Evenly matched teams: Darmstadt 98 vs Hamburger SV match preview

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor (16500 seats)

A total of 21 sets of fixtures are finished and both Darmstadt 98 and Hamburger SV are up there with the best. Get this show on the road!

Insights:
  • Darmstadt 98 have the fewest conceded goals (16) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Hamburger SV haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Darmstadt 98 form and stats

25 points is a decent return from 11 2. Bundesliga games here at Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor for Darmstadt 98. The data says 7 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses. days ago.

Darmstadt 98 enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Hansa Rostock's place. The match ended 1-0 with Tietz scoring. Isherwood, defender, was given a rating of 7.81/10 in that game, top of the team. Isherwood won 6 of 8 duels.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Eintracht Braunschweig in a game that was won 2-1.

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 9 games. Darmstadt has won 4 of these, drawn 0 and lost 5.

Darmstadt 98 have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor with 19 goals in 11 league matches. Darmstadt have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Hamburger SV form and stats

Hamburger SV's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Hamburger SV collect 22 points from their 10 away matches in the 2. Bundesliga. 7 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 2 defeats).

Hamburger SV go into this game after a win, the home game against Arminia Bielefeld that ended 2-1. Muheim, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.85. Muheim served one assist, hit one key pass and won 9 of 12 duels.

Preceding that game, the 3-3 draw paying a visit to Heidenheim.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hamburger SV playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 4 Hamburger SV wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 8 of this side's 10 latest league games have ended with three goals or more.

Hamburger SV has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 10 games. 12 goals have been conceded by Hamburger in these games.

Head 2 Head

The latest registered scoreline involving both these participants is the Hamburger SV - Darmstadt 98 1-2 played previously this season. Darmstadt 98-Hamburger SV H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Darmstadt 98 four wins, Hamburger SV three wins, three draws. nine of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Hamburger SVR. Glatzel
R. Glatzel
14 goals
DarmstadtP. Tietz
P. Tietz
8 goals
Hamburger SVL. Reis
L. Reis
6 goals

Darmstadt 98 missing players

Hamburger SV missing players

Darmstadt 98 Hamburger SV
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 11 2 Played P 2 10 21
14 7 1 Won W 1 7 14
6 4 1 Drew D 1 1 2
1 0 0 Lost L 0 2 5
36 19 3 Scored S 6 19 40
16 7 2 Conceded C 5 12 25
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 82% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 81%
43% 36% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 52%
19% 18% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 30% 33%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 30% 29%
52% 55% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 40% 52%
43% 45% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 33%
5% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 14%
 
5.8 7 9 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.5 5.2
4.3 3.5 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.8 5.4
2.5 2.3 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.4 1.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
15.2 15.4 15 Shots (avg) S ( 14.5 14.6 15.5
5 5.1 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.5 5.5 5.5
35% 34% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 35% 34%
 
11.6 9.8 12 Shots against (avg) S A 20 17.2 13.8
3.4 2.6 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 5.9 4.9
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Darmstadt 98 have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Darmstadt 98 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Darmstadt 98 have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Darmstadt 98 have the fewest conceded goals (16) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Darmstadt 98 have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Darmstadt 98 have the the best goal difference (+20) 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.
  • Darmstadt 98 is in the best form (5-1-0) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Hamburger SV 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 Darmstadt 98 21 14 6 1 36 16 11 7 4 0 19 7 10 7 2 1 17 9 20 48
2 Hamburger SV 21 14 2 5 40 25 11 7 1 3 21 13 10 7 1 2 19 12 15 44
3 Heidenheim 21 11 7 3 43 25 11 8 3 0 31 13 10 3 4 3 12 12 18 40
4 Paderborn 21 12 2 7 45 26 11 8 0 3 31 12 10 4 2 4 14 14 19 38
5 Kaiserslautern 21 9 8 4 34 27 10 4 4 2 16 15 11 5 4 2 18 12 7 35
6 Fortuna Dusseldorf 21 10 2 9 33 28 10 7 1 2 22 10 11 3 1 7 11 18 5 32
7 Holstein Kiel 21 8 7 6 38 36 10 4 3 3 18 14 11 4 4 3 20 22 2 31
8 St. Pauli 21 7 8 6 29 26 10 5 5 0 16 6 11 2 3 6 13 20 3 29
9 Hannover 96 21 8 5 8 30 28 10 5 2 3 16 13 11 3 3 5 14 15 2 29
10 Greuther Furth 21 6 8 7 27 31 11 5 5 1 16 13 10 1 3 6 11 18 -4 26
11 Karlsruher SC 21 7 4 10 32 33 11 4 2 5 18 19 10 3 2 5 14 14 -1 25
12 Hansa Rostock 21 7 3 11 18 28 11 3 1 7 8 14 10 4 2 4 10 14 -10 24
13 Nurnberg 21 6 4 11 17 32 10 4 1 5 9 12 11 2 3 6 8 20 -15 22
14 Eintracht Braunschweig 21 5 6 10 25 35 11 4 2 5 14 14 10 1 4 5 11 21 -10 21
15 Magdeburg 21 6 3 12 27 41 10 2 2 6 8 16 11 4 1 6 19 25 -14 21
16 Arminia Bielefeld 21 6 2 13 28 34 10 4 0 6 17 17 11 2 2 7 11 17 -6 20
17 Jahn Regensburg 21 5 5 11 22 37 11 3 5 3 11 17 10 2 0 8 11 20 -15 20
18 Sandhausen 21 5 4 12 23 39 10 3 2 5 12 19 11 2 2 7 11 20 -16 19

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