There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the 2. Bundesliga table so far. Here's the Darmstadt 98 - Sandhausen latest:
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
2-7-1 (win-draw-lost) are the 2. Bundesliga numbers at home for Darmstadt 98 so far this season. Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor, but a victory now would be sweet for Darmstadt 98.
Happy days for Darmstadt 98 in their previous game, a 2. Bundesliga match away at Dynamo Dresden (placed 18th) that ended with a 3-2 victory. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Osnabrück that ended 2-2.
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 98 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 17 matches with the results: Won three, drawn seven and lost seven.
The Darmstadt 98 fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 10 league matches. Darmstadt 98 have conceded 14 in these home matches.
Sandhausen form and stats
There's been little loot from Sandhausen's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 10 away games in the 2. Bundesliga. Sandhausen only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws.
K. Behrens was the last player to score for the away team. Sandhausen haven't scored a league goal in the last 187 minutes.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a 2. Bundesliga home defeat versus Heidenheim with 0-1 on the scoreboard. A 0-2 defeat away at Nürnberg before that.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sandhausen playing away and similar expectations, we found 16 relevant matches. Results were six Sandhausen wins, three draws and seven defeats.
The attacking power of Sandhausen when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Sandhausen have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Sandhausen - Darmstadt 98 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: three - three - three (Darmstadt 98 wins - draws - Sandhausen wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Dursun 10 goals |   K. Behrens 9 goals |  A. Bouhaddouz 6 goals |
Darmstadt 98 missing players
Sandhausen missing players
| Darmstadt 98 | Sandhausen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 26 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 24 |
| 30 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 90% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 71% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | 71% |
| 48% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 10% | 29% |
| 43% | 50% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 10% | 24% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 62% | 70% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 57% |
| 24% | 30% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 24% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | 33% |
| 5 | 6 | 8.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.9 | 6.2 |
| 6 | 6.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
| 1.9 | 1.3 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 278 | 147 | 49 | Total Shots | T S | 51 | 168 | 348 |
| 101 | 57 | 22 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 45 | 95 |
| 26% | 26% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 20% | 25% |
- Darmstadt 98 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sandhausen has the most matches under the total-line (15)
- Sandhausen haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Arminia Bielefeld | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 43 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 22 | 41 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 45 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 24 | 40 |
| 3 | Stuttgart | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 38 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 34 |
| 5 | Greuther Fürth | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 31 |
| 6 | Holstein Kiel | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 30 |
| 7 | Erzgebirge Aue | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -1 | 30 |
| 8 | Jahn Regensburg | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -3 | 29 |
| 9 | Osnabrück | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 27 |
| 10 | Sandhausen | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| 11 | Darmstadt 98 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 26 |
| 12 | Hannover 96 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | -7 | 25 |
| 13 | Nürnberg | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -8 | 25 |
| 14 | Bochum | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 34 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -5 | 23 |
| 15 | St. Pauli | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -3 | 22 |
| 16 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -14 | 21 |
| 17 | Karlsruher SC | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -12 | 20 |
| 18 | Dynamo Dresden | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -17 | 17 |
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