Highlights
D. Braun
Full-time
90'
+ 3
Nuremberg again
Jander cleverly turns, but his inside shot is too weak and misplaced, so Weiss can safely grab it.
90'
+ 1
Six Minutes
Six minutes of injury time. Can Nuremberg still make something happen here?
90'
Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 90 minutes
Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 90 minutes
Through high-end camera technology and machine learning, the speed of each player is evaluated in real time. Top speed then means, the fastest measured single frame of a player/game.
88'
Nuremberg toothless
The away side don't look threatening anymore. Karlsruhe have a shot from a direct free kick by Wanitzek. The ball curls one metre over the crossbar.
84'
Substitution
First hat-trick
© IMAGO/Pressefoto Rudel/Robin Rudel
83'
Substitution
79'
The home team turns the game around
Madness in Karlsruhe. The Georgian turns the game around with his third goal. Again the striker is played in low from the wing. Zivzivadze controls the ball with his back to goal, turns and finishes into the far corner.
Goal probability
Goal probability
Goal probability determines the likelihood that the ball will land in the goal from every position on the pitch. The value is based on large amounts of data from previous years; factors such as shot angle, distance to goal and opponent pressure - as well as mathematical models.
Shot speed
Shot speed
Shot speed describes the maximum speed in km/h that a ball reaches in a shot on goal. The distance is measured from the location of the shot to the centre of the goal.
Distance to Goal
Distance to Goal
The distance to goal is measured at the time of the shot - from the position of the ball to the center of the goal.
77'
Substitution
77'
Substitution
74'
Substitution
74'
Substitution
74'
Substitution
73'
Equaliser!
The home fans are going wild. Zivzivadze equalises with his second goal. Conté dribbles down the right and finds the Georgian in the middle. He turns skillfully before slotting home his second of the game.
Goal probability
Goal probability
Goal probability determines the likelihood that the ball will land in the goal from every position on the pitch. The value is based on large amounts of data from previous years; factors such as shot angle, distance to goal and opponent pressure - as well as mathematical models.
Distance to Goal
Distance to Goal
The distance to goal is measured at the time of the shot - from the position of the ball to the center of the goal.
65'
Crosses a rarity
Klose's team has not had a single headed shot at goal yet and has only put in three crosses so far (compared to 11 Karlsruhe crosses already). The home side are now piling on the pressure - without creating clear-cut chances
65'
Substitution
65'
Substitution
62'
Nuremberg responds
Hofmann from about 25 yards with the first shot for Nuremberg in the second half. The ball goes wide left.
59'
No penalty for Karlsruhe
Burnic is played through from the right in the penalty area and goes down in the challenge. The VAR checks the scene - and decides to let play continue.
59'
SituationNo penalty
ReviewFoul?
DecisionNo penalty
57'
Substitution
56'
Knoche clears
Jung receives the ball again on the right side, crosses it with full force into the box. Centre-back Knoche clears with his head. The corner kick comes to nothing.
53'
Possession now even
Possession (%)
4951
51'
Wanitzek impressing
Speaking of Marvin Wanitzek - he has been able to successfully get out of 91 percent of his pressing situations so far today and has completed 91 percent of his passes under pressure to his teammates.
50'
Home side with more energy
The hosts have come back better from the break, are dangerous from the wings. Wanitzek's outside pass from the left is too much, and finds no taker.
46'
Kick-off second half
The ball is rolling again. There were no substitutions.
Kick-off!
45'
+ 5
Half time whistle
After a sluggish start, this match really picked up pace. The more effective guests took a 2:0 lead from three chances with a double strike. Euro 2024 participant Zivzivadze brought Karlsruhe back into it just before the break.
Half-time
45'
+ 4
45'
+ 2
There is the connection
That was well played. A long ball from Beifus finds Jung at the right edge of the penalty area, who passes the ball on with the inside. Zivzivadze takes the ball and finishes skilfully.
Goal probability
Goal probability
Goal probability determines the likelihood that the ball will land in the goal from every position on the pitch. The value is based on large amounts of data from previous years; factors such as shot angle, distance to goal and opponent pressure - as well as mathematical models.
Shot speed
Shot speed
Shot speed describes the maximum speed in km/h that a ball reaches in a shot on goal. The distance is measured from the location of the shot to the centre of the goal.
Distance to Goal
Distance to Goal
The distance to goal is measured at the time of the shot - from the position of the ball to the center of the goal.
44'
Futile art?
Günther tunnels his opponent on the left wing and heads for the byline. Karlsruhe fail to get a shot on goal again.
41'
Corner
Rapp gets his head to the ball from a corner at the far post. The ball goes high over the goal.
39'
VAR check
After a corner kick from Karlsruhe, a challenge and potentially a handball are reviewed. The VAR decides play should continue.
38'
SituationNo penalty
ReviewHandball?
DecisionNo penalty
36'
Karlsruhe unsettled
The two conceded goals have shaken the hosts, who are currently making many simple mistakes.
Nuremberg on top
© IMAGO/Sportfoto Zink / Daniel Marr
33'
Picks scores 5th goal
For new signing Florian Pick it was his 5th Bundesliga 2 goal (in his 78th match); in the last Bundesliga season the 28-year old had not scored a single goal for 1. FC Heidenheim.
