Hopefully on Saturday! The Lilies will travel to Lower Saxony next Saturday (February 15th/1pm) for the away game against Eintracht Braunschweig. There we should finally achieve our first success in the second half of the season. Although the hosts have made a very stable impression in the last few games, there has been a lot for the Lilies in the duel with the Lions in the past. For the upcoming game we have the most important numbers for you & for your reading.
SV Darmstadt 98 is hoping for its first win of the second half of the season on Saturday (February 15th/1pm). And Eintracht Braunschweig seems to suit the Lilies well. At least that was the case in the past. SV 98 has always been able to score points in the last eight meetings between the two clubs. The South Hessians won full points four times, and the duel with BTSV ended in a draw four times – including in the first leg in the Merck Stadium at Böllenfalltor (1-1). The last away win at the Eintracht Stadium dates back to the first half of the 2022/23 season. At that time, the Lilies won 1-0 thanks to a late goal from Oscar Vilhelmsson.
…Eintracht Braunschweig showed last weekend against Karlsruher SC. But that doesn’t just mean the 2-0 away win, which allowed Braunschweig to score three points for the first time after eight games without a win. No, the team’s running performance was also strong. The entire team covered an impressive 124 kilometers on the last matchday, 5.5 kilometers more than any other team in the 2nd Bundesliga on matchday 21. With 124 kilometers covered, the Braunschweig team also set their own season record.
…on the first win of the second half of the season. And a hit of your own. The longing is great – both among the team and coaching staff as well as among all Lilien fans. Because Darmstadt’s last three-pointer was already six match days ago. SV 98 was able to achieve a fantastic 5-1 home win against 1. FC Kaiserslautern. It is exactly this offensive power that SV Darmstadt 98 wants back. The Darmstadt team has not scored their own goal for three games. The wait should be over towards Braunschweig.
A stable defence can make a huge difference in football. This is also shown by Eintracht Braunschweig. While they conceded a total of 15 goals after four games in the first half of the season and held the red lantern, things are looking much better after the start of the second half of the season. Against the same opponents, the Lower Saxony team only had to accept three more goals. Only Köln has conceded fewer goals in this period so far. They are also the ones who were able to inflict Eintracht’s only defeat in the second half of the season so far.
SV Darmstadt 98 is the strongest team in the 2nd Bundesliga. The Lilies win 53 percent of all duels. By the way, the two teams with the strongest duels in the competition will meet on Saturday. Because the Lions are also doing well: with a duel rate of 52 percent, Eintracht Braunschweig is lurking just behind the southern Hesse team in these statistics.
Braunschweig used the winter break effectively to tie one or two players to their club. In the end, five players moved to Eintracht, all of whom played from the start in the last game against Karlsruher SC. For example, while new goalkeeper Ron-Thorben Hoffmann kept a clean sheet, newcomer Lino Tempelmann scored the 2-0 winner, his second goal for Lower Saxony.
Next Saturday there will be a reunion between Sebastian Polter and SV Darmstadt 98. In the Lilies‘ first division season last year, the striker wore the Lilies‘ jersey nine times from January to the summer and prepared one goal. The 33-year-old has played 16 games this season at Braunschweig and collected three assists.
Ten years. That’s a damn long time in the football business. That’s how long Darmstadt’s assistant coach Darius Scholtysik was on the sidelines as an assistant coach at Eintracht Braunschweig. The moment of walking into the Eintracht Stadium should seem familiar to him. On Saturday he will try to score points not with the blue-yellow, but with the blue-white…
Fabian Nürnberger will be missing from the Lilies in Braunschweig due to a red card. Aleksandar Vukotic (9) and Philipp Förster (4) have previous cautions.
| Games | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals | |
| Home | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 24:15 |
| Away | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8:21 |
| Overall | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 32:36 |
SV Darmstadt 98 invites all its members to come to the Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor on November 1st, 2026, starting at 11:30am. Together, we aim to once again create the largest team photo in our club’s history—with the professional players in the front and the entire Lilies family behind them.
On Sunday (Oct 18th), SV Darmstadt 98 will visit Karlsruher SC. The side from Baden differs from the Lilies in several key respects. Furthermore, the match will see SV 98 cross paths with a former player once again. Find out here about other connections between the two clubs, as well as some particularly interesting statistics ahead of the encounter.
On Tuesday evening (October 13th), the SilberLilien took part in SV Darmstadt 98’s Stolperstein tour for the first time. Along the approximately six-kilometre route, the participants made several stops to learn more about the fates of Jewish club members who were persecuted and driven out during the Holocaust.
From new grassroots sports offerings and a look back at the club's history to birthdays and the latest updates from the media briefing—there is plenty to report from SV Darmstadt 98 again this week. In "Lilien Across the Board," we round up the news, insights, and stories from life at the club.
Tickets for the home match against 1. FC Heidenheim on November 22nd are available for purchase now.
SV Darmstadt 98's U21 team proved their mettle at home against KSV Hessen Kassel II in the Hessenliga on Sunday (Oct. 11th). After a convincing 90-minute performance, the Young Lilies secured another three points, finishing with a decisive 4–0 victory that lifts them to sixth place in the standings.
The Lilies overturned an early deficit to celebrate a 3–1 home victory against Energie Cottbus—a win that boosts confidence and confirms the progress being made. Read our analysis to find out why there is still work to be done and what positives SV 98 takes away from the match.
This season, too, Lilien fans will be doubly rewarded for every home goal scored by SV Darmstadt 98. In addition to the joy and excitement of the goals, the team's supporters will receive 98 litres of Krombacher Pils for every home goal scored by Darmstadt at the Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor.
After the international break, Darmstadt 98 returned to the Bölle with a home win! Against Energie Cottbus, SV Darmstadt 98 put on a spirited performance in front of their home crowd and rewarded themselves with three points after an intense match. We've compiled the post-match reactions for you here:
Despite falling behind, Darmstadt secured their second consecutive home win! Darmstadt defeated Energie Cottbus 3-1 (1-1). The home side equalised after conceding an early goal in the four-minute period through Weißhaupt before halftime. Vukotic headed his team into the lead in the second half, before Lührs sealed the victory with the third goal. This home win brings Darmstadt's season total to seven points.
Homegame at Böllenfalltor (10/10, 1pm): Florian Kohfeldt has made two changes to his starting XI compared to the away match in Wolfsburg three weeks ago. Richter and Mikelbrencis come into the starting lineup for Sickinger (calf issues) and Lannert (illness).
On Saturday afternoon (October 10th, 1pm), SV 98 hosts Energie Cottbus at the Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor for Matchday 7. What do the two head coaches have to say ahead of kick-off? Who is officiating the match, and where can you follow the action live? As always, we have compiled all the key information regarding the game against Cottbus in our "Matchday Guide" feature.