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SV Darmstadt 98 v Karlsruher SC : Bundesliga 2 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 6th Dec, 19:30 BST, Jonathan-Heimes-Stadion am Bölle, Darmstadt

It's an away match for Christian Eichner's Karlsruher SC side on Saturday evening, as they travel to the Jonathan-Heimes-Stadion am Bölle for a Bundesliga 2 tie with Florian Kohfeldt's SV Darmstadt 98. We provide predictions based on in-depth statistical analysis of both teams, across 17 major markets. Data shown and the odds are unique to each market, and head to head (H2H) statistics are included for all.

Best Tip: Darmstadt to win

As the stadium fills and the Darmstadt players ready themselves for this game, the bookmakers have predicted a victory for them. The odds and our pre-match statistics below suggest the same, as does the historical head-to-head (H2H) information we use in our predictive algorithms. The Jonathan-Heimes-Stadion am Bölle hasn't been a successful away day for Karlsruher in the past, and we we'd back more of the same on Saturday evening. A win / draw / win home win is the way to go.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Darmstadt are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 60% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.73.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Darmstadt 60%	8/11	8/13
Draw 21%	31/10	29/10
Karlsruher 19%	10/3	3/1
Darmstadt 2-1 10%	15/2	13/2
Draw 1-1 10%	7/1	13/2
Darmstadt 2-0 10%	9/1	8/1
Darmstadt 1-0 10%	9/1	15/2
Darmstadt 3-1 7%	11/1	9/1
Darmstadt 3-0 7%	14/1	11/1
Draw 2-2 5%	12/1	10/1
Karlsruher 2-1 5%	14/1	11/1
Karlsruher 1-0 5%	16/1	12/1
Draw 0-0 5%	16/1	12/1
Darmstadt 3-2 3%	18/1	14/1
Darmstadt 4-1 3%	22/1	14/1
Darmstadt 4-0 3%	25/1	16/1
Karlsruher 2-0 3%	25/1	18/1
Karlsruher 3-2 2%	28/1	20/1
Over 2.5 Goals 59%	8/15	10/21
Under 2.5 Goals 41%	7/5	11/8
Home 1st Goal 56%	4/7	8/15
Away 1st Goal 42%	11/8	8/5
No 1st Goal 3%	16/1	12/1
BTTS - Yes 56%	4/7	11/20
BTTS - No 44%	5/4	13/10
BTTS - Home Win 29%	21/10	15/8
BTTS - Draw 16%	15/4	19/5
BTTS - Away Win 10%	11/2	11/2
Home/draw 81%	1/5	1/5
Away/draw 40%	11/10	23/20
Home/away 79%	2/9	2/9
Over 1.5 Goals 81%	1/6	1/7
Under 1.5 Goals 19%	4/1	18/5
Over 3.5 Goals 36%	5/4	6/5
Under 3.5 Goals 64%	4/7	11/20
Over 4.5 Goals 19%	3/1	13/5
Under 4.5 Goals 81%	2/9	2/9
Over 5.5 Goals 9%	7/1	11/2
Under 5.5 Goals 91%	1/12	1/14
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	1/40	1/200
Under 0.5 Goals 5%	16/1	11/1
Home DNB 75%	1/3	3/10
Away DNB 33%	9/4	9/4
Darmstadt win to nil 31%	5/2	-
Karlsruher win to nil 9%	8/1	-
Darmstadt / Darmstadt 31%	13/8	6/4
Darmstadt / Karlsruher 3%	28/1	22/1
Darmstadt / Draw 6%	12/1	12/1
Draw / Darmstadt 17%	4/1	7/2
Draw / Karlsruher 9%	17/2	8/1
Draw / Draw 12%	6/1	11/2
Karlsruher / Darmstadt 4%	18/1	16/1
Karlsruher / Karlsruher 12%	6/1	11/2
Karlsruher / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1

Win / draw / win Bundesliga 2 table

Darmstadt have played 14 matches so far this season and lay in 5th place in the Bundesliga 2 league table. Darmstadt are unbeaten at home after 7 games and have kept 3 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 11 games against teams below in the table, having won 6, drawn 4 and lost 1 match. They have kept 5 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Darmstadt have outscored their opponents by 23 goals to 21 goals.

Home League Performance

Darmstadt have played 7 games at home winning 4, drawing 3 and losing 0 games. They have scored 14 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 6 goals at home.

