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Football Germany - 2. Bundesliga Merck-Stadion am Boellenfalltor Fri 23 Jan 12:30
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2. Bundesliga Betting Preview: Darmstadt vs Nurnberg

Darmstadt take on Nurnberg at Merck-Stadion am Boellenfalltor, with kick-off set for 12:30 on Friday 23 January.

Darmstadt Look the Smart Pick

There are several reasons to back Darmstadt on the Full-Time Result betting market, especially at value odds of -119. We think that the favourites will prove too strong for Nurnberg.

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1-0 Triumph for Darmstadt in Last H2H

Darmstadt drew away from home in their last game. A 3-3 scoreline was played out against Bochum at Vonovia Ruhrstadion. The Lilies managed six shots on target and recorded 44% possession, while Fraser Hornby, Isac Lidberg and Leandro Morgalla (own goal) each scored one goal.

Nurnberg claimed a home victory in their previous league game. A 3-2 triumph against Elversberg at Max-Morlock-Stadion made it back-to-back 2. Bundesliga wins. Miroslav Klose's side enjoyed 49% possession and had eleven shots on goal, while Piet Scobel found the net twice and Julian Justvan scored one.

Head-to-Head Statistics

These two teams last met at Max-Morlock-Stadion, with Darmstadt claiming the away win. Beating Nurnberg by a 1-0 scoreline. The past 10 H2H meetings have included six victories for Darmstadt, three wins for Nurnberg and a single draw.

2. Bundesliga G W D L GF GA GD GD P
1 Darmstadt logo Darmstadt 21 11 8 2 40 22 18 40:22 41
10 Nurnberg logo Nurnberg 21 7 5 9 24 30 -6 24:30 26
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Darmstadt – Last 10 League Games

4 wins, 1 loss and 5 draws, averaging 1.8 goals from 10.4 attempts and 5.6 shots on goal. Darmstadt have had 39.2% possession and 5.3 corners per match. On average, they have conceded 1.4 goals from 9.3 attempts and 4.7 shots on goal, while their opponents have earned 6.0 corners.

Fraser Hornby, Isac Lidberg and Killian Corredor lead the way with 4 goals, while Marco Richter has scored 2. The leading assistor is Marco Richter with 4.

Nurnberg – Last 10 League Games

Nurnberg have 5 victories, 2 defeats and 3 draws, with an average of 1.5 goals from 8.3 attempts and 4.7 shots on goal. There’s been an average of 42.6% possession, 5.0 corners in their favour and 5.5 corners against, while they’ve conceded 1.3 goals from 8.9 attempts and 4.9 shots on goal.

Mohamed Ali Zoma is the leading goalscorer with 4, Rafael Lubach has 3, with Piet Scobel and Finn Becker getting 2. Julian Justvan has been the top assist maker with 5 in the last 10 games.

Confirmed Lineups

Darmstadt confirmed lineup (4-4-2): Marcel Schuhen (GK), Kai Klefisch, Patric Pfeiffer, Matej Maglica, Sergio Lopez, Merveille Papela, Hiroki Akiyama, Luca Marseiler, Marco Richter, Isac Lidberg, Fraser Hornby.

Nurnberg confirmed lineup (4-4-2): Jan Reichert (GK), Tim Drexler, Fabio Gruber, Luka Lochoshvili, Eric Porstner, Finn Becker, Adam Markhiev, Julian Justvan, Rafael Lubach, Piet Scobel, Mohamed Ali Zoma.

Darmstadt vs Nurnberg Prediction & Betting Tips

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Match Prediction

If you agree with our verdict that Darmstadt can claim a 2. Bundesliga victory, then there’s the chance to get betting odds of -119 that this happens. We think that this price sticks out.

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Key Darmstadt vs Nurnberg league stats:

  • Darmstadt have won 3 consecutive games at home.
  • Darmstadt have won 7 of their last 10 games at home.
  • Darmstadt have won 11 of their last 17 games at home.
  • Nurnberg have lost their last 2 games on the road.
  • Darmstadt have won 6 of their last 10 games against Nurnberg.
Darmstadt to Win Probability

If you go by the top bookies, there’s a 54.3% likelihood of our pick winning. Taking all factors into consideration, our experts think there’s a stronger chance of success and estimate the probability to be closer to 60%. The bet can be recommended for this precise reason.

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Correct Score Prediction

Darmstadt Darmstadt logo 1 - 0 Nurnberg logo Nurnberg

We’re predicting Darmstadt to land a 1-0 victory and this is available at +650. The correct score betting option provides plenty of fun and entertainment.

Player Prop Picks

Top Pick: Marco Richter to Score +400 BetMGM logo

Marco Richter (Darmstadt) has managed two goals in his past five 2. Bundesliga games. We’ll throw a dart at +400 for this Anytime Goalscorer wager as the betting odds look pretty attractive.

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Corners Prediction

Nurnberg Over 4.5 Corners -114 BetMGM logo

The 4.5 corners line has been covered by Nurnberg in their past four away games, while Darmstadt have conceded 6.80 corners on average in their last 5 matches. There’s an opportunity to go over the Nurnberg Team Corners line and we’re expecting this to happen, with odds of -114 available.

