KARLSRUHE. Paderborn conquers Karlsruher SC 4-2.

The match was played at the Wildpark Platz 6 stadium in Karlsruhe on Sunday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Timo Gerach who was helped by Patrick Kessel and Tobias Endriß. The 4th official was Julius Martenstein. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 18.9 degrees Celsius or 66.07 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Karlsruher SC was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Paderborn that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Karlsruher SC was more aggressive with 73 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 7 were on target. Still, Paderborn managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Karlsruher SC shot 19 times, 7 on target, 12 off target. Regarding the opposition, Paderborn shot 12 times, 9 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Karlsruher SC received 5 yellow cards (M. Batmaz, M. Wanitzek, C. Kobald, T. Breithaupt and J. Gondorf). On the opposite side, Paderborn didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this contest, Karlsruher SC will stay with 16 points like Werder Bremen to stay in the 9th place. On the other side, Paderborn will have 21 points like Nürnberg to stay in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, Karlsruher SC will host Hamburger SV on the 6th of November with a 5-2 head to head stats in favor of Hamburger SV (2 draws).

Paderborn will host Ingolstadt on the 6th of November with a 8-2 head to head in favor of Paderborn (2 draws).

Karlsruher SC – Formation

Karlsruher SC started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Christian Eichner decided to play with the following team: Marius Gersbeck (6.4), Marco Thiede (7.1), Daniel Gordon (6.1), Christoph Kobald (6.5), Philip Heise (6.3), Tim Breithaupt (6.1), Kyoung-Rok Choi (6.3), Marvin Wanitzek (7.1), Jérôme Gondorf (5.9), Lucas Cueto (6.4) and Philipp Hofmann (7.6).

The home team had on the bench: Markus Kuster, Felix Irorere, Kilian Jakob, Ricardo Van Rhijn, Fabio Kaufmann, Marc Lorenz (7.3), Fabian Schleusener (7.5), Malik Batmaz (6.8) and Dominik Kother (6.2).

Substitutions

Karlsruher SC made 4 changes: L. Cueto for F. Schleusener (46′), J. Gondorf for M. Lorenz (46′), T. Breithaupt for D. Kother (84′) and Choi Kyoung-Rok for M. Batmaz (84′).

Best player: Philipp Hofmann​

The most impressive player for Karlsruher SC was Philipp Hofmann.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 28 passes (67% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 18.

Paderborn – Formation

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

On the other side, Lukas Kwasniok played with: Jannik Huth (7.1), Marco Schuster (6.6), Uwe Hünemeier (6.2), Jasper van der Werff (7.1), Jamilu Collins (6.9), Julian Justvan (8.4), Ron Schallenberg (6.9), Marcel Mehlem (7.4), Kelvin Ofori (6.8), Felix Platte (7.6) and Sven Michel (9.2).

These were the players on the bench: Moritz Schulze, Jonas Carls, Marcel Correia (7.0), Jannis Heuer, Robin Yalçın, Kai Pröger (6.1), Marco Stiepermann (6.8), Maximilian Thalhammer (6.4) and Dennis Srbeny (6.6).

Paderborn could not rely on the presence of M. Thalhammer (injured) and M. Correia (injured).

Substitutions

Paderborn made 5 changes: M. Mehlem for M. Thalhammer (57′), F. Platte for K. Proger (57′), S. Michel for M. Stiepermann (67′), K. Ofori for D. Srbeny (67′) and U. Hunemeier for M. Correia (73′).

Best player: Sven Michel​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Paderborn was Sven Michel.

His rating is (9.2) with 3 goals, 16 passes (31% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 6. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Karlsruher SC – Paderborn – 2-4
• Hansa Rostock – Fortuna Düsseldorf – 2-1
• Ingolstadt – Jahn Regensburg – 0-3