Another action-packed fixture in 2. Bundesliga as Darmstadt 98 welcome Greuther Fürth

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Fri 29.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor (16500 seats)

Darmstadt 98 perform at a high level so far being 5th in the table. Greuther Fürth can look both up and down from their 8th position.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Darmstadt 98 and Greuther Fürth.

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Darmstadt 98 form and stats

5 victories, 8 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Darmstadt 98 have to build on here at Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor in the 2. Bundesliga.

Happy days for Darmstadt in their previous game, a 2. Bundesliga match away at Erzgebirge Aue (placed 7th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against St. Pauli.

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

A decent goal production from Darmstadt in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 14 league matches. On the other hand, Darmstadt have conceded 14 goals.

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Greuther Fürth form and stats

Playing away, Greuther Fürth have won 3 games, drawn 5 and suffered 5 defeats in the 2. Bundesliga this season. Greuther has drawn their two previous away games.

Greuther failed to get anything from their last game, a 2. Bundesliga home match vs Osnabrück (placed 13th) that ended with defeat 0-2. Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Hamburger SV.

Hitting the posts three times in the Osnabrück game proved expensive as Greuther Fürth lost 0-2.

Greuther are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, five draws and five defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Greuther have scored 18 goals in 13 league games away. 18 goals have been conceded by Greuther Fürth in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Greuther Fürth - Darmstadt 3-1 earlier this season. Darmstadt 98-Greuther Fürth H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Darmstadt two wins, Greuther Fürth four wins, three draws. four of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Greuther FürthB. Hrgota
B. Hrgota
9 goals
Greuther FürthH. Kallevik Nielsen
H. Kallevik Nielsen
7 goals

Darmstadt 98 missing players

Greuther Fürth missing players

Darmstadt 98 Greuther Fürth
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 5 13 27
10 5 2 Won W 0 3 10
12 8 2 Drew D 2 5 7
6 1 0 Lost L 3 5 10
38 22 7 Scored S 3 18 39
34 14 2 Conceded C 8 18 37
89% 86% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 93%
71% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 85% 85%
46% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 38% 48%
39% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 38% 37%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 11%
54% 50% 25% BTTS BTTS 40% 62% 52%
32% 50% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 26%
25% 14% 25% Failed to Score F T 60% 31% 30%
 
5.1 5.9 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.9 5.3
5.8 6.2 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 6.1 5.1
1.8 1.4 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 3.1 2.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
371 205 60 Total Shots T S 67 167 404
140 79 22 Shots on Target S O 19 60 130
27% 28% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 16% 30% 30%
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Darmstadt 98 has the most points from losing position (15)
  • Darmstadt 98 is in the best form (4-1-1)
  • Greuther Fürth have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arminia Bielefeld 27 14 11 2 51 25 13 6 6 1 23 11 14 8 5 1 28 14 26 53
2 Stuttgart 28 14 6 8 47 35 14 11 1 2 30 11 14 3 5 6 17 24 12 48
3 Hamburger SV 28 12 10 6 52 33 13 9 2 2 27 9 15 3 8 4 25 24 19 46
4 Heidenheim 28 12 9 7 35 29 14 8 4 2 23 11 14 4 5 5 12 18 6 45
5 Darmstadt 98 28 10 12 6 38 34 14 5 8 1 22 14 14 5 4 5 16 20 4 42
6 Holstein Kiel 28 10 8 10 44 44 13 4 5 4 18 19 15 6 3 6 26 25 0 38
7 Erzgebirge Aue 28 10 8 10 39 39 14 9 3 2 28 15 14 1 5 8 11 24 0 38
8 Greuther Fürth 27 10 7 10 39 37 14 7 2 5 21 19 13 3 5 5 18 18 2 37
9 Hannover 96 27 9 9 9 39 40 13 2 8 3 16 20 14 7 1 6 23 20 -1 36
10 Bochum 28 8 11 9 45 46 15 5 7 3 33 28 13 3 4 6 12 18 -1 35
11 Jahn Regensburg 28 9 8 11 40 46 14 6 4 4 23 21 14 3 4 7 17 25 -6 35
12 St. Pauli 28 8 10 10 34 36 15 7 5 3 21 12 13 1 5 7 13 24 -2 34
13 Osnabrück 28 8 9 11 37 40 14 5 3 6 20 20 14 3 6 5 17 20 -3 33
14 Sandhausen 28 7 12 9 32 36 14 4 7 3 17 17 14 3 5 6 15 19 -4 33
15 Nürnberg 28 7 10 11 37 49 14 3 6 5 15 24 14 4 4 6 22 25 -12 31
16 Karlsruher SC 28 6 11 11 36 47 14 4 5 5 20 22 14 2 6 6 16 25 -11 29
17 Wehen Wiesbaden 28 7 7 14 33 46 14 3 4 7 13 26 14 4 3 7 20 20 -13 28
18 Dynamo Dresden 25 6 6 13 25 41 13 5 2 6 16 18 12 1 4 7 9 23 -16 24

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The 2. Bundesliga (Zweite Bundesliga) is the second level of German professional football. Like the Bundesliga it has 18 clubs playing a total of 306 fixtures to decide the final league table. The two top teams are promoted while number three has to qualify through a playoff. Two or three teams are relegated through a similar system.