The host team, Darmstadt 98, should be favourites in this fixture, but SpVgg Greuther Fürth have exhibited both flair and fearlessness. Read more about the match!
- Darmstadt 98 have the fewest conceded goals (14) in 2. Bundesliga
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in 2. Bundesliga
It's no vacation for neither Darmstadt 98 nor SpVgg Greuther Fürth 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
Darmstadt 98 are steadily winning 2. Bundesliga games and points here at Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor. 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 8 games. days ago.
Darmstadt are confident in defense, having played 201 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Darmstadt 98 enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Magdeburg's place. The match ended 1-0 with Pfeiffer scoring. Pfeiffer, defender, was given a rating of 8.04/10 in that game, top of the team. Pfeiffer scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 6 of 8 duels.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Hannover 96 in a game that was won 1-0.A decent goal production from Darmstadt in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league matches. Darmstadt 98 have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
SpVgg Greuther Fürth form and stats
There's been little loot from SpVgg Greuther Fürth's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 7 away games in the 2. Bundesliga. SpVgg Greuther Fürth only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Greuther goalkeeper Andreas Linde is eager to challenge this, with his 304 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
SpVgg Greuther Fürth are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the match against Hamburger SV (placed 2nd). Which player has bagged at least one goal three games in a row for the away side? The correct answer is Sieb and that is quite the accomplishment! John got a match rating of 8.63 in that game, top player of the team. John hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Eintracht Braunschweig with the score of 1-0.Observe! Both teams have scored in 11 of this club's last 14 league matches.
Greuther have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. SpVgg Greuther Fürth struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 13 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings between these two sides are: three wins for Darmstadt, four draws and three wins for SpVgg Greuther Fürth. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Tietz 6 goals |   B. Hrgota 6 goals |  P. Pfeiffer 4 goals |
Darmstadt 98 missing players
SpVgg Greuther Fürth missing players
| Darmstadt 98 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 26 | 14 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 21 |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 13 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 81% |
| 44% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 62% |
| 19% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 43% | 44% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 56% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 75% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 19% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 6% |
| 5.9 | 7.6 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.6 | 5.6 |
| 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.3 | 4.1 |
| 2.7 | 2.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.8 | 14.2 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 8.6 | 12.7 |
| 4.7 | 4.9 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.5 |
| 35% | 36% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 33% | 29% |
| 11.6 | 10.4 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 12.4 | 11.5 |
| 3.7 | 2.6 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
- Darmstadt 98 have not yet lost a game at home.
- 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 the fewest conceded goals (14) in 2. Bundesliga
- Darmstadt 98 have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- 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.
- Darmstadt 98 is in the best form (4-2-0) in 2. Bundesliga
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in 2. Bundesliga
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth 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 | Darmstadt 98 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 35 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 31 |
| 3 | Heidenheim | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 30 |
| 4 | Hannover 96 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 27 |
| 5 | Paderborn | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 26 |
| 6 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 26 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 26 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 24 |
| 9 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 10 | Jahn Regensburg | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -9 | 19 |
| 11 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 18 |
| 12 | Hansa Rostock | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 18 |
| 13 | Karlsruher SC | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 17 |
| 14 | Magdeburg | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -11 | 17 |
| 15 | St. Pauli | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -2 | 16 |
| 16 | Sandhausen | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 16 |
| 17 | Nurnberg | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -10 | 16 |
| 18 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 14 |
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