2. Bundesliga match prediction and preview for Bochum vs Darmstadt 98 clash

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 02.January
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vonovia Ruhrstadion (27559 seats)

Bochum perform at a high level so far being 4th in the table. Darmstadt 98 can look both up and down from their 10th position.

Insights:
  • Bochum has the most clean sheets (5) at home in 2. Bundesliga
  • Darmstadt 98 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Bochum form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Vonovia Ruhrstadion as Bochum, who have the most clean sheets (5) at home in 2. Bundesliga, have scored 15 goals to get 14 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the 2. Bundesliga are 4-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Bochum, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

Bochum drew their last game, 2-2 away at Mainz 05 (after extra-time, 0-3 on penalties). Before that, Bochum had a 2. Bundesliga home game versus Heidenheim which ended with a victory 3-0.

There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Mainz 05 (after extra-time, 0-3 on penalties) as Robert Tesche's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes.

Goals decide football matches and Bochum are scoring many of them at home; 15 on target from 7 league matches. Bochum have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Darmstadt 98 form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their 2. Bundesliga travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Darmstadt goalkeeper Marcel Schuhen is eager to challenge this, with his 183 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

It's the second away game in a row for Darmstadt, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Dynamo Dresden in the DFB Pokal last time out. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Wurzburger Kickers in the 2. Bundesliga.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Darmstadt are regular goalscorers on their travels. For Darmstadt, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Bochum three wins, four draws and Darmstadt 98 two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Darmstadt 98S. Dursun
S. Dursun
9 goals
BochumR. Zulj
R. Zulj
7 goals
BochumS. Zoller
S. Zoller
7 goals

Bochum missing players

Darmstadt 98 missing players

Bochum Darmstadt 98
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 7 3 Played P 3 7 13
7 4 2 Won W 1 3 5
2 2 1 Drew D 0 1 3
4 1 0 Lost L 2 3 5
24 15 6 Scored S 6 16 25
14 4 0 Conceded C 6 15 23
92% 86% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
85% 86% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 92%
62% 57% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 86% 77%
38% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 71% 62%
15% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 57% 31%
38% 14% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 71% 54%
46% 71% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 14% 31%
23% 29% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 14% 23%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
12.9 14.9 13.3 Shots (avg) S ( 11 13.6 12.1
4.8 5.9 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.3 6.6 5.9
39% 37% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 35% 32%
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Darmstadt 98's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bochum has the most clean sheets (5) at home in 2. Bundesliga
  • Bochum has the the best goal difference (+11) at home in 2. Bundesliga
  • Bochum have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Darmstadt 98 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Darmstadt 98 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Holstein Kiel 13 8 4 1 22 11 7 4 2 1 11 8 6 4 2 0 11 3 11 28
2 Hamburger SV 13 8 2 3 27 17 7 4 1 2 15 8 6 4 1 1 12 9 10 26
3 Greuther Furth 13 7 3 3 25 15 6 2 1 3 8 9 7 5 2 0 17 6 10 24
4 Bochum 13 7 2 4 24 14 7 4 2 1 15 4 6 3 0 3 9 10 10 23
5 Fortuna Dusseldorf 13 7 2 4 19 18 6 5 1 0 11 4 7 2 1 4 8 14 1 23
6 Erzgebirge Aue 13 5 4 4 20 15 6 3 2 1 11 6 7 2 2 3 9 9 5 19
7 Nurnberg 13 5 4 4 21 17 7 3 2 2 10 9 6 2 2 2 11 8 4 19
8 Heidenheim 13 5 4 4 17 16 7 4 3 0 11 4 6 1 1 4 6 12 1 19
9 Osnabruck 13 5 4 4 16 17 6 2 1 3 7 10 7 3 3 1 9 7 -1 19
10 Darmstadt 98 13 5 3 5 25 23 6 2 2 2 9 8 7 3 1 3 16 15 2 18
11 Paderborn 13 5 3 5 17 15 6 3 1 2 11 9 7 2 2 3 6 6 2 18
12 Hannover 96 13 5 2 6 15 14 6 4 1 1 11 4 7 1 1 5 4 10 1 17
13 Jahn Regensburg 13 4 5 4 17 17 7 3 2 2 11 9 6 1 3 2 6 8 0 17
14 Karlsruher SC 13 5 1 7 19 19 6 2 0 4 9 9 7 3 1 3 10 10 0 16
15 Eintracht Braunschweig 13 3 3 7 13 29 7 3 1 3 8 12 6 0 2 4 5 17 -16 12
16 Sandhausen 13 3 2 8 12 27 7 2 2 3 8 14 6 1 0 5 4 13 -15 11
17 St. Pauli 12 1 5 6 15 24 6 1 2 3 8 13 6 0 3 3 7 11 -9 8
18 Wurzburger Kickers 12 1 1 10 12 28 6 1 1 4 8 14 6 0 0 6 4 14 -16 4

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The 2. Bundesliga (Zweite Bundesliga) is the second level of German professional football. Like the Bundesliga it has 18 clubs playing a total of 306 fixtures to decide the final league table. The two top teams are promoted while number three has to qualify through a playoff. Two or three teams are relegated through a similar system.