Lots to play for in this game, with Darmstadt 98 at 1st and Holstein Kiel placed 6th. Here's all you need to know!
- Darmstadt 98 have not yet lost a game at home.
- Holstein Kiel have the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in 2. Bundesliga
The hosts Darmstadt 98 saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the DFB Pokal. Thankfully the previous game, versus Borussia M'gladbach, was also a home game here at Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor. The away team is better rested.
Darmstadt 98 form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor as Darmstadt 98 have scored 12 goals to get 14 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the 2. Bundesliga are 4-2-0 (wins-draws-losses). days ago.
Darmstadt's previous fixture was a DFB Pokal game also played at their own arena, finishing 2-1 versus Borussia M'gladbach. The home team are looking to build on that result. The striker Mehlem won the honour of being "man of the match" for Darmstadt 98 with the rating of 7.92/10. Mehlem signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Karlsruher SC and winning 2-1.From these home matches, Darmstadt have conceded only 4 goals.
Holstein Kiel form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their 2. Bundesliga travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
The regulars enjoyed Holstein Kiel's previous match versus Heidenheim (placed 4th), a 3-1 win played at home. The attacker Skrzybski got a match rating of 9.01 in that game. Skrzybski scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Nurnberg at their stadium, the result 3-2.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Holstein Kiel when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 1 time, drawing 2 and winning 1 game.
Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this side's 12 most recent league games have ended with three or more goals.
The travelling fans enjoy Holstein Kiel's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 6 league matches away. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Holstein concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
Darmstadt 98 have won at least one point in the last 4 games (2-2-0) versus Holstein Kiel.Top Goalscorers
  S. Skrzybski 8 goals |   P. Tietz 6 goals | B. Manu 4 goals |
Darmstadt 98 missing players
Holstein Kiel missing players
| Darmstadt 98 | Holstein Kiel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 16 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 58% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 75% |
| 25% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 58% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 58% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 75% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 5.3 | 7.2 | 12 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 6.2 | 6.6 |
| 4.1 | 2.7 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 5.3 | 5 |
| 2.9 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.5 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.3 | 12.2 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 15.2 | 15.8 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.7 | 5.4 |
| 41% | 40% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 39% | 35% |
| 11.3 | 10.3 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 16 | 15.1 |
| 3.6 | 2.7 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 10 | 6.7 | 5.4 |
- 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 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.
- Holstein Kiel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Holstein Kiel have the most conceded goals (16) away in 2. Bundesliga
- Holstein Kiel have the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in 2. Bundesliga
| 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 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 27 |
| 2 | Paderborn | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 25 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 25 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Hannover 96 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 20 |
| 6 | Holstein Kiel | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 19 |
| 7 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 17 |
| 9 | Kaiserslautern | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Jahn Regensburg | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
| 11 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 15 |
| 12 | St. Pauli | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 14 |
| 13 | Hansa Rostock | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 14 |
| 14 | Nurnberg | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 13 |
| 15 | Sandhausen | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 16 | Greuther Furth | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 10 |
| 17 | Magdeburg | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -12 | 10 |
| 18 | Arminia Bielefeld | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 8 |
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