SV Darmstadt 98 vs Hannover 96

SV Darmstadt 98 host Hannover 96 in the 2. Bundesliga, kicking off on Sunday, 30 August 2026 at Merck-Stadion am Bollenfalltor. SV Darmstadt 98 sit 18th in the table and Hannover 96 are 10th, so the visitors come in above their hosts.

Over their last 3 league games SV Darmstadt 98 have taken 1 draw and 2 defeats (D L L). At home and away combined they are averaging 0.7 goals scored and 1.3 conceded per game this season, with 0 clean sheets on the board.

Over their last 3 league games Hannover 96 have taken 1 win and 2 defeats (L L W). Hannover 96 are averaging 0.7 scored and 1.3 conceded per game, keeping 1 clean sheet so far.

Their last 10 meetings have produced 6 wins for SV Darmstadt 98, 3 for Hannover 96 and 1 draw, averaging 3.0 goals a game. That recent history is one of the inputs behind the rating below.

Weighing recent scoring rates, home and away splits and the head-to-head record through a Poisson model with a Dixon-Coles low-score adjustment, our engine lands on Double Chance X2 (Draw or Away) as the pick, rated 89% at odds of 1.12. The model's expected-goals line for this fixture is 0.84 to 2.34.

Darmstadt is struggling at position 15 with only 1 home goal average and defensive vulnerabilities. Hannover's xG advantage and recent resilience support the high probability of non-loss.