SV Darmstadt 98 vs FC Magdeburg Prediction

Two very different runs of form

Darmstadt's recent league results read rough: a 1-5 defeat at Wolfsburg, a 3-0 loss at Kaiserslautern, and a 0-1 home defeat to Hannover all came inside the last two months. Their one league win in that spell was a 2-1 home success over Arminia Bielefeld, and they drew 2-2 with Holstein Kiel before that.

SV Darmstadt 98: 20 completed matches; FC Magdeburg: 20 completed matches.

SV Darmstadt 98

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

45% 9 / 20

Scored

42

Conceded

35

Difference

+7

FC Magdeburg

20 matches

Win

55% 11 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

41

Conceded

22

Difference

+19

Magdeburg have been steadier. They beat Kaiserslautern 3-0 and Holstein Kiel 2-0 at home, drew at Greuther Fürth, and their only league defeats in that run came away at Hertha BSC and a heavy 1-6 loss to Braunschweig back in August.

Magdeburg arrive with more momentum behind them, even allowing for that one bad night against Braunschweig.

Comparative Team Statistics: SV Darmstadt 98 vs FC Magdeburg

Recent meetings have actually been tight

Despite the current form gap, the last two league meetings between these sides were both draws: 1-1 in March and 0-0 the previous October. Before that, Magdeburg had won more comfortably, including a 4-1 win in 2025 and a 1-2 away win in 2024.

It's a reminder that this fixture hasn't always followed the bigger storylines in the table.

A big gap in the early table

After six games, Magdeburg sit sixth with ten points from three wins, a draw and two defeats. Darmstadt are down in eighteenth with just four points, having won once, drawn once and lost four times.

Magdeburg have also scored more and conceded fewer, with eleven for and nine against compared to Darmstadt's five scored and thirteen conceded.

Magdeburg's goals aren't coming from one source

E. Iyoha has four goals in six matches for Magdeburg this season, with A. Nollenberger adding three in the same number of games. B. Atik has chipped in four assists in five appearances, so the creative and goalscoring load looks shared rather than resting on one player.

SV Darmstadt 98:

Penalty cards:

K. Klefisch x 1 x 2

A. Vukotić x 1

FC Magdeburg:

Best scorers:

E. Iyoha - 4

A. Nollenberger - 3

Best assist providers:

B. Atik - 4

Penalty cards:

T. Müller x 1 x 2

H. Bockhorn x 1

A. MacNulty x 3

There's no equivalent scoring data supplied for Darmstadt here, so it's hard to say much about where their threat might come from on the day.