Darmstadt 98 supporters put their faith in manager Lieberknecht to deliver victory against Heidenheim

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

The team playing at home, Darmstadt 98, should be the favourites in this game, but Heidenheim have proven both ability and bravery. Read more about the game!

Insights:
  • Darmstadt 98 have the most scored goals (49) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Heidenheim have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in 2. Bundesliga

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

When playing at home in the 2. Bundesliga, Darmstadt 98, who have the most scored goals (49) in 2. Bundesliga, have managed 6 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 11 games.

Darmstadt 98 enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Dynamo Dresden's place. The match ended 1-0 with Honsak scoring. Schnellhardt (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.35/10. Schnellhardt hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 56 successful passes (of 61 total).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Hansa Rostock that ended 1-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Darmstadt have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won five times, drawn five and lost two.

Darmstadt 98 can score goals in their home matches. After 11 league matches they have found the net 24 times. Darmstadt 98's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Heidenheim form and stats

As the visiting team in 2. Bundesliga matches, Heidenheim have produced an overall stat of 4-2-6 so far.

There were no winners in Heidenheim's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Sandhausen (placed 15th). Attacker Mohr got a player rating of 8.04 in the game. "Man of the match" Mohr scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Dynamo Dresden.

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

The attacking power of Heidenheim when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 12 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Heidenheim have conceded 19 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams met each other earlier on this match year: Heidenheim - Darmstadt 98 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Darmstadt 98 wins - draws - Heidenheim wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

DarmstadtP. Tietz
P. Tietz
12 goals
Darmstadt 98L. Pfeiffer
L. Pfeiffer
12 goals
HeidenheimT. Mohr
T. Mohr
7 goals

Darmstadt 98 missing players

Heidenheim missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Darmstadt 98 Heidenheim
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 11 3 Played P 3 12 24
13 6 1 Won W 0 4 11
5 2 1 Drew D 0 2 6
6 3 1 Lost L 3 6 7
49 24 6 Scored S 0 11 30
30 14 4 Conceded C 9 19 30
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 88%
88% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 75%
62% 64% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 54%
42% 55% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 21%
17% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 8%
50% 36% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 42% 54%
38% 45% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 25%
12% 18% 33% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 33%
 
4.5 4.8 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 5.2 6.5
4.8 4.5 7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 5.5 5
2.4 2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.7 1.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.8 15.3 16.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 12.3 13.8
5.7 5.5 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.5 3.7
36% 40% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 26% 34%
 
13.1 11.3 13.3 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 12.9 12.4
4.2 3.5 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.6 3.7
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Darmstadt 98 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Darmstadt 98 have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Heidenheim have scored away.
  • Darmstadt 98 have the most scored goals (49) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Darmstadt 98 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Heidenheim have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Heidenheim 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 Werder Bremen 24 13 6 5 47 33 11 5 4 2 20 11 13 8 2 3 27 22 14 45
2 Darmstadt 98 24 13 5 6 49 30 11 6 2 3 24 14 13 7 3 3 25 16 19 44
3 St. Pauli 24 13 5 6 48 35 11 8 2 1 28 12 13 5 3 5 20 23 13 44
4 Hamburger SV 24 10 11 3 44 24 13 6 6 1 26 14 11 4 5 2 18 10 20 41
5 Schalke 04 24 12 5 7 46 28 12 7 2 3 28 16 12 5 3 4 18 12 18 41
6 Nurnberg 24 11 6 7 34 32 12 6 2 4 17 14 12 5 4 3 17 18 2 39
7 Heidenheim 24 11 6 7 30 30 12 7 4 1 19 11 12 4 2 6 11 19 0 39
8 Paderborn 24 8 9 7 41 33 13 2 5 6 18 21 11 6 4 1 23 12 8 33
9 Karlsruher SC 24 8 9 7 41 36 13 5 5 3 25 19 11 3 4 4 16 17 5 33
10 Jahn Regensburg 24 9 5 10 42 37 13 5 3 5 27 22 11 4 2 5 15 15 5 32
11 Holstein Kiel 24 8 7 9 30 38 12 5 2 5 14 18 12 3 5 4 16 20 -8 31
12 Hannover 96 24 8 7 9 23 32 12 4 4 4 10 13 12 4 3 5 13 19 -9 31
13 Fortuna Dusseldorf 24 7 6 11 28 32 12 3 4 5 17 17 12 4 2 6 11 15 -4 27
14 Dynamo Dresden 24 7 5 12 23 32 12 5 2 5 15 13 12 2 3 7 8 19 -9 26
15 Sandhausen 24 6 8 10 26 41 11 1 4 6 9 22 13 5 4 4 17 19 -15 26
16 Hansa Rostock 24 6 7 11 27 38 12 2 3 7 10 19 12 4 4 4 17 19 -11 25
17 Erzgebirge Aue 24 3 7 14 23 48 12 2 2 8 10 23 12 1 5 6 13 25 -25 16
18 Ingolstadt 24 3 6 15 22 45 12 1 4 7 9 19 12 2 2 8 13 26 -23 15

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Werder Bremen 24 13 6 5 47 33 11 5 4 2 20 11 13 8 2 3 27 22 14 45
2 Darmstadt 98 24 13 5 6 49 30 11 6 2 3 24 14 13 7 3 3 25 16 19 44
3 St. Pauli 24 13 5 6 48 35 11 8 2 1 28 12 13 5 3 5 20 23 13 44
4 Hamburger SV 24 10 11 3 44 24 13 6 6 1 26 14 11 4 5 2 18 10 20 41
5 Schalke 04 24 12 5 7 46 28 12 7 2 3 28 16 12 5 3 4 18 12 18 41
6 Nurnberg 24 11 6 7 34 32 12 6 2 4 17 14 12 5 4 3 17 18 2 39
7 Heidenheim 24 11 6 7 30 30 12 7 4 1 19 11 12 4 2 6 11 19 0 39
8 Paderborn 24 8 9 7 41 33 13 2 5 6 18 21 11 6 4 1 23 12 8 33
9 Karlsruher SC 24 8 9 7 41 36 13 5 5 3 25 19 11 3 4 4 16 17 5 33
10 Jahn Regensburg 24 9 5 10 42 37 13 5 3 5 27 22 11 4 2 5 15 15 5 32
11 Holstein Kiel 24 8 7 9 30 38 12 5 2 5 14 18 12 3 5 4 16 20 -8 31
12 Hannover 96 24 8 7 9 23 32 12 4 4 4 10 13 12 4 3 5 13 19 -9 31
13 Fortuna Dusseldorf 24 7 6 11 28 32 12 3 4 5 17 17 12 4 2 6 11 15 -4 27
14 Dynamo Dresden 24 7 5 12 23 32 12 5 2 5 15 13 12 2 3 7 8 19 -9 26
15 Sandhausen 24 6 8 10 26 41 11 1 4 6 9 22 13 5 4 4 17 19 -15 26
16 Hansa Rostock 24 6 7 11 27 38 12 2 3 7 10 19 12 4 4 4 17 19 -11 25
17 Erzgebirge Aue 24 3 7 14 23 48 12 2 2 8 10 23 12 1 5 6 13 25 -25 16
18 Ingolstadt 24 3 6 15 22 45 12 1 4 7 9 19 12 2 2 8 13 26 -23 15

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