Holstein Kiel vs Darmstadt 98: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 23.May
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Holstein-Stadion (11386 seats)

Holstein Kiel perform at a high level so far being 2nd in the table. Darmstadt 98 can look both up and down from their 8th position.

Insights:
  • Holstein Kiel have the fewest conceded goals (32) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Darmstadt 98 is in the best form (5-1-0)

Holstein Kiel and Darmstadt 98 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

The season is still full of potential for Holstein as they can still win the whole 2. Bundesliga. For Darmstadt most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Holstein Kiel form and stats

Holstein Kiel, who have the fewest conceded goals (32) in 2. Bundesliga, are steadily winning 2. Bundesliga games and points here at Holstein-Stadion. 11 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 16 games. Ever since the Karlsruher SC game Holstein has been unbeatable here at Holstein-Stadion producing seven straight wins.

Holstein lost their last game at Karlsruher SC (placed 7th) after a 2-3 scoreline. Midfield player Alexander Mühling got a match rating of 8.01 in that game, the max score being 10. Mühling scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.

Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Jahn Regensburg.

Holstein have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Holstein-Stadion with 29 goals in 16 league matches. Holstein have conceded 16 in these home matches.

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Darmstadt 98 form and stats

Playing away, Darmstadt 98 have won 7 games, drawn 3 and suffered 6 defeats in the 2. Bundesliga this season. The fact that Darmstadt have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

Darmstadt won their last game, 5-1 versus Heidenheim played at home. The attacker Serdar Dursun got a match rating of 9.94 in that game. Dursun scored four goals and dribled passed the opponent 4 of 4 times. As mentioned above, Darmstadt was the only team on the pitch versus Heidenheim in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. Serdar Dursun certainly enjoyed Darmstadt 98's last game versus Heidenheim, appearing multiple times in the match report with four goals and the 5-1 victory.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Hannover 96 with the score of 2-1.

Darmstadt are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 31 times in 16 away games so far. Darmstadt struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 30 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Darmstadt 98 - Holstein 0-2 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Holstein wins - draws - Darmstadt 98 wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Darmstadt 98S. Dursun
S. Dursun
25 goals
Holstein KielA. Mühling
A. Mühling
12 goals
Holstein KielJ. Serra
J. Serra
12 goals

Holstein Kiel missing players

Darmstadt 98 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Holstein Kiel Darmstadt 98
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
18 11 4 Won W 2 7 14
8 2 0 Drew D 0 3 6
7 3 1 Lost L 3 6 13
55 29 9 Scored S 9 31 60
32 16 3 Conceded C 9 30 53
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
79% 69% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 91%
45% 56% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 81% 76%
30% 44% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 50% 45%
12% 12% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 38% 24%
58% 56% 20% BTTS BTTS 60% 81% 70%
39% 44% 80% Clean Sheets C S 20% 6% 15%
6% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 12% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.1 2
3 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
11.5 12.6 11.6 Shots (avg) S ( 13 13 12.9
4.1 4.7 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.8 5.1 5.1
40% 39% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 38% 36%
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Darmstadt 98's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Darmstadt 98 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Darmstadt 98 have the most matches over the total-line (23) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Darmstadt 98 have the most points from losing position (21) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Darmstadt 98 have the most scored goals in the second half (37) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Darmstadt 98 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Darmstadt 98 is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Holstein Kiel have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Holstein Kiel have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Holstein Kiel have the fewest conceded goals (32) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Holstein Kiel have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Holstein Kiel have the most clean sheets (13) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Holstein Kiel 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 Bochum 33 20 4 9 63 38 16 11 2 3 37 15 17 9 2 6 26 23 25 64
2 Holstein Kiel 33 18 8 7 55 32 16 11 2 3 29 16 17 7 6 4 26 16 23 62
3 Greuther Fürth 33 17 10 6 66 42 16 8 4 4 31 21 17 9 6 2 35 21 24 61
4 Fortuna Düsseldorf 33 16 8 9 53 43 17 11 4 2 32 20 16 5 4 7 21 23 10 56
5 Hamburger SV 33 15 10 8 67 44 16 9 4 3 36 16 17 6 6 5 31 28 23 55
6 Heidenheim 33 15 6 12 48 47 16 10 3 3 27 14 17 5 3 9 21 33 1 51
7 Karlsruher SC 33 13 10 10 49 43 17 5 6 6 19 18 16 8 4 4 30 25 6 49
8 Darmstadt 98 33 14 6 13 60 53 17 7 3 7 29 23 16 7 3 6 31 30 7 48
9 St. Pauli 33 13 8 12 51 53 17 8 3 6 28 25 16 5 5 6 23 28 -2 47
10 Paderborn 33 12 10 11 52 44 17 8 5 4 32 26 16 4 5 7 20 18 8 46
11 Hannover 96 33 12 6 15 52 49 16 7 4 5 29 20 17 5 2 10 23 29 3 42
12 Nürnberg 33 10 11 12 44 50 17 5 7 5 22 23 16 5 4 7 22 27 -6 41
13 Erzgebirge Aue 33 11 8 14 42 52 16 7 4 5 27 27 17 4 4 9 15 25 -10 41
14 Jahn Regensburg 33 8 11 14 34 50 16 5 6 5 20 21 17 3 5 9 14 29 -16 35
15 Sandhausen 33 10 4 19 40 57 17 9 4 4 29 21 16 1 0 15 11 36 -17 34
16 Osnabrück 33 9 6 18 34 56 17 3 1 13 16 34 16 6 5 5 18 22 -22 33
17 Eintracht Braunschweig 33 7 10 16 30 55 17 6 4 7 17 23 16 1 6 9 13 32 -25 31
18 Würzburger Kickers 33 6 6 21 36 68 16 3 5 8 21 32 17 3 1 13 15 36 -32 24

