Darmstadt vs Schalke Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Darmstadt

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Darmstadt won’t want a repeat of their last result here following the 1-0 Bundesliga 2 defeat last time out to Eintracht Braunschweig.

In that game, Darmstadt had 42% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 1 on target. Eintracht Braunschweig had 12 shots on goal with 9 on target. Lino Tempelmann (60') was the scorer for Eintracht Braunschweig.

Darmstadt have been quite ineffective in attack of late. Their goals record stands at just 3 against opposing sides over the course of their last six fixtures. In those meetings, Darmstadt have also seen the number of goals against them come to 10.

Going into this one, Darmstadt are without a home win in the past 2 league games.

Schalke

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Schalke head into the game following on from a 2-1 Bundesliga 2 win in the defeat of Karlsruhe in their previous match.

In that game, Schalke managed 52% possession and 20 attempts on goal with 3 on target. For Schalke, the goals were scored by Janik Bachmann (6') and Pape Meïssa Ba (34'). Karlsruher had 14 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Leon Jensen (25') was the scorer for Karlsruhe.

Proving their penchant for productive matches, we’ve had goals 20 times in the prior 6 games in which Schalke have taken to the field, yielding a mean average of 3.33 goals per clash. Their opponents have got 9 of those goals. However, we will just have to wait and see if that trend might continue on here in this game.

Going into this contest, Schalke haven’t won away from home in the past 2 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head meetings dating back to 30/01/2016, neither club has come out on top overall with Darmstadt winning 3 of those games, Schalke 3 and 0 being draws in normal time.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 30 overall at an average of 5 goals per match.

The last league contest featuring the two was Bundesliga 2 match day 6 on 20/09/2024 and the score finished Schalke 3-5 Darmstadt.

That time, Schalke managed 52% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 7 on target. The scorers were Tobias Mohr (14'), Moussa Sylla (34') and Ron Schallenberg (39').

At the other end, Darmstadt got 9 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. Fraser Hornby (45'), Isac Lidberg (56', 75', 87') and Sergio López (97') scored.

The referee was Florian Heft.

📰 Team News: Darmstadt

Fabian Holland (Cruciate ligament tear), Christoph Zimmermann (Knee problems), Kai Klefisch (Groin injury), Paul Will (Cruciate ligament tear) and Matthias Bader (Cruciate ligament tear) are not available for Darmstadt manager Florian Kohfeldt.

We are thinking that Darmstadt should make use of the 4-4-2 system in the match, utilising Marcel Schuhen, Marco Thiede, Clemens Riedel, Aleksandar Vukotic, Guille Bueno, Andreas Müller, Merveille Papela, Killian Corredor, Fabian Nürnberger, Isac Lidberg and Fynn Lakenmacher.

🗞️ Team News: Schalke

Schalke boss Kees van Wonderen has not got a full squad to pick from. Michael Langer (Knee injury), Ralf Fährmann (Torn lateral knee ligament), Moussa Sylla (Torn muscle fiber) and Emil Højlund (Hamstring injury) miss out here.

It’s our belief that Schalke appear most likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 formation, settling for Justin Heekeren, Tomas Kalas, Ron Schallenberg, Marcin Kaminski, Derry Murkin, Max Grüger, Janik Bachmann, Mehmet Can Aydin, Kenan Karaman, Tobias Mohr and Pape Meïssa Ba.

🧠 Prediction

In our view, Schalke and Darmstadt may both find scoring difficult here.

At this stage, it appears to have the makings of a possible draw. That’s why our selection here is for a close game with a 0-0 scoreline when the full-time whistle blows.

📖 ⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?

In terms of the bookies’ odds in the full-time result market, putting your money on Darmstadt is best priced at 2.38, a wager on the draw is 3.6 and betting on victory for Schalke can be had at 2.6. They are the top bets on offer as of now.

Victor Martins, 09:08 22/02/2025