Overview
- Kickoff is scheduled for 20:30 local time in Düsseldorf at Fortuna’s home arena.
- Karlsruher SC enter the game unbeaten in the league with seven points from three matches.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf look to extend momentum after two recent wins in the league and DFB-Pokal.
- New signing Jesper Daland is not included in Fortuna’s matchday squad for this fixture.
- The preview notes Fortuna’s nine-year, 12-match unbeaten run against KSC and describes this as the 11th meeting between coaches Daniel Thioune and Christian Eichner, while elsewhere listing ten prior competitive matchups.