A vital fixture as both participants are fighting for the top positions. With Darmstadt 98 in 1st place and Hamburger SV at 5th, this is almost guaranteed to be a thriling fight. Read on to find out more!
- Darmstadt 98 have the most scored goals (45) in 2. Bundesliga
- Hamburger SV have the fewest conceded goals (20) in 2. Bundesliga
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Darmstadt 98 form and stats
Darmstadt 98 are steadily winning 2. Bundesliga games and points here at Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor. 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 9 games.
A strong away win for Darmstadt 98 against Ingolstadt the last match, as Seydel and Skarke were on target. Defender Pfeiffer got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.11/10. Pfeiffer hit three key passes and won 7 of 7 duels.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Ingolstadt with a 2-0 scoreline.This is expected to be a close game, with Darmstadt 98 perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Darmstadt 98 as a small favourite), we find 17 games. Darmstadt has won seven of these, drawn four and lost six.
Goals are plentiful at Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor in the league this season as Darmstadt 98 has scored 23 goals here in 9 home games. From these home matches, Darmstadt 98 have conceded only 8 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Hamburger SV form and stats
3 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Hamburger SV playing as the away team in the 2. Bundesliga this season.
Hamburger won their last game, 2-1 versus St. Pauli played at home. Attacker Kittel got a player rating of 8.42 in the game. "Man of the match" Kittel signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs St. Pauli.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Hamburger SV in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Hamburger SV, one draw and one defeat.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Hamburger SV have scored 12 goals in 9 league games away.
Head 2 Head
Here's what happened when the participants met earlier this campaign; Hamburger SV - Darmstadt 98 2-2. Statistics for the former ten meetings between these two contenders are: four wins for Darmstadt 98, three draws and three wins for Hamburger SV. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  P. Tietz 12 goals | L. Pfeiffer 12 goals |   R. Glatzel 10 goals |
Darmstadt 98 missing players
Hamburger SV missing players
| Darmstadt 98 | Hamburger SV | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 45 | 23 | 7 | Scored | S | 7 | 12 | 34 |
| 22 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 89% | 95% |
| 90% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 78% | 90% |
| 65% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 50% |
| 40% | 56% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 22% | 25% |
| 15% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 11% | 10% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 75% |
| 40% | 56% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 22% | 20% |
| 10% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 22% | 10% |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.9 | 6.8 |
| 4.7 | 4.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6 | 5.4 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 15.3 | 15.2 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 12 | 14.6 |
| 5.8 | 6.1 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | 5.3 |
| 39% | 42% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 38% | 32% |
| 13.2 | 11.7 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.8 | 14.4 | 13.3 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.3 | 4.4 |
- Darmstadt 98 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Darmstadt 98 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Darmstadt 98 have the most scored goals (45) in 2. Bundesliga
- Darmstadt 98 have the the best goal difference (+23) in 2. Bundesliga
- Darmstadt 98 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hamburger SV have the fewest conceded goals (20) in 2. Bundesliga
- Hamburger SV have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in 2. Bundesliga
- Hamburger SV have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in 2. Bundesliga
- Hamburger SV 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 | Darmstadt 98 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 45 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 23 | 39 |
| 2 | St. Pauli | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 13 | 37 |
| 3 | Werder Bremen | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 35 |
| 4 | Schalke 04 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 34 |
| 5 | Hamburger SV | 20 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 34 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 34 |
| 6 | Heidenheim | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 34 |
| 7 | Nurnberg | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 33 |
| 8 | Jahn Regensburg | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 31 |
| 9 | Paderborn | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 30 |
| 10 | Karlsruher SC | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 26 |
| 11 | Holstein Kiel | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -6 | 25 |
| 12 | Dynamo Dresden | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -5 | 24 |
| 13 | Hannover 96 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -12 | 24 |
| 14 | Hansa Rostock | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -11 | 21 |
| 15 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -6 | 20 |
| 16 | Sandhausen | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -19 | 17 |
| 17 | Erzgebirge Aue | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -20 | 15 |
| 18 | Ingolstadt | 20 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 25 | -26 | 10 |
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