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FC Schalke 04 v SV Darmstadt 98 : Bundesliga 2 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 24th Oct, 17:30 BST, Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen

Leonid Kuchuk's FC Schalke 04 side will have home backing in the Bundesliga 2 on Friday evening, as Florian Kohfeldt's SV Darmstadt 98 arrive at the Veltins-Arena. Our predictions for each betting market are based on the past 20 games each side has played (home, away and overall) with additional weight given to top teams. All the statistics and graphics are designed specifically for the betting market in question. Head-to-head statistics for this fixture are also given if there is some fixture history. Odds are provided straight from from the UK's biggest bookmakers.


Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

There's 75% chance of Schalke and Darmstadt no more than 3 goals combined during this Bundesliga 2 match according to our predictive algorithm and, with no strong favourite in the win draw win market, we think that's where the smart money should go. Our calculations are made based on 20-game form, historical head-to-head (H2H) stats and the view of the betting market, and you can get it at top odds of 1.44.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Schalke
39%
6/511/10
Draw
27%
13/55/2
Darmstadt
34%
2/19/5
Draw 1-1
13%
6/16/1
Schalke 1-0
11%
17/28/1
Darmstadt 1-0
10%
11/19/1
Schalke 2-1
8%
8/17/1
Draw 0-0
8%
12/111/1
Darmstadt 2-1
8%
10/117/2
Schalke 2-0
7%
11/19/1
Darmstadt 2-0
6%
16/112/1
Draw 2-2
5%
12/19/1
Schalke 3-1
4%
16/112/1
Darmstadt 3-1
3%
20/116/1
Schalke 3-0
3%
20/114/1
Darmstadt 3-0
2%
28/120/1
Schalke 3-2
2%
22/116/1
Darmstadt 3-2
2%
25/118/1
Over 2.5 Goals
46%
7/104/7
Under 2.5 Goals
54%
11/1023/20
Home 1st Goal
48%
4/54/5
Away 1st Goal
47%
21/2011/10
No 1st Goal
5%
12/111/1
BTTS - Yes
51%
8/134/7
BTTS - No
49%
6/55/4
BTTS - Home Win
17%
3/127/10
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/310/3
BTTS - Away Win
15%
4/119/5
Home/draw
66%
4/112/5
Away/draw
61%
4/613/20
Home/away
73%
2/71/4
Over 1.5 Goals
71%
2/92/11
Under 1.5 Goals
29%
3/13/1
Over 3.5 Goals
24%
13/829/20
Under 3.5 Goals
76%
4/94/9
Over 4.5 Goals
11%
4/116/5
Under 4.5 Goals
89%
1/61/6
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
10/113/2
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/201/20
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
1/251/50
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
12/110/1
Home DNB
58%
8/138/13
Away DNB
53%
6/523/20
Schalke win to nil
22%
10/3-
Darmstadt win to nil
19%
5/1-
Schalke / Schalke
23%
13/512/5
Schalke / Darmstadt
3%
25/120/1
Schalke / Draw
6%
12/111/1
Draw / Schalke
14%
5/19/2
Draw / Darmstadt
12%
6/111/2
Draw / Draw
14%
5/19/2
Darmstadt / Schalke
4%
22/116/1
Darmstadt / Darmstadt
17%
15/47/2
Darmstadt / Draw
6%
12/111/1
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Win / draw / win Bundesliga 2 table

Schalke have played 9 matches so far this season and lay in 2nd place in the Bundesliga 2 league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 9 games against teams below in the table, having won 7, drawn 0 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 4 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 14 goals to 13 goals.

Home League Performance

Schalke have played 4 games at home winning 3, drawing 0 and losing 1 game. They have scored 5 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and conceded 3 goals at home.

Darmstadt are in 5th position in the Bundesliga 2 on 17 points having played 8 matches so far this season. Darmstadt have a shocking record against teams above them in the league, they have lost all 1 matches and failed to score in 0 of those games.

Away League Performance

1 of those games has been a losing match. They have conceded 4 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 6 goals in total and found the back of the net in every game.

