Darmstadt 98 expected to fight losing battle when facing Bayer 04 Leverkusen

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 02.Sep
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: BayArena (30210 seats)

Bayer 04 Leverkusen battle against Darmstadt 98 for honour and triumph.

Both contenders have had adequate rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's trust this will be an in-your-face game!

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen form and stats

The hosts won their first Bundesliga game here at BayArena, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Bayer 04 Leverkusen last season were 8 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses from 17 games.

It's back home for Bayer 04 Leverkusen, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Borussia M'gladbach away with the result 3-0. Boniface (2) and Tah found the net in that victory. The striker Wirtz won the honour of being "man of the match" for Bayer 04 Leverkusen with the rating of 8.85/10. Wirtz served one assist and hit ten key passes.

Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against RB Leipzig.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Bayer 04 Leverkusen at home in the league. 3 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Darmstadt 98 form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Bundesliga ended in defeat. Last season Darmstadt 98 had these away match statistics: Played 17; won 9, drew 2 and lost 6.

Darmstadt failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Union Berlin (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 1-4. Midfielder Nürnberger was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.5. Nürnberger hit seven key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 58 successful passes (of 70 total).

A 0-1 defeat away at Eintracht Frankfurt before that.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Darmstadt 98 has managed {0 goals} and let in 1 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

As for the last four games between these two teams, there's three Bayer 04 Leverkusen victories, zero draws and one Darmstadt 98 wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bayer 04 LeverkusenJ. Tah
J. Tah
2 goals
Bayer 04 LeverkusenV. Boniface
V. Boniface
2 goals
Bayer 04 LeverkusenF. Wirtz
F. Wirtz
1 goals

Bayer 04 Leverkusen missing players

Darmstadt 98 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bayer 04 Leverkusen Darmstadt 98
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
6 3 0 Scored S 0 0 1
2 2 0 Conceded C 0 1 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 50%
 
6 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 3
5 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7 6
2 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
17.5 11 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10 15.5
9 7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 4
33% 43% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 12%
 
13 14 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 9 11
4.5 7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 4.5
Bayer 04 Leverkusen Last season Darmstadt 98
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
14 8   Won W   9 20
8 3   Drew D   2 7
12 6   Lost L   6 7
57 35   Scored S   23 50
49 23   Conceded C   20 33
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
88% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 74%
65% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 47%
41% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 18%
21% 24%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 3%
53% 59%   BTTS BTTS   41% 47%
26% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   35% 38%
26% 12%   Failed to Score F T   24% 15%
 
4.1 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5.4
3.9 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5.3 4.4
2.2 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.4
7 2   Red cards R C   5 5
 
13.1 14.6   Shots (avg) S (   14.1 14.7
5.1 6.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 4.4
33% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 33%
 
