Football news and preview: Darmstadt 98 odds-on when Hansa Rostock arrive

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 20.February
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor (16500 seats)

Welcome to Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor and this match involving Darmstadt 98 & Hansa Rostock in the 2. Bundesliga. Here's all you should know!

Insights:
  • Darmstadt 98 have the most scored goals (47) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Hansa Rostock have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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

The complete 2. Bundesliga statistics at home this season for Darmstadt 98 are 6-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Darmstadt 98 travelled for their previous game, a trip to Hannover 96 that ended 2-2. Midfield player Kempe got a match rating of 8.01 in that game, the max score being 10. Kempe served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 30 successful passes (of 35 total).

Before that game, the home loss against Hamburger SV with the scoreline 0-5.

The Darmstadt 98 manager Lieberknecht has got the team scoring with 23 from 10 home games in the league. Darmstadt 98's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Hansa Rostock form and stats

4-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Hansa Rostock in their 2. Bundesliga matches away.

Home advantage was not enough for Rostock in their previous game as they lost hosting Werder Bremen, 1-2. Malone was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.42. The defender Malone served one assist, hit one key pass and won 1 of 6 duels.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Dynamo Dresden at their stadium, the result 4-1.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Hansa Rostock have scored 16 goals in 11 league games away. In the opposite end, Rostock have conceded 18 goals in their away games. Hansa Rostock has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The most up to date reported match involving both these teams is the Hansa Rostock - Darmstadt 98 2-1 played not long ago this season. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: two - two - one (Darmstadt 98 wins - draws - Hansa Rostock wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

DarmstadtP. Tietz
P. Tietz
12 goals
Darmstadt 98L. Pfeiffer
L. Pfeiffer
12 goals
Hansa RostockJ. Verhoek
J. Verhoek
12 goals

Darmstadt 98 missing players

Hansa Rostock missing players

Darmstadt 98 Hansa Rostock
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 10 3 Played P 4 11 22
12 6 2 Won W 0 4 6
4 1 0 Drew D 1 3 6
6 3 1 Lost L 3 4 10
47 23 11 Scored S 1 16 26
29 13 4 Conceded C 11 18 35
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
91% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 86%
68% 70% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 64% 59%
45% 60% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 36% 27%
18% 20% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 9%
50% 30% 67% BTTS BTTS 25% 45% 59%
36% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 14%
14% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 36% 32%
 
4.5 4.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 3.5 4.6
4.8 4.7 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 6.3 4.6
2.5 2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.9 2.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.3 15 18.3 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 11 13.2
5.7 5.8 7.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.9 4.4
38% 40% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 9% 37% 27%
 
13.5 12 8 Shots against (avg) S A 16.5 14.2 11.9
4.3 3.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.2 5.3 4.4
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Darmstadt 98 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Darmstadt 98 have the most scored goals (47) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Darmstadt 98 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Hansa Rostock have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hansa Rostock have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Hansa Rostock haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 St. Pauli 22 12 5 5 45 31 10 8 2 0 28 9 12 4 3 5 17 22 14 41
2 Werder Bremen 22 12 5 5 43 30 10 5 3 2 19 10 12 7 2 3 24 20 13 41
3 Hamburger SV 22 10 10 2 41 20 12 6 6 0 24 11 10 4 4 2 17 9 21 40
4 Darmstadt 98 22 12 4 6 47 29 10 6 1 3 23 13 12 6 3 3 24 16 18 40
5 Schalke 04 22 11 4 7 43 27 11 6 2 3 26 16 11 5 2 4 17 11 16 37
6 Heidenheim 22 11 4 7 28 28 11 7 3 1 18 10 11 4 1 6 10 18 0 37
7 Nurnberg 22 9 6 7 30 32 11 5 2 4 15 14 11 4 4 3 15 18 -2 33
8 Paderborn 22 8 8 6 38 28 12 2 4 6 15 18 10 6 4 0 23 10 10 32
9 Jahn Regensburg 22 9 4 9 42 35 12 5 2 5 27 22 10 4 2 4 15 13 7 31
10 Holstein Kiel 22 8 7 7 30 34 11 5 2 4 14 16 11 3 5 3 16 18 -4 31
11 Karlsruher SC 22 7 8 7 38 35 12 5 4 3 24 18 10 2 4 4 14 17 3 29
12 Dynamo Dresden 22 7 4 11 22 30 10 5 1 4 14 11 12 2 3 7 8 19 -8 25
13 Hannover 96 22 6 7 9 18 32 11 3 4 4 8 13 11 3 3 5 10 19 -14 25
14 Hansa Rostock 22 6 6 10 26 35 11 2 3 6 10 17 11 4 3 4 16 18 -9 24
15 Sandhausen 22 6 6 10 24 39 10 1 3 6 8 21 12 5 3 4 16 18 -15 24
16 Fortuna Düsseldorf 22 6 5 11 25 31 11 2 4 5 14 16 11 4 1 6 11 15 -6 23
17 Erzgebirge Aue 22 3 6 13 19 42 12 2 2 8 10 23 10 1 4 5 9 19 -23 15
18 Ingolstadt 22 3 5 14 20 41 11 1 4 6 8 16 11 2 1 8 12 25 -21 14

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