Karlsruher are in 8th position in the Bundesliga 2 on 21 points having played 14 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

3 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 14 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 7 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

5 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 3 games, drawn 1 and won 1. Karlsruher have conceded 10 goals, scored 6, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Darmstadt Karlsruher
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Schalke	14	10	1	3	10	31	Mar 22	l 1-0A	w 2-1A	Apr 5
2	Paderborn	14	9	2	3	7	29	May 17	Dec 19	Dec 13	May 10
3	Elversberg	14	8	3	3	14	27	Apr 26	d 0-00-0	l 2-3A	Apr 19
4	Hannover	14	8	3	3	9	27	Apr 12	w 2-3F	Apr 26	l 3-0A
5	Darmstadt	14	7	5	2	10	26	-	-	May 3	Dec 6
6	H.Berlin	14	8	2	4	7	26	d 0-00-0	Feb 1	Jan 24	d 0-00-0
7	Kaiserslautern	14	7	2	5	7	23	Feb 8	l 3-1F	l 2-3A	Mar 15
8	Karlsruher	14	6	3	5	-3	21	Dec 6	May 3	-	-
9	Preussen Munster	14	5	3	6	-3	18	Dec 14	May 10	w 3-2F	Jan 17
10	Nurnberg	14	5	3	6	-4	18	Jan 23	w 0-1F	w 2-1F	Feb 15
11	Arminia	14	5	2	7	4	17	d 2-2F	Apr 5	Apr 12	l 4-0A
12	VfL Bochum	14	5	1	8	0	16	w 4-1F	Jan 18	May 17	Dec 20
13	Holstein	14	4	3	7	-3	15	Mar 8	d 1-1F	Feb 22	l 3-0A
14	Dusseldorf	14	4	2	8	-10	14	Feb 22	w 0-3F	Feb 8	d 0-00-0
15	Dresden	14	3	4	7	-6	13	w 2-0F	Mar 1	Mar 8	d 3-3A
16	E. Braun	14	4	1	9	-11	13	w 2-1A	Feb 15	w 2-0F	Feb 1
17	Greuther	14	4	1	9	-17	13	w 4-2F	Apr 19	Mar 22	w 1-4F
18	Magdeburg	14	3	1	10	-11	10	d 0-00-0	Mar 15	w 1-0F	Mar 1

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Win / draw / win form

Karlsruher have lost 3 consecutive league games

Darmstadt have not lost in 8 consecutive home league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Darmstadt	4 - 2	Greuther
Darmstadt	2 - 2	Arminia
Darmstadt	0 - 0	Magdeburg
Darmstadt	2 - 0	Dresden
Darmstadt	2 - 1	E. Braun
Darmstadt	0 - 0	H.Berlin
Darmstadt	4 - 1	VfL Bochum
Darmstadt	3 - 1	Regensburg
Darmstadt	0 - 4	Hamburg
Darmstadt	3 - 1	Hannover
Darmstadt	1 - 0	Greuther
Darmstadt	3 - 0	Karlsruher
Darmstadt	2 - 0	Schalke
Darmstadt	0 - 3	Elversberg
Darmstadt	0 - 1	Paderborn
Darmstadt	5 - 1	Kaiserslautern
Darmstadt	0 - 0	Preussen Munster
Darmstadt	3 - 1	H.Berlin
Darmstadt	1 - 1	Ulm
Darmstadt	5 - 1	Köln

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Darmstadt	0 - 0	Elversberg
H	Darmstadt	4 - 2	Greuther
A	Darmstadt	3 - 2	Hannover
H	Darmstadt	2 - 2	Arminia
A	Darmstadt	0 - 1	Schalke
H	Darmstadt	0 - 0	Magdeburg
A	Darmstadt	1 - 1	Holstein
H	Darmstadt	2 - 0	Dresden
A	Darmstadt	3 - 0	Dusseldorf
H	Darmstadt	2 - 1	E. Braun
A	Darmstadt	1 - 3	Kaiserslautern
H	Darmstadt	0 - 0	H.Berlin
A	Darmstadt	1 - 0	Nurnberg
H	Darmstadt	4 - 1	VfL Bochum
H	Darmstadt	3 - 1	Regensburg
A	Darmstadt	1 - 2	Kaiserslautern
H	Darmstadt	0 - 4	Hamburg
A	Darmstadt	1 - 1	Preussen Munster
H	Darmstadt	3 - 1	Hannover
A	Darmstadt	1 - 1	H.Berlin