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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 Bochum 33 20 4 9 63 38 16 11 2 3 37 15 17 9 2 6 26 23 25 64
2 Holstein Kiel 33 18 8 7 55 32 16 11 2 3 29 16 17 7 6 4 26 16 23 62
3 Greuther Fürth 33 17 10 6 66 42 16 8 4 4 31 21 17 9 6 2 35 21 24 61
4 Fortuna Düsseldorf 33 16 8 9 53 43 17 11 4 2 32 20 16 5 4 7 21 23 10 56
5 Hamburger SV 33 15 10 8 67 44 16 9 4 3 36 16 17 6 6 5 31 28 23 55
6 Heidenheim 33 15 6 12 48 47 16 10 3 3 27 14 17 5 3 9 21 33 1 51
7 Karlsruher SC 33 13 10 10 49 43 17 5 6 6 19 18 16 8 4 4 30 25 6 49
8 Darmstadt 98 33 14 6 13 60 53 17 7 3 7 29 23 16 7 3 6 31 30 7 48
9 St. Pauli 33 13 8 12 51 53 17 8 3 6 28 25 16 5 5 6 23 28 -2 47
10 Paderborn 33 12 10 11 52 44 17 8 5 4 32 26 16 4 5 7 20 18 8 46
11 Hannover 96 33 12 6 15 52 49 16 7 4 5 29 20 17 5 2 10 23 29 3 42
12 Nürnberg 33 10 11 12 44 50 17 5 7 5 22 23 16 5 4 7 22 27 -6 41
13 Erzgebirge Aue 33 11 8 14 42 52 16 7 4 5 27 27 17 4 4 9 15 25 -10 41
14 Jahn Regensburg 33 8 11 14 34 50 16 5 6 5 20 21 17 3 5 9 14 29 -16 35
15 Sandhausen 33 10 4 19 40 57 17 9 4 4 29 21 16 1 0 15 11 36 -17 34
16 Osnabrück 33 9 6 18 34 56 17 3 1 13 16 34 16 6 5 5 18 22 -22 33
17 Eintracht Braunschweig 33 7 10 16 30 55 17 6 4 7 17 23 16 1 6 9 13 32 -25 31
18 Würzburger Kickers 33 6 6 21 36 68 16 3 5 8 21 32 17 3 1 13 15 36 -32 24

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