Game preview for 2. Bundesliga: Holstein Kiel - Darmstadt 98 at Holstein-Stadion

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 30.April
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Holstein-Stadion (11386 seats)

Holstein Kiel will hope to draw on their home advantage to get one over today’s opponents. The host team are currently 21 points behind Darmstadt 98.

Insights:
  • Holstein Kiel have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Darmstadt 98 have the fewest conceded goals (24) in 2. Bundesliga

This could be an action-packed match with lots of action and excitement as both squads are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!

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Holstein Kiel form and stats

Holstein Kiel have played 14 2. Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-4-5 (wins-draws-losses).

In their previous game, the manager Rapp led his Holstein Kiel to a defeat away at Heidenheim. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Holstein-Stadion. Midfield player Reese got a match rating of 7.4 in that game, the max score being 10. Reese hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that, Holstein had a home game versus Nurnberg which ended with a victory 2-1.

Sports bettors should know that 19 of the latest 22 league games from this club have had at least one goal from each team.

The Holstein Kiel fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 24 goals in 14 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 21 goals have been conceded.

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Darmstadt 98 form and stats

Playing away, Darmstadt 98 have won 8 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the 2. Bundesliga this season.

Impressive finishing from Tietz and Manu secured the home win 2-1 against Karlsruher SC in their previous game. The attacker Tietz got a match rating of 9.05 in that game. Tietz scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.

Prior to that match, the Darmstadt 98 manager Lieberknecht faced defeat when travelling to Fortuna Düsseldorf and losing 0-1.

Darmstadt are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 14 games (in the league). 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

Darmstadt 98 have avoided a loss in the last 5 matches (2-3-0) against Holstein Kiel.

Darmstadt 98 - Holstein Kiel 1-1 was the end result in these participants' last head-to-head game, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

Holstein KielS. Skrzybski
S. Skrzybski
13 goals
HolsteinF. Reese
F. Reese
9 goals
Darmstadt 98P. Tietz
P. Tietz
9 goals

Holstein Kiel missing players

Darmstadt 98 missing players

Holstein Kiel Darmstadt 98
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 3 14 29
10 5 1 Won W 2 8 18
10 4 1 Drew D 1 2 7
9 5 2 Lost L 0 4 4
48 24 7 Scored S 6 19 45
49 21 7 Conceded C 4 14 24
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 57% 72%
69% 71% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 43% 41%
41% 36% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 21% 17%
31% 21% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 7% 3%
79% 86% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 43% 52%
17% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 36% 38%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 21% 10%
 
5.6 6.4 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 4.8 5.7
6.2 4.4 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 5.6 4.6
2 2 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 2.6 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
15.6 18.1 18 Shots (avg) S ( 14 14.7 14.8
4.9 5.5 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 4 4.6
34% 31% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 34% 34%
 
15.4 13.4 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10 13.4 12.1
5 4.2 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.6 3.8
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 (14) away in 2. Bundesliga
  • Darmstadt 98 have the fewest conceded goals (24) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Darmstadt 98 have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Darmstadt 98 have the most points (26) away in 2. Bundesliga
  • Darmstadt 98 have the the best goal difference (+5) away in 2. Bundesliga
  • Darmstadt 98 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • 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 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 Darmstadt 98 29 18 7 4 45 24 15 10 5 0 26 10 14 8 2 4 19 14 21 61
2 Heidenheim 29 16 9 4 59 31 15 11 3 1 40 16 14 5 6 3 19 15 28 57
3 Hamburger SV 29 17 5 7 58 38 15 10 2 3 34 17 14 7 3 4 24 21 20 56
4 Paderborn 29 14 5 10 56 36 14 10 0 4 38 16 15 4 5 6 18 20 20 47
5 St. Pauli 29 13 8 8 45 34 14 8 5 1 21 9 15 5 3 7 24 25 11 47
6 Fortuna Düsseldorf 29 14 5 10 48 38 14 9 3 2 29 14 15 5 2 8 19 24 10 47
7 Kaiserslautern 29 11 11 7 43 37 14 6 6 2 25 20 15 5 5 5 18 17 6 44
8 Holstein Kiel 29 10 10 9 48 49 14 5 4 5 24 21 15 5 6 4 24 28 -1 40
9 Karlsruher SC 29 11 6 12 48 46 15 7 3 5 28 24 14 4 3 7 20 22 2 39
10 Hannover 96 29 10 7 12 40 44 14 6 3 5 21 20 15 4 4 7 19 24 -4 37
11 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 29 9 9 11 39 43 14 7 6 1 22 15 15 2 3 10 17 28 -4 36
12 Magdeburg 29 10 5 14 39 50 14 4 3 7 14 18 15 6 2 7 25 32 -11 35
13 Nurnberg 29 9 6 14 26 41 15 7 2 6 15 14 14 2 4 8 11 27 -15 33
14 Eintracht Braunschweig 29 8 8 13 35 47 15 6 3 6 20 19 14 2 5 7 15 28 -12 32
15 Arminia Bielefeld 29 8 5 16 44 52 15 5 2 8 25 26 14 3 3 8 19 26 -8 29
16 Jahn Regensburg 29 7 7 15 28 45 15 4 7 4 14 20 14 3 0 11 14 25 -17 28
17 Hansa Rostock 29 8 4 17 25 46 15 4 1 10 14 24 14 4 3 7 11 22 -21 28
18 Sandhausen 29 6 7 16 31 56 14 3 4 7 15 29 15 3 3 9 16 27 -25 25

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