Darmstadt 98 will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind Heidenheim.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Darmstadt 98 form and stats
3 victories, 7 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Darmstadt 98 have to build on here at Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor in the 2. Bundesliga.
Happy days for Darmstadt 98 in their previous game, a 2. Bundesliga match away at Nürnberg (placed 15th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Before that, Darmstadt 98 had a home game versus Sandhausen which ended with a victory 1-0.
Darmstadt 98 are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 11 games. On the other hand, Darmstadt 98 have conceded 14 goals.
Heidenheim form and stats
The visitors, who have the most clean sheets (11) in 2. Bundesliga, are W4-D4-L3 on the road this term. That's in the 2. Bundesliga. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Heidenheim, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Two travels in a row for Heidenheim, whose manager F. Schmidt could celebrate last time after the 2. Bundesliga win against Holstein Kiel. Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Nürnberg.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Heidenheim have scored 12 goals in 11 league games away. 13 goals have been conceded by Heidenheim in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Heidenheim - Darmstadt 98 1-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Darmstadt 98 won two games, five matches ended with a draw and Heidenheim has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
 S. Dursun 10 goals |   T. Kleindienst 10 goals |  R. Leipertz 6 goals |
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 29 | 16 | 6 | Scored | S | 6 | 12 | 31 |
| 31 | 14 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 23 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 87% |
| 70% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 64% | 61% |
| 48% | 45% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 45% | 48% |
| 39% | 45% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 27% | 35% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 61% | 64% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 55% | 43% |
| 26% | 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 36% | 48% |
| 22% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 22% |
| 4.9 | 5.7 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.6 |
| 5.8 | 6.2 | 9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.7 | 5.3 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 300 | 157 | 52 | Total Shots | T S | 43 | 110 | 271 |
| 111 | 63 | 23 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 36 | 92 |
| 26% | 25% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 33% | 34% |
- Darmstadt 98 has the most points from losing position (12)
- Heidenheim has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7)
- Heidenheim has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Heidenheim has the most clean sheets (11)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arminia Bielefeld | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 48 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 25 | 47 |
| 2 | Stuttgart | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 44 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 46 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 22 | 41 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 38 |
| 5 | Holstein Kiel | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 33 |
| 6 | Greuther Fürth | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 32 |
| 7 | Darmstadt 98 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -2 | 32 |
| 8 | Jahn Regensburg | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 38 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -4 | 32 |
| 9 | Erzgebirge Aue | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -2 | 31 |
| 10 | Osnabrück | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 29 |
| 11 | Sandhausen | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 27 |
| 12 | St. Pauli | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -1 | 26 |
| 13 | Bochum | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 36 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -5 | 26 |
| 14 | Hannover 96 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 18 | -8 | 26 |
| 15 | Nürnberg | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 22 | -9 | 26 |
| 16 | Karlsruher SC | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -10 | 24 |
| 17 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -15 | 22 |
| 18 | Dynamo Dresden | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -18 | 18 |
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