The Lilies have their home game against SC Freiburg on Sunday (April 14/3:30pm). The sports club is an opponent coming to the Merck Stadium at the Böllenfalltor who is still in the fight for the European places. Before the Darmstadt team face Freiburg, you will find all the important facts about the game here. What gives hope for victory? What are the strengths of the sports club? You can find out in our top facts about the game.
On the 12th matchday, captain Fabian Holland’s team played at SC Freiburg’s Europa-Park Stadium for the first time. This has been the Breisgauer’s home stadium since 2021, previously the SCF played in the Dreisamstadion. At the Lilien’s debut in the new stadium at the end of November, Lieberknecht’s team immediately scored a point. Mathias Honsak scored with a deflected shot in the 18th minute to give SVD the lead, but Lucas Höler levelled before the half-time whistle. In the second half, both teams failed to take the lead despite good chances, so the score remained 1-1 after 90 minutes.
In the 98ers‘ last home game against the sports club from Freiburg, the Lilien fans were able to celebrate an unchallenged 3-0 home win. At that time, Torsten Frings was still on the sidelines for the South Hesse team, while Christian Streich had already been in office as head coach of FC Freiburg for five years at the time. In the sold-out Jonathan-Heimes Stadium, Felix Platte, Jerome Gondorf and Sven Schipplock scored for a confident home win. Players like Fabian Holland and Christian Günther already played against each other back then, and both defensive players are now captains of their teams.
The sports club scored just over a third of Freiburg’s goals via set piece play. Streich’s team was successful 14 times after a stationary ball, the fifth best value in the league. What’s exciting is that the SCF has comparatively very few corners; with 111 corners, the Breisgauers are in 16th place in the league ranking. The fact that the Freiburg team can do a lot with high balls is shown by the fact that they have already been successful nine times from crosses – a league best . It will be important for the Lilies to allow few set pieces and not to often put the opponent in cross situations.
This season things didn’t go so smoothly for the sports club against the promoted teams Heidenheim and Darmstadt. Only one point could be gained from these two duels in the first half of the season; the return games are still pending. Things went much better last season, with the SCF picking up a solid twelve points from the four games against then-promoted Bremen and Schalke with a goal difference of 10:1. The last time Freiburg had a negative record against promoted teams was in the 2019/20 season. At that time, three new teams, Cologne, Union and Paderborn, played in the Bundesliga. Christian Streich’s team was only able to win two duels and had to admit defeat four times.
The three defenders Jannik Müller, Christoph Zimmermann and Fabian Holland have four yellow cards. Klaus Gjasula is ready to play again after serving his suspension against Mainz; he received his fifth yellow card in the 2-2 draw in Bochum. Freiburg has to do without striker Lucas Höler, the 29-year-old currently has ten scorer points, but received his fifth warning in the 64th minute in the last game against Leipzig.
| Games | Wins | Draws | Defeats | Goals | |
| Home | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23:20 |
| Away | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18:22 |
| Overall | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 41:42 |
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.
Tickets for the league match in Nürnberg (Nov. 7th) and the cup match in Elversberg (Oct. 27th) are available for purchase now.
For the upcoming home match on Saturday (October 10th, 2026, at 1pm), SV 98 asks you to take note of the following information. Since the start of the season, we have been offering dedicated entrances for women at the west side of the stadium. Additionally, there is a "Bölle Bande" family entrance with easier access at the Karl-Hess-Platz entrance. Please also take note of the information provided by HEAG regarding the autumn break.