KARLSRUHE. Karlsruher SC found a way to reverse the score against Sandhausen. Karlsruher SC was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Wildparkstadion stadium in Karlsruhe on Saturday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Patrick Alt with the assistance of Oliver Lossius and Katrin Rafalski. The 4th official was Luca Jürgensen. The weather was clear. The temperature was extremely hot at 30.3 degrees Celsius or 86.59 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 21%.
Match Statistics
- ! 67 Ball Possession 33
Shots
- 25 Total 8
- 7 On Target 3
- 18 Off Target 5
- 3 Shots blocked 2
- 104 Attack 70
- 59 Dangerous attack 28
- 47 Ball safe 55
- 0 Penalties 0
- 10 Corners 2
Fouls
- 14 Total 16
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Karlsruher SC had a strong ball possession 67% while Sandhausen was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Karlsruher SC was more pushing with 59 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Karlsruher SC won the match.
Karlsruher SC shot 25 times, 7 on target, 18 off target. On the other side, Sandhausen shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Karlsruher SC received 2 yellow cards (F. Schleusener and L. Cueto). Talking about the opposition, Sandhausen received 3 yellow cards (E. Zenga, A. Zhirov and T. Trybull).
Match Timeline
Standings
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 statistic in favor of St. Pauli (5 draws).
Sandhausen will host Hamburger SV on the 28th of May with a 4-2 head to head stats in favor of Hamburger SV (2 draws).
Karlsruher SC – Formation
Karlsruher SC
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Karlsruher SC started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
The manager Christian Eichner decided to play with the following team: Marius Gersbeck , Marco Thiede , Daniel Gordon , Marcel Franke , Philip Heise , Jérôme Gondorf , Tim Breithaupt , Marvin Wanitzek , Paul Nebel , Fabian Schleusener and Malik Batmaz .
The home team had on the bench: Leon Jensen, Tim Rossmann, Sebastian Jung , Kelvin Arase , Luca Bolay, Kai Eisele, Kilian Jakob, Simone Rapp and Lucas Cueto .
Substitutions
Karlsruher SC made 4 changes: M. Batmaz for S. Rapp (64′), P. Nebel for L. Cueto (71′), M. Thiede for S. Jung (71′) and T. Breithaupt for K. Arase (80′).
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 with 59 passes (83% accurate) and 7 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 4. He performed 8 crosses.
Sandhausen – Formation
Sandhausen
Sandhausen started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Alois Schwartz played with: Patrick Drewes , Dennis Diekmeier , Dario Đumić , Aleksandr Zhirov , Chima Okoroji , Erik Zenga , Tom Trybull , Christian Kinsombi , Janik Bachmann , David Kinsombi and Matej Pulkrab .
These were the players on the bench: Josef Ganda, Phillipp Ochs , Alexander Esswein, Ahmed Kutucu , Bashkim Ajdini, Nikolai Rehnen, Marcel Ritzmaier , Immanuel Höhn and Cebio Soukou.
Substitutions
Sandhausen made 5 changes: C. Kinsombi for P. Ochs (46′), M. Pulkrab for A. Kutucu (46′), D. Kinsombi for M. Ritzmaier (85′), T. Trybull for C. Soukou (90′) and D. Diekmeier for A. Esswein (90′).
Best player: Ahmed Kutucu
The most impressive player for Sandhausen was Ahmed Kutucu.
His rating is with 1 goal, 12 passes (33% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the 2. Bundesliga.
- Karlsruher SC – Sandhausen – 3-2
- Darmstadt 98 – Hansa Rostock – 4-0
- DSC Arminia Bielefeld – Hamburger SV – 0-2
- Holstein Kiel – Eintracht Braunschweig – 3-0
