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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Fri 06.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Merkur Spiel-Arena (54600 seats)

Darmstadt 98 journey to Fortuna Düsseldorf and Merkur Spiel-Arena full of happy thoughts, but the home team is no weakling. More news on the game here!

Insights:
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Darmstadt 98 have the most scored goals in the first half (34) in 2. Bundesliga

Fortuna Düsseldorf are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Darmstadt are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

This could be an engaging game with lots of action and bustle as both squads are well revitalized since they last played a game. Game on!

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Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats

The story so far in the 2. Bundesliga for Fortuna Düsseldorf at their home stadium (Merkur Spiel-Arena) is 5 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats. Fortuna Düsseldorf haven’t lost a league-game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Holstein Kiel, 89 days ago.

It's back home for Düsseldorf, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Heidenheim away with the result 3-1. Piotrowski, Klarer and Klaus found the net in that victory. Defender Klarer got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.01/10. Klarer scored one goal and won 4 of 8 duels.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Dynamo Dresden that ended 2-2.

Fortuna Düsseldorf have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Merkur Spiel-Arena with 26 goals in 16 league matches. 20 goals have been conceded.

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Darmstadt 98 form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their 2. Bundesliga travels is 8 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

Darmstadt go into this game after a win, the home game against Erzgebirge Aue that ended 6-0. As mentioned above, Darmstadt 98 was the only team on the pitch versus Erzgebirge Aue in their previous game, winning 6-0. This could be a tougher task. Midfield player Skarke was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.15/10. Skarke scored two goals and hit three key passes.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus St. Pauli at their stadium, the result 2-1.

Darmstadt has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 28 goals from 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 21 goals have been conceded by Darmstadt 98 in these games.

Head 2 Head

The former H2H match ended Darmstadt 98 - Fortuna Düsseldorf 1-3, played this season. Head-to-head numbers (for the prior seven meetings): Düsseldorf won six games, zero matches ended with a draw and Darmstadt 98 managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / three

Top Goalscorers

Darmstadt 98P. Tietz
P. Tietz
15 goals
Darmstadt 98L. Pfeiffer
L. Pfeiffer
15 goals
Fortuna DüsseldorfR. Hennings
R. Hennings
13 goals

Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players

Darmstadt 98 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fortuna Düsseldorf Darmstadt 98
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
10 5 1 Won W 2 8 17
11 6 2 Drew D 1 3 6
11 5 2 Lost L 2 5 9
43 26 6 Scored S 5 28 67
39 20 7 Conceded C 6 21 44
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 81% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 81% 88%
50% 56% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 62% 66%
31% 38% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 31% 47%
6% 12% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 22%
59% 69% 80% BTTS BTTS 40% 62% 56%
19% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 25% 31%
28% 19% 20% Failed to Score F T 20% 12% 12%
 
5.8 6.6 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 3.9 4.8
4.9 3.9 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5.1 4.4
1.8 1.9 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.5 2.3
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
14.6 17.1 16 Shots (avg) S ( 13.2 15.8 16.4
4 4.8 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 5.4 5.8
33% 34% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 33% 36%
 
