The football year has been a rollercoaster for these squads so far, loss and gain resulting in mid-table positions so far. Make ready for Darmstadt 98 - Werder Bremen!
- Darmstadt 98 have the most scored goals (21) in 2. Bundesliga
- Werder Bremen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Darmstadt 98 form and stats
Overall 2. Bundesliga statistics playing at home this season for Darmstadt 98 are 3-0-1 (wins-draws-losses). It’s been three wins in a row for Darmstadt here at Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
A strong away win for Darmstadt against Sandhausen the last match, as Emir Karić, Phillip Tietz (2), Benjamin Goller and Luca Pfeiffer (2) were on target. As mentioned above, Darmstadt 98 "killed" Sandhausen in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. The attacker Luca Pfeiffer was named "man of the match" for Darmstadt with the rating of 8.65/10. Pfeiffer scored two goals.
Heartbreak before that as Darmstadt 98 lost 1-2 at Heidenheim's place.Darmstadt are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor in their league games, having scored an impressive 11 goals in 4 matches. Darmstadt have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Werder Bremen form and stats
The visitors are W2-D1-L1 on the road this term. That's in the 2. Bundesliga.
Werder go into this game after a win, the home game against Heidenheim that ended 3-0. Attacker Marvin Ducksch got a player rating of 9.21 in the game. "Man of the match" Ducksch scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Dynamo Dresden wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.Werder Bremen are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 6 times in 4 away games so far. As opposed to that, Werder Bremen have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: one - two - one (Darmstadt 98 wins - draws - Werder Bremen wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Tietz 8 goals | L. Pfeiffer 5 goals |   M. Ducksch 4 goals |
Darmstadt 98 missing players
Werder Bremen missing players
| Darmstadt 98 | Werder Bremen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 21 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 13 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 75% | 89% |
| 89% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 89% |
| 78% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 75% | 67% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 22% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 25% | 22% |
| 56% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 25% | 33% |
| 22% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 50% | 44% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 33% |
| 3 | 3.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.2 | 6.8 |
| 5.8 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 3.1 |
| 2.3 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.3 | 14 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 17.2 | 16.4 |
| 5.2 | 5.2 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| 45% | 52% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 29% | 29% |
- Darmstadt 98 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Darmstadt 98 have the most scored goals (21) in 2. Bundesliga
- Darmstadt 98 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Werder Bremen have created more than twice as many corners as Darmstadt 98.
- Werder Bremen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Werder Bremen have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| 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 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 |
| 2 | Jahn Regensburg | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| 3 | Paderborn | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Schalke 04 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Nürnberg | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | Heidenheim | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Hamburger SV | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 8 | Werder Bremen | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 9 | Darmstadt 98 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 13 |
| 10 | Karlsruher SC | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 11 | Dynamo Dresden | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 13 |
| 12 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Hannover 96 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 14 | Hansa Rostock | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -4 | 10 |
| 15 | Holstein Kiel | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -10 | 8 |
| 16 | Sandhausen | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -12 | 7 |
| 17 | Erzgebirge Aue | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -10 | 4 |
| 18 | Ingolstadt | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | -17 | 4 |
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