On Saturday, on the Wildparkstadion in Karlsruhe, the confrontation between the local team and Darmstadt will take place. The two teams have different objectives and an extremely difficult end to the season is announced.
Karlsruher SC – With one foot in the 3rd league
After two seasons in the third league, under the leadership of Alois Schwartz, he managed to return to the second league. The beginning of the season was not a good one, and at the beginning of the year, the club’s management fired Alois Schwartz, and in his place was brought the young Christian Eichner, who was on the technical bench in 2017. After his arrival, the team’s game underwent major changes and the results did not begin to appear. In the last stage, which took place more than two months ago, he had a difficult trip to a team that is fighting for promotion to the Bundesliga, Heidenheim. He lost 3-1, and the defense was again extremely weak. In fact, he has the weakest defense, with 46 goals conceded in the 25 stages. Currently it occupies the penultimate place with only 24 points, and the first non-relegated place is four points away. The team’s top scorer is Philipp Hofmann, who has reached 11 successes this season.
SV Darmstadt 98 – Still hoping
Darmstadt is a team with a troubled past. In 1997 he encountered very big financial problems. Ten years later it happened again and he fell to the 4th league. Slowly he promoted and reached the Bundesliga, where he lasted two seasons. In recent years, he has not attacked the return of German football to the first stage. He always finished in tenth place, but this season he can finish close to the podium. The goal is not promotion, but with a little luck he can get it. Currently he is on the sixth place with 36 points, and in the 25 matches played he drew 12 times. Defensive is the team’s strong point, with only 31 goals conceded, in a championship where they play offensively. After four consecutive victories, the previous stage obtained only a draw result, at home with “Bochum”. In the matches played on foreign field, he is doing quite well, so far he has suffered only four defeats. Serdar Dursun is the team’s top scorer, with 11 successes and he only needs one goal, to surpass his record of 11 goals scored in a season.
Karlsruher SC vs SV Darmstadt 98: Direct results (H2H)
- 29.10.2019 SV Darmstadt 98 vs Karlsruher SC 0-1
- 04.10.2019 SV Darmstadt 98 vs Karlsruher SC 1-1
- 11.05.2015 Karlsruher SC vs SV Darmstadt 98 0-1
Karlsruher SC vs SV Darmstadt 98 Picks
In the current season, the two teams have met twice. In the championship, the match ended in a draw, 1-1, and in the Karlsruher Cup, they managed to qualify, after winning 1-0. I expect again a balanced match, which Darmstadt does not think he will lose.
Our Prediction: 2
Odds: 1.92
