📊 Form Guide

Darmstadt

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Darmstadt will play in this game after a 1-1 Bundesliga 2 drawn match vs Preussen Münster.

In that match, Darmstadt managed 73% possession and 22 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. The scorer for Darmstadt was Isac Lidberg (15'). For their opponents, Preussen Munster had 10 shots at goal with 4 on target. Shin Yamada (8') was the scorer for Preussen Münster.

It has been seldom in recent times where Darmstadt haven’t conceded. The facts show that Darmstadt have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 games, leaking 13 goals on the way. That sort of trend might not be sustained here, though.

Pre-game facts show that Darmstadt:

• have not emerged victorious against SC Paderborn 07 in their last 3 league games.
• are without a win at home for the past 3 matches in the league.

SC Paderborn 07

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In the game prior to this, Paderborn drew 2-2 in the Bundesliga 2 tie with Karlsruhe.

In that game, SC Paderborn 07 had 49% possession and 19 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. For SC Paderborn 07, the scorers were Filip Bilbija (20') and Sebastian Klaas (85'). On the other side, Karlsruher had 7 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Fabian Schleusener (75') and Shio Fukuda (79') scored for Karlsruhe.

Showing their appetite for high-scoring encounters, goals have been seen as many as 26 times in the prior six games in which SC Paderborn 07 have taken to the field, giving an average of 4.33 goals for each fixture. Opposition teams have managed 14 from this total.

Coming into this contest, SC Paderborn 07 are without a win away from home in their last 2 league games.

👥 Head to head

Looking over their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 15/05/2022 shows us that Darmstadt have won 3 of these games & Paderborn 2, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 1.

A total of 18 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 10 of them for Darmstadt and 8 netted by Paderborn. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.

The previous league contest featuring the two was Bundesliga 2 match day 17 on 19/12/2025 when the final score was SC Paderborn 07 2-2 Darmstadt.

On that day, SC Paderborn 07 managed 65% possession and 19 shots at goal with 7 on target. Goals were scored by Mika Baur (54') and Sebastian Klaas (84').

Darmstadt had 9 shots on goal with 2 on target. Marco Richter (4') and Kyllian Corredor (37') scored.

The referee was Bastian Dankert.

📰 Team News: Darmstadt

Fabian Nürnberger (Hamstring injury), Luca Marseiler (Cruciate ligament tear) and Merveille Papela (Knee injury) won’t be available for Darmstadt gaffer Florian Kohfeldt.

In all likelihood, Darmstadt should use a 3-4-2-1 system for this game and select Marcel Schuhen, Kai Klefisch, Aleksandar Vukotic, Matej Maglica, Sergio Lopez, Hiroki Akiyama, Niklas Schmidt, Fabian Holland, Marco Richter, Killian Corredor and Isac Lidberg.

📋 Team News: Paderborn

Paderborn manager Ralf Kettemann has multiple availability issues to deal with. Raphael Obermair (Achilles tendon rupture) and Marcel Hoffmeier (Cruciate ligament tear) are those who can’t be considered.

It’s our belief that Paderborn seem likely to make use of a 3-4-2-1 formation, giving starts to Dennis Seimen, Mattes Hansen, Tjark Scheller, Calvin Brackelmann, Laurin Curda, Mika Baur, Santiago Castaneda, Jonah Sticker, Ruben Mueller, Filip Bilbija and Stefano Marino.

💡 Prediction

We feel that in this game, Darmstadt have it within them to score against this SC Paderborn 07 outfit, although just one goal may not be enough to prevent defeat.

We’re therefore tipping a close game with a 1-2 victory for SC Paderborn 07 after the 90. Expecting it to be very competitive.

Renata Leite, 13:04 17/05/2026