📏 Form Guide

Darmstadt

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Darmstadt prepare for this match following on from a 1-1 Bundesliga 2 stalemate vs Magdeburg.

In that match, Darmstadt had 43% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Darmstadt was Fabian Nürnberger (62' Own goal, 67'). At the other end, Magdeburg got 17 shots at goal with 4 on target.

Darmstadt haven’t had any problems with scoring, hitting the target in one hundred percent of their last 6 matches.

They’ve managed to rack up 12 during that time while also conceding a total of 7.

Coming into this contest, Darmstadt are unbeaten in their previous 14 league matches at home. A fantastic home record.

Schalke

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Previously, Schalke drew 2-2 in the Bundesliga 2 match with Hannover.

In that match, Schalke managed 36% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 4 on target. For Schalke, goals were scored by Edin Džeko (29') and Kenan Karaman (38'). On the other side, Hannover 96 got 10 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Maik Nawrocki (82') and Benedikt Pichler (98') scored for Hannover.

The stats don’t lie, and Schalke have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 9 goals in total. At the back, Schalke have some weaknesses to address. While that may be of interest, time will tell whether the trend will be replicated in this upcoming match.

Ahead of this meeting, Schalke are undefeated in their last 2 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 07/11/2021 shows us that Darmstadt have won 4 of these & Schalke 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 0.

A lot of goals were also scored during this period, 28 in total at an average of 4.67 goals per match.

📋 Team News: Darmstadt

It’s our opinion that Darmstadt will possibly use a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game, utilising Marcel Schuhen, Sergio López, Patric Pfeiffer, Matej Maglica, Fabian Holland, Kai Klefisch, Hiroki Akiyama, Marco Richter, Niklas Schmidt, Luca Marseiler and Isac Lidberg.

ℹ️ Team News: Schalke

Schalke boss Miron Muslic has a number of players out of action. Tomas Kalas (Fitness), Finn Porath (Hamstring injury), Christopher Antwi-Adjei (Achilles tendon problems), Adrian Gantenbein (Calf injury), Bryan Lasme (Inner ligament injury), Henning Matriciani (Cruciate ligament tear), Vitalie Becker (Knee problems), Dylan Leonard (Ankle injury) and Emil Højlund (Achilles tendon surgery) can’t be considered. Edin Dzeko cannot play in this game through suspension.

There’s a good chance that Schalke could decide to make use of a 4-3-3 lineup using Loris Karius, Timo Becker, Nikola Katic, Hasan Kurucay, Moussa N'Diaye, Soufian El-Faouzi, Ron Schallenberg, Adil Aouchiche, Dejan Ljubicic, Moussa Sylla and Kenan Karaman.

🔮 Prediction

We’re thinking that Schalke and Darmstadt could end up without much reward for their efforts here.

Let’s see how it plays out, but a draw with few scoring chances is looking likely to us. Therefore, we predict a hard-fought 0-0 draw by the conclusion of this game.

Renata Leite, 19:05 21/03/2026