SpVgg Greuther Fürth will have to deal with their frustration on Friday (October 24th, 6:30 p.m.) against Karlsruher SC. On the 9th matchday, the cloverleaf was torn apart by SV Elversberg (0:6). The upcoming Fürth opponent Karlsruher SC showed significantly more resistance in the narrow 2:3 against 1. FC Kaiserslautern, but in the end they were also left empty-handed. It is clear that the direct duel has a groundbreaking character for both clubs.
Next Friday (October 24th, 6:30 p.m. in the sport.de LIVE ticker/highlights directly afterwards RTL+) SpVgg Greuther Fürth is visiting Karlsruher SC – and therefore with a real fearsome opponent.
KSC won four of the last five games against Fürth. In the only exception (3:4 in Fürth in September 2023), the Baden team were briefly 3:2 ahead, but then lost.
History also doesn’t exactly speak for the playing association, which hasn’t lost any competitive games against any other team since the Bundesliga was founded in 1963 (sometimes under previous club names). In 63 comparisons, they lost a whopping 30 times, Fürth won 21 times, and twelve games ended in a draw.
The KSC’s hopes for the next threesome are likely to rest primarily on captain Marvin Wanitzek: The 32-year-old not only has a good record against Fürth (6 wins, 2 draws, 2 defeats, always with the KSC), but also recorded four goals and an assist in his last six duels against the Franconians.
Further facts about the game SpVgg Greuther Fürth vs. Karlsruher SC:
- Greuther Fürth conceded at least 2 goals in all 4 home games in 2025/26 – across the seasons even in the last 5 home games. The last time SpVgg kept a clean sheet in a second division home game was on February 23rd (3-0 against Braunschweig), and since then they have failed to do so nine times.
- KSC is the only second division team other than Bochum without an away win in 2025/26 (D3 L1) and had to wait until matchday 8 for their first away goal of the season – longer than any other team.
- Who makes the game? With 44% ball possession, SpVgg is tied for last among all second division teams in this statistic, but KSC only has 47%47%f – only 4 teams less.
- With a rate of 47.3% duels won, SpVgg ranks last in the duel statistics. The Karlsruhe team, on the other hand, won 51.5% of the duels, which is only bettered by the Hanover team (51.9%).
- With 36 shots on goal, Wanitzek (2 goals) is by far the player who looks for the finish most often this season. Fürth’s Felix Klaus (28, 5 goals) is tied for second place.
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