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

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2. Bundesliga · 2025-26

Karlsruher SC

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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 11 games · 11 pts (2026/27)
SV Darmstadt 98 11 games · 9 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Felix Bickel (Germany)
Assistant 1 Eduard Beitinger
Assistant 2 Christoph Kluge (Germany)

6 games this season 🟨 5.0/game ⚽ 25.8 goals/game 🟥 3 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Hertha BSC	11	31
2	1. FC Nurnberg	11	24
3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	11	21
4	1. FC Magdeburg	11	20
5	VfL Wolfsburg	11	19
6	Arminia Bielefeld	11	17
7	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	11	16
8	VfL Bochum 1848	11	14
9	FC St. Pauli 1910	11	12
10	SpVgg Greuther Furth 1903	11	12
11	Hannover 96	11	12
12	FC Energie Cottbus	11	11
13	Eintracht Braunschweig	11	11
14	VfL Osnabruck	11	11
15	SG Dynamo Dresden	11	11
16	Karlsruher SC	11	11
17	SV Darmstadt 98	11	9
18	Holstein Kiel	11	8

Head-to-Head

Karlsruher SC 6 games · Avg 3.7 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
#16	Position	#17
11	Points	9
11	Played	11
3 / 2 / 6	W / D / L	2 / 3 / 6
15	Scored	9
24	Conceded	21
-9	GD	-12
1.00	PPG	0.82
27%	Win %	18%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)

83% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

18% Clean Sheets
Karlsruher SC this season

9% Clean Sheets
SV Darmstadt 98 this season

Karlsruher SC are 16th (11 pts). SV Darmstadt 98 are 17th (9 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Karlsruher SC

0-15

5/2

16-30

2/2

31-45

1/6

46-60

2/6

61-75

1/2

76+

4/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

SV Darmstadt 98

0-15

1/7

16-30

1/–

31-45

2/3

46-60

–/4

61-75

–/4

76+

5/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Karlsruher SC

Marvin Wanitzek	3 G	5 A
Shio Fukuda	3 G	2 A
Moritz Broschinski	2 G

SV Darmstadt 98

Milan Smit	3 G
Ho-Jae Lee	2 G	1 A
Aleksandar Vukotic	2 G

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! Karlsruher SC vs SV Darmstadt 98 — let the football do the talking.
5' It’s high time Christian Eichner made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
10' Karlsruher SC are deployed in a 3-5-2 today, looking to exploit space against SV Darmstadt 98's 5-3-2 shape.
15' With 0 assists to his name this season, Sebastian Jung is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Karlsruher SC.
20' The energy levels are beginning to show. Christian Eichner might look to freshen things up shortly.
25' Marcel Schuhen has been relatively quiet despite scoring 0 goals in his last 154 appearances.
30' Karlsruher SC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
35' SV Darmstadt 98 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.
37' That looks like a foul for a card for Philipp Forster.
42' A quiet spell here at BBBank Wildpark. Karlsruher SC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
47' Kai Klefisch has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 1 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
52' Matondo-Merveille Papela is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for SV Darmstadt 98 so far.
56' Aleksandar Vukotic is having his name booked by the referee on 56.
58' Marvin Wanitzek has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 58 minutes.
63' Karlsruher SC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Marvin Wanitzek scoring 1 goals.
68' 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.
70' GOAL! Isac Lidberg scores on 70. Assisted by Aleksandar Vukotic
75' The 31-year-old Philipp Forster has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
76' Marco Richter picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
81' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
86' GOAL! Shio Fukuda scores on 86. Assisted by Fabian Schleusener
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Karlsruher SC players.

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
Marvin Wanitzek	2
Shio Fukuda	2
Fabian Schleusener	1
Leon Jensen	1
Matondo-Merveille Papela	1
Kilian Corredor	1
Philipp Hofmann	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

2.06 Karlsruher SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.44 SV Darmstadt 98 xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 67% + Both teams to score 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Karlsruher SC53% Draw23% SV Darmstadt 9824%

Actual: Karlsruher SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 3.5

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	67%	33%
± 3.5	46%	54%
± 4.5	28%	72%

Double Chance

Karlsruher SC or Draw

75%

Draw or SV Darmstadt 98

47%

Karlsruher SC or SV Darmstadt 98

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Karlsruher SC38% Draw40% SV Darmstadt 9822%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.8%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

6.4%

2 – 2

6.3%

1 – 2

6.2%

3 – 1

6.1%

1 – 0

5.7%

0 – 0

4.4%

3 – 2

4.4%

3 – 0

4.3%

0 – 1

3.7%

4 – 1

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Karlsruher SC

Handicap	Karlsruher SC covers	Push	SV Darmstadt 98 covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	15%	70%
-1.5	30%	—	70%
-1	30%	20%	49%
-0.5	51%	—	49%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	14%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Karlsruher SC keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

SV Darmstadt 98 keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.