Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor: Darmstadt 98 vs FC Union Berlin Bundesliga pre-match guide

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 26.Aug
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor (16500 seats)

After the first games for these two it's Darmstadt 98 - FC Union Berlin 0-3 in points. Who will conquer the points in this second Bundesliga match of the season?

Darmstadt 98 and FC Union Berlin 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.

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Darmstadt 98 form and stats

In the previous season, Darmstadt 98's league results were 20 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses, resulting in 2nd place in the 2. Bundesliga. During these 34 matches they scored {50 goals} and let in 33. Performing as the home team in the former season Darmstadt 98 delivered 11-5-1 (win-draw-lost) with {27 goals} and 13 conceded.

Darmstadt 98 faced defeat in their previous match, away at Eintracht Frankfurt (0-1).

Before that, a loss in the away fixture against Homburg in the DFB Pokal.

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FC Union Berlin form and stats

Let's have a look at how FC Union Berlin performed last season in the Bundesliga: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 18 victories, 8 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 51 and conceded {38 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 2 and lost 8 with 21/27 goals scored/conceded.

FC Union Berlin are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the match against Mainz 05 (placed 16th). Behrens certainly enjoyed Berlin's last game versus Mainz 05, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 4-1 victory. The attacker Behrens got a match rating of 9.65 in that game. Behrens scored three goals.

Previously, the DFB Pokal win away at Astoria Walldorf.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding six meetings): Darmstadt 98 won three games, two matches ended in a draw and FC Union Berlin managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / one.

Top Goalscorers

FC Union BerlinK. Behrens
K. Behrens
3 goals
FC Union BerlinM. Pantović
M. Pantović
1 goals

Darmstadt 98 missing players

FC Union Berlin missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Darmstadt 98 FC Union Berlin
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 4
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 3
7 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 1
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 11
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 6
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 67%
 
9 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 10
3 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 3
Darmstadt 98 Last season FC Union Berlin
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
20 11   Won W   7 18
7 5   Drew D   2 8
7 1   Lost L   8 8
50 27   Scored S   21 51
33 13   Conceded C   27 38
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 88%
74% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 74%
47% 41%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 50%
18% 12%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 24%
3% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   24% 15%
47% 53%   BTTS BTTS   47% 50%
38% 41%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 38%
15% 6%   Failed to Score F T   29% 24%
 
5.4 6.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 4.9
4.4 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.1 4.6
2.4 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 1.9
5 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
14.7 15.4   Shots (avg) S (   9.9 11.2
4.4 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 3.5
33% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   40% 43%
 
12.1 11   Shots against (avg) S A   11.4 11.2
4.1 3.3   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 Stuttgart 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
2 Bayern München 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
3 FC Union Berlin 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 VfL Wolfsburg 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Bayer Leverkusen 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Freiburg 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Borussia Dortmund 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Augsburg 1 0 1 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Borussia M'gladbach 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 1
11 RB Leipzig 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
12 Hoffenheim 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 FC Köln 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Darmstadt 98 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Heidenheim 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 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 Werder Bremen 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
18 VfL Bochum 1848 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 -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 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 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 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
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 FC Union Berlin 34 18 8 8 51 38 17 11 6 0 30 11 17 7 2 8 21 27 13 62
5 Freiburg 34 17 8 9 51 44 17 10 4 3 28 13 17 7 4 6 23 31 7 59
6 Bayer 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 FC Köln 34 10 12 12 49 54 17 6 5 6 28 20 17 4 7 6 21 34 -5 42
12 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 VfL Bochum 1848 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 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

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 Stuttgart 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
2 Bayern München 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
3 FC Union Berlin 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 VfL Wolfsburg 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Bayer Leverkusen 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Freiburg 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Borussia Dortmund 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Augsburg 1 0 1 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Borussia M'gladbach 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 1
11 RB Leipzig 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
12 Hoffenheim 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 FC Köln 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Darmstadt 98 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Heidenheim 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 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 Werder Bremen 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
18 VfL Bochum 1848 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 0

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