The league table in 2. Bundesliga tells a story about these teams so far, with Darmstadt 98 leading Bochum by 8 points. Match preview to follow:
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Darmstadt 98 form and stats
Darmstadt 98 have played 12 2. Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-7-1 (wins-draws-losses). The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena. Two home wins in a row for Darmstadt 98 bring valid hopes of a third.
Darmstadt 98's last game was hosting Heidenheim (placed 4th) and winning 2-0. Before that match, a win away at Nurnberg.
This is expected to be a close game, with Darmstadt 98 perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Darmstadt 98 as a small favourite), we find 18 games. Darmstadt 98 has won five of these, drawn seven and lost six.
The Darmstadt 98 fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 12 league matches. Darmstadt 98's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Bochum form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Bochum, who have the most conceded goals (45) in 2. Bundesliga, so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-6 (win-draw-lose). Bochum has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Bochum played 4-4 against Sandhausen in their previous match. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Dynamo Dresden.
Drawing 4-4 against Sandhausen after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager T. Reis needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Bochum, as mentioned above. 8 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun? Scoring three goals against Sandhausen was a blast for Danny Blum, the draw result 4-4 not so much fun.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Bochum playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were three Bochum wins, four draws and seven defeats.
The visiting Bochum have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 11 games. As for defending, Bochum rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 18 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Bochum - Darmstadt 98 2-2. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's two Darmstadt 98 victories, three draws and three Bochum wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 S. Dursun 11 goals |  S. Ganvoula M'boussy 11 goals |  D. Blum 9 goals |
Darmstadt 98 missing players
Bochum missing players
| Darmstadt 98 | Bochum | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 24 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| 31 | 18 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 40 |
| 31 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 10 | 18 | 45 |
| 92% | 92% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 82% | 88% |
| 46% | 42% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 55% | 67% |
| 38% | 42% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 27% | 50% |
| 8% | 8% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 9% | 25% |
| 58% | 58% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 73% | 79% |
| 29% | 42% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 8% |
| 21% | 8% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 18% | 12% |
| 4.9 | 5.7 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 |
| 6 | 6.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7.4 | 6.5 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 317 | 174 | 56 | Total Shots | T S | 43 | 114 | 329 |
| 114 | 66 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 34 | 109 |
| 27% | 27% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 35% | 37% |
- Bochum has the fewest matches under the total-line (9)
- Bochum has the most conceded goals (45)
- Bochum has the most matches over the total-line (14)
- Bochum has the most scored goals in the first half (20)
- Bochum have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Bochum have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Bochum haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Darmstadt 98 has the most points from losing position (12)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arminia Bielefeld | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 49 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 26 | 50 |
| 2 | Stuttgart | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 44 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 46 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 41 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 38 |
| 5 | Greuther Furth | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 35 |
| 6 | Darmstadt 98 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 31 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 35 |
| 7 | Erzgebirge Aue | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 34 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 33 |
| 9 | Jahn Regensburg | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -5 | 32 |
| 10 | St. Pauli | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 29 |
| 11 | Osnabruck | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 29 |
| 12 | Hannover 96 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 18 | -6 | 29 |
| 13 | Nurnberg | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | -8 | 29 |
| 14 | Sandhausen | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 28 |
| 15 | Bochum | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -5 | 27 |
| 16 | Karlsruher SC | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -11 | 24 |
| 17 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -16 | 22 |
| 18 | Dynamo Dresden | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -17 | 21 |
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