This could be an intriguing fixture as Darmstadt 98 have their presumed home advantage, while RB Leipzig lead them by 7 points in the Bundesliga standings.
- Darmstadt 98 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- RB Leipzig have the most clean sheets (4) in Bundesliga
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Darmstadt 98 form and stats
1-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Bundesliga numbers at home for Darmstadt 98 so far this season.
A strong away win for Darmstadt against Augsburg the last match, as Kempe and Skarke were on target. The forward Skarke outdid all others in that game and received a match rating of 8.04 out of 10. Skarke scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 21 successful passes (of 22 total).
Before that game, the 4-2 home victory against Werder Bremen.Both teams on the scoresheet! That has been the case in 6 league matches in a row for this team. Will it happen again?
Darmstadt 98 are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor in their league games, having scored an impressive 8 goals in 3 matches.
RB Leipzig form and stats
It's gone fairly well in the Bundesliga away games so far for RB Leipzig with six points collected from three matches.
There were no winners in Leipzig's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs VfL Bochum 1848 (placed 16th). The one point gave little to feel happy about, as they thought they could have won; with an xG score of 2.41 - .31. Defender Klostermann was the best team player with a rating of 7.85. Klostermann won 2 of 3 duels.
The match before that was the Champions League-duel against Manchester City, a home loss (1-3).
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Crvena Zvezda in just four days.
It's early days yet, but RB Leipzig has scored 6 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (3 games).
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the former six meetings): Darmstadt 98 won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and RB Leipzig have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / four.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Openda 4 goals |   M. Mehlem 3 goals |  T. Skarke 3 goals |
Darmstadt 98 missing players
RB Leipzig missing players
| Darmstadt 98 | RB Leipzig | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 19 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 71% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 57% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 57% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 3.4 | 3.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6 | 5.3 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 11 | 6 | 4.3 |
| 2.7 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.3 | 16.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 12 | 12.6 |
| 3.9 | 6.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 44% | 42% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 33% | 38% |
| 16.6 | 15.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 9.3 | 10.4 |
| 7.4 | 7.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 3 | 3.6 |
- All of Darmstadt 98's home-matches have had more than 4,5 goals.
- Darmstadt 98 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Darmstadt 98 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- RB Leipzig have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- RB Leipzig have scored in all their away matches so far.
- RB Leipzig have the most clean sheets (4) in Bundesliga
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 19 |
| 2 | VfB Stuttgart | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 18 |
| 3 | FC Bayern München | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | TSG Hoffenheim | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | RB Leipzig | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 14 |
| 7 | VfL Wolfsburg | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | SC Freiburg | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 10 | Heidenheim | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -5 | 7 |
| 11 | Darmstadt 98 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 7 |
| 12 | Borussia M'gladbach | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8 | -3 | 6 |
| 13 | FC Union Berlin | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 6 |
| 14 | Werder Bremen | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
| 15 | Augsburg | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 5 |
| 16 | VfL Bochum 1848 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | -14 | 4 |
| 17 | FSV Mainz 05 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -13 | 2 |
| 18 | Köln | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 1 |
