2. Bundesliga Preview: Karlsruher SC vs. SpVgg Greuther Fürth

Bundesliga. The visitors picked up seven points from their last three games, while Karlsruhe suffered a heavy defeat at Kaiserslautern a week after failing to hold a 3-1 lead at home against Dynamo Dresden. However, the hosts are in a favorable position in the table as they sit in eighth place with 34 points.

Fürth’s resurgence under Heiko Vogel saw them go three points clear of 16th-placed Preußen Münster. Marvin Wanitzek’s first brace of the season helped Christian Eichner’s side to a 4-1 win away at Fürth in the reverse fixture. Karlsruhe’s captain scored his fourth brace in their last home game against Dresden.

Karlsruhe are unbeaten at home in this fixture since a 5-1 reverse back in 2019. They won each of the last four meetings by scoring three goals per game on average. Last week’s 2-0 victory over promotion hopefuls Elversberg secured Fürth’s first back-to-back wins of the season.

Team News Karlsruhe’s wingback David Herold and Fürth’s center-back Maximilian Dietz are suspended after picking up their fifth yellow cards of the season on matchday 26. Predicted Lineups Karlsruhe: Bernat; Ambrosius, Franke, Kobald; Jung, Rapp, Burnic; Förster, Wanitzek ©; Ben Farhat, Simic Fürth: Prüfrock; Dehm, Elvedi, Ziereis, Münz; Arifi, Will; Hrgota ©, Srbeny, Ltaief; Futkeu