Figures & facts: The top facts about the Münster game

Karlsruher SC, 1. FC Köln, SSV Ulm, Greuther Fürth, Hertha BSC and most recently Hannover 96. SV Darmstadt 98 has been unbeaten in six league games – plus progress in the DFB Cup against Dynamo Dresden. No other team in the 2nd Bundesliga has been undefeated for so long. In addition, head coach Florian Kohfeldt can look forward to an average points per game of 2.0 points – no other second division coach can currently beat this value. Under Kohfeldt, the Lilies continued to score 2.9 goals per game – also a current league record.

… those responsible at SV Darmstadt 98 have proven this in their search for reinforcements. All new Lilien signings scored a total of 21 goals in the current 2nd Bundesliga season, setting a league record. The Darmstadt team’s most successful new signing is Isac Lidberg, who came to the Lilies from FC Utrecht before matchday 3. The Swede is currently tied for first place in the battle for top scorer – he has nine goals to his name. Philipp Förster has also recently attracted attention, having put the ball in the opponent’s goal four times in the last five league games.

After many spectacular results (1-4, 3-3, 3-0, 1-2, 2-3) in the SC Preußen Münster games between the 4th and 8th matchdays, head coach Sascha Hildmann made a strategic change and set up a second six with Rico Preißinger. Successfully. Things have looked a little different at Münster since the eighth matchday. Three games ended with a 1-1 as well as a 1-0 win and a 0-1 defeat. As a result of the adjustment, the team has gained more stability, especially in the defensive processes.

Only two teams in the league – 1. FC Köln (6) and Hamburger SV (9) – managed to score more goals with their heads than Preußen Münster (5). The Münster team is one of the strongest aerial teams in the league. In addition, the newcomer also brought the third most balls onto the opponent’s goal with his head. A total of 39 times the ball flew from a Münster resident to the opponent’s goal. SV Darmstadt 98 ranks just behind the club from the west of the Republic in the statistics: the Lilies only have one header goal and three fewer shots.

Preußen goalkeeper Morten Behrens will return to the Merck Stadium at Böllenfalltor on Saturday evening. The goalkeeper was in the Lilies‘ squad from 2021 until the summer of 2024 – although with a one-year break due to a loan to Waldhof Mannheim. Behrens played a total of four competitive games for SV 98. He is now under contract with Preußen Münster, but mostly only plays a reserve role there. To date, the 27-year-old has only appeared once in the DFB Cup, when the SCP lost 5-0 against VfB Stuttgart in front of their home crowd.

At SV Darmstadt 98, midfielder Kai Klefisch and left-back Fabian Nürnberger in particular have to hold back when it comes to fouls against Münster. Both have four yellow cards before Saturday night’s game. One more and it would mean that they would be suspended for the next game against HSV.