This pair of squads are revelling in a fine season so far and fixtures like this one could be influential. Get ready for Schalke 04 - Darmstadt 98!
- Schalke 04 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Darmstadt 98 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This has all the signs of an appealing match with lots of fun and energy as both teams are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!
Schalke 04 form and stats
The story so far in the 2. Bundesliga for Schalke 04 at their home stadium (VELTINS-Arena) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Schalke has recorded two wins in a row here at VELTINS-Arena, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
In their previous game, the manager D. Grammozis led his Schalke to a defeat in the 2. Bundesliga match away at Heidenheim. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at VELTINS-Arena. Thomas Ouwejan (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.82/10. Ouwejan hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting 1860 München (0-1).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Schalke handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, one draw and one defeat.
The Schalke manager D. Grammozis has got the team scoring with 12 from 6 home games in the league. Schalke 04's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Darmstadt 98 form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Darmstadt 98 so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-3 (win-draw-lose).
Darmstadt are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the 2. Bundesliga against Nurnberg (placed 4th). Thomas Isherwood was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.62. The defender Isherwood won 2 of 5 duels.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Holstein Kiel that ended 1-1.Darmstadt are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is six wins, four draws and three defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
Darmstadt 98 are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 6 away games so far. Darmstadt 98 have conceded 11 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last five meetings featuring these contenders: Schalke won three, Darmstadt 98 were winners in one and we saw one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  S. Terodde 11 goals |   L. Pfeiffer 9 goals | P. Tietz 8 goals |
Schalke 04 missing players
Darmstadt 98 missing players
| Schalke 04 | Darmstadt 98 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 20 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 27 |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 11 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 92% |
| 58% | 83% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 83% | 67% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 42% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 83% | 50% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 4.1 | 3.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| 5.8 | 5.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.8 | 5.2 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.5 | 13.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13.3 | 13.2 |
| 5.8 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 34% | 44% |
- All of Darmstadt 98's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Schalke 04's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Darmstadt 98 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Darmstadt 98 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Darmstadt 98 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Schalke 04 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Schalke 04 have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Schalke 04 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 | St. Pauli | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 25 |
| 2 | Jahn Regensburg | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 3 | Schalke 04 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | Nurnberg | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 21 |
| 5 | Darmstadt 98 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 20 |
| 6 | Paderborn | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 7 | Hamburger SV | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 8 | Heidenheim | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 18 |
| 9 | Karlsruher SC | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 10 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 12 | Dynamo Dresden | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 13 |
| 13 | Hansa Rostock | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -8 | 11 |
| 14 | Hannover 96 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 11 |
| 15 | Holstein Kiel | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -10 | 10 |
| 16 | Sandhausen | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -12 | 9 |
| 17 | Erzgebirge Aue | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -10 | 7 |
| 18 | Ingolstadt | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -18 | 5 |
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