FC Wurzburger Kickers vs Karlsruher SC — 2. Bundesliga 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 27+ matches
FC Wurzburger Kickers35%
Karlsruher SC40%✓ Correct in 51 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.6% correct across 576,853 matches, vs 44.7% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.9% correct · Away picks 49.7% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Both teams create about equally
Season form · 27 home / 120 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over54
- Under46
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes57
- No43
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
FC Wurzburger Kickers ↓
Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
FC Wurzburger Kickers at home — creates 1.04, concedes 1.52 · 27 matches
Karlsruher SC away — creates 1.43, concedes 1.69 · 120 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
FC Wurzburger Kickers attack 1.04 + Karlsruher SC defence 1.69 → ÷2 → 1.36
Karlsruher SC attack 1.43 + FC Wurzburger Kickers defence 1.52 → ÷2 → 1.48
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 40%?"
Karlsruher SC at 40% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 40% does not mean "Karlsruher SC will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Player of the match
Match Events
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Statistics
FC Wurzburger Kickers host Karlsruher SC on Saturday, 2 January 2021 at 12:00. The match is part of the 2. Bundesliga 2018/2019 season.
2. Bundesliga: FC Wurzburger Kickers 2–4 Karlsruher SC
Karlsruher SC beat FC Wurzburger Kickers 4-2 in 2. Bundesliga on January 2, 2021.
Goals: B. Goller (12'), M. Wanitzek (28', 32' o.g., 44'), J. Gondorf (48'), C. Kobald (67' o.g.).
FC Wurzburger Kickers controlled possession (57%) and registered 16 shots to 9.
The match was played at flyeralarm-Arena in Würzburg.