Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Heidenheim 8th with 42 points, Darmstadt 98 18th with 17, 25 apart. Per game in the league, Darmstadt 98 were scoring 0.88 and conceding 2.53, Heidenheim 1.47 and 1.62, against a competition average of 1.61 goals per team per game.
The sides have met 9 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for Darmstadt 98, 1 draw and 5 for Heidenheim, at 2.78 goals per meeting. History backs the host here — 78% of the meetings won by the home side.
The match was played at Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor in Darmstadt (capacity 17,810). It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-1 full-time score.