20:17
The game is led by Florian Heft, who is supported on the sidelines by Lukas Benen and Fynn Kohn. Daniel Siebert is responsible for evaluating the video images.
20:05
On the other hand, Jens Härtel expects an extremely difficult task for his team. “No one likes playing against Darmstadt at the moment,” the coach believes he knows, adding: “It’s a big challenge to annoy them and come up with ideas on how to beat them.” Midfielder Simon Rhein sees it similarly: “It will be a challenge, they have power and speed. We have to deliver a top performance defensively.”
19:57
Torsten Lieberknecht was optimistic ahead of the second home game of the season. “All in all, we’re getting more and more security in our game. The self-confidence has grown with the victories,” summarized the Darmstadt coach the development of the last few weeks. Lieberknecht still has a lot of respect for the Rostockers. “They have a team that plays football with a lot of intensity and physicality. We knew that from last season. They have a squad that’s super interesting and difficult to play on,” warned the 49-year-old.
19:39
The same applies to the guests from the north, who could also get nine points with an away win. Hansa Rostock has had an equally strong start to the season and has already defeated two supposed promotion aspirants, Hamburger SV and Arminia Bielefeld. The unexpected loss of the cup at regional league club Lübeck is almost forgotten after Roßbach’s late winner to 2-1 against Arminia last weekend.
19:34
After the botched start of the season in Regensburg (0:2), the hosts quickly found their way and recently won three times in a row. After beating Sandhausen 2-1 and winning the cup 3-0 in Ingolstadt, the Lilies followed that up with a 1-0 win in Braunschweig last Sunday. Vilhelmsson’s joker goal shortly before the end ensured the three-pointer and thus also ensured that Darmstadt could catch up with leaders Paderborn with a win on points today.
19:33
Hello and welcome to Saturday’s top game of matchday four in league two! SV Darmstadt 98 welcomes Hansa Rostock at 8:30 p.m. in the Merck Stadium at Böllenfalltor!