Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Darmstadt 98 (2nd, 67 pts) held a 26-point advantage over Hansa Rostock (13th, 41 pts). Recent form flatters Hansa Rostock's table spot — 1st league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 13th. Against a league average of 1.47 goals per team per game, Hansa Rostock ran at 0.94 scored and 1.41 conceded, Darmstadt 98 at 1.47 and 0.97.
Momentum sat with Darmstadt 98, winners of their last six, having scored in 12 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Hansa Rostock 6/15, Darmstadt 98 15/15.
5 meetings are on record — 0 won by Hansa Rostock, 2 by Darmstadt 98, 3 drawn, at 2.2 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 20% of meetings won. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 20% of the meetings went over two goals.
Ostseestadion in Rostock, capacity 29,000, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-1 full-time score.