12.6 11.2 13.6 Shots against (avg) S A 15.4 15.9 13.3
4.4 3.8 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5.3 4.3
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Darmstadt 98 have the most scored goals in the first half (34) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Darmstadt 98 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Darmstadt 98 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Schalke 04 32 18 5 9 67 41 16 9 2 5 37 25 16 9 3 4 30 16 26 59
2 Darmstadt 98 32 17 6 9 67 44 16 9 3 4 39 23 16 8 3 5 28 21 23 57
3 Werder Bremen 32 16 9 7 60 43 16 7 6 3 27 17 16 9 3 4 33 26 17 57
4 Hamburger SV 32 14 12 6 62 32 16 8 6 2 34 16 16 6 6 4 28 16 30 54
5 St. Pauli 32 15 9 8 57 43 16 10 4 2 35 17 16 5 5 6 22 26 14 54
6 Nurnberg 32 14 9 9 48 44 16 8 3 5 25 21 16 6 6 4 23 23 4 51
7 Paderborn 32 12 12 8 54 41 16 3 7 6 24 24 16 9 5 2 30 17 13 48
8 Heidenheim 32 13 7 12 39 45 16 9 4 3 25 18 16 4 3 9 14 27 -6 46
9 Holstein Kiel 32 11 9 12 42 51 16 7 3 6 20 23 16 4 6 6 22 28 -9 42
10 Fortuna Düsseldorf 32 10 11 11 43 39 16 5 6 5 26 20 16 5 5 6 17 19 4 41
11 Jahn Regensburg 32 10 10 12 50 47 16 6 4 6 31 27 16 4 6 6 19 20 3 40
12 Karlsruher SC 32 9 13 10 52 51 16 5 8 3 30 24 16 4 5 7 22 27 1 40
13 Hansa Rostock 32 10 10 12 39 49 16 4 5 7 15 22 16 6 5 5 24 27 -10 40
14 Hannover 96 32 10 9 13 31 45 16 5 6 5 13 17 16 5 3 8 18 28 -14 39
15 Sandhausen 32 9 11 12 39 51 16 3 5 8 16 28 16 6 6 4 23 23 -12 38
16 Dynamo Dresden 32 7 10 15 31 43 16 5 5 6 18 17 16 2 5 9 13 26 -12 31
17 Erzgebirge Aue 32 5 8 19 31 69 16 3 3 10 14 31 16 2 5 9 17 38 -38 23
18 Ingolstadt 32 4 8 20 28 62 16 2 4 10 12 29 16 2 4 10 16 33 -34 20

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Schalke 04 32 18 5 9 67 41 16 9 2 5 37 25 16 9 3 4 30 16 26 59
2 Darmstadt 98 32 17 6 9 67 44 16 9 3 4 39 23 16 8 3 5 28 21 23 57
3 Werder Bremen 32 16 9 7 60 43 16 7 6 3 27 17 16 9 3 4 33 26 17 57
4 Hamburger SV 32 14 12 6 62 32 16 8 6 2 34 16 16 6 6 4 28 16 30 54
5 St. Pauli 32 15 9 8 57 43 16 10 4 2 35 17 16 5 5 6 22 26 14 54
6 Nurnberg 32 14 9 9 48 44 16 8 3 5 25 21 16 6 6 4 23 23 4 51
7 Paderborn 32 12 12 8 54 41 16 3 7 6 24 24 16 9 5 2 30 17 13 48
8 Heidenheim 32 13 7 12 39 45 16 9 4 3 25 18 16 4 3 9 14 27 -6 46
9 Holstein Kiel 32 11 9 12 42 51 16 7 3 6 20 23 16 4 6 6 22 28 -9 42
10 Fortuna Düsseldorf 32 10 11 11 43 39 16 5 6 5 26 20 16 5 5 6 17 19 4 41
11 Jahn Regensburg 32 10 10 12 50 47 16 6 4 6 31 27 16 4 6 6 19 20 3 40
12 Karlsruher SC 32 9 13 10 52 51 16 5 8 3 30 24 16 4 5 7 22 27 1 40
13 Hansa Rostock 32 10 10 12 39 49 16 4 5 7 15 22 16 6 5 5 24 27 -10 40
14 Hannover 96 32 10 9 13 31 45 16 5 6 5 13 17 16 5 3 8 18 28 -14 39
15 Sandhausen 32 9 11 12 39 51 16 3 5 8 16 28 16 6 6 4 23 23 -12 38
16 Dynamo Dresden 32 7 10 15 31 43 16 5 5 6 18 17 16 2 5 9 13 26 -12 31
17 Erzgebirge Aue 32 5 8 19 31 69 16 3 3 10 14 31 16 2 5 9 17 38 -38 23
18 Ingolstadt 32 4 8 20 28 62 16 2 4 10 12 29 16 2 4 10 16 33 -34 20

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