Home advantage could prove decisive in Darmstadt 98 - Hannover 96 battle

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Fri 04.November
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor (16500 seats)

Welcome to the show! Today's starring characters are Darmstadt 98 and Hannover 96, victory is the main plot and 90 minutes the duration.

Insights:
  • Darmstadt 98 is in the best form (4-2-0) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Hannover 96 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Darmstadt 98 and Hannover 96 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Darmstadt 98 form and stats

Darmstadt 98 have performed here at Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor this season with 4 wins from 7 2. Bundesliga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0. days ago.

The Darmstadt manager Lieberknecht and his crew return home after a 1-1 draw away versus St. Pauli (placed 13th). The Darmstadt 98 goalkeeper Schuhen was crucial in the match against St. Pauli last time out, making six saves.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Holstein Kiel that ended 1-1.

Take note that 8 of the most recent 10 league games from this club have had goals from both teams.

A decent goal production from Darmstadt 98 in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 7 league matches. Darmstadt have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Hannover 96 form and stats

3-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Hannover 96 in their 2. Bundesliga matches away.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Hannover 96 goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler is eager to challenge this, with his 299 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Weydandt scored in Hannover 96's previous match, the home game against Karlsruher SC that ended 1-0. The attacker Weydandt got a match rating of 8.02 in that game. Weydandt scored one goal and hit two key passes.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Nurnberg.

After this away game Hannover return home for a 2. Bundesliga game against Fortuna Dusseldorf. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The travelling fans enjoy Hannover 96's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 7 league matches away. Hannover 96 have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head to head totals (for the former nine meetings): Darmstadt won six games, two matches ended in a draw and Hannover 96 managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: nine / zero.

Top Goalscorers

Darmstadt 98P. Tietz
P. Tietz
6 goals
Hannover 96H. Kallevik Nielsen
H. Kallevik Nielsen
6 goals
Hannover 96C. Teuchert
C. Teuchert
5 goals

Darmstadt 98 missing players

Hannover 96 missing players

Darmstadt 98 Hannover 96
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 2 7 14
8 4 1 Won W 0 3 7
5 3 1 Drew D 0 1 3
1 0 0 Lost L 2 3 4
24 13 3 Scored S 3 12 22
14 5 2 Conceded C 6 10 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
86% 86% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 71%
50% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 71% 57%
21% 29% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 43% 29%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 29% 14%
64% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 57% 57%
29% 43% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 43% 43%
7% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 7%
 
5.4 7 9 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.4 3.6
4.4 3.3 2 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.7 4.9
2.8 2.4 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 2.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.8 13.1 15 Shots (avg) S ( 15 12.6 12.2
4.4 4.9 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.4 4.7
39% 38% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 39% 33%
 
12.1 10.7 12 Shots against (avg) S A 22.5 17.6 16.9
3.9 2.7 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 11 6 5.4
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 at home.
  • Darmstadt 98 have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Darmstadt 98 have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home 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 (4-2-0) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Hannover 96 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 14 8 5 1 24 14 7 4 3 0 13 5 7 4 2 1 11 9 10 29
2 Hamburger SV 14 9 1 4 22 15 7 3 1 3 8 7 7 6 0 1 14 8 7 28
3 Paderborn 14 8 2 4 34 15 8 6 0 2 26 9 6 2 2 2 8 6 19 26
4 Heidenheim 14 6 6 2 21 13 6 4 2 0 13 6 8 2 4 2 8 7 8 24
5 Hannover 96 14 7 3 4 22 16 7 4 2 1 10 6 7 3 1 3 12 10 6 24
6 Fortuna Dusseldorf 14 7 2 5 24 16 6 4 1 1 15 6 8 3 1 4 9 10 8 23
7 Kaiserslautern 14 4 8 2 22 20 8 2 4 2 12 14 6 2 4 0 10 6 2 20
8 Holstein Kiel 14 5 5 4 25 26 7 3 2 2 13 9 7 2 3 2 12 17 -1 20
9 Jahn Regensburg 14 5 3 6 14 21 8 3 3 2 8 12 6 2 0 4 6 9 -7 18
10 Karlsruher SC 14 5 2 7 21 20 7 3 1 3 11 9 7 2 1 4 10 11 1 17
11 Eintracht Braunschweig 14 4 5 5 17 23 7 3 2 2 10 9 7 1 3 3 7 14 -6 17
12 Hansa Rostock 14 5 2 7 15 21 7 3 0 4 7 9 7 2 2 3 8 12 -6 17
13 St. Pauli 14 3 6 5 19 20 7 3 4 0 13 6 7 0 2 5 6 14 -1 15
14 Nurnberg 14 4 3 7 12 21 6 2 1 3 5 8 8 2 2 4 7 13 -9 15
15 Magdeburg 14 4 2 8 17 28 7 2 1 4 6 12 7 2 1 4 11 16 -11 14
16 Greuther Furth 14 2 7 5 19 25 8 2 5 1 12 12 6 0 2 4 7 13 -6 13
17 Sandhausen 14 3 4 7 15 21 7 3 2 2 9 8 7 0 2 5 6 13 -6 13
18 Arminia Bielefeld 14 3 2 9 16 24 6 3 0 3 11 10 8 0 2 6 5 14 -8 11

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