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Hannover	3 - 0	Karlsruher
Arminia	4 - 0	Karlsruher
Greuther	1 - 4	Karlsruher
Dresden	3 - 3	Karlsruher
Holstein	3 - 0	Karlsruher
Dusseldorf	0 - 0	Karlsruher
H.Berlin	0 - 0	Karlsruher
Regensburg	2 - 2	Karlsruher
Hamburg	1 - 2	Karlsruher
Preussen Munster	1 - 1	Karlsruher
H.Berlin	3 - 1	Karlsruher
Darmstadt	3 - 0	Karlsruher
Schalke	2 - 1	Karlsruher
Elversberg	2 - 2	Karlsruher
Nurnberg	2 - 1	Karlsruher
Paderborn	1 - 2	Karlsruher
Kaiserslautern	3 - 1	Karlsruher
Greuther	2 - 3	Karlsruher
Hannover	2 - 1	Karlsruher
Ulm	0 - 1	Karlsruher

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Karlsruher	0 - 3	Hannover
H	Karlsruher	2 - 3	Elversberg
A	Karlsruher	0 - 4	Arminia
H	Karlsruher	2 - 1	Schalke
A	Karlsruher	4 - 1	Greuther
H	Karlsruher	2 - 3	Kaiserslautern
A	Karlsruher	3 - 3	Dresden
H	Karlsruher	1 - 0	Magdeburg
A	Karlsruher	0 - 3	Holstein
H	Karlsruher	2 - 1	Nurnberg
A	Karlsruher	0 - 0	Dusseldorf
H	Karlsruher	2 - 0	E. Braun
A	Karlsruher	0 - 0	H.Berlin
H	Karlsruher	3 - 2	Preussen Munster
H	Karlsruher	3 - 0	Paderborn
A	Karlsruher	2 - 2	Regensburg
H	Karlsruher	2 - 2	Kaiserslautern
A	Karlsruher	2 - 1	Hamburg
H	Karlsruher	1 - 0	Greuther
A	Karlsruher	1 - 1	Preussen Munster

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Darmstadt have not lost to Karlsruher in 5 consecutive league meetings

Darmstadt

Karlsruher

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

4 / 5

Clean sheets

1 / 5

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KSC

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Darmstadt
Darmstadt	3 - 0
Darmstadt	2 - 1
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	0 - 1	Karlsruher
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Karlsruher

Darmstadt

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 5

3 / 5

Clean sheets

2 / 5

0 / 5

D98

KSC

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Karlsruher
Draw	3 - 3	Draw
	1 - 2	Darmstadt
Karlsruher	3 - 0
	3 - 4	Darmstadt
Karlsruher	2 - 0

Goal Statistics

Karlsruher SC have been abject at the back of late, conceding 2 or more goals in 3 consecutive Bundesliga 2 outings. This run could continue, with SV Darmstadt 98's PG an impressive 2.0.

	Darmstadt 5th	Karlsruher 8th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	2.0 goals	1.0 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 13% 1 27% 2 27% 3 18% 4+ 15% There is a 60% probability that Darmstadt will score 2 or more goals in this match	0 36% 1 37% 2 19% 3 4+ There is a 73% probability that Karlsruher will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+13 Darmstadt have scored 13% more goals at home than predicted	-16 Karlsruher have scored 16% fewer goals when away than predicted
	2.0 average goals scored	1.3 average goals scored
	1.0 conceded	1.9 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Bundesliga 2 - 2025/2026 season

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KSC

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Games scored	10		9
Failed to score	4		5
Scored first	9		5
Goals scored	23		21
Avg. goals scored	1.6		1.5
Avg. shots per game	11		9
Avg. shots per goal	7		6
Conversion rate for	15		16
Avg. XG for	1.6		1.2
KickOff rating		+12%

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Games conceded	8		10
Clean sheets	6		4
Conceded first	2		7
Goals conceded	13		24
Avg. goals conceded	0.9		1.7
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		12
Avg. shots/goal conceded	11		7
Conversion rate against	9%		15%
Avg. XG against	1.3		1.7
KickOff rating		+38%

Darmstadt v Karlsruher Bundesliga 2 lLine ups will show here when available.