Performance against teams above them in the league

1 game have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost all of those games, drawn 0 and won zero. Darmstadt have conceded 3 goals, scored 1, scored in every game and have kept no clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Schalke
Darmstadt
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Elversberg97111622 
Nov 8
Apr 11
Apr 25
Nov 30
2
Schalke9702821 
-
-
Mar 21
Oct 24
3
Paderborn9621720 
Nov 28
Apr 25
May 17
Dec 20
4
Darmstadt9531818 
Oct 24
Mar 21
-
-
5
Kaiserslautern9603718 
Jan 24
l
 
1-0A
Feb 7
l
 
3-1F
6
Hannover9522217 
Mar 14
w
 
0-3F
Apr 11
Nov 8
7
Karlsruher9432115 
Apr 4
Nov 1
Dec 6
May 2
8
H.Berlin9324111 
w
 
2-1F
Jan 17
d
 
0-00-0
Jan 31
9
Holstein9324111 
l
 
0-1A
Feb 14
Mar 7
d
 
1-1F
10
Preussen Munster9324-211 
Apr 18
Nov 22
Dec 13
May 9
11
Arminia9315110 
Mar 7
w
 
1-2F
Nov 1
Apr 4
12
E. Braun9315-610 
May 17
Dec 20
w
 
2-1A
Feb 14
13
Dusseldorf9315-810 
May 2
Dec 6
Feb 21
w
 
0-3F
14
Greuther9315-910 
w
 
1-0F
Feb 28
Nov 22
Apr 18
15
Nurnberg9225-58 
Dec 13
May 9
Jan 24
w
 
0-1F
16
Dresden9144-47 
Feb 7
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-0F
Feb 28
17
VfL Bochum9207-66 
w
 
2-1A
Jan 31
w
 
4-1F
Jan 17
18
Magdeburg9117-124 
Feb 21
w
 
0-2F
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 14
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
4
Schalke have won 4 consecutive league games
Schalke 2ND
20 league games
Home
Overall
4
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
37
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
8
D
3
Lost
9
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Schalke1 - 0Greuther
Schalke0 - 1Holstein
Schalke2 - 1VfL Bochum
Schalke2 - 1H.Berlin
Schalke1 - 2Elversberg
Schalke0 - 2Paderborn
Schalke2 - 2Hamburg
Schalke2 - 1Ulm
Schalke1 - 2Hannover
Schalke1 - 0Preussen Munster
Schalke2 - 1Karlsruher
Schalke2 - 5Magdeburg
Schalke3 - 1Nurnberg
Schalke1 - 1Dusseldorf
Schalke0 - 3Kaiserslautern
Schalke2 - 0Regensburg
Schalke3 - 4Greuther
Schalke2 - 2H.Berlin
Schalke3 - 5Darmstadt
Schalke1 - 3Köln
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
10
D
2
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASchalke3 - 0Hannover
ASchalke2 - 1Arminia
HSchalke1 - 0Greuther
ASchalke2 - 0Magdeburg
HSchalke0 - 1Holstein
ASchalke1 - 0Dresden
HSchalke2 - 1VfL Bochum
ASchalke0 - 1Kaiserslautern
HSchalke2 - 1H.Berlin
HSchalke1 - 2Elversberg
ASchalke0 - 2Dusseldorf
HSchalke0 - 2Paderborn
ASchalke1 - 2Kaiserslautern
HSchalke2 - 2Hamburg
ASchalke0 - 2Regensburg
HSchalke2 - 1Ulm
ASchalke3 - 3Greuther
HSchalke1 - 2Hannover
ASchalke2 - 1H.Berlin
HSchalke1 - 0Preussen Munster
Darmstadt 4TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Holstein1 - 1Darmstadt
Dusseldorf0 - 3Darmstadt
Kaiserslautern3 - 1Darmstadt
Nurnberg0 - 1Darmstadt
Kaiserslautern2 - 1Darmstadt
Preussen Munster1 - 1Darmstadt
H.Berlin1 - 1Darmstadt
Ulm2 - 1Darmstadt
Köln2 - 1Darmstadt
Magdeburg4 - 1Darmstadt
E. Braun1 - 0Darmstadt
Nurnberg1 - 0Darmstadt
Dusseldorf2 - 2Darmstadt
Regensburg2 - 1Darmstadt
Hamburg2 - 2Darmstadt
Hannover1 - 2Darmstadt
Greuther1 - 5Darmstadt
Karlsruher3 - 3Darmstadt
Schalke3 - 5Darmstadt
Elversberg4 - 0Darmstadt
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
9
Draw
5
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HDarmstadt0 - 0Magdeburg
ADarmstadt1 - 1Holstein
HDarmstadt2 - 0Dresden
ADarmstadt3 - 0Dusseldorf
HDarmstadt2 - 1E. Braun
ADarmstadt1 - 3Kaiserslautern
HDarmstadt0 - 0H.Berlin
ADarmstadt1 - 0Nurnberg
HDarmstadt4 - 1VfL Bochum
HDarmstadt3 - 1Regensburg
ADarmstadt1 - 2Kaiserslautern
HDarmstadt0 - 4Hamburg
ADarmstadt1 - 1Preussen Munster
HDarmstadt3 - 1Hannover
ADarmstadt1 - 1H.Berlin
HDarmstadt1 - 0Greuther
ADarmstadt1 - 2Ulm
ADarmstadt1 - 2Köln
HDarmstadt3 - 0Karlsruher
ADarmstadt1 - 4Magdeburg
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Schalke since 2016
Schalke
Darmstadt
Goals: Scored
8
10
Games: Scored
3 / 3
3 / 3
Clean sheets
0 / 3
0 / 3
S04
1
D98
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Schalke
3 - 5Darmstadt
2 - 4Darmstadt
Schalke3 - 1
League games at Darmstadt since 2016
Darmstadt
Schalke
Goals: Scored
6
8
Games: Scored
3 / 4
3 / 4
Clean sheets
1 / 4
1 / 4
S04
2
D98
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Darmstadt
Darmstadt2 - 0
2 - 5Schalke
Darmstadt2 - 1
0 - 2Schalke
Goal Statistics

