SV Darmstadt 98 vs SC Paderborn 07, 2. Bundesliga 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
SV Darmstadt 98 vs SC Paderborn 07 — 2. Bundesliga at Merck-Stadion am Bollenfalltor.
- SV Darmstadt 98 34 games · 52 pts (2025/26)
- SC Paderborn 07 34 games · 62 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Florian Badstubner
- Assistant 1 Markus Schuller
- Assistant 2 Philipp Huwe
18 games this season 🟨 0.8/game ⚽ 4.5 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 17 May SC Paderborn 07 H 0–2 L 10 May SC Preussen Munster A 1–1 D 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 Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 May SV Darmstadt 98 A 2–0 W 08 May Karlsruher SC H 2–2 D 03 May SV 07 Elversberg A 1–5 L 26 Apr FC Schalke 04 H 2–3 L 18 Apr Hannover 96 A 1–1 D 12 Apr 1. FC Magdeburg H 4–3 W Season Stats
SV Darmstadt 98 SC Paderborn 07 #5 Position #3 52 Points 62 34 Played 34 13 / 13 / 8 W / D / L 18 / 8 / 8 57 Scored 59 45 Conceded 45 +12 GD +14 1.53 PPG 1.82 38% Win % 53% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history29% Clean Sheets
SV Darmstadt 98 this season26% Clean Sheets
SC Paderborn 07 this seasonSV Darmstadt 98 are 5th (52 pts). SC Paderborn 07 are 3rd (62 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
SV Darmstadt 980-154/316-30–/131-451/346-601/361-751/–76+1/5■ Scored ■ ConcededSC Paderborn 070-152/116-304/331-452/446-601/161-751/176+4/4■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for SV Darmstadt 98 to score. At the same time, SC Paderborn 07 does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' Isac Lidberg has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 42 appearances with only 3 goals this season.
- 6' Stefano Marino puts SC Paderborn 07 on the lead.
- 11' SC Paderborn 07 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.
- 14' SV Darmstadt 98 player sees a card in front of him.
- 19' 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.
- 24' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 29' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. SV Darmstadt 98 needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 34' 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.
- 39' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 44' Calvin Brackelmann needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 45' That looks like a foul for a card for Mika Baur.
- 50' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Hiroki Akiyama made 110 appearances and scored 2 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 55' The referee calls foul for Ruben Muller. He receives a card.
- 60' It looks surprising SV Darmstadt 98 does not make any changes. Matej Maglica has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 65' 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' It’s high time Florian Kohfeldt made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 74' That looks like a foul for a card for Aleksandar Vukotic.
- 79' It looks like no one’s ball. SC Paderborn 07 is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 84' Supporters expect more eagerness from Sergio Lopez Galache, as he is very good at scoring at Merck-Stadion am Bollenfalltor with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
- 89' Goal! Sven Michel scores his 27 goal in 316 matches.
- The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for SV Darmstadt 98.
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Lineups
SV Darmstadt 98 Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 23
- 32
- 1
- 31
- 17
- 20
- 2
- 7
- 16
- 5
- 34
Bench
- 30
- 18
- 19
- 44
- 22
- 4
- 49
Coach Florian KohfeldtSC Paderborn 07 Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 7
- 30
- 4
- 41
- 5
- 17
- 22
- 3
- 14
- 25
- 2
Bench
- 8
- 20
- 1
- 11
- 26
- 27
- 9
- 10
- 24
Coach Ralf Kettemann -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Sven Michel 1 Stefano Marino 1 Oscar Vilhelmsson 1 Sebastian Klaas 1 Filip Bilbija 1 Ilyas Ansah 1 Felix Platte 1 Head to Head
SV Darmstadt 98 Form
2026-05-17 SV Darmstadt 98 0–2 SC Paderborn 07 L 2026-05-10 SC Preussen Munster 1–1 SV Darmstadt 98 D 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 LSC Paderborn 07 Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 41.46 SV Darmstadt 98 xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.75 SC Paderborn 07 xGI would bet for: SV Darmstadt 98 or SC Paderborn 07 74% + Both teams to score 63%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: SC Paderborn 07 winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.21Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 83% 17% ± 2.5 61% 39% ± 3.5 40% 60% ± 4.5 23% 77% Double Chance
SV Darmstadt 98 or Draw 57%Draw or SC Paderborn 07 69%SV Darmstadt 98 or SC Paderborn 07 74%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: SC Paderborn 07 win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 11.2%1 – 2 8.7%2 – 1 7.3%2 – 2 6.3%0 – 1 6.3%0 – 2 Actual0 – 0 5.6%1 – 0 5.1%1 – 3 5%2 – 0 4.3%2 – 3 3.7%3 – 1 3.5%Asian Handicap — SV Darmstadt 98
Handicap SV Darmstadt 98 covers Push SC Paderborn 07 covers -2.5 6% — 94% -2 6% 9% 85% -1.5 15% — 85% -1 15% 16% 69% -0.5 31% — 69% +0.5 57% — 43% +1 57% 20% 24% +1.5 76% — 24% +2 76% 13% 10% +2.5 90% — 10% Clean Sheet
SV Darmstadt 98 keeps clean sheet 18% ✓SC Paderborn 07 keeps clean sheet 24% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.