On Sep 30th, Paderborn will play host to Darmstadt 98 in a clash of the 2. Bundesliga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 2nd placed Paderborn is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Greuther Fürth. Damian Michalski scored the first goal for Greuther Fürth in the 42nd minute, then in the 49th minute, Marvin Pieringer sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Dennis Srbeny. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Paderborn should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, Darmstadt 98 recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Nürnberg. Kempe struck first for Darmstadt 98 in the 8th minute on a feed from Braydon Manu, then Phillip Tietz added another in the 27th minute on a feed from Tobias Kempe In the end, Nürnberg couldn’t muster any offence and Darmstadt 98 ran away with the shutout win. Darmstadt 98 should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Darmstadt 98 won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Darmstadt 98’s top weapon lately has been Phillip Tietz, who has 3 goals in the last 5 matches. Paderborn is fortunate enough to have Marvin Pieringer in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored four goals.