Darmstadt 98 will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 21 points behind Bochum.
- Darmstadt 98 have the most matches over the total-line (21) in 2. Bundesliga
- Bochum have the the best goal difference (+23) in 2. Bundesliga
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Bochum are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Darmstadt 98 form and stats
5-3-7 (win-draw-lost) are the 2. Bundesliga numbers at home for Darmstadt 98 so far this season.
Darmstadt are returning here after visiting Wurzburger Kickers in a 2. Bundesliga game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Felix Platte, Serdar Dursun and Tim Skarke scored the goal(s). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Greuther Fürth.
Carl Klaus loved the game against Wurzburger Kickers. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 3-1 victory.
Darmstadt 98 has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Darmstadt have conceded 21 in these home matches.
Bochum form and stats
9-1-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Bochum, who have the the best goal difference (+23) in 2. Bundesliga, in their 2. Bundesliga matches away.
Two travels in a row for Bochum, whose manager T. Reis could celebrate last time after the 2. Bundesliga win against Heidenheim. That result followed a home victory 4-3 versus Hannover 96.
Bochum has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 24 goals from 15 games. As opposed to that, Bochum have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Bochum - Darmstadt 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (Darmstadt 98 wins - draws - Bochum wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Dursun 19 goals |   S. Zoller 15 goals |  R. Zulj 11 goals |
Darmstadt 98 missing players
Bochum missing players
| Darmstadt 98 | Bochum | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 50 | 21 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 24 | 56 |
| 50 | 21 | 8 | Conceded | C | 8 | 19 | 33 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 90% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 87% | 90% |
| 73% | 67% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 60% | 63% |
| 43% | 33% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 27% | 27% |
| 23% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 13% | 13% |
| 67% | 53% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 53% | 47% |
| 17% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 27% | 37% |
| 20% | 27% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 20% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 12.9 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 12.2 | 13.1 |
| 5 | 4.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| 33% | 29% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 36% | 38% |
- Bochum have the most points from losing position (16) in 2. Bundesliga
- Bochum have the the best goal difference (+23) in 2. Bundesliga
- Bochum haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Darmstadt 98 have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in 2. Bundesliga
- Darmstadt 98 have the most matches over the total-line (21) in 2. 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 | Bochum | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 56 | 33 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 23 | 60 |
| 2 | Greuther Fürth | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 56 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 17 | 22 | 54 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 57 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 22 | 22 | 50 |
| 4 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 44 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 49 |
| 5 | Heidenheim | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 44 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 6 | 48 |
| 6 | Holstein Kiel | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 46 |
| 7 | St. Pauli | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 48 | 46 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 2 | 44 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 42 |
| 9 | Paderborn | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 40 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 40 |
| 10 | Hannover 96 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 47 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 39 |
| 11 | Darmstadt 98 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 50 | 50 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 39 |
| 12 | Erzgebirge Aue | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 22 | -4 | 37 |
| 13 | Nürnberg | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 22 | -5 | 36 |
| 14 | Jahn Regensburg | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -9 | 34 |
| 15 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 49 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 30 | -22 | 30 |
| 16 | Osnabrück | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 50 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | -23 | 27 |
| 17 | Sandhausen | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 29 | 47 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 29 | -18 | 25 |
| 18 | Wurzburger Kickers | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 31 | 62 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 33 | -31 | 20 |
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