Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Darmstadt 98 (3rd, 72 pts) held a 21-point advantage over Stuttgarter Kickers (8th, 51 pts). Stuttgarter Kickers ranked just 13th in the league on five-round form despite their 8th table position. Per game in the league, Stuttgarter Kickers were scoring 1.18 and conceding 1.21, Darmstadt 98 1.53 and 0.76, against a competition average of 1.25 goals per team per game.
Four consecutive wins preceded this game for Darmstadt 98, having scored in 13 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 6/15 points for Stuttgarter Kickers, 13/15 for Darmstadt 98.
The venue was GAZİ-Stadion auf der Waldau in Stuttgart, with room for 15,228 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.