Football match betting preview: Fortuna Düsseldorf vs Darmstadt 98

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 16.April
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Merkur Spiel-Arena (54600 seats)

Shaky top table thriller in 2. Bundesliga as Darmstadt 98 have travelled the 124 miles required to reach Fortuna Düsseldorf at their Merkur Spiel-Arena.

Insights:
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Darmstadt 98 have the fewest conceded goals (22) in 2. Bundesliga

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!

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Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats

Fortuna Düsseldorf are steadily winning 2. Bundesliga games and points here at Merkur Spiel-Arena. 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 13 games. Two draws in a row at home now for Fortuna Düsseldorf.

The home team returns to Merkur Spiel-Arena after drawing with DSC Arminia Bielefeld (placed 14th) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2. Defender Zimmermann got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.01/10. Zimmermann served one assist, hit four key passes and won 3 of 4 duels.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Hamburger SV.

This is expected to be a close game, with Fortuna Düsseldorf perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Düsseldorf as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Fortuna Düsseldorf has won 6 of these, drawn 2 and lost 4.

If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 11 most recent league games shows that 9 of them had at least one goal from each team.

The Fortuna Düsseldorf manager Thioune has got the team scoring with 28 from 13 home games in the league. 14 goals have been conceded.

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Darmstadt 98 form and stats

Darmstadt 98 have an excellent away record in the 2. Bundesliga so far with 8-2-3 from 13 games.

Darmstadt 98 won their last game, 2-1 versus Paderborn played at home. The attacker Manu got a match rating of 7.9 in that game. Manu scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Nürnberg.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Darmstadt 98 playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were {4 Darmstadt wins}, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

The visiting Darmstadt 98 have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 13 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest H2H encounter ended Darmstadt 98 - Fortuna Düsseldorf 1-0, earlier this season. Head to head data (for the former nine meetings): Düsseldorf won seven games, zero matches ended with a tie and Darmstadt 98 got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / four.

Top Goalscorers

Fortuna DüsseldorfD. Kownacki
D. Kownacki
12 goals
Darmstadt 98P. Tietz
P. Tietz
8 goals
Fortuna DüsseldorfR. Hennings
R. Hennings
6 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 top Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 4 13 27
13 8 2 Won W 2 8 17
5 3 2 Drew D 1 2 7
9 2 0 Lost L 1 3 3
47 28 6 Scored S 5 19 43
36 14 4 Conceded C 4 13 22
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
81% 85% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 62% 74%
63% 69% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 46% 41%
41% 54% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 23% 19%
15% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
63% 69% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 46% 52%
19% 23% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 41%
19% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 15% 7%
 
4.9 5.5 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.2 5.5
4.3 2.8 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.9 4.7
2.4 2.3 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.6 2.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
14.6 15.6 12 Shots (avg) S ( 13.8 14.3 14.8
5.2 5.8 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.1 4.6
33% 37% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 36% 34%
 
11.6 11.2 12 Shots against (avg) S A 17.8 14 12.2
3.9 3.6 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 4.6 3.6
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Darmstadt 98 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Darmstadt 98 have the fewest conceded goals (13) away in 2. Bundesliga
  • Darmstadt 98 have the fewest conceded goals (22) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Darmstadt 98 have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Darmstadt 98 have the most points (26) away in 2. Bundesliga
  • Darmstadt 98 have the the best goal difference (+6) away 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.

