Early betting lines indicate Stuttgart advantage hosting Darmstadt 98 at Mercedes-Benz-Arena

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 28.June
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Mercedes-Benz-Arena (60449 seats)

A key match in 2. Bundesliga as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Stuttgart in 2nd position and Darmstadt 98 placed 5th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

Darmstadt 98 is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

W W L D W

Stuttgart form and stats

38 points is a decent return from 16 2. Bundesliga games here at Mercedes-Benz-Arena for Stuttgart. The data says 12 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. The Stuttgart fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Mercedes-Benz-Arena and will expect new points from this game. Stuttgart has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.

Happy days for Stuttgart in their previous game, a 2. Bundesliga match away at Nürnberg (placed 15th) that ended with a 6-0 victory. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Sandhausen in a game that was won 5-1.

As mentioned above, Stuttgart "killed" Nürnberg in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

Stuttgart can score goals in their home matches. After 16 league matches they have found the net 35 times. Stuttgart are not conceding a lot of goals here at Mercedes-Benz-Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 16 matches.

W L W L D

Darmstadt 98 form and stats

The visitors are W5-D4-L7 on the road this term. That's in the 2. Bundesliga. Darmstadt has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Darmstadt 98 go into this game after a win, the home game against Wehen Wiesbaden that ended 3-1. A 0-1 defeat away at Arminia Bielefeld before that.

The visiting Darmstadt have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 16 games. Darmstadt struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 24 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Darmstadt 98 - Stuttgart 1-1. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: one win for Stuttgart, two draws and zero wins for Darmstadt 98. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

Darmstadt 98S. Dursun
S. Dursun
15 goals
StuttgartN. González
N. González
14 goals
StuttgartH. Al Ghaddioui
H. Al Ghaddioui
8 goals

Stuttgart missing players

Darmstadt 98 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Stuttgart Darmstadt 98
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 4 16 33
17 12 3 Won W 0 5 12
7 2 1 Drew D 2 4 13
9 2 0 Lost L 2 7 8
61 35 9 Scored S 3 16 45
38 12 4 Conceded C 5 24 42
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
82% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 69% 73%
61% 69% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 50% 48%
30% 25% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 31% 39%
18% 12% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 9%
58% 56% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 55%
33% 38% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 27%
15% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 44% 27%
 
6.2 5.4 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.7 5.4
4 3.9 5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.6 5.8
2.3 2.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.1 1.8
5 3 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
563 267 53 Total Shots T S 46 201 445
198 91 18 Shots on Target S O 15 68 158
31% 38% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 24% 28%
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Darmstadt 98 has the most points from losing position (21)
  • Darmstadt 98 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Stuttgart has the most points (38) at home
  • Stuttgart has the most scored goals in the second half (39)
  • Stuttgart has the the best goal difference (+23) at home
  • Stuttgart have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Stuttgart have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Stuttgart have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Darmstadt 98 have scored 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 Arminia Bielefeld 33 17 14 2 62 30 16 8 7 1 29 12 17 9 7 1 33 18 32 65
2 Stuttgart 33 17 7 9 61 38 16 12 2 2 35 12 17 5 5 7 26 26 23 58
3 Heidenheim 33 15 10 8 45 33 17 11 4 2 32 13 16 4 6 6 13 20 12 55
4 Hamburger SV 33 14 12 7 61 41 16 10 4 2 34 15 17 4 8 5 27 26 20 54
5 Darmstadt 98 33 12 13 8 45 42 17 7 9 1 29 18 16 5 4 7 16 24 3 49
6 Bochum 33 11 13 9 53 49 17 6 8 3 37 30 16 5 5 6 16 19 4 46
7 Hannover 96 33 12 9 12 52 49 16 5 8 3 25 21 17 7 1 9 27 28 3 45
8 Greuther Fürth 33 11 11 11 45 43 16 7 3 6 22 21 17 4 8 5 23 22 2 44
9 Erzgebirge Aue 33 12 8 13 44 47 17 11 3 3 32 18 16 1 5 10 12 29 -3 44
10 Jahn Regensburg 33 11 10 12 49 54 16 8 4 4 28 22 17 3 6 8 21 32 -5 43
11 Holstein Kiel 33 11 9 13 52 55 16 5 5 6 22 23 17 6 4 7 30 32 -3 42
12 Sandhausen 33 9 13 11 38 44 17 5 8 4 20 19 16 4 5 7 18 25 -6 40
13 Osnabrück 33 9 12 12 44 46 17 6 4 7 26 25 16 3 8 5 18 21 -2 39
14 St. Pauli 33 9 12 12 38 45 17 8 6 3 24 14 16 1 6 9 14 31 -7 39
15 Nürnberg 33 8 12 13 44 57 17 3 7 7 15 31 16 5 5 6 29 26 -13 36
16 Karlsruher SC 33 7 13 13 43 55 17 5 7 5 26 27 16 2 6 8 17 28 -12 34
17 Wehen Wiesbaden 33 8 7 18 40 62 16 3 4 9 15 35 17 5 3 9 25 27 -22 31
18 Dynamo Dresden 33 8 7 18 30 56 16 5 3 8 17 22 17 3 4 10 13 34 -26 31

2. Bundesliga:
Germany:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arminia Bielefeld 33 17 14 2 62 30 16 8 7 1 29 12 17 9 7 1 33 18 32 65
2 Stuttgart 33 17 7 9 61 38 16 12 2 2 35 12 17 5 5 7 26 26 23 58
3 Heidenheim 33 15 10 8 45 33 17 11 4 2 32 13 16 4 6 6 13 20 12 55
4 Hamburger SV 33 14 12 7 61 41 16 10 4 2 34 15 17 4 8 5 27 26 20 54
5 Darmstadt 98 33 12 13 8 45 42 17 7 9 1 29 18 16 5 4 7 16 24 3 49
6 Bochum 33 11 13 9 53 49 17 6 8 3 37 30 16 5 5 6 16 19 4 46
7 Hannover 96 33 12 9 12 52 49 16 5 8 3 25 21 17 7 1 9 27 28 3 45
8 Greuther Fürth 33 11 11 11 45 43 16 7 3 6 22 21 17 4 8 5 23 22 2 44
9 Erzgebirge Aue 33 12 8 13 44 47 17 11 3 3 32 18 16 1 5 10 12 29 -3 44
10 Jahn Regensburg 33 11 10 12 49 54 16 8 4 4 28 22 17 3 6 8 21 32 -5 43
11 Holstein Kiel 33 11 9 13 52 55 16 5 5 6 22 23 17 6 4 7 30 32 -3 42
12 Sandhausen 33 9 13 11 38 44 17 5 8 4 20 19 16 4 5 7 18 25 -6 40
13 Osnabrück 33 9 12 12 44 46 17 6 4 7 26 25 16 3 8 5 18 21 -2 39
14 St. Pauli 33 9 12 12 38 45 17 8 6 3 24 14 16 1 6 9 14 31 -7 39
15 Nürnberg 33 8 12 13 44 57 17 3 7 7 15 31 16 5 5 6 29 26 -13 36
16 Karlsruher SC 33 7 13 13 43 55 17 5 7 5 26 27 16 2 6 8 17 28 -12 34
17 Wehen Wiesbaden 33 8 7 18 40 62 16 3 4 9 15 35 17 5 3 9 25 27 -22 31
18 Dynamo Dresden 33 8 7 18 30 56 16 5 3 8 17 22 17 3 4 10 13 34 -26 31

More from Germany - 2. Bundesliga

Read more about 2. Bundesliga

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.