4th spot in the 2. Bundesliga table for Darmstadt 98 right now, a great showing. The home team fans hope for more fun as 11th-placed Nürnberg visit Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor.
- Darmstadt 98 have not yet lost a game at home.
- Nürnberg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This has all the signs of an exciting fixture with lots of fun and excitement as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Darmstadt 98 form and stats
2 victories, 2 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Darmstadt 98 have to build on here at Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor in the 2. Bundesliga. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Darmstadt.
An away draw last time out for Darmstadt 98, facing Kaiserslautern in a game that ended 3-3. A disappointing finish for Darmstadt in their match versus Kaiserslautern as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 3-3 full time score. Seydel was able to secure the draw 3-3 in the game against Kaiserslautern after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? The forward Tietz was named "man of the match" for Darmstadt 98 with a rating of 7.42/10. Tietz scored one goal.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Arminia Bielefeld.Goals decide football matches and Darmstadt are scoring many of them at home; 9 on target from 4 league matches.
Nürnberg form and stats
Playing away, Nürnberg have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the 2. Bundesliga this season.
Nürnberg go into this game after a win, the home game against Arminia Bielefeld that ended 1-0. Defender Wekesser was the best team player with a rating of 8.32. Wekesser hit four key passes and won 6 of 9 duels.
Preceding that game, the 2-4 loss visiting Eintracht Braunschweig's place.Nürnberg are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 6 times in 4 away games so far.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Darmstadt 98 victories, three draws and four Nürnberg wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Tietz 4 goals | B. Manu 3 goals |  K. Duah 3 goals |
Darmstadt 98 missing players
Nürnberg missing players
| Darmstadt 98 | Nürnberg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 88% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 75% |
| 62% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 50% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 62% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 38% |
| 25% | 25% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 6.1 | 8 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
| 3.1 | 2.8 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.8 | 5.2 |
| 2.8 | 1.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.6 | 13.5 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11.2 | 13.4 |
| 4.4 | 4.8 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 43% | 47% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 10.9 | 9.8 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12.2 | 11.5 |
| 4.2 | 3.5 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 4.4 |
- All of Darmstadt 98's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Darmstadt 98 have not yet lost a game at home.
- Darmstadt 98 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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.
- Nürnberg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Paderborn | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 18 |
| 3 | Heidenheim | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | Darmstadt 98 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | Hannover 96 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Karlsruher SC | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | St. Pauli | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Nürnberg | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 12 | Hansa Rostock | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -6 | 9 |
| 13 | Sandhausen | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 14 | Jahn Regensburg | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 8 |
| 15 | Magdeburg | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 7 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
| 17 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -10 | 5 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 4 |
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