Karlsruher SC vs SV Darmstadt 98, 2. Bundesliga 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Karlsruher SC vs SV Darmstadt 98 — 2. Bundesliga at BBBank Wildpark.
- Karlsruher SC 34 games · 44 pts (2025/26)
- SV Darmstadt 98 34 games · 52 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Felix Bickel (Germany)
- Assistant 1 Eduard Beitinger
- Assistant 2 Christoph Kluge (Germany)
12 games this season 🟨 0.4/game ⚽ 3.5 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 FC Schalke 04 34 70 2 SV 07 Elversberg 34 62 3 SC Paderborn 07 34 62 4 Hannover 96 34 60 5 SV Darmstadt 98 34 52 6 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34 52 7 Hertha BSC 34 51 8 1. FC Nurnberg 34 46 9 VfL Bochum 1848 34 44 10 Karlsruher SC 34 44 11 SG Dynamo Dresden 34 41 12 Holstein Kiel 34 41 13 Arminia Bielefeld 34 39 14 1. FC Magdeburg 34 39 15 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 37 16 SpVgg Greuther Furth 1903 34 37 17 TSV Fortuna 95 Dusseldorf 34 37 18 SC Preussen Munster 34 30 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 03 May SV Darmstadt 98 H 2–1 W 25 Apr Hannover 96 H 1–3 L 17 Apr SV 07 Elversberg A 0–3 L 10 Apr Arminia Bielefeld H 4–1 W 05 Apr FC Schalke 04 A 0–1 L 20 Mar SpVgg Greuther Furth 1903 H 3–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 03 May Karlsruher SC A 1–2 L 25 Apr SV 07 Elversberg H 3–3 D 19 Apr SpVgg Greuther Furth 1903 A 2–3 L 11 Apr Hannover 96 H 0–2 L 04 Apr Arminia Bielefeld A 1–2 L 21 Mar FC Schalke 04 H 1–1 D Season Stats
Karlsruher SC SV Darmstadt 98 #10 Position #5 44 Points 52 34 Played 34 12 / 8 / 14 W / D / L 13 / 13 / 8 53 Scored 57 64 Conceded 45 -11 GD +12 1.29 PPG 1.53 35% Win % 38% Key Stats
60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)80% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history15% Clean Sheets
Karlsruher SC this season29% Clean Sheets
SV Darmstadt 98 this seasonKarlsruher SC are 10th (44 pts). SV Darmstadt 98 are 5th (52 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Karlsruher SC0-15–/216-302/331-451/–46-601/161-752/476+4/3■ Scored ■ ConcededSV Darmstadt 980-154/316-30–/131-451/346-601/361-751/–76+1/5■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Karlsruher SC is hosting SV Darmstadt 98 for another epic battle.
- 5' Karlsruher SC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 10' Karlsruher SC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 15' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Karlsruher SC that had 260 games and scored 173 goals.
- 20' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with SV Darmstadt 98 winning 100% of all matches.
- 25' It looks like no one’s ball. Karlsruher SC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 30' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Louey Ben Farhat suffering a number of foals already.
- 35' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 37' The referee calls foul for Philipp Forster. He receives a card.
- 42' It’s high time Florian Kohfeldt made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 47' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 52' The travelling SV Darmstadt 98 supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 56' A meaty challenge results in booking for Aleksandar Vukotic on 56.
- 58' Marvin Wanitzek puts Karlsruher SC on the lead.
- 63' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Sebastian Jung made 460 appearances and scored 2 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 68' Supporters expect more eagerness from Niklas Schmidt, as he is very good at scoring at BBBank Wildpark with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 70' GOAL! Isac Lidberg scores on 70. Assisted by Aleksandar Vukotic
- 75' SV Darmstadt 98 started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 75.
- 76' It’s a booking for SV Darmstadt 98 player. Marco Richter gets a card.
- 81' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 86' Sensational shot from Shio Fukuda. Karlsruher SC is back in the lead.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-1.
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Lineups
Karlsruher SC Lineups
3-5-2Starting XI
- 6
- 2
- 28
- 11
- 10
- 22
- 16
- 20
- 13
- 19
- 1
Bench
- 7
- 30
- 24
- 9
- 8
- 36
- 29
- 21
- 15
Coach Christian EichnerSV Darmstadt 98 Lineups
5-3-2Starting XI
- 23
- 32
- 1
- 31
- 17
- 18
- 20
- 21
- 7
- 16
- 34
Bench
- 30
- 27
- 19
- 2
- 44
- 22
- 4
- 49
Coach Florian Kohfeldt -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Isac Lidberg 3 Shio Fukuda 1 Kai Klefisch 1 Aleksandar Vukotic 1 Dzenis Burnic 1 Fabian Schleusener 1 Leon Jensen 1 Matondo-Merveille Papela 1 Head to Head
Karlsruher SC Form
SV Darmstadt 98 Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 41.87 Karlsruher SC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.9 SV Darmstadt 98 xGI would bet for: Karlsruher SC or SV Darmstadt 98 77% + Both teams to score 71%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Karlsruher SC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.77Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 96% 4% ± 1.5 89% 11% ± 2.5 71% 29% ± 3.5 51% 49% ± 4.5 33% 67% Double Chance
Karlsruher SC or Draw 66%Draw or SV Darmstadt 98 56%Karlsruher SC or SV Darmstadt 98 77%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 9%1 – 2 7.5%2 – 1 Actual2 – 2 6.9%1 – 3 4.7%3 – 1 4.6%2 – 3 4.4%3 – 2 4.3%0 – 2 4.2%2 – 0 4.1%0 – 1 3.9%1 – 0 3.8%Asian Handicap — Karlsruher SC
Handicap Karlsruher SC covers Push SV Darmstadt 98 covers -2.5 9% — 91% -2 9% 11% 79% -1.5 21% — 79% -1 21% 17% 62% -0.5 38% — 62% +0.5 61% — 39% +1 61% 18% 21% +1.5 79% — 21% +2 79% 12% 10% +2.5 90% — 10% Clean Sheet
Karlsruher SC keeps clean sheet 16% ✓SV Darmstadt 98 keeps clean sheet 16% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.