Karlsruhe will host Augsburg at the Wildparkstadion on Wednesday in the last 16 of the 2024-25 DFB Pokal campaign. The home side have hit a rough patch in the league of late and will hope they can find better luck elsewhere on Wednesday.
They thrashed fourth-tier Lotte 5-0 in the opening round of the cup tournament, with four different players getting on the scoresheet including Hoffenheim loanee Bambase Conte, who came off the bench to open his account for the club. They then played Offenbach in the next round and picked up a well-deserved 2-0 victory featuring second-half strikes from Budu Zivzivadze and Marcel Beifus.
Meanwhile, Augsburg recorded a dominant 4-1 comeback victory over Viktoria Berlin in their cup opener at the start of the season, with debutant Samuel Essende scoring in the process. They then traded tackles with Schalke in the next round, heading into the break a goal up thanks to an Alexis Claude-Maurice strike before Arne Maier and Essende sealed the win late in the game.
The visitors last appeared at this stage of the DFB Pokal back in the 2018-19 campaign, beating Holstein Kiel 1-0. They will be targeting victory here as well.
Karlsruhe vs Augsburg Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- There have been 38 meetings between Karlsruhe and Augsburg. The home side have won 18 of those games while the visitors have won 10 times, with their other 10 clashes ending in draws.
- The two teams last faced off in a 2. Bundesliga clash back in April 2011 which Augsburg won 1-0.
- KSC have won just one of their last five games in this fixture.
- Augsburg are one of five teams in the German top flight this season yet to win on the road.
Karlsruhe vs Augsburg Prediction
KSC have won just one of their last four matches and three of their last 10. They are without a win on home turf since September and have a stern test ahead of them this week.
Augsburg's latest result ended a three-game winless streak in competitive action and they will be looking to kick on from that this week. They have been quite poor on the road of late but should have enough to win this one.
Prediction: Karlsruhe 1-2 Augsburg
Karlsruhe vs Augsburg Betting Tips
Tip 1 - Result: Augsburg to win
Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Three of the hosts' last four matches have produced more than 2.5 goals)
Tip 3 - Both teams to score: YES (Both sides have found the back of the net in four of their last six matchups)