Darmstadt Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
14	10	5	4
M Schuhen	I Lidberg	F Hornby	M Richter

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Schuhen GLK	14		1	3 -
P Pfeiffer DEF	14			-
M Papela MID	14	1		-
F Hornby FWD	14	4	5	3 -
A Vukotic DEF	13	1		3 -
L Marseiler MID	13			2 -
H Akiyama MID	13	2		-
I Lidberg FWD	13	10	1	1 -
K Corredor FWD	13	3	2	2 -
M Maglica DEF	11	1		-
K Klefisch MID	11			2 -
M Richter MID	11		4	4 -
S López DEF	10		1	1 1
F Nürnberger MID	9	1	2	1 -
B Białek FWD	9			1 -
F Holland DEF	8			-
M Bader DEF	6			-
L Klassen DEF	5			-
J Boëtius MID	4			-
P Will MID	3			-
F. Lakenmacher FWD	3			-
S Güler FWD	2			-
Y Furukawa FWD	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	16	5	3
I Lidberg	I Lidberg	F Hornby	F Hornby

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
I Lidberg FWD	10	16	1	2
F Hornby FWD	4	14	5	3
K Corredor FWD	3	10	2	3
H Akiyama MID	2	6
M Papela MID	1	2
A Vukotic DEF	1	1
M Maglica DEF	1	2		1
F Nürnberger MID	1	5	2	1
M Schuhen GLK			1	1
P Pfeiffer DEF		2
L Marseiler MID		4		3
K Klefisch MID		1		3
M Richter MID		6	4	3
S López DEF			1	1
B Białek FWD		2		1
F Holland DEF		1
J Boëtius MID		1
P Will MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
847	21	82
P Pfeiffer	P Pfeiffer	P Pfeiffer

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
P Pfeiffer DEF	847	21	82
A Vukotic DEF	685	16	78
K Klefisch MID	629	20	41
M Schuhen GLK	558		3
H Akiyama MID	472	16	26
S López DEF	379	15	26
K Corredor FWD	353	11	66
F Hornby FWD	325	13	61
F Nürnberger MID	311	13	26
M Maglica DEF	301	16	37
L Marseiler MID	243	19	59
M Richter MID	214	12	38
M Papela MID	169	15	38
I Lidberg FWD	164	6	52
F Holland DEF	131	10	16
L Klassen DEF	92	6	12
J Boëtius MID	58	1	6
B Białek FWD	40		11
P Will MID	39	4	8
M Bader DEF	32	6	11
Y Furukawa FWD	13		2
S Güler FWD	3
F. Lakenmacher FWD	2	1	2

Karlsruher Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
14	6	4	5
H Bernat	F Schleusener	D Herold	C Kobald

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
H Bernat GLK	14			4 -
D Herold DEF	14		4	3 -
M Wanitzek MID	14	4	3	1 -
N Rapp MID	14			4 -
F Schleusener FWD	14	6	2	1 -
C Kobald DEF	13	1	3	5 -
D Burnic MID	13			2 -
M Beifus DEF	12	2		4 -
R Šimić FWD	12	3		1 -
P Förster MID	11		1	1 -
A Müller MID	11		1	2 -
M Franke DEF	10			2 -
R. Pinto Pedrosa DEF	10		1	1 -
L Egloff MID	10	4		4 -
S Jung DEF	8		1	-
S. Fukuda FWD	8			1 -
L. Opitz MID	4			-
M. Kritzer MID	3			-
L. Farhat FWD	3	1	1	-
P. Scholl DEF	2			-
R. Geller MID	2			-
M. Dühring DEF	1			-
A. Ersungur MID	1			-
M Wäschenbach MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	15	4	10
F Schleusener	F Schleusener	D Herold	M Wanitzek

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
F Schleusener FWD	6	15	2	2
M Wanitzek MID	4	14	3	10
L Egloff MID	4	8		1
R Šimić FWD	3	6
M Beifus DEF	2	4		1
C Kobald DEF	1	5	3	2
L. Farhat FWD	1	2	1	2
D Herold DEF		2	4	3
N Rapp MID				1
D Burnic MID		2
P Förster MID		1	1	1
A Müller MID		2	1
M Franke DEF		2		1
R. Pinto Pedrosa DEF		1	1	3
S Jung DEF		1	1	2
S. Fukuda FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
706	38	85
C Kobald	D Herold	D Herold

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Kobald DEF	706	24	63
N Rapp MID	616	22	71
M Wanitzek MID	611	20	71
H Bernat GLK	554		11
M Franke DEF	502	14	48
D Herold DEF	459	38	85
D Burnic MID	447	20	35
M Beifus DEF	357	11	41
A Müller MID	308	21	29
P Förster MID	282	18	34
L Egloff MID	252	20	49
S Jung DEF	216	5	10
R. Pinto Pedrosa DEF	200	11	52
F Schleusener FWD	162	4	54
R Šimić FWD	75	7	26
L. Farhat FWD	32	1	8
S. Fukuda FWD	29	4	10
P. Scholl DEF	22		2
L. Opitz MID	18	2	5
M. Kritzer MID	8	1	1
R. Geller MID	6		2
M. Dühring DEF	5
M Wäschenbach MID	3
A. Ersungur MID	1