Match Report
The table gap was wide: 73 points between Bayer 04 Leverkusen (1st, 90 pts) and Darmstadt 98 (18th, 17 pts). Scoring rates set the scale: Darmstadt 98 0.88 scored and 2.53 conceded per game, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2.62 and 0.71, with the league averaging 1.61.
Darmstadt 98 had not won in 13 games. Bayer 04 Leverkusen's unbeaten run stood at 15. Recent form was uneven: 2/15 points for Darmstadt 98, 13/15 for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 1 for Darmstadt 98, 4 for Bayer 04 Leverkusen and 0 drawn, at 3.4 goals per meeting. Only 40% of these meetings ended in a home win. Goals tend to flow: 60% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 60%.
Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor in Darmstadt staged the fixture, a ground that holds 17,810. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Bayer 04 Leverkusen led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-2.