Dusseldorf had their worst season performance last week when they ultimately dropped out of the promotion race. It was a shockingly poor performance at Nurnberg (2:0 defeat), and the team seemed entirely unmotivated. Maybe it's because their top players like Kownacki will leave Fortuna by the end of the season anyway or it's because they knew that their chance of promotion to Bundesliga has ultimately faded.

For Sunday's home game against Karlsruhe, two vital players are out with yellow locks. Karbownik, the best wing defender in BL2, and Klaus, their best offensive player next to the above-mentioned Kownacki. Important midfielder Tanaka is still injured, too.

So three absolute key players are out and guys who will likely move in like Gavory (for Karbownik) or Niemiec (for Klaus) are massive weakenings. These guys have recently played Regionalliga and don't nearly have the quality of the ones they replace.

Karlsruhe also have nothing to play for, but that's nothing new. For almost the entire season, they have been in the safe midfield without real contact to the promotion or relegation ranks. They still make a very motivated impression.

They were great last week at championship leader Darmstadt when they were super unlucky to lose. The last 30 minutes was a complete powerplay by Karlsruhe. Darmstadt was only in their own half and defended the lead with more luck than judgement. But Karlsruhe proved once more how much quality they have in the offensive.

Best offensive player Kaufmann will return from his yellow lock.

All in all, I think that Dusseldorf's odds are too short here. The missings are severe and mean clear downgrades in terms of quality, whereas Karlsruhe is full strength and were extremely strong last week, while Dusseldorf come from their worst season performance.

本译文使用有道机器翻译，仅供参考：

杜塞尔多夫上周的表现是本赛季最糟糕的，他们最终退出了升班赛。在纽伦堡的比赛中，这是一场令人震惊的糟糕表现(2:0落败)，球队似乎完全没有动力。也许是因为像科纳奇这样的顶级球员无论如何都会在赛季结束后离开福尔图纳，或者是因为他们知道自己升入德甲的机会最终会消失。

在周日主场对阵卡尔斯鲁厄的比赛中，两名重要球员将因黄色头发缺阵。Karbownik, BL2最好的侧翼防守者，Klaus，他们最好的进攻球员，旁边是上面提到的Kownacki。重要的中场田中也仍然受伤。

所以三名绝对关键的球员出局了，像加沃里(换卡博尼克)和涅米克(换克劳斯)这样的球员都是巨大的弱点。这些家伙最近打过地区联赛，他们的水平远不如他们的替代者。

卡尔斯鲁厄也没什么可踢的，但这并不新鲜。几乎整个赛季，他们都在安全的中场，没有真正接触到升降级的队伍。他们给人的印象仍然很积极。

他们上周在冠军领头羊达姆施塔特的比赛中表现出色，尽管他们非常不幸地输了比赛。最后30分钟是卡尔斯鲁厄的一场完全的权力游戏。达姆施塔特只在自己的半场，防守领先更多的是运气而不是判断力。但是卡尔斯鲁厄再次证明了他们在进攻端的实力。

最好的进攻球员考夫曼将从他的黄锁中回归。

总而言之，我认为杜塞尔多夫在这里的胜算太小了。缺阵严重，意味着球队的实力明显下降，而卡尔斯鲁厄是全队，上周表现非常强劲，而杜塞尔多夫刚刚走出赛季最差表现。