Karlsruher SC vs SV Darmstadt 98 — 2. Bundesliga: stats, lineups & analysis
Match Events
- 5′Karlsruher SC, goal:1–0assist
- 13′Karlsruher SC, goal:2–0assist
- Half-time2 – 0
- 50′Karlsruher SC, goal:3–0assist
- 62′Karlsruher SC, substitution:off
- 65′Karlsruher SC, goal:4–0
- 66′Karlsruher SC, substitution:off
- 66′Karlsruher SC, substitution:off
- 71′SV Darmstadt 98, yellow card:Argument
- 71′SV Darmstadt 98, yellow card:Argument
- 71′Karlsruher SC, yellow card:Argument
- 72′SV Darmstadt 98, substitution:off
- 72′SV Darmstadt 98, substitution:off
- 72′SV Darmstadt 98, substitution:off
- 72′SV Darmstadt 98, substitution:off
- 81′Karlsruher SC, substitution:off
- 81′Karlsruher SC, substitution:off
- Full-time4 – 0
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Match report
Karlsruher SC end winless run with 4-0 win over SV Darmstadt 98
Karlsruher SC beat SV Darmstadt 98 4-0 at BBBank Wildpark on Matchday 8 of the 2. Bundesliga, ending a run of five games without a win. The hosts had gone into the afternoon in 18th place and left it 13th, one point and four places ahead of their opponents.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
The game was effectively settled before the interval. Shio Fukuda opened the scoring in the fifth minute from a Marvin Wanitzek assist, and Wanitzek turned scorer eight minutes later, converting Fukuda's pass to make it 2-0, the score at half-time.
Karlsruhe added two more after the restart. Christoph Kobald headed the third in the 50th minute, again set up by Wanitzek, and Kevin Wiethaup struck in the 65th to complete the scoring. Darmstadt, who had won their previous league game 3-1 at home to Energie Cottbus, found no way back.
Karlsruhe next travel to 1. FC Magdeburg in the 2. Bundesliga on Saturday 24 October, while Darmstadt host FC St. Pauli the day before, on Friday 23 October.
Marvin Wanitzek was involved in three of the four goals, scoring once and providing two assists, and took the highest rating of any player on the pitch at 9.07.
Darmstadt had 60% of the possession but managed only one shot on target, against seven for Karlsruhe.
Karlsruher SC beat SV Darmstadt 98 4–0 (half-time 2–0).
Karlsruher SC met SV Darmstadt 98 in the 2. Bundesliga (Regular Season - 8). Kick-off was Sunday, 18 October 2026, 11:30 UTC at BBBank Wildpark. Referee: Marc Philip Eckermann.
Team pages: Karlsruher SC · SV Darmstadt 98 · 2. Bundesliga
Key moments
- 5' Goal: Shio Fukuda (assist: Marvin Wanitzek) — 1–0
- 13' Goal: Marvin Wanitzek (assist: Shio Fukuda) — 2–0
- 50' Goal: Christoph Kobald (assist: Marvin Wanitzek) — 3–0
- 65' Goal: Kevin Wiethaup — 4–0
Starting line-ups
Karlsruher SC (3-4-1-2)
SV Darmstadt 98 (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Karlsruher SC 39%, the draw 28%, SV Darmstadt 98 33%. It finished Karlsruher SC 4–0 SV Darmstadt 98.
Home advantage edges Karlsruher SC in front — We give Karlsruher SC 39% because the usual home advantage outweighs SV Darmstadt 98's edge on our strength rating, where they sit 45 points higher at 1407 to 1361. The draw starts near 29%, the usual rate for a gap this size, and dips slightly to 28% as both sides' recent games average 3.0 goals.
Why Karlsruher SC at 39%?
Home ground, against the rating. SV Darmstadt 98 sit 45 points higher on our strength rating — 1407 to 1361. Sides with a 40–80-point rating edge on the road won 32.5% of 10,409 such games.
Why only 39%?
Because SV Darmstadt 98 are the stronger side on our strength rating. The rest is the draw at 28% and SV Darmstadt 98 at 33%.
Why the draw at 28%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 29.2%. These teams' recent games average 3.0 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.8% of 25,238.
What did we measure but not count?
Karlsruher SC sit -0.45 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. In our recorded league results, SV Darmstadt 98 are winless in their last 14 away games: 7 draws and 7 defeats. The run began on 30 November 2025. Last recorded away league win: 8 November 2025 — Hannover 96 2–3 SV Darmstadt 98. Latest recorded away league result: 18 September 2026 — VfL Wolfsburg 5–1 SV Darmstadt 98. Across 13,770 historical matches involving visitors with at least six consecutive winless away league games, those visitors won 25.7%, compared with 25.0% expected from team strength. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
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