Darmstadt 98 will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Fortuna Düsseldorf.
- Darmstadt 98 have the most matches over the total-line (18) in 2. Bundesliga
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in 2. Bundesliga
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Darmstadt 98 form and stats
5 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Darmstadt 98 have to build on here at Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor in the 2. Bundesliga.
Darmstadt shared the glory with Eintracht Braunschweig in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Erzgebirge Aue in a game that was won 4-1.
Darmstadt has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Darmstadt 98 have conceded 17 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats
Fortuna Düsseldorf have only collected 13 points from their away games in the 2. Bundesliga, after 3-4-6 (13 played).
The attacking players of Düsseldorf have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 180 minutes.
Düsseldorf's previous game was their home loss versus Bochum (0-3). A 0-3 loss hosting Bochum before that.
Düsseldorf have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 15 goals have been scored. In the opposite end, Düsseldorf have conceded 20 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Fortuna Düsseldorf - Darmstadt 3-2 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Darmstadt one win, zero draws and Fortuna Düsseldorf four victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Dursun 15 goals |  T. Kempe 8 goals |   R. Hennings 8 goals |
Darmstadt 98 missing players
Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players
| Darmstadt 98 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 42 | 18 | 1 | Scored | S | 8 | 15 | 37 |
| 44 | 17 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 20 | 36 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 88% |
| 88% | 77% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 85% | 77% |
| 69% | 62% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 69% | 65% |
| 42% | 31% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 15% | 27% |
| 27% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 15% | 19% |
| 62% | 46% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 54% | 50% |
| 19% | 31% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 31% | 35% |
| 23% | 31% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 31% | 27% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 13.2 | 12.8 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.8 | 11.4 | 11.8 |
| 5.3 | 4.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 31% | 29% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 29% | 34% |
- Darmstadt 98 have the most matches over the total-line (18) in 2. Bundesliga
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) 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 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 48 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 22 | 51 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 53 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 23 | 49 |
| 3 | Greuther Furth | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 50 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 18 | 47 |
| 4 | Holstein Kiel | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 16 | 46 |
| 5 | Karlsruher SC | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 7 | 42 |
| 6 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 36 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 40 |
| 7 | Heidenheim | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 39 |
| 8 | Erzgebirge Aue | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -1 | 36 |
| 9 | Hannover 96 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 35 |
| 10 | Paderborn | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 35 |
| 11 | St. Pauli | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 21 | -4 | 35 |
| 12 | Darmstadt 98 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 42 | 44 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 27 | -2 | 32 |
| 13 | Jahn Regensburg | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -5 | 30 |
| 14 | Nurnberg | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 33 | 40 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 21 | -7 | 29 |
| 15 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 44 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 25 | -21 | 26 |
| 16 | Osnabruck | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -16 | 23 |
| 17 | Sandhausen | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 28 | 47 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 29 | -19 | 22 |
| 18 | Wurzburger Kickers | 25 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 27 | 52 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 27 | -25 | 16 |
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