Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor: Darmstadt 98 vs Greuther Fürth 2. Bundesliga preview

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Fri 16.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor (16500 seats)

Darmstadt 98 will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 15 points behind Greuther Fürth.

Insights:
  • Darmstadt 98 have the most matches over the total-line (19) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Greuther Fürth have the most scored goals in the first half (29) in 2. Bundesliga

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Darmstadt 98 form and stats

Darmstadt 98 have played 14 2. Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-7 (wins-draws-losses).

Before that game, the home loss against Fortuna Dusseldorf with the scoreline 1-2.

Darmstadt goalkeeper Marcel Schuhen did an outstanding job against Hamburger SV with seven saves, so vital to securing the victory.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Darmstadt as they are travelling to their away game against Würzburger Kickers in the 2. Bundesliga. That match is four days after this one.

The Darmstadt fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 14 matches. Darmstadt's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Greuther Fürth form and stats

The away team, who have the most points (29) away in 2. Bundesliga, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 5 draws and only 1 loss in the 2. Bundesliga. Greuther love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Two travels in a row for Greuther Fürth, whose manager S. Leitl could celebrate last time after the 2. Bundesliga win against Heidenheim. Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Nürnberg.

Greuther have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 28 goals from 14 away matches. Greuther have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Greuther Fürth - Darmstadt 0-4 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Darmstadt 98 three wins, three draws and Greuther Fürth four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Darmstadt 98S. Dursun
S. Dursun
17 goals
Greuther FürthB. Hrgota
B. Hrgota
11 goals
DarmstadtT. Kempe
T. Kempe
8 goals

Darmstadt 98 missing players

Greuther Fürth missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Darmstadt 98 Greuther Fürth
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 3 14 27
10 5 0 Won W 1 8 14
5 2 0 Drew D 2 5 8
13 7 4 Lost L 0 1 5
45 19 2 Scored S 4 28 51
47 19 7 Conceded C 3 15 32
96% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 96%
89% 79% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 79% 81%
71% 64% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 64% 67%
39% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 43% 41%
25% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 21% 19%
64% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 57% 63%
18% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 43% 26%
21% 29% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 7% 15%
 
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 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.7 1.9
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13.1 13.1 12 Shots (avg) S ( 12.7 12.1 14.2
5.2 4.9 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 4.6 5
31% 28% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 43% 38%
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Darmstadt 98 have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Darmstadt 98 have the most matches over the total-line (19) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Greuther Fürth have the most points (29) away in 2. Bundesliga
  • Greuther Fürth have the most scored goals (28) away in 2. Bundesliga
  • Greuther Fürth have the most scored goals in the first half (29) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Greuther Fürth have the the best goal difference (+13) away 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 27 17 3 7 50 27 14 9 2 3 28 11 13 8 1 4 22 16 23 54
2 Hamburger SV 28 14 8 6 57 35 14 8 3 3 30 13 14 6 5 3 27 22 22 50
3 Greuther Fürth 27 14 8 5 51 32 13 6 3 4 23 17 14 8 5 1 28 15 19 50
4 Holstein Kiel 26 13 7 6 39 25 12 7 2 3 19 14 14 6 5 3 20 11 14 46
5 Fortuna Dusseldorf 27 12 7 8 39 37 13 8 3 2 22 16 14 4 4 6 17 21 2 43
6 Karlsruher SC 27 12 6 9 39 33 14 4 4 6 14 14 13 8 2 3 25 19 6 42
7 Heidenheim 27 12 6 9 38 35 14 9 3 2 25 11 13 3 3 7 13 24 3 42
8 St. Pauli 27 10 8 9 41 43 14 6 3 5 21 22 13 4 5 4 20 21 -2 38
9 Erzgebirge Aue 27 10 7 10 36 37 13 7 4 2 23 15 14 3 3 8 13 22 -1 37
10 Hannover 96 26 10 6 10 40 33 13 6 4 3 24 14 13 4 2 7 16 19 7 36
11 Paderborn 27 9 8 10 35 34 13 6 4 3 23 19 14 3 4 7 12 15 1 35
12 Darmstadt 98 28 10 5 13 45 47 14 5 2 7 19 19 14 5 3 6 26 28 -2 35
13 Nürnberg 27 8 8 11 35 41 14 4 5 5 17 20 13 4 3 6 18 21 -6 32
14 Jahn Regensburg 26 7 10 9 28 33 14 5 5 4 19 17 12 2 5 5 9 16 -5 31
15 Osnabruck 26 7 5 14 25 40 12 2 1 9 12 21 14 5 4 5 13 19 -15 26
16 Eintracht Braunschweig 27 6 8 13 23 46 14 6 3 5 16 19 13 0 5 8 7 27 -23 26
17 Sandhausen 27 7 4 16 29 47 14 6 4 4 21 18 13 1 0 12 8 29 -18 25
18 Würzburger Kickers 27 5 4 18 29 54 13 3 4 6 18 25 14 2 0 12 11 29 -25 19

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  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 27 17 3 7 50 27 14 9 2 3 28 11 13 8 1 4 22 16 23 54
2 Hamburger SV 28 14 8 6 57 35 14 8 3 3 30 13 14 6 5 3 27 22 22 50
3 Greuther Fürth 27 14 8 5 51 32 13 6 3 4 23 17 14 8 5 1 28 15 19 50
4 Holstein Kiel 26 13 7 6 39 25 12 7 2 3 19 14 14 6 5 3 20 11 14 46
5 Fortuna Dusseldorf 27 12 7 8 39 37 13 8 3 2 22 16 14 4 4 6 17 21 2 43
6 Karlsruher SC 27 12 6 9 39 33 14 4 4 6 14 14 13 8 2 3 25 19 6 42
7 Heidenheim 27 12 6 9 38 35 14 9 3 2 25 11 13 3 3 7 13 24 3 42
8 St. Pauli 27 10 8 9 41 43 14 6 3 5 21 22 13 4 5 4 20 21 -2 38
9 Erzgebirge Aue 27 10 7 10 36 37 13 7 4 2 23 15 14 3 3 8 13 22 -1 37
10 Hannover 96 26 10 6 10 40 33 13 6 4 3 24 14 13 4 2 7 16 19 7 36
11 Paderborn 27 9 8 10 35 34 13 6 4 3 23 19 14 3 4 7 12 15 1 35
12 Darmstadt 98 28 10 5 13 45 47 14 5 2 7 19 19 14 5 3 6 26 28 -2 35
13 Nürnberg 27 8 8 11 35 41 14 4 5 5 17 20 13 4 3 6 18 21 -6 32
14 Jahn Regensburg 26 7 10 9 28 33 14 5 5 4 19 17 12 2 5 5 9 16 -5 31
15 Osnabruck 26 7 5 14 25 40 12 2 1 9 12 21 14 5 4 5 13 19 -15 26
16 Eintracht Braunschweig 27 6 8 13 23 46 14 6 3 5 16 19 13 0 5 8 7 27 -23 26
17 Sandhausen 27 7 4 16 29 47 14 6 4 4 21 18 13 1 0 12 8 29 -18 25
18 Würzburger Kickers 27 5 4 18 29 54 13 3 4 6 18 25 14 2 0 12 11 29 -25 19

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