League Games
League Games
Last 10 Total For Against
Last 10 at Home Total For Against
Last 10 Away Total For Against
Darmstadt Logo Darmstadt
Total
11.30 5.30 6.00
Home
10.60 5.40 5.20
Away
10.30 5.00 5.30
Nurnberg Logo Nurnberg
Total
10.50 5.00 5.50
Home
10.70 5.00 5.70
Away
9.20 5.50 3.70
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Bet Builder Tips

Full-Time Result Darmstadt -119
Total Goals Under 2.5 +115
Team Corners Nurnberg Over 4.5 -114

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Darmstadt vs Nurnberg Odds

The odds and lines below are updated regularly and may differ from the prices shown in our picks, which are captured at the time of publication.

Darmstadt Match Odds Suggest Victory

With a roughly 54% chance of triumphing, the bookmakers aren’t giving too much away with their -119 betting odds for Darmstadt winning this 2. Bundesliga clash. Nurnberg are an outside chance to get the job done and you can now back them at +290.

Darmstadt are -127 on the Asian Handicap -0.5 which is like backing them on the Full-Time Result market. Alternatively, you can get -112 for Nurnberg +0.5 and get the draw on your side.

If you’re looking to bet on more than two goals, then Over 2.5 has the lowest price. The Both Teams to Score market is always popular and BTTS Yes can be backed at -179.

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Isac Lidberg Favourite to Find the Net First

The First Goalscorer favourite is Isac Lidberg at +310, with similar odds available for this player to register the last goal.

Player Goals
Isac Lidberg (Darmstadt)
First
+128
Anytime
+310
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Fraser Hornby (Darmstadt)
First
+190
Anytime
+430
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Piet Scobel (Nurnberg)
First
+235
Anytime
+500
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Luca Marseiler (Darmstadt)
First
+320
Anytime
+800
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Merck-Stadion am Boellenfalltor
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Darmstadt Aiming to Continue Strong Home Form

Darmstadt have gone unbeaten at Merck-Stadion am Boellenfalltor in the last ten games. The Lilies have clocked up seven wins and three draws in the past 10 home games, recording an average of 2.20 goals per match and conceding 0.80.

Nurnberg have finished with five defeats, three wins and two draws in the past 10 away matches, netting an average of 1.50 goals per game and conceding 1.70.

The last Merck-Stadion am Boellenfalltor meeting saw Darmstadt and Nurnberg draw 1-1. The past 5 H2H meetings at Merck-Stadion am Boellenfalltor have featured two triumphs for Darmstadt, one for Nurnberg along with two draws.

Last 10 League Games W-D-L G GF GA O2.5 U2.5 B-Y B-No
Darmstadt logo Darmstadt Home Stats 7-3-0 3.00 2.20 0.80 6 4 5 5
Nurnberg logo Nurnberg Away Stats 3-2-5 3.20 1.50 1.70 7 3 7 3
  • W-D-L = Wins-Draws-Losses
  • G = Avg. Goals
  • GF = Avg. Goals For
  • GA = Avg. Goals Against
  • O2.5 = Matches Over 2.5 Goals
  • U2.5 = Matches Under 2.5 Goals
  • B-Y = Matches BTTS Yes
  • B-No = Matches BTTS No
Team Stats
Darmstadt logo Darmstadt League Stats
Nurnberg logo Nurnberg League Stats
Full-Time Result
  • 4 wins, 1 defeat and 5 draws in the previous 10 matches
  • 7 wins and 3 draws in the previous 10 home matches
Full-Time Result
  • 5 wins, 2 defeats and 3 draws in the previous 10 matches
  • 3 wins, 5 defeats and 2 draws in the previous 10 away matches
Goals
Goals
Corners
Corners
Possession
Possession
Top Scorers & Assists
Top Scorers & Assists

Darmstadt vs Nurnberg Lineups & Team News

The Darmstadt vs Nurnberg team news could change everything — review it before betting. Get the latest predicted and confirmed 2. Bundesliga lineups and injury news right here.

Darmstadt Confirmed Lineup 4-4-2

Nurnberg Confirmed Lineup 4-4-2

Darmstadt Confirmed Lineup 4-4-2

1 Marcel Schuhen
17 Kai Klefisch 6 Patric Pfeiffer 5 Matej Maglica 2 Sergio Lopez
21 Merveille Papela 16 Hiroki Akiyama 8 Luca Marseiler 23 Marco Richter
7 Isac Lidberg 9 Fraser Hornby
1 Jan Reichert
15 Tim Drexler 4 Fabio Gruber 24 Luka Lochoshvili 41 Eric Porstner
25 Finn Becker 6 Adam Markhiev 10 Julian Justvan 18 Rafael Lubach
39 Piet Scobel 23 Mohamed Ali Zoma

Nurnberg Confirmed Lineup 4-4-2

Darmstadt Substitutes

  • 10Jean-Paul Boetius
  • 15Fabian Nuernberger
  • 18Raoul Petretta
  • 19Fynn Lakenmacher
  • 20Aleksandar Vukotic
  • 22Serhat-Semih Gueler
  • 30A. Brunst-Zoellner
  • 31Niklas Schmidt
  • 44Yosuke Furukawa

