Friday evening. Floodlights. Darmstadt 98 travel to Magdeburg for the 26th matchday of the 2. Bundesliga. Kick-off is at 6:30pm on Friday (March 13th). What do both head coaches have to say before the match? Who will referee the game? And who will be on the commentary team for Sky? As usual, we've compiled all the important information about the match in Magdeburg for you in our "Matchday Guide" overview.
We are confident and know that we can win games. We also know that opponents need to be prepared for our strengths. We simply want to win an away game.
Petrik Sander, head coach of 1. FC Magdeburg, at the pre-match press conference: „Darmstadt’s physical presence is enormous, which puts us at a disadvantage. But we managed it in the first leg in Darmstadt. Overall, we have to show that we can carry over the defensive work we did against Elversberg into this game. Defensive stability is the foundation of our work – that’s the only way forward.“
During the away game on Friday evening, temperatures of around 14 degrees Celsius are expected under cloudy skies. The probability of precipitation is 40 percent.
The match between 1. FC Magdeburg and SV Darmstadt 98 will be broadcast on the pay-TV channel Sky. Sky’s pre-match coverage starts at 6pm. Jürgen Schmitz will provide commentary.
Matchday! And with that, back into matchday mode. You can, of course, follow the game between 1. FC Magdeburg and SV Darmstadt 98 on Friday in the Software AG Matchcentre on our website. Just click on the orange button! There we’ll provide you with plenty of live data about the game.
All followers of the Lilies can tune into the Fanradio and listen in full length. Pictures and highlights from the game will be available on Facebook and Bluesky as well as our WhatsApp-Channel. Even more pictures will be available on Instagram.
Ahead of Friday evening's match (March 13th/6:30pm), Florian Kohfeldt assesses 1. FC Magdeburg's playing style, provides a personnel update, and looks at his own team's preparations for the game. We have summarised the most important statements from our head coach's press conference here.
The journey from stadium to stadium is a good 466 kilometres, a distance SV Darmstadt 98 has to cover for their away match against 1. FC Magdeburg. On Friday evening (March 13th/6:30pm), the Lilies will be guests in the capital of Saxony-Anhalt for the 25th matchday of the second division. To help you prepare for your trip and everything else, here's the information you need for your visit to the stadium.
SV 98 continues its season-ending run with away games! And they’ll be doing so with as many Lilies fans as possible in the stands. First up, the team from southern Hesse visits Bielefeld’s Alm stadium on Saturday (April 4th, 1pm), before their next away trip takes them to SpVgg Greuther Fürth on Sunday (April 19th, 1:30pm). Advance ticket sales for season ticket holders and members for both matches begin this Friday (March 13th) at noon. All ticket information can be found in the press release.
SV Darmstadt 98 travels to the capital of Saxony-Anhalt on Friday, hoping to finally steal three points away from home. Meanwhile, 1. FC Magdeburg, currently bottom of the table, is under immense pressure in their fight to avoid relegation. What are the differences between these two teams? And where do they share any statistical similarities? We've compiled all the facts and figures about the clash between Darmstadt and 1. FC Magdeburg in this article. Here you'll find the top facts for Friday evening's match.
No goals conceded. And that's the tenth time this season. That's Marcel Schuhen's impressive record. But there's plenty happening off the pitch as well. Young player Landry Walker, who was trained at San Antonio FC, has flown in from San Antonio to visit Darmstadt 98. You can find this news and more updates from the youth teams to the young Lilies here in our section "Lilies Across the Board" – compiled weekly for you, news from and about the club.
At 6:30pm on a rather unremarkable Friday evening, the floodlights shone on the Fürth football pitch. It was the 21st matchday of the second division, when 1. FC Magdeburg visited the SpVgg Greuther Fürth. The encounter had been dubbed a "relegation battle" beforehand, but that this very match would go down in the history books of the 2. Bundesliga as "historic" was something no one could have predicted.
We fought together. We celebrated together. We scored points together and celebrated spectacular football festivals. This season, our Merck Stadium at Böllenfalltor has once again become a true blue and white fortress. We were on the pitch, and you were in the stands. In 13 home games, we remained undefeated 13 times. Let's keep it that way in the final stretch of the season!
SV Darmstadt 98's U21 team suffered a 4-1 defeat at home against FC Gießen on Sunday. The team, currently twelfth in the table, hosted the favoured visitors, who secured third place with this victory.
Strengthening vocational training and further education in southern Hesse: To this end, the Darmstadt Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK Darmstadt) and SV Darmstadt 98 have entered into a cooperation agreement. IHK Managing Director Robert Lippmann and Martin Kowalewski, Managing Director for Marketing and Sales at SV Darmstadt 98, signed the corresponding cooperation agreement at the Böllenfalltor stadium.
Darmstadt 98 remain unbeaten in their 13th home game of the season with a 2-0 victory against Holstein Kiel. An early red card played into Darmstadt's hands in the match against the "Storks." As the game progressed, the team from southern Hesse took complete control, securing a comfortable win and celebrating Isac Lidberg's 13th goal of the season and Niklas Schmidt's first goal for Darmstadt. Analysis of the home victory follows.
For every home goal scored by the Lilies, SV Darmstadt 98 fans will be doubly rewarded in the 2025/26 season. In addition to the joy and excitement, the Lilies' supporters will also receive 98 litres of Krombacher Pils for every home goal scored by Darmstadt at the Merck Stadium at Böllenfalltor.
A fast-paced start, a disjointed first half after Marcus Müller's sending-off. However, Darmstadt showed a different side at the start of the second half. After an early double strike in the second half from goals by Isac Lidberg and Niklas Schmidt, the team from southern Hesse cruised to a comfortable home victory.
