Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor: Get set for a football celebration when Darmstadt 98 take on Nürnberg. Get the latest news on the match at Tipsway!
- Darmstadt 98 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Nürnberg have the fewest conceded goals (7) in 2. Bundesliga
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the DFB Pokal.
Darmstadt 98 form and stats
Darmstadt 98 have collected 12 points from their 2. Bundesliga home games so far after 4-0-1. Darmstadt 98 has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor. We remember; it was Jahn Regensburg.
Darmstadt 98 drew their last game, 1-1 away at Holstein Kiel (placed 15th). The forward Phillip Tietz was named "man of the match" for Darmstadt with a rating of 7.81/10. Tietz served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Werder Bremen in a game that was won 3-0.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Darmstadt have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 18 matches with the results: Won seven, drawn five and lost six.
Darmstadt 98 are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (14 goals in 5 games). From these home matches, Darmstadt have conceded only 3 goals.
Nürnberg form and stats
Playing away, Nürnberg, who have the fewest conceded goals (7) in 2. Bundesliga, have won 1 game, drawn 4 and suffered 0 defeats in the 2. Bundesliga this season. Things are running smoothly for Nürnberg who hasn't tasted defeat in their last eleven matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Erzgebirge Aue.
The Nürnberg goalkeeper Christian Mathenia is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 280 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Nürnberg's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Hamburger SV (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties) that finished 1-1. As mentioned above, Nürnberg drew the match against Hamburger SV (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties). Manager R. Klauß brought on Taylan Duman to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Johannes Geis got a match rating of 9.15 in that game, top player of the team. Geis hit two key passes and had 45 successful passes (of 56 total).
Before that, Nürnberg secured a home win against Heidenheim with the score 4-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Nürnberg playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were six Nürnberg wins, one draw and four defeats.
Nürnberg have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 7 goals have been scored. 6 goals have been conceded by Nürnberg in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the prior nine meetings): Darmstadt 98 won three games, three matches ended with a tie and Nürnberg got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / threeTop Goalscorers
  P. Tietz 8 goals | L. Pfeiffer 8 goals |  E. Shuranov 3 goals |
Darmstadt 98 missing players
Nürnberg missing players
| Darmstadt 98 | Nürnberg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | 14 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 73% |
| 91% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 55% |
| 73% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 45% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 60% | 36% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 55% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 36% |
| 27% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 40% | 64% |
| 18% | 20% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 3.3 | 3.2 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| 5.4 | 4.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.2 | 5.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.2 | 13 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11.4 | 13.2 |
| 5.3 | 5.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| 43% | 54% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 44% | 39% |
- Darmstadt 98 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Darmstadt 98 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nürnberg have not yet lost a game.
- Nürnberg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nürnberg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Nürnberg have the fewest conceded goals (7) in 2. Bundesliga
- Nürnberg have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in 2. Bundesliga
- Nürnberg have the most clean sheets (7) 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 | St. Pauli | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 25 |
| 2 | Jahn Regensburg | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 3 | Schalke 04 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 22 |
| 4 | Nürnberg | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 21 |
| 5 | Paderborn | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | Hamburger SV | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Darmstadt 98 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 17 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Werder Bremen | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 11 | Heidenheim | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 15 |
| 12 | Dynamo Dresden | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 13 |
| 13 | Hansa Rostock | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -8 | 11 |
| 14 | Hannover 96 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 11 |
| 15 | Holstein Kiel | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -10 | 10 |
| 16 | Sandhausen | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -12 | 9 |
| 17 | Erzgebirge Aue | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -10 | 7 |
| 18 | Ingolstadt | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -18 | 5 |
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