Karlsruher SC vs SV Darmstadt 98, 2. Bundesliga 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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2. Bundesliga · 2025-26

Karlsruher SC

2 – 1

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SV Darmstadt 98

Sun 3 May 2026 · 11:30 UTC BBBank Wildpark 30,020 HT 45' · FT 45'

Marvin Wanitzek 58' 1–0

1–1 70' Isac Lidberg

Shio Fukuda 86' 2–1

Philipp Forster 37' Y

Y 56' Aleksandar Vukotic

Y 76' Marco Richter

Overview

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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/game

Standings

#	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

Karlsruher SC 5 games · Avg 3.6 goals SV Darmstadt 98

Last 5 meetings

2026-05-03 Karlsruher SC 2–1 SV Darmstadt 98 2025-12-06 SV Darmstadt 98 3–2 Karlsruher SC 2025-03-07 SV Darmstadt 98 3–0 Karlsruher SC 2024-10-04 Karlsruher SC 3–3 SV Darmstadt 98 2019-10-29 SV Darmstadt 98 0–1 Karlsruher SC

Recent Form

Karlsruher SC

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

SV Darmstadt 98

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 history

15% Clean Sheets
Karlsruher SC this season

29% Clean Sheets
SV Darmstadt 98 this season

Karlsruher SC are 10th (44 pts). SV Darmstadt 98 are 5th (52 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Karlsruher SC

0-15

–/2

16-30

2/3

31-45

1/–

46-60

1/1

61-75

2/4

76+

4/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

SV Darmstadt 98

0-15

4/3

16-30

–/1

31-45

1/3

46-60

1/3

61-75

1/–

76+

1/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Karlsruher SC to score. At the same time, SV Darmstadt 98 does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
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' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
15' Karlsruher SC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
20' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. David Herold made 262 appearances and scored 2 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
25' Kilian Corredor needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
30' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
35' It looks surprising SV Darmstadt 98 does not make any changes. Matondo-Merveille Papela has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
37' Karlsruher SC player sees a card in front of him.
42' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
47' It’s high time Florian Kohfeldt made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
52' SV Darmstadt 98 is showing some good football. However, SV Darmstadt 98 are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
56' The referee shows SV Darmstadt 98 player a card on 56.
58' GOAL! Marvin Wanitzek scores on 58.
63' It looks like no one’s ball. Karlsruher SC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
68' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering SV Darmstadt 98 that had 234 games and scored 141 goals.
70' Goal! Isac Lidberg scores his 33 goal in 178 matches.
75' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
76' It’s a booking for SV Darmstadt 98 player. Marco Richter gets a card.
81' Supporters expect more eagerness from Raoul Petretta, as he is very good at scoring at BBBank Wildpark with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
86' Karlsruher SC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Shio Fukuda on 86.
With this win, Karlsruher SC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Karlsruher SC Lineups

3-5-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Christian Eichner

SV Darmstadt 98 Lineups

5-3-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Florian Kohfeldt

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Isac Lidberg	3
Fabian Schleusener	1
Leon Jensen	1
Matondo-Merveille Papela	1
Kilian Corredor	1
Philipp Hofmann	1
Marvin Wanitzek	1
Shio Fukuda	1

Head to Head

Karlsruher SC Form

2026-05-03 Karlsruher SC 2–1 SV Darmstadt 98 W 2026-04-25 Karlsruher SC 1–3 Hannover 96 L 2026-04-17 SV 07 Elversberg 3–0 Karlsruher SC L 2026-04-10 Karlsruher SC 4–1 Arminia Bielefeld W 2026-04-05 FC Schalke 04 1–0 Karlsruher SC L 2026-03-20 Karlsruher SC 3–1 SpVgg Greuther Furth 1903 W

SV Darmstadt 98 Form

2026-05-03 Karlsruher SC 2–1 SV Darmstadt 98 L 2026-04-25 SV Darmstadt 98 3–3 SV 07 Elversberg D 2026-04-19 SpVgg Greuther Furth 1903 3–2 SV Darmstadt 98 L 2026-04-11 SV Darmstadt 98 0–2 Hannover 96 L 2026-04-04 Arminia Bielefeld 2–1 SV Darmstadt 98 L 2026-03-21 SV Darmstadt 98 1–1 FC Schalke 04 D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.87 Karlsruher SC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.9 SV Darmstadt 98 xG

I would bet for: Karlsruher SC or SV Darmstadt 98 77% + Both teams to score 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Karlsruher SC44% Draw23% SV Darmstadt 9833%

Actual: Karlsruher SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes71% 0% No29%

Avg goals/match: 3.77

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	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

✓ Correct

Karlsruher SC30% Draw39% SV Darmstadt 9831%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

1 – 2

7.5%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 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.