Darmstadt 98 favourites for feisty fight facing Fortuna Düsseldorf

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Fri 03.December
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor (16500 seats)

Welcome to Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor and this fixture starring Darmstadt 98 & Fortuna Düsseldorf in the 2. Bundesliga. Tipsway has everything you should know!

Insights:
  • Darmstadt 98 have the most scored goals (37) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Darmstadt 98 have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Fortuna Düsseldorf have scored away.

This could be an entertaining fixture with lots of spark and bustle as both sides are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!

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Darmstadt 98 form and stats

Home games in the 2. Bundesliga have been a walk in the park for Darmstadt 98 so far, with 18 points won from 7 matches; 6 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Darmstadt has won their last four matches.

It's back home for Darmstadt, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Erzgebirge Aue away with the result 2-1. Aaron Seydel and Luca Pfeiffer found the net in that victory. The victory against Erzgebirge Aue came after Aaron Seydel's winning goal. The Darmstadt 98 manager T. Lieberknecht was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 56th minute. The talented striker Phillip Tietz outdid all others in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 8.23 out of 10. Tietz served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Before that, Darmstadt had a home game versus St. Pauli which ended with a victory 4-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Darmstadt handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, four draws and zero defeats.

Darmstadt 98 are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (20 goals in 7 games). As for guarding their own goal, Darmstadt have only let in 3 goals at home.

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Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats

As the visiting team in 2. Bundesliga matches, Fortuna Düsseldorf have produced an overall stat of 3-1-4 so far. Düsseldorf has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

C. Klarer was the last player to score for the away team. Düsseldorf haven't scored a league goal in the last 264 minutes.

Fortuna Düsseldorf might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Heidenheim proved too strong as Fortuna Düsseldorf slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Merkur Spiel-Arena. Düsseldorf were so close to getting something from the game against Heidenheim, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal two minutes into overtime. Defender Leonardo Koutris was the best team player with a rating of 7.65. Koutris hit two key passes and won 10 of 15 duels.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Dynamo Dresden's place.

Fortuna Düsseldorf are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and two defeats. From a total of five matches.

Fortuna Düsseldorf are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 8 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Düsseldorf have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head to head numbers (for the previous six meetings): Darmstadt won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and Fortuna Düsseldorf got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / three

Top Goalscorers

Darmstadt 98L. Pfeiffer
L. Pfeiffer
12 goals
Darmstadt 98P. Tietz
P. Tietz
11 goals
Fortuna DüsseldorfR. Hennings
R. Hennings
6 goals

Darmstadt 98 missing players

Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players

Darmstadt 98 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 7 3 Played P 2 8 15
9 6 3 Won W 0 3 4
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 4
4 1 0 Lost L 2 4 7
37 20 11 Scored S 1 8 19
17 3 1 Conceded C 5 10 22
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
93% 86% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 80%
73% 57% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 47%
40% 43% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 12% 33%
20% 14% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 13%
53% 14% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 67%
33% 71% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 13%
13% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 20%
 
3.7 3.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 5.6 6.3
5.1 4.4 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.5 5.1
2.4 2.3 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.1 2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
13.5 12.7 15.7 Shots (avg) S ( 14.5 13.1 14.7
5.6 5.3 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.2 4.1
44% 54% 52% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 31% 31%
 
13.5 11.4 7.7 Shots against (avg) S A 16 14.4 13.7
4.3 2.7 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 5.4 4.7
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Darmstadt 98 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Darmstadt 98 have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Fortuna Düsseldorf have scored away.
  • Darmstadt 98 have the most scored goals (37) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Darmstadt 98 have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Darmstadt 98 have the the best goal difference (+20) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Darmstadt 98 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Darmstadt 98 is in the best form (5-1-0) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Darmstadt 98 15 9 2 4 37 17 7 6 0 1 20 3 8 3 2 3 17 14 20 29
2 St. Pauli 14 9 2 3 31 16 7 7 0 0 22 4 7 2 2 3 9 12 15 29
3 Jahn Regensburg 15 8 4 3 33 20 8 5 2 1 22 12 7 3 2 2 11 8 13 28
4 Schalke 04 15 8 2 5 28 19 8 4 1 3 19 13 7 4 1 2 9 6 9 26
5 Paderborn 14 7 4 3 28 16 7 2 2 3 10 10 7 5 2 0 18 6 12 25
6 Nurnberg 14 6 6 2 19 12 7 4 2 1 10 3 7 2 4 1 9 9 7 24
7 Heidenheim 15 7 3 5 16 20 8 4 3 1 10 8 7 3 0 4 6 12 -4 24
8 Hamburger SV 14 5 8 1 24 16 7 2 5 0 13 9 7 3 3 1 11 7 8 23
9 Karlsruher SC 15 5 6 4 25 21 8 3 3 2 15 11 7 2 3 2 10 10 4 21
10 Werder Bremen 15 5 5 5 21 22 7 2 3 2 10 9 8 3 2 3 11 13 -1 20
11 Hansa Rostock 14 5 2 7 17 24 7 2 1 4 8 13 7 3 1 3 9 11 -7 17
12 Holstein Kiel 15 4 5 6 17 26 8 3 1 4 8 14 7 1 4 2 9 12 -9 17
13 Fortuna Düsseldorf 15 4 4 7 19 22 7 1 3 3 11 12 8 3 1 4 8 10 -3 16
14 Dynamo Dresden 15 5 1 9 16 21 7 4 0 3 9 5 8 1 1 6 7 16 -5 16
15 Erzgebirge Aue 15 3 5 7 14 22 8 2 2 4 7 11 7 1 3 3 7 11 -8 14
16 Hannover 96 15 3 5 7 10 22 7 2 2 3 4 7 8 1 3 4 6 15 -12 14
17 Sandhausen 15 3 3 9 16 33 7 0 2 5 5 17 8 3 1 4 11 16 -17 12
18 Ingolstadt 14 1 3 10 9 31 7 0 3 4 4 12 7 1 0 6 5 19 -22 6

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