2. Bundesliga game guide: Heidenheim vs Darmstadt 98

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Fri 24.September
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Voith-Arena (15000 seats)

Heidenheim and Darmstadt 98 have delivered a "par" performance so far this season, to use a golfing expression. The teams both hold mid-table positions in the 2. Bundesliga.

Insights:
  • Heidenheim have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Darmstadt 98 have yet to win a game away.

Both squads have had sufficient rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's aim for an animated game!

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Heidenheim form and stats

1 victory, 3 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Heidenheim have to build on here at Voith-Arena in the 2. Bundesliga.

Heidenheim enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Sandhausen's place. The match ended 3-1 with Patrick Mainka, Tim Kleindienst and Oliver Hüsing scoring. Midfield player Denis Thomalla got a match rating of 8.1 in that game, the max score being 10. Thomalla signed up for two assists, hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 24 successful passes (of 29 total).

Ahead of that match, Heidenheim won a home game hosting Dynamo Dresden (2-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Heidenheim handle that role? We have found 21 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eleven wins, six draws and four defeats.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Heidenheim here at Voith-Arena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). Defensively Heidenheim have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Darmstadt 98 form and stats

Still no away game victory in the 2. Bundesliga for Darmstadt 98 with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.

Darmstadt 98 go into this game after a win, the home game against Dynamo Dresden that ended 1-0. A heroic performance from Darmstadt in their game against Dynamo Dresden last time out. Things got complicated when Fabian Schnellhardt was sent off in the 8th minute with the match level. Despite the red card the team were able to pull off a 1-0 victory! Lasse Sobiech, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.14. Sobiech hit one key pass and won 13 of 14 duels.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Hansa Rostock wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

Darmstadt are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is seven wins, four draws and two defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Darmstadt have scored 3 goals in 3 league games away. Darmstadt have conceded 7 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings featuring these squads: Heidenheim won three, Darmstadt 98 triumphed in three and we saw four draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Darmstadt 98P. Tietz
P. Tietz
5 goals
HeidenheimT. Kleindienst
T. Kleindienst
3 goals
Darmstadt 98L. Pfeiffer
L. Pfeiffer
3 goals

Heidenheim missing players

Darmstadt 98 missing players

Heidenheim Darmstadt 98
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 4 1 Played P 0 3 7
3 1 1 Won W 0 0 3
3 3 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 2 3
8 3 2 Scored S 0 3 14
5 2 1 Conceded C 0 7 10
71% 50% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
57% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 86%
43% 25% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 71%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 43%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
57% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 43%
29% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 29%
43% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 29%
 
7 8.5 9 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2 2.7
5.3 4.2 6 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.7 5.4
1.4 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.7 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
14.7 15.8 20 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 12.7
4 3.8 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.3 4.9
29% 20% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 23% 41%
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Darmstadt 98's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Darmstadt 98 have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Darmstadt 98 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Darmstadt 98 have yet to win a game away.
  • Darmstadt 98 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Heidenheim have created more than twice as many corners as Darmstadt 98.
  • Heidenheim have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Heidenheim have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Heidenheim have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paderborn 7 4 2 1 16 6 3 1 1 1 5 4 4 3 1 0 11 2 10 14
2 Jahn Regensburg 7 4 2 1 15 6 3 2 1 0 9 3 4 2 1 1 6 3 9 14
3 St. Pauli 7 4 1 2 13 7 4 4 0 0 12 3 3 0 1 2 1 4 6 13
4 Nurnberg 7 3 4 0 9 5 4 3 1 0 5 1 3 0 3 0 4 4 4 13
5 Karlsruher SC 7 3 3 1 11 6 3 1 2 0 5 2 4 2 1 1 6 4 5 12
6 Hamburger SV 7 3 3 1 12 8 3 1 2 0 5 4 4 2 1 1 7 4 4 12
7 Heidenheim 7 3 3 1 8 5 4 1 3 0 3 2 3 2 0 1 5 3 3 12
8 Werder Bremen 7 3 2 2 11 9 4 1 1 2 5 7 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 11
9 Darmstadt 98 7 3 1 3 14 10 4 3 0 1 11 3 3 0 1 2 3 7 4 10
10 Dynamo Dresden 7 3 1 3 10 8 3 2 0 1 5 3 4 1 1 2 5 5 2 10
11 Schalke 04 7 3 1 3 11 11 4 1 1 2 6 7 3 2 0 1 5 4 0 10
12 Hannover 96 7 3 1 3 6 10 3 2 0 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 4 7 -4 10
13 Fortuna Dusseldorf 7 2 2 3 9 11 3 0 2 1 5 6 4 2 0 2 4 5 -2 8
14 Hansa Rostock 7 2 1 4 8 12 3 1 0 2 4 7 4 1 1 2 4 5 -4 7
15 Holstein Kiel 7 1 2 4 7 16 4 1 0 3 3 9 3 0 2 1 4 7 -9 5
16 Sandhausen 7 1 1 5 5 13 4 0 1 3 1 7 3 1 0 2 4 6 -8 4
17 Ingolstadt 7 1 1 5 5 18 3 0 1 2 1 5 4 1 0 3 4 13 -13 4
18 Erzgebirge Aue 7 0 3 4 3 12 4 0 1 3 2 8 3 0 2 1 1 4 -9 3

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The 2. Bundesliga (Zweite Bundesliga) is the second level of German professional football. Like the Bundesliga it has 18 clubs playing a total of 306 fixtures to decide the final league table. The two top teams are promoted while number three has to qualify through a playoff. Two or three teams are relegated through a similar system.