Karlsruher SC 1-2 VfL Bochum 1848: result and report
2. Bundesliga · Sunday 17 May 2026
Result
Karlsruher SC 1-2 VfL Bochum 1848
2. Bundesliga · Sunday 17 May 2026, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
Karlsruher SC 1-2 VfL Bochum 1848: match report
Karlsruher SC lost to VfL Bochum 1848 1-2 in the 2. Bundesliga on Sunday 17 May 2026. The half-time score was 1-1.
Kjell Wätjen opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Karlsruher SC's goal came from Shio Fukuda (19'). VfL Bochum 1848 scored through Kjell Wätjen (4') and Moritz-Broni Kwarteng (70').
Discipline: Karlsruher SC received 2 yellow cards; VfL Bochum 1848 received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Karlsruher SC were 9th on 44 points from 33 and VfL Bochum 1848 10th on 41 points from 33. Karlsruher SC went on to finish that season 10th with 44 points, and VfL Bochum 1848 9th with 44.
Karlsruher SC lined up in a 3-5-2 and VfL Bochum 1848 in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kjell Wätjen of VfL Bochum 1848 (7.7), ahead of Matus Bero (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Karlsruher SC wins, 7 draws and 1 for VfL Bochum 1848.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Kjell Wätjen
- 19'Goal · Shio Fukuda
- 22'Yellow card · Fabian Schleusener
- 31'Yellow card · Dzenis Burnic
- 39'Yellow card · Noah Loosli
- 70'Goal · Moritz-Broni Kwarteng
- 85'Yellow card · Oliver Olsen
- 90+1'Yellow card · Matus Bero
- 90+2'Yellow card · Philipp Hofmann
Head-to-head
Team news
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- Marcel Beifus
- Eymen Laghrissi
- Lilian Egloff
- Stephan Ambrosius
- Maximilian Wittek
- Philipp Strompf
- Christoph Kobald
- Andreas Müller
- Mats Pannewig
Karlsruher SC line-up (3-5-2)
Hans Christian Bernat, Paul Scholl, Marcel Franke, Nicolai Rapp, Sebastian Jung, Philipp Förster, Dzenis Burnic, Marvin Wanitzek, David Herold, Fabian Schleusener, Shio Fukuda
VfL Bochum 1848 line-up (4-2-3-1)
Timo Horn, Leandro-Noel Morgalla, Erhan Masovic, Noah Loosli, Oliver Olsen, Matus Bero, Francis Onyeka, Farid Alfa-Ruprecht, Kjell Wätjen, Gerrit Holtmann, Philipp Hofmann