heidenheim to stay in the 9th place. On the other side, Karlsruher SC will stay with 16 points to stay in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, Fortuna Düsseldorf will play away against Hansa Rostock on the 31st of October with a 3-2 head to head in favor of Fortuna Düsseldorf (0 draws).

Karlsruher SC will host Paderborn on the 31st of October with a 8-6 head to head in favor of Paderborn (2 draws).

Fortuna Düsseldorf – Formation

Fortuna Düsseldorf
G
Florian Kastenmeier 33.Germany
6.4
D
Florian Hartherz 7.Germany
7.2
D
Christoph Klarer 5.Austria
7.8
51'
D
T. Oberdorf 46.Germany
7.2
D
Matthias Zimmermann 25.Germany
6.7
M
Adam Bodzek 13.Poland
6.8
M
Marcel Sobottka 31.Germany
7.3
90'
M
Ao Tanaka 4.Japan
7.2
71'
F
K. Narey 20.Togo
7.4
90' 63'
F
Kristoffer Peterson 12.Sweden
7.1
79'
F
Rouwen Hennings 28.Germany
6.7
71'
Substitutes
G
Raphael Wolf 1.Germany
D
Leonardo Koutris 22.Greece
D
Dragoș Nedelcu 16.Romania
M
Felix Klaus 11.Germany
6.5
79'
M
J. Piotrowski 8.Poland
6.8
71'
M
Phil Sieben 48.Germany
90'
F
Nicklas Shipnoski 27.Germany
90'
F
Róbert Bozeník 32.Slovakia
6.6
71'
F
Lex-Tyger Lobinger 47.Germany

Fortuna Düsseldorf started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Christian Preußer decided to play with the following team: Florian Kastenmeier (6.4), Matthias Zimmermann (6.7), Christoph Klarer (7.8), Tim Christopher Oberdorf (7.2), Florian Hartherz (7.2), Marcel Sobottka (7.3), Adam Bodzek (6.8), Ao Tanaka (7.2), Khaled Narey (7.4), Rouwen Hennings (6.7) and Kristoffer Peterson (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Raphael Wolf, Leonardo Koutris, Dragoș Nedelcu, Felix Klaus (6.5), Jakub Piotrowski (6.8), Nicklas Shipnoski, Phil Sieben, Róbert Boženík (6.6) and Lex-Tyger Lobinger.

Substitutions

Fortuna Düsseldorf made 5 changes: R. Hennings for R. Bozenik (71′), A. Tanaka for J. Piotrowski (71′), K. Peterson for F. Klaus (79′), K. Narey for N. Shipnoski (90′) and M. Sobottka for P. T. Sieben (90′).

Best player: Christoph Klarer​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Fortuna Düsseldorf was Christoph Klarer.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 64 passes (87% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 9.

Karlsruher SC – Formation

Karlsruher SC
G
Markus Kuster 1.Austria
7.1
D
Daniel Gordon 3.Jamaica
6.2
88'
D
Philip Heise 16.Germany
7.4
86'
D
Christoph Kobald 22.Austria
6.8
D
Marco Thiede 21.Germany
6.4
78'
M
Kyoung-rok Choi 11.South Korea
6.2
78'
M
Jérôme Gondorf 8.Germany
7.1
M
Fabio Kaufmann 37.Germany
6.5
63'
M
Marc Lorenz 7.Germany
6.6
64'
M
Marvin Wanitzek 10.Germany
7.1
22'
F
Philipp Hofmann 33.Germany
6.8
Substitutes
G
Max Weiß 29.Germany
D
Felix Irorere 20.Germany
88'
D
Kilian Jakob 18.Germany
D
R. van 4.Netherlands
6.3
78'
M
Tim Breithaupt 38.Germany
M
Lucas Cueto 17.Germany
6.1
63'
F
Fabian Schleusener 24.Germany
6.4
64'
F
Malik Batmaz 9.Germany
F
Dominik Kother 19.Germany
6.8
78'

Karlsruher SC started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

On the other side, Christian Eichner played with: Markus Kuster (7.1), Marco Thiede (6.4), Daniel Gordon (6.2), Christoph Kobald (6.8), Philip Heise (7.4), Jérôme Gondorf (7.1), Marvin Wanitzek (7.1), Fabio Kaufmann (6.5), Kyoung-Rok Choi (6.2), Marc Lorenz (6.6) and Philipp Hofmann (6.8).

They had on the bench: Felix Irorere, Kilian Jakob, Ricardo Van Rhijn (6.3), Tim Breithaupt, Fabian Schleusener (6.4), Malik Batmaz, Lucas Cueto (6.1), Dominik Kother (6.8) and Max Weiss.

Substitutions

Karlsruher SC made 5 changes: F. Kaufmann for L. Cueto (63′), M. Lorenz for F. Schleusener (64′), M. Thiede for R. van Rhijn (78′), Choi Kyoung-Rok for D. Kother (78′) and D. Gordon for F. Irorere (88′).

Best player: Philip Heise​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Karlsruher SC was Philip Heise.

His rating is (7.4) with 54 passes (64% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the 2. Bundesliga.​