SANDHAUSEN. Karlsruher SC was after all too much to handle for Sandhausen with the goal of Jérôme Gondorf (8′), Mikkel Kaufmann (52′) and Fabian Schleusener (73′). Karlsruher SC was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald stadium in Sandhausen on Sunday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Florian Badstübner who was helped by Philipp Hüwe and Jonas Brombacher. The 4th official was Asmir Osmanagic. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.6 degrees Celsius or 54.73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Karlsruher SC was in firm control of the ball 62% while Sandhausen was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Karlsruher SC was putting more pressure with 59 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Karlsruher SC won the match​.

Karlsruher SC shot 24 times, 8 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sandhausen shot 6 times, 0 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Karlsruher SC received 2 yellow cards (Mikkel Kaufmann and Philip Heise). On the opposite side, Sandhausen didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this encounter, Karlsruher SC will have 25 points to hold in the 11th place. On the opposite side, Sandhausen will stay with 19 points to hold in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, Karlsruher SC will play away with St. Pauli on the 28th of May with a 8-5 head to head stats in favor of St. Pauli (6 draws).

Sandhausen will host Hamburger SV on the 28th of May with a 5-2 head to head statistic in favor of Hamburger SV (2 draws).

Karlsruher SC – Formation

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

The manager Alois Schwartz decided to play with the following team: Marius Gersbeck (6.8), Sebastian Jung (7.8), Daniel Gordon (7.0), Marcel Franke (7.0), Philip Heise (7.8), Kyoung-Rok Choi, Paul Nebel (7.0), Jérôme Gondorf (8.0), Tim Breithaupt (7.2), Marvin Wanitzek (9.2), Fabian Schleusener (7.6) and Mikkel Kaufmann (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Simone Rapp, Florian Ballas, Malik Batmaz, Leon Jensen, Kai Eisele, Lucas Cueto, Marco Thiede (6.4) and Daniel Brosinski.

Substitutions

Karlsruher SC made 5 changes: Sebastian Jung for Marco Thiede (78′), Mikkel Kaufmann for Simone Rapp (78′), P. Nebel for Lucas Cueto (85′), Jérôme Gondorf for Leon Jensen (85′) and Fabian Schleusener for Malik Batmaz (87′).

Best player: Marvin Wanitzek​

The player that probably impressed the most for Karlsruher SC was Marvin Wanitzek even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (9.2) with 52 passes (73% accurate) and 8 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 3 crosses.

Sandhausen – Formation

Sandhausen started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Christian Eichner played with: Patrick Drewes (6.6), Raphael Framberger (6.4), Dario Đumić (7.1), Aleksandr Zhirov (7.1), Chima Okoroji (6.1), Janik Bachmann (6.4), Bashkim Ajdini (6.2), Phillipp Ochs (6.6), Christian Kinsombi (6.6), Alexander Esswein (6.8), Hamadi Al Ghaddioui (6.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Oumar Diakhité, Dennis Diekmeier (6.7), David Kinsombi, Kemal Ademi, Ahmed Kutucu, Abu-Bekir Ömer El-Zein, Marcel Ritzmaier (6.2), Josef Ganda (6.2) and Timo Königsmann.

Substitutions

Sandhausen made 5 changes: Bashkim Ajdini for Joseph Gande (55′), R. Framberger for Dennis Diekmeier (55′), Philipp Ochs for Marcel Ritzmaier (55′), Alexander Esswein for Kemal Ademi (85′) and Christian Kinsombi for David Kinsombi (85′).

Best player: Aleksandr Zhirov​

The most impressive player for Sandhausen was Aleksandr Zhirov.

His rating is (7.1) with 50 passes (70% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 13.

Results of the day

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

• Sandhausen – Karlsruher SC – 0-3
• Hamburger SV – DSC Arminia Bielefeld – 2-1
• Heidenheim – Nürnberg – 5-0