32'
Nuremberg increases lead
Nuremberg punish Karlsruhe's ineffectiveness again. Pick carries the ball down the left, passes and bursts into the penalty area. The ex-Heidenheim player gets the ball back and finishes with a toe poke through a defender's legs into the goal.
Goal probability
Goal probability
Goal probability determines the likelihood that the ball will land in the goal from every position on the pitch. The value is based on large amounts of data from previous years; factors such as shot angle, distance to goal and opponent pressure - as well as mathematical models.
Distance to Goal
Distance to Goal
The distance to goal is measured at the time of the shot - from the position of the ball to the center of the goal.
30'
Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 30 minutes
Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 30 minutes
Through high-end camera technology and machine learning, the speed of each player is evaluated in real time. Top speed then means, the fastest measured single frame of a player/game.
28'
Second big chance for Schleusener
Nuremberg's keeper Reichert plays a hospital pass in the buildup which Flick cannot control. Schleusener gets to the ball and shoots - but the ball is cleared off the line.
25'
Period of calm
After the opening goal, the pace of the match has calmed down for now.
22'
Okunuki ends goalless run
Kanji Okunuki scores for the first time in the calendar year 2024; the Japanese had last scored one of his only three goals this season 2023/24 on 11 November 2023 (in the 3-1 win in Paderborn). For Okunaki, a run of 17 goalless Bundesliga 2 games came to an end.
20'
Klose's men lead
If you don't take your chances up front, you get punished at the back. Okunuki scores during Karlsruhe's period of pressure. After Soares wins the ball, Schleimer cleverly plays the ball through towards the penalty area. The Japanese player rounds the goalkeeper and slots the ball into the empty net.
Goal probability
Goal probability
Goal probability determines the likelihood that the ball will land in the goal from every position on the pitch. The value is based on large amounts of data from previous years; factors such as shot angle, distance to goal and opponent pressure - as well as mathematical models.
Distance to Goal
Distance to Goal
The distance to goal is measured at the time of the shot - from the position of the ball to the center of the goal.
16'
Chance!
Burnic makes his way down the right to the goal line and puts in a low cross to the centre, Schleusener smashes it against the crossbar from six yards.
14'
First shot
That was brilliantly played. Zivzivadze makes a run into space and is sent through with a chipped ball from the left over the Nuremberg defensive line. The striker brings the ball down superbly and shoots from the left inside the box. The ball whistles just over.
11'
First approach
KSC win the ball back through counter-pressing and subsequently pass the ball around towards the penalty area through several players - but fail to get a shot away. The spectators are still waiting for the first shot on goal.
8'
Dangerous free kick
Pick wins a free kick on the left wing. Danilo Soares takes it and Knoche gets a dangerous shot away. But it would have been a close offside.
6'
Away side has the ball
Possession (%)
2476
5'
Experience as an asset?
After five minutes there haven't been any goal attempts, so here's a statistic: Karlsruhe's starting line-up has clearly the upper hand over Nuremberg's when it comes to the number of Bundesliga 2 games (1130 vs. 502) and Bundesliga 2 goals scored (119 vs. 26).
3'
Feeling out
Karlsruhe are trying to get possession and take control of the game early on.
1'
Kick-off in Karlsruhe
The ball is rolling.
Kick-off!
Starting line-up: Karlsruher SC
A surprise, a returnee
Fabian Schleusener is in Karlsruhe's starting XI for the first time in the 2024 calendar year. The last time he started was at the beginning of December 2023 in a 2-2 home draw against Hansa Rostock. Leon Jensen missed the last four games of the 2023/24 season due to surgery on his eardrum; now the 27-year-old Karlsruhe midfielder is back.
New quartet for Klose
New manager Miroslav Klose starts four new signings in his first Bundesliga 2 match: Robin Knoche (Union Berlin), Danilo Soares (VfL Bochum), Florian Pick (1. FC Heidenheim) and Caspar Jander (MSV Duisburg) are in the starting eleven.
KSC replaces three departures
KSC have only one new signing in the starting XI today and three changes to the last match of the 2023/24 season overall (3:0 win at Elversberg); Lasse Günther (on loan from FC Augsburg), Leon Jensen and Fabian Schleusener are playing instead of the departed Philip Heise (Dynamo Dresden), Paul Nebel (1. FSV Mainz 05) and Igor Matanovic (Eintracht Frankfurt).
This is how Nuremberg line up
Reichert - Hofmann, Jeltsch, Knoche (c), Soares, Flick, Castrop, Okunuki, Jander, Pick, Schleimer
This is how KSC line up
Weiß - Jung, Franke, Beifus, Günther, Rapp, Jensen, Burnić, Wanitzek (c), Schleusener, Zivzivadze
13:47
50 years of the 2.Bundesliga: The teams, dramas and the records
15:39
Jürgen Klopp's Bundesliga 2 journey
What Christian Eichner says
"It's time for Saturday 1:00 pm! We want to fight for points again! The team will make a good impression and we will see a team that is still worth cheering for."
Karlsruhe's fortress
The home side will look to continue their impressive home form from last season, which saw them lose just three times at the BBBank Wildpark.
Taking the next step
Miroslav Klose and his Nuremberg side will be looking for a big improvement on last season's 12th place finish, while Karlsruhe will look to close the gap on the sides above them and put themselves in the conversation for promotion to the Bundesliga again, following last season's 5th place finish.
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