Holstein Kiel vs Darmstadt

Intro

The early part of the season has been poor as far as Holstein Kiel are concerned. They’ll be looking to improve as quickly as possible, but face a Darmstadt side who have proved to be one of the better sides in the league this season. This 2. Bundesliga clash takes place at the Holstein Stadion on Saturday 23/10/2021. Kick off is scheduled for 11:30.

Matchweek 11 sees Marcel Rapp’s Holstein Kiel host Torsten Lieberknecht and their Darmstadt side. The home team have taken 9 points from their 10 games and sit in 15th place. Their opponents sit in 6th place in the 2. Bundesliga table on 16 points.

The season may only be in its first half, but there’s already a big gap between Holstein Kiel and Darmstadt in the 2. Bundesliga standings. The sides are 7 points and 9 places apart.

Form

Drawing against Ingolstadt gave Holstein Kiel 5 points in last five – but much more is needed.

That is a lot worse than Darmstadt who

, after winning just 9 points in three games, has now won back to back fixtures – including beating Werder Bremen in the previous round of fixturs.

There is a lot of improvement needed for Holstein Kiel, who has picked up just three points from its first five home games.

There have been 15 points on offer away from home for Darmstadt so far this season – and they have taken just 4 of them.

H2H

This will be the 11th meeting between Holstein Kiel and Darmstadt.
Neither club can claim superiority here as both Holstein Kiel and Darmstadt have won 4 matches each.

The last six meetings between these two sides have seen Darmstadt win just one more than Holstein Kiel.