Nurnberg Substitutes

  • 3Danilo Soares
  • 5Tom Baack
  • 7Mickael Biron
  • 17Ayoub Chaikhoun
  • 26Christian Mathenia
  • 31Robin Knoche
  • 32Tim Janisch
  • 33Adriano Grimaldi
  • 37Noah Maboulou

Previous Darmstadt Lineups

18 Jan 2. Bundesliga
Bochum 3-3 Darmstadt
19 Dec 2. Bundesliga
Paderborn 2-2 Darmstadt
14 Dec 2. Bundesliga
Darmstadt 1-0 Preussen Munster
06 Dec 2. Bundesliga
Darmstadt 3-2 Karlsruher
03 Dec DFB-Pokal
Freiburg 2-0 Darmstadt
30 Nov 2. Bundesliga
Elversberg 0-0 Darmstadt

Previous Nurnberg Lineups

17 Jan 2. Bundesliga
Nurnberg 3-2 Elversberg
21 Dec 2. Bundesliga
Nurnberg 2-1 Hannover 96
14 Dec 2. Bundesliga
Schalke 04 1-0 Nurnberg
07 Dec 2. Bundesliga
Nurnberg 2-2 Greuther Furth
29 Nov 2. Bundesliga
Magdeburg 3-0 Nurnberg
23 Nov 2. Bundesliga
Nurnberg 2-0 A. Bielefeld

Injuries & Suspensions

Darmstadt Injury Table
Type Name Info
Matej Maglica Yellow cards
Matthias Bader Muscle
Nurnberg Injury Table
Type Name Info
Finn Becker Yellow cards
Rafael Lubach Red card (direc
Rafael Lubach Yellow cards
Michal Kukucka Calf
Team Squads

Darmstadt Player Stats & Squad

Manager: Florian Kohfeldt

Player # Pos GP MIN ST BE G A Y R
Marcel Schuhen 1 G 18 1620 18 0 0 1 2 0
Patric Pfeiffer 5 D 18 1620 18 0 0 0 0 0
Isac Lidberg 7 F 17 1415 17 0 12 1 1 0
Killian Corredor 34 F 16 1342 15 1 5 2 2 0
Kai Klefisch 17 M 15 1315 15 0 0 0 3 0

Nurnberg Player Stats & Squad

Manager: Miroslav Klose

Player # Pos GP MIN ST BE G A Y R
Fabio Gruber 4 D 18 1620 18 0 0 0 4 0
Jan Reichert 1 G 18 1620 18 0 0 0 1 0
Berkay Yilmaz 21 D 18 1619 18 0 0 3 5 0
Luka Lochoshvili 24 D 17 1509 17 0 1 0 7 0
Julian Justvan 10 M 17 1486 17 0 3 6 2 0
Germany Flag2. Bundesliga Table
2025/2026 Season
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Darmstadt 21 11 8 2 40:22 41
2 Schalke 04 21 12 4 5 26:16 40
3 Paderborn 21 12 3 6 33:24 39
4 Elversberg 21 11 5 5 37:23 38
5 Hannover 96 21 11 5 5 38:28 38
6 Hertha BSC 21 9 7 5 28:20 34
7 Kaiserslautern 21 9 4 8 35:31 31
8 Bochum 21 7 6 8 30:27 27
9 Karlsruher 21 7 6 8 30:37 27
10 Nurnberg 21 7 5 9 24:30 26
11 A. Bielefeld 21 6 6 9 33:30 24
12 Holstein Kiel 21 6 6 9 26:29 24
13 F. Dusseldorf 21 7 3 11 20:31 24
14 Braunschweig 21 7 3 11 23:35 24
15 Magdeburg 21 7 2 12 31:37 23
16 Preussen Munster 21 5 7 9 25:32 22
17 D. Dresden 21 5 6 10 31:38 21
18 Greuther Furth 21 5 4 12 32:52 19
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Darmstadt 11 8 3 0 24:8 27
2 Schalke 04 10 7 2 1 14:8 23
3 Kaiserslautern 11 7 1 3 25:15 22
4 Paderborn 11 7 1 3 19:15 22
5 Elversberg 10 5 4 1 16:9 19
6 Hannover 96 10 6 1 3 17:13 19
7 Nurnberg 11 5 4 2 15:13 19
8 A. Bielefeld 11 5 2 4 22:14 17
9 Bochum 10 5 2 3 17:12 17
10 Karlsruher 10 5 2 3 17:17 17
11 Hertha BSC 11 4 4 3 9:10 16
12 Preussen Munster 11 3 6 2 15:14 15
13 Holstein Kiel 10 4 2 4 12:10 14
14 F. Dusseldorf 11 4 2 5 11:16 14
15 Braunschweig 11 4 2 5 12:19 14
16 D. Dresden 10 2 3 5 15:17 9
17 Greuther Furth 10 2 3 5 14:24 9
18 Magdeburg 10 2 1 7 14:20 7