FC Schalke 04's defensive record is very strong, Leonid Kuchuk's men having conceded 1 or less in 9 consecutive Bundesliga 2 matches. An average PG rating of 1.2 for SV Darmstadt 98 makes sense in this context.

Schalke 2nd Darmstadt 4th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
27%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 62% probability that Schalke will score no more than 1 goal
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Darmstadt will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-11
Schalke have scored 11% fewer goals at home than predicted
+2
Darmstadt’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.6
average goals scored
1.6
average goals scored
1.9
conceded
1.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Bundesliga 2 - 2025/2026 season
Schalke
PG (predicted goals)
Darmstadt
1.3
1.2
Attack rating
S04
D98
4%
better
view stats
Games scored7
7
Failed to score2
2
Scored first6
6
Goals scored13
14
Avg. goals scored1.4
1.6
Avg. shots per game11
11
Avg. shots per goal8
7
Conversion rate for13
14
Avg. XG for1.5
1.6
KickOff rating
+4%
Defence rating
S04
D98
13%
better
view stats
Games conceded5
4
Clean sheets4
5
Conceded first3
1
Goals conceded5
6
Avg. goals conceded0.6
0.7
Avg. shots/game conceded7
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded12
15
Conversion rate against8%
7%
Avg. XG against1
1.3
KickOff rating
+13%

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

Schalke Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
9324
L KariusK KaramanS El-FaouziN Katic
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Karius GLK9
1
-
A Gantenbein DEF9
3
-
V. Becker DEF91
3
-
S El-Faouzi MID92
1
-
R Schallenberg MID91
-
F Sánchez DEF8
2
-
H Kurucay DEF82
1
-
N Katic DEF811
3
1
J Bachmann MID8
1
-
K Karaman MID832
1
-
M Sylla FWD83
-
C Antwi-Adjei FWD811
1
-
B Lasme FWD81
-
T Becker DEF7
2
-
F Porath MID711
1
-
M. Ayhan DEF5
-
E Højlund FWD4
1
-
C. Louis Gomis FWD41
-
M. Grüger MID2
-
P. Remmert FWD21
-
M. Zalazar Martínez MID1
-
Darmstadt Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
9833
M Schuhen I LidbergF Hornby F Hornby 
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Schuhen  GLK9
2
-
A Vukotic DEF91
-
P Pfeiffer  DEF9
-
M Papela MID9
-
L Marseiler MID9
2
-
I Lidberg FWD981
1
-
F Hornby  FWD913
3
-
H Akiyama MID81
-
K Corredor FWD811
1
-
M Maglica DEF71
-
M Richter MID72
2
-
F Nürnberger MID712
1
-
K Klefisch MID7
-
S López DEF6
1
1
B Białek FWD6
1
-
F Holland DEF4
-
L Klassen DEF4
-
J Boëtius MID3
-
S Güler FWD2
-
F. Lakenmacher FWD2
-
M Bader DEF1
-
Y Furukawa FWD1
-