Darmstadt 98 favourites for feisty fight facing Heidenheim

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 27.August
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor (16500 seats)

Heidenheim have come here for an action-packed game against the home side Darmstadt 98. Read up on the match with this full 2. Bundesliga preview!

Insights:
  • Darmstadt 98 have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Heidenheim have the fewest conceded goals (2) in 2. Bundesliga

This looks to be an interesting match with lots of action and excitement as both participants are well rested since they last played a game. Bring it on!

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Darmstadt 98 form and stats

As mentioned below, Darmstadt 98 are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 2. Bundesliga games.

Darmstadt 98 enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Hamburger SV's place. The match ended 2-1 with Tietz and Pfeiffer scoring. Kempe (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.73/10. Kempe signed up for two assists, hit five key passes and had 21 successful passes (of 25 total).

Before that, Darmstadt had a home game versus Hansa Rostock which ended with a victory 4-0.

Darmstadt 98 has scored 6 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Heidenheim form and stats

Heidenheim have six points from their first three away games in the 2. Bundesliga, meaning two victories and a loss.

Heidenheim played 1-1 against DSC Arminia Bielefeld in their previous match. Midfield player Beste was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.83/10. Beste hit seven key passes and had 34 successful passes (of 41 total).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Nurnberg at their stadium, the result 3-0.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Heidenheim have scored 4 goals in 3 league games away. Heidenheim's manager Schmidt has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 1 conceded goal. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the former ten meetings between these two contenders are: four wins for Darmstadt, two draws and four wins for Heidenheim. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Darmstadt 98P. Tietz
P. Tietz
3 goals
Darmstadt 98M. Mehlem
M. Mehlem
2 goals
HeidenheimT. Kleindienst
T. Kleindienst
2 goals

Darmstadt 98 missing players

Heidenheim missing players

Darmstadt 98 Heidenheim
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 2 1 Played P 2 3 5
4 2 1 Won W 1 2 3
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
9 6 4 Scored S 1 4 8
4 1 0 Conceded C 1 1 2
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 60%
60% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 40%
20% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 20%
40% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 67% 60%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 20%
 
5.6 5.5 3 Corners for (avg) C F 9.5 8.3 7.6
3.2 2.5 2 Corners against (avg) C A 2 2 2.2
3.4 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.3 1.2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.2 11 13 Shots (avg) S ( 11 12.7 15.4
4.4 5 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.3 4.2
41% 60% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 40% 38%
 
9.8 7.5 8 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 12.3 12
3 2 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.7 2.4
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Darmstadt 98's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Darmstadt 98 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Darmstadt 98 have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Darmstadt 98 have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Darmstadt 98 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Heidenheim have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Heidenheim have the fewest conceded goals (2) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Heidenheim have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Heidenheim haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Darmstadt 98 Last season Heidenheim
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
18 10   Won W   5 15
6 3   Drew D   3 7
10 4   Lost L   9 12
71 42   Scored S   16 43
46 23   Conceded C   27 45
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 91%
88% 94%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 79%
68% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 53%
44% 59%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 24%
21% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 9%
56% 47%   BTTS BTTS   41% 53%
32% 41%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 24%
12% 12%   Failed to Score F T   47% 32%
 
4.8 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   5.2 6.1
4.3 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 5.4
2.4 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.6
3 1   Red cards R C   0 1
 
16.3 16.9   Shots (avg) S (   12.9 14
5.8 6.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 4
36% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 32%
 
13.1 10.7   Shots against (avg) S A   14.8 13.6
4.4 3.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.5 4.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paderborn 5 4 0 1 18 6 3 3 0 0 16 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 12 12
2 Darmstadt 98 5 4 0 1 9 4 2 2 0 0 6 1 3 2 0 1 3 3 5 12
3 Heidenheim 5 3 1 1 8 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 3 2 0 1 4 1 6 10
4 Kaiserslautern 5 3 1 1 9 6 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 5 3 3 10
5 Hamburger SV 5 3 0 2 6 3 3 1 0 2 2 3 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 9
6 Hansa Rostock 5 3 0 2 5 6 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 1 1 4 -1 9
7 Fortuna Dusseldorf 5 2 2 1 8 7 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 8
8 Holstein Kiel 5 2 2 1 11 12 2 1 1 0 5 2 3 1 1 1 6 10 -1 8
9 Hannover 96 5 2 1 2 10 8 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 1 0 2 7 6 2 7
10 Karlsruher SC 5 2 1 2 12 11 2 1 0 1 5 5 3 1 1 1 7 6 1 7
11 St. Pauli 5 2 1 2 9 8 2 2 0 0 6 2 3 0 1 2 3 6 1 7
12 Nurnberg 5 2 1 2 6 7 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 -1 7
13 Jahn Regensburg 5 2 1 2 5 7 3 1 1 1 2 6 2 1 0 1 3 1 -2 7
14 Sandhausen 5 2 0 3 7 8 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 0 0 2 3 5 -1 6
15 Greuther Furth 5 0 3 2 6 10 3 0 2 1 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 4 -4 3
16 Magdeburg 5 1 0 4 5 13 3 0 0 3 2 8 2 1 0 1 3 5 -8 3
17 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 5 0 1 4 3 10 2 0 0 2 0 5 3 0 1 2 3 5 -7 1
18 Eintracht Braunschweig 5 0 1 4 2 11 3 0 1 2 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 6 -9 1

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