Darmstadt 98 look to Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor supporters for inspiration before Fortuna Düsseldorf match

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 08.October
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor (16500 seats)

Both participants are delivering a good season so far and fixtures like this one could be momentous. Read more about Darmstadt 98 - Fortuna Düsseldorf!

Insights:
  • Darmstadt 98 have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Darmstadt 98 have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Fortuna Düsseldorf have scored away.

Both teams have had plenty of rest since their last game. Let's look for an energetic game!

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Darmstadt 98 form and stats

Darmstadt 98 have played 5 2. Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-0 (wins-draws-losses).

Darmstadt 98 are returning here after visiting Paderborn and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Manu and Müller scored the goal(s). Schuhen, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.82 out of 10 in that game. Schuhen saved a penalty.

Ahead of that match, Darmstadt won a home game hosting Nurnberg (2-0).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Darmstadt 98 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 5 and lost 2.

Darmstadt 98 can score goals in their home matches. After 5 league matches they have found the net 11 times. From these home matches, Darmstadt have conceded only 4 goals.

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Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats

The visitors are W1-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the 2. Bundesliga. Fortuna Düsseldorf has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Düsseldorf are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the match against Arminia Bielefeld (placed 16th). Appelkamp got a match rating of 9.44 in that game, top player of the team. Appelkamp scored two goals, served one assist, hit three key passes and had 25 successful passes (of 27 total).

A 0-2 defeat away at Hamburger SV before that.

We have checked recent matches where Fortuna Düsseldorf have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 1 victory, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 8 of this team's 10 latest league rounds have ended with at least three goals.

Fortuna Düsseldorf have conceded 8 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The 4 latest matches featuring these opponents have all finished as Fortuna Düsseldorf wins. Will history repeat itself?

Top Goalscorers

Darmstadt 98P. Tietz
P. Tietz
5 goals
Fortuna DüsseldorfD. Kownacki
D. Kownacki
5 goals
Darmstadt 98B. Manu
B. Manu
4 goals

Darmstadt 98 missing players

Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players

Darmstadt 98 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 2 5 10
6 3 0 Won W 0 1 5
3 2 1 Drew D 0 1 2
1 0 0 Lost L 2 3 3
19 11 2 Scored S 1 5 20
11 4 2 Conceded C 4 8 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
90% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 90%
60% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 80%
30% 40% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 50%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
60% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 70%
30% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 10%
10% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 20%
 
5.6 7.4 12 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5 4.9
3.5 2.8 2 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.8 4.6
2.5 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3 2.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.6 12.2 18 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 11.6 12.5
4.5 5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.6 4.9
42% 44% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 28% 41%
 
11.5 9.8 11 Shots against (avg) S A 9 10.2 10.6
4 2.8 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.6 3.5
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Darmstadt 98's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Darmstadt 98 have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Darmstadt 98 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Darmstadt 98 have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Fortuna Düsseldorf have scored away.
  • Darmstadt 98 have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Darmstadt 98 have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Darmstadt 98 have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Darmstadt 98 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Darmstadt 98 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • 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 Hamburger SV 10 8 0 2 16 6 5 3 0 2 5 3 5 5 0 0 11 3 10 24
2 Darmstadt 98 10 6 3 1 19 11 5 3 2 0 11 4 5 3 1 1 8 7 8 21
3 Paderborn 10 6 1 3 26 12 6 5 0 1 21 6 4 1 1 2 5 6 14 19
4 Fortuna Düsseldorf 10 5 2 3 20 13 5 4 1 0 15 5 5 1 1 3 5 8 7 17
5 Heidenheim 10 4 5 1 14 7 4 2 2 0 8 4 6 2 3 1 6 3 7 17
6 Hannover 96 10 5 2 3 18 14 5 2 2 1 7 6 5 3 0 2 11 8 4 17
7 Kaiserslautern 9 3 5 1 18 15 5 2 2 1 11 10 4 1 3 0 7 5 3 14
8 Holstein Kiel 10 3 4 3 17 20 5 2 2 1 9 6 5 1 2 2 8 14 -3 13
9 Hansa Rostock 10 4 1 5 10 14 5 3 0 2 7 4 5 1 1 3 3 10 -4 13
10 Karlsruher SC 9 3 2 4 15 14 4 2 1 1 7 5 5 1 1 3 8 9 1 11
11 St. Pauli 10 2 5 3 14 15 5 2 3 0 9 5 5 0 2 3 5 10 -1 11
12 Jahn Regensburg 9 3 2 4 7 14 5 2 2 1 4 6 4 1 0 3 3 8 -7 11
13 Nurnberg 9 3 1 5 9 15 4 2 0 2 3 5 5 1 1 3 6 10 -6 10
14 Sandhausen 10 2 3 5 11 14 5 2 1 2 6 6 5 0 2 3 5 8 -3 9
15 Greuther Furth 10 1 5 4 13 18 6 1 4 1 9 10 4 0 1 3 4 8 -5 8
16 Arminia Bielefeld 10 2 2 6 13 19 4 2 0 2 8 8 6 0 2 4 5 11 -6 8
17 Eintracht Braunschweig 9 2 2 5 10 19 5 2 1 2 8 8 4 0 1 3 2 11 -9 8
18 Magdeburg 9 2 1 6 12 22 4 1 0 3 4 9 5 1 1 3 8 13 -10 7

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