  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 27 17 7 3 43 22 14 9 5 0 24 9 13 8 2 3 19 13 21 58
2 Hamburger SV 27 16 5 6 54 33 14 9 2 3 30 14 13 7 3 3 24 19 21 53
3 Heidenheim 27 14 9 4 53 31 14 10 3 1 37 16 13 4 6 3 16 15 22 51
4 St. Pauli 27 13 8 6 41 28 13 8 5 0 20 7 14 5 3 6 21 21 13 47
5 Fortuna Düsseldorf 27 13 5 9 47 36 13 8 3 2 28 14 14 5 2 7 19 22 11 44
6 Paderborn 27 13 4 10 51 34 13 9 0 4 35 16 14 4 4 6 16 18 17 43
7 Kaiserslautern 27 10 10 7 41 37 13 5 6 2 23 20 14 5 4 5 18 17 4 40
8 Holstein Kiel 27 9 10 8 46 45 13 4 4 5 22 20 14 5 6 3 24 25 1 37
9 Karlsruher SC 27 10 6 11 43 42 14 6 3 5 24 22 13 4 3 6 19 20 1 36
10 Hannover 96 27 9 7 11 37 40 13 6 3 4 21 17 14 3 4 7 16 23 -3 34
11 Greuther Furth 27 8 9 10 37 40 13 6 6 1 20 14 14 2 3 9 17 26 -3 33
12 Magdeburg 27 9 5 13 36 47 13 4 3 6 13 16 14 5 2 7 23 31 -11 32
13 Nürnberg 27 8 6 13 23 39 14 6 2 6 13 14 13 2 4 7 10 25 -16 30
14 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 27 8 5 14 41 45 14 5 2 7 24 23 13 3 3 7 17 22 -4 29
15 Eintracht Braunschweig 27 7 8 12 32 44 14 6 3 5 19 17 13 1 5 7 13 27 -12 29
16 Jahn Regensburg 27 7 6 14 27 43 14 4 6 4 14 20 13 3 0 10 13 23 -16 27
17 Hansa Rostock 27 7 4 16 23 43 14 3 1 10 12 24 13 4 3 6 11 19 -20 25
18 Sandhausen 27 5 6 16 27 53 13 3 3 7 13 27 14 2 3 9 14 26 -26 21

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  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 27 17 7 3 43 22 14 9 5 0 24 9 13 8 2 3 19 13 21 58
2 Hamburger SV 27 16 5 6 54 33 14 9 2 3 30 14 13 7 3 3 24 19 21 53
3 Heidenheim 27 14 9 4 53 31 14 10 3 1 37 16 13 4 6 3 16 15 22 51
4 St. Pauli 27 13 8 6 41 28 13 8 5 0 20 7 14 5 3 6 21 21 13 47
5 Fortuna Düsseldorf 27 13 5 9 47 36 13 8 3 2 28 14 14 5 2 7 19 22 11 44
6 Paderborn 27 13 4 10 51 34 13 9 0 4 35 16 14 4 4 6 16 18 17 43
7 Kaiserslautern 27 10 10 7 41 37 13 5 6 2 23 20 14 5 4 5 18 17 4 40
8 Holstein Kiel 27 9 10 8 46 45 13 4 4 5 22 20 14 5 6 3 24 25 1 37
9 Karlsruher SC 27 10 6 11 43 42 14 6 3 5 24 22 13 4 3 6 19 20 1 36
10 Hannover 96 27 9 7 11 37 40 13 6 3 4 21 17 14 3 4 7 16 23 -3 34
11 Greuther Furth 27 8 9 10 37 40 13 6 6 1 20 14 14 2 3 9 17 26 -3 33
12 Magdeburg 27 9 5 13 36 47 13 4 3 6 13 16 14 5 2 7 23 31 -11 32
13 Nürnberg 27 8 6 13 23 39 14 6 2 6 13 14 13 2 4 7 10 25 -16 30
14 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 27 8 5 14 41 45 14 5 2 7 24 23 13 3 3 7 17 22 -4 29
15 Eintracht Braunschweig 27 7 8 12 32 44 14 6 3 5 19 17 13 1 5 7 13 27 -12 29
16 Jahn Regensburg 27 7 6 14 27 43 14 4 6 4 14 20 13 3 0 10 13 23 -16 27
17 Hansa Rostock 27 7 4 16 23 43 14 3 1 10 12 24 13 4 3 6 11 19 -20 25
18 Sandhausen 27 5 6 16 27 53 13 3 3 7 13 27 14 2 3 9 14 26 -26 21

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