1. FC Kaiserslautern vs Karlsruher SC — 2. Bundesliga: stats, lineups & analysis
Match Events
- 16′Karlsruher SC, yellow card:Argument
- 26′Karlsruher SC, yellow card:Argument
- 27′Karlsruher SC, yellow card:Foul
- 27′1. FC Kaiserslautern, yellow card:Argument
- 43′1. FC Kaiserslautern, substitution:off
- 45+3′Karlsruher SC, substitution:J. D. Meyeroff
- Half-time
- 46′Karlsruher SC, substitution:off
- 67′1. FC Kaiserslautern, substitution:off
- 67′1. FC Kaiserslautern, substitution:off
- 84′1. FC Kaiserslautern, substitution:off
- 84′1. FC Kaiserslautern, substitution:off
- 84′Karlsruher SC, substitution:off
- 87′1. FC Kaiserslautern, yellow card:Argument
- 89′Karlsruher SC, substitution:off
- 90+8′1. FC Kaiserslautern, yellow card:Foul
- Full-time
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Match report
Kaiserslautern and Karlsruher SC play out goalless draw in 2. Bundesliga
1. FC Kaiserslautern and Karlsruher SC shared a goalless draw at the Fritz Walter Stadion in a second matchday fixture of the 2. Bundesliga. Neither side found the breakthrough across the ninety minutes, with the scoreline still level at half-time and remaining that way until the final whistle.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
The match produced little in the way of clear-cut chances despite a reasonable volume of shots from both sides. Kaiserslautern shaded possession, while Karlsruher SC registered more efforts on target and forced more corners, yet the away side could not turn that pressure into a goal. Both teams picked up three yellow cards apiece as the contest wore on under referee Richard Hempel.
The result left Kaiserslautern in 11th position with two points from two games, while Karlsruher SC sit third on four points after the same number of matches. Torsten Lieberknecht's side had won their previous league outing at home against Arminia Bielefeld, while Maximilian Senft's Karlsruher SC arrived off the back of a draw against SC Paderborn 07.
Julian Krahl was the top-rated performer on the pitch for Kaiserslautern with a rating of 8.2, followed by teammate Jan Elvedi on 7.7, while Christoph Kobald was Karlsruher SC's best-rated player at 7.5.
Karlsruher SC had the better of the shooting statistics, landing eight shots on target compared to Kaiserslautern's three despite finishing without a goal.
1. FC Kaiserslautern and Karlsruher SC drew 0–0 (half-time 0–0).
1. FC Kaiserslautern met Karlsruher SC in the 2. Bundesliga (Regular Season - 2). Kick-off was Saturday, 15 August 2026, 18:30 UTC at Fritz Walter Stadion. Referee: Richard Hempel.
Team pages: 1. FC Kaiserslautern · Karlsruher SC · 2. Bundesliga
Starting line-ups
1. FC Kaiserslautern (3-4-2-1)
Karlsruher SC (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave 1. FC Kaiserslautern 43%, the draw 30%, Karlsruher SC 27%. It finished 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0–0 Karlsruher SC.
Level sides, home ground swings it, even this early in the season — Nothing separates them on our strength rating, and 1. FC Kaiserslautern's 43% is home ground and little else. The draw at 30% is lifted by the early-season fade in home wins.
Why 1. FC Kaiserslautern in front?
Home ground, and little else. Almost nothing between them on our strength rating — 1558 to 1523. Sides this close won 45.6% of 14,465 home games (draw 26.5%, visitors 27.8%).
Why only 43%?
Because on our strength rating there is nothing in it. Both sides are inside their first six league games — home wins land softer this early in the season, so this trims 1. FC Kaiserslautern's column. Across 10,563 opening-stretch games since 2010, home sides won 42.8% where the rating map expected 44.9%, with draws up 2.1 — negative in every season since 2018.
Why is the draw second, ahead of the Karlsruher SC win?
Between sides this level the draw starts at 26.5%. These teams' recent games average 2.6 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 26.2% of 27,561. Early-season fixtures add 2.1 points to the draw. The goals environment adds 1.4 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
1. FC Kaiserslautern sit -0.31 goals per game under chance-quality. For home sides we could not receipt a bounce-back — the measured cells sit inside each other's noise bands — so this is noted and scores 0. Last 6 between them: 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3 wins, 2 draws, Karlsruher SC 1 win. Most recently 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3–0 Karlsruher SC, 5 months ago. Fixture history hasn't carried forward once class is level: past leaders won just 43.1% of 5035 such games — no measurable edge, 0 points.
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About this match
On this page: the 1. FC Kaiserslautern vs Karlsruher SC final score and result, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this 2. Bundesliga fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
The full match report above covers the goals, key moments and stats. Explore more on the 1. FC Kaiserslautern and Karlsruher SC team pages or the 2. Bundesliga page.