This match features two teams living in the basement of the 2. Bundesliga, Darmstadt 98 holding 14th place and Sandhausen lying 16th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
- Darmstadt 98 has the most matches over the total-line (13) in 2. Bundesliga
- Sandhausen has the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in 2. Bundesliga
It's no vacation for neither Darmstadt nor Sandhausen as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Darmstadt 98 form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the 2. Bundesliga this season. Darmstadt 98 have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Darmstadt with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Wurzburger Kickers game, 39 days ago, have they avoided a loss. The Darmstadt manager M. Anfang might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
A. Seydel was the last player to score a league goal for Darmstadt 98 and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Darmstadt 98 haven't scored in 202 minutes.
The Darmstadt 98 crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Holstein Kiel here at Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor in a 2. Bundesliga match. Heartbreak before that as Darmstadt 98 lost 0-3 at Heidenheim's place.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Darmstadt have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won two times, drawn four and lost zero.
Darmstadt 98 are traveling soon after this match as the 2. Bundesliga match at Jahn Regensburg awaits in three days.
Darmstadt are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Darmstadt defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Sandhausen form and stats
There's been little loot from Sandhausen's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 8 away games in the 2. Bundesliga. Sandhausen, who have the fewest scored goals (5) away in 2. Bundesliga, only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 0 draws. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on M. Schiele, the Sandhausen manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Sandhausen's last game was the home draw against Bochum (1-1). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Jahn Regensburg wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.
We have checked recent matches where Sandhausen have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were two victories, three draws and one defeat.
A new game in only four days for Sandhausen, the 2. Bundesliga home match versus Nürnberg. Busy days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sandhausen as they have only managed to score 5 times from 8 away games in the league. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Sandhausen concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Darmstadt 98 and Sandhausen have met before this season: Sandhausen - Darmstadt 3-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Darmstadt 98 wins - draws - Sandhausen wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Dursun 9 goals |  T. Kempe 8 goals |  D. Keita-Ruel 6 goals |
Darmstadt 98 missing players
Sandhausen missing players
| Darmstadt 98 | Sandhausen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 27 | 10 | 8 | Scored | S | 4 | 5 | 18 |
| 32 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 20 | 35 |
| 94% | 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 94% | 88% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 82% |
| 76% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 65% |
| 47% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 47% |
| 24% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 12% | 18% |
| 53% | 38% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 38% | 47% |
| 24% | 38% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 29% | 38% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 62% | 41% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12.5 | 10.9 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 7.9 | 9.3 |
| 5.5 | 4.6 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
| 29% | 27% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 23% | 33% |
- Darmstadt 98 has the most matches over the total-line (13) in 2. Bundesliga
- Sandhausen has the fewest scored goals (5) away in 2. Bundesliga
- Sandhausen has the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in 2. Bundesliga
- Sandhausen has the the worst goal difference (-15) away in 2. Bundesliga
- Sandhausen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sandhausen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Sandhausen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sandhausen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hamburger SV | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 19 | 36 |
| 2 | Bochum | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 33 |
| 3 | Holstein Kiel | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 32 |
| 4 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 31 |
| 5 | Greuther Furth | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 29 |
| 6 | Hannover 96 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 26 |
| 7 | Karlsruher SC | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 26 |
| 8 | Heidenheim | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 26 |
| 9 | Erzgebirge Aue | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | Paderborn | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 25 |
| 11 | Osnabruck | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -7 | 22 |
| 12 | Nürnberg | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -3 | 20 |
| 13 | Jahn Regensburg | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 20 |
| 14 | Darmstadt 98 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -5 | 18 |
| 15 | St. Pauli | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 16 |
| 16 | Sandhausen | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -17 | 15 |
| 17 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | -20 | 14 |
| 18 | Wurzburger Kickers | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -18 | 9 |
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