11.9 10.2   Shots against (avg) S A   13.2 12.1
4.4 3.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.8 4.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Union Berlin 2 2 0 0 8 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 6 6
2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 6
3 VfL Wolfsburg 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
4 SC Freiburg 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
5 Borussia Dortmund 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
6 Bayern München 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
7 RB Leipzig 2 1 0 1 7 4 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 3 3
8 VfB Stuttgart 2 1 0 1 6 5 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 3
9 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 TSG Hoffenheim 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 3
11 Augsburg 1 0 1 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Borussia M'gladbach 2 0 1 1 4 7 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 4 4 -3 1
13 Bochum 2 0 1 1 1 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 1
14 Köln 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
15 Heidenheim 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
16 Mainz 05 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
17 Darmstadt 98 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -4 0
18 Werder Bremen 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -5 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 34 21 8 5 92 38 17 11 5 1 53 17 17 10 3 4 39 21 54 71
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 22 5 7 83 44 17 14 2 1 55 17 17 8 3 6 28 27 39 71
3 RB Leipzig 34 20 6 8 64 41 17 13 2 2 38 18 17 7 4 6 26 23 23 66
4 Union Berlin 34 18 8 8 51 38 17 11 6 0 30 11 17 7 2 8 21 27 13 62
5 SC Freiburg 34 17 8 9 51 44 17 10 4 3 28 13 17 7 4 6 23 31 7 59
6 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 34 14 8 12 57 49 17 8 3 6 35 23 17 6 5 6 22 26 8 50
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 13 11 10 58 52 17 9 5 3 35 18 17 4 6 7 23 34 6 50
8 VfL Wolfsburg 34 13 10 11 57 48 17 6 7 4 34 25 17 7 3 7 23 23 9 49
9 Mainz 05 34 12 10 12 54 55 17 6 6 5 31 25 17 6 4 7 23 30 -1 46
10 Borussia M'gladbach 34 11 10 13 52 55 17 10 3 4 33 18 17 1 7 9 19 37 -3 43
11 Köln 34 10 12 12 49 54 17 6 5 6 28 20 17 4 7 6 21 34 -5 42
12 TSG Hoffenheim 34 10 6 18 48 57 17 7 2 8 28 29 17 3 4 10 20 28 -9 36
13 Werder Bremen 34 10 6 18 51 64 17 5 2 10 26 28 17 5 4 8 25 36 -13 36
14 Bochum 34 10 5 19 40 72 17 8 2 7 28 32 17 2 3 12 12 40 -32 35
15 Augsburg 34 9 7 18 42 63 17 6 4 7 16 24 17 3 3 11 26 39 -21 34
16 VfB Stuttgart 34 7 12 15 45 57 17 5 6 6 23 22 17 2 6 9 22 35 -12 33
17 Schalke 04 34 7 10 17 35 71 17 5 5 7 23 36 17 2 5 10 12 35 -36 31
18 Hertha BSC 34 7 8 19 42 69 17 5 6 6 24 27 17 2 2 13 18 42 -27 29
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Heidenheim 34 19 10 5 67 36 17 12 4 1 41 16 17 7 6 4 26 20 31 67
2 Darmstadt 98 34 20 7 7 50 33 17 11 5 1 27 13 17 9 2 6 23 20 17 67
3 Hamburger SV 34 20 6 8 70 45 17 11 3 3 38 20 17 9 3 5 32 25 25 66
4 Fortuna Dusseldorf 34 17 7 10 60 43 17 11 4 2 38 19 17 6 3 8 22 24 17 58
5 St. Pauli 34 16 10 8 55 39 17 9 7 1 24 11 17 7 3 7 31 28 16 58
6 Paderborn 34 16 7 11 68 44 17 12 0 5 46 20 17 4 7 6 22 24 24 55
7 Karlsruher SC 34 13 7 14 56 53 17 9 3 5 32 25 17 4 4 9 24 28 3 46
8 Holstein Kiel 34 12 10 12 58 61 17 6 4 7 29 29 17 6 6 5 29 32 -3 46
9 Kaiserslautern 34 11 12 11 47 48 17 6 6 5 26 26 17 5 6 6 21 22 -1 45
10 Hannover 96 34 12 8 14 50 55 17 8 3 6 27 26 17 4 5 8 23 29 -5 44
11 Magdeburg 34 12 7 15 48 55 17 6 4 7 23 22 17 6 3 8 25 33 -7 43
12 Greuther Furth 34 10 11 13 47 50 17 8 7 2 28 19 17 2 4 11 19 31 -3 41
13 Hansa Rostock 34 12 5 17 32 48 17 6 1 10 18 25 17 6 4 7 14 23 -16 41
14 Nurnberg 34 10 9 15 32 49 17 7 4 6 18 17 17 3 5 9 14 32 -17 39
15 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 9 9 16 42 59 17 7 3 7 23 22 17 2 6 9 19 37 -17 36
16 Arminia Bielefeld 34 9 7 18 50 62 17 5 4 8 28 29 17 4 3 10 22 33 -12 34
17 Jahn Regensburg 34 8 7 19 34 58 17 4 7 6 17 28 17 4 0 13 17 30 -24 31
18 Sandhausen 34 7 7 20 35 63 17 4 4 9 18 33 17 3 3 11 17 30 -28 28

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 Union Berlin 2 2 0 0 8 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 6 6
2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 6
3 VfL Wolfsburg 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
4 SC Freiburg 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
5 Borussia Dortmund 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
6 Bayern München 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
7 RB Leipzig 2 1 0 1 7 4 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 3 3
8 VfB Stuttgart 2 1 0 1 6 5 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 3
9 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 TSG Hoffenheim 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 3
11 Augsburg 1 0 1 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Borussia M'gladbach 2 0 1 1 4 7 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 4 4 -3 1
13 Bochum 2 0 1 1 1 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 1
14 Köln 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
15 Heidenheim 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
16 Mainz 05 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
17 Darmstadt 98 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -4 0
18 Werder Bremen 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -5 0

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