The visiting Holstein Kiel side should be favourites in this visit to Darmstadt 98, as the away team holds a 11 point advantage from their 16 league games this season.
- Darmstadt 98 has the most matches over the total-line (13) in 2. Bundesliga
- Holstein Kiel has the fewest conceded goals (4) away 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.
Darmstadt 98 form and stats
2 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Darmstadt 98 have to build on here at Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor in the 2. Bundesliga. Darmstadt has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager M. Anfang and the players.
Darmstadt faced defeat in their previous match, away at Heidenheim (0-3). Ahead of that match, Darmstadt lost 1-2 at home to Hannover 96.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Darmstadt as they have a new game in only three days, a 2. Bundesliga match thankfully also at home. Sandhausen are visiting.
Darmstadt are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 7 games. Darmstadt have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Holstein Kiel form and stats
Holstein Kiel, who have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in 2. Bundesliga, have an excellent away record in the 2. Bundesliga so far with 4-3-0 from 7 games. Holstein are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
Holstein Kiel might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Karlsruher SC proved too strong as Holstein slumped to a 2-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Holstein-Stadion. Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Bayern München (after extra-time, 6-5 on penalties).
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Holstein manager O. Werner as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Paderborn.
Holstein has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 7 games. Holstein Kiel are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Darmstadt three wins, three draws and Holstein Kiel two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Dursun 9 goals |  T. Kempe 8 goals |   A. Mühling 6 goals |
Darmstadt 98 missing players
Holstein Kiel missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 27 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 8 | 12 | 26 |
| 30 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| 94% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 86% | 94% |
| 94% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 86% | 81% |
| 81% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 29% | 50% |
| 50% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 14% | 31% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 14% | 12% |
| 56% | 43% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 43% | 62% |
| 25% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 57% | 38% |
| 25% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 14% | 6% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 2.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12.3 | 10.1 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 9.9 | 11.8 |
| 5.6 | 4.9 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
| 30% | 29% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 55% | 41% |
- Darmstadt 98 has the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in 2. Bundesliga
- Darmstadt 98 has the most matches over the total-line (13) in 2. Bundesliga
- Holstein Kiel has the fewest conceded goals (4) away in 2. Bundesliga
- Holstein Kiel has the most clean sheets (4) away in 2. Bundesliga
- Holstein Kiel have not yet lost a game away.
- Holstein Kiel have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | Bochum | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 32 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 30 |
| 3 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 30 |
| 4 | Holstein Kiel | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 29 |
| 5 | Greuther Furth | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 28 |
| 6 | Karlsruher SC | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 25 |
| 7 | Heidenheim | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | Hannover 96 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 23 |
| 9 | Erzgebirge Aue | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 22 |
| 10 | Paderborn | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 22 |
| 11 | Osnabruck | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | -1 | 22 |
| 12 | Nurnberg | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 20 |
| 13 | Jahn Regensburg | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 20 |
| 14 | Darmstadt 98 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 18 |
| 15 | Sandhausen | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -17 | 14 |
| 16 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | -18 | 14 |
| 17 | St. Pauli | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -9 | 13 |
| 18 | Wurzburger Kickers | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -17 | 9 |
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