Match Report
The table gap was wide: 36 points between Karlsruher SC (1st, 79 pts) and Stuttgart II (15th, 43 pts). Stuttgart II ranked just 20th in the league on five-round form despite their 15th table position. In league terms the two rates read 1.82/0.71 for Karlsruher SC and 0.92/1.11 for Stuttgart II (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.26.
Karlsruher SC entered with eight wins in a row, having scored in 8 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Karlsruher SC 15/15, Stuttgart II 8/15.
Wildparkstadion in Karlsruhe staged the fixture, a ground that holds 35,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-1.
Goal scorers
Karlsruher SC: Koen van der Biezen (2'), Dominic Peitz (50'), D. Blum (90') · Stuttgart II: Tobias Rathgeb (11')