Darmstadt Dusseldorf match preview

Match between struggling and leading team in the table ends this round in the 2.Bundesliga and by that it is quite clear who is seen as favourites to win. Darmstadt doesn’t lose matches recently and it has four-game unbeaten streak, while Fortuna won three previous matches. It is important to say that Fortuna has big nine points more than the 3rd-placed, which is why it is not under pressure, while Darmstadt is five points below upper boundary of the drop zone and consequently this team has strong imperative to win or draw. Their head-to-head played in the first part of season had ended as 1-1 draw

Darmstadt 98

After being relegated from the first division last season Darmstadt is very close to new relegation to the 3. Liga, development that hadn’t been anticipated. At the beginning of season Darmstadt played well and it seemed that will fight for express return to elite football league in Germany but as the season progressed it played weaker and weaker, and slid down toward the bottom of table. The first negative series had lasted 13 rounds and Darmstadt then moved to the drop zone, while the latest four-game winless streak had increased their backlog behind teams positioned above the relegation zone.

Darmstadt didn’t lose last four matches however it drew three times and won just one. They won Dynamo Dresden 2-0 and after that they drew 1-1 with Ingolstadt and Nurnberg. Since mid-September Darmstadt didn’t win at home. Manager Schuster will probably not make any changes to team that won a valuable point in Nurnberg.

Probable lineups Darmstadt 98: Fernandes – Groskreutz, Bregerie, Sulu, Holland – Kamavuaka, Y. Stark – Kempe, Ji Dong, Jones – Boyd

Fortuna Dusseldorf

Fortuna occupies positions that lead to promotion the first division practically from the very beginning of season, although it recently plays very variably. Six-game winless streak had cost them downfall to the third place. After that Fortuna won four times in a row and returned to the first position but then it didn’t win in next three games, while after new three-game winning streak it again solidify its hold over the first position. The team from Dusseldorf is very close to earn promotion to the Bundesliga and it should play catastrophically bad in the finish of season to drop this chance.

New winning streak had started with home victory over St. Pauli 2-1. After that Fortuna won Duisburg away by the same result. In previous round it was trailing behind Arminia two times but in the end it won by sound 4-2. Neuhaus replaced injured Hoffmann in that match, while now manager Funkel is forced to make at least two changes due to suspensions of Gieselmann and Bodzek, but on the other hand Hoffmann is back.

Probable lineups Fortuna Dusseldorf: Wolf – J. Zimmer, Ayhan, Hoffmann, Schmitz – Sobottka, Neuhaus – Usami, O. Fink, Haraguchi – Hennings

Verdict:

Differences in their positions in the table and number of won points are huge but both teams are in similar form recent and that gives an additional charm to their head-to-head. It can be easily concluded that the home team needs points far more and we expect from them an offensive that should result with goals, which is something that the leading team in the table must react upon.

Pick: both teams to score 1.73 - 73/100 @1XBet


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