On Saturday Apr 2nd, in week 28, Darmstadt 98 will host Holstein Kiel at Merck-stadion Am Böllenfalltor in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched 2. Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 0 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Darmstadt 98 is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Werder Bremen. Niclas Füllkrug struck first for Werder Bremen in the 52nd minute on a feed from Eren Dinkci, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Darmstadt 98 couldn’t muster any offence and Werder Bremen ran away with the shutout win. Darmstadt 98 is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Holstein Kiel recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Ingolstadt. Muhling struck first for Holstein Kiel in the 38th minute on a penalty kick, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Ingolstadt was frustrated by Holstein Kiel’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Holstein Kiel ended the match with the shutout victory. Holstein Kiel is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
Holstein Kiel and Darmstadt 98 last played eachother at the Holstein-stadion on Saturday Oct 23rd. Holstein Kiel and Darmstadt 98 battled to a 1-1 draw. Muhling scored the first goal for Holstein Kiel in the 37th minute on a penalty, then in the 41st minute, Phillip Tietz sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Luca Pfeiffer squeezing out at least the one point for Darmstadt 98.
Muhling has been the most effective weapon for Holstein Kiel lately. The German midfielder has netted 3 goals in his last 5 matches. Darmstadt 98’s most prolific scorer has been Aaron Seydel. The German attacker has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches.