19.
5:50 p.m
Can Gladbach be dangerous from standard situations? Honorat crosses from a long distance, Wöber is forgotten by the Darmstadt defense and flies into the ball on the left side of the penalty area. With his high leg he can’t fully control the play equipment and pushes it past the goal to the left. The Fohlenelf’s first good offensive action, a stationary ball.
16.
5:47 p.m
After a deep pass from Holland, Karic has a lot of space on the left wing and crosses too hectically. Nevertheless: The Darmstadt team are much more active offensively and have now earned the two-goal lead.
15.
5:45 p.m
Darmstadt really enjoys this game! A few meters from the penalty area they combine strongly, Mehlem pushes the ball across to Holland. He tries a shot from the second row, Nicolas directs the shot from the middle over the crossbar.
12.
5:43 p.m
Scally is a bit lucky that Mehlem can’t control a deep pass; the Darmstadt player almost went through again. The Lilies are on top, Gladbach seems unsettled and cannot get into the duels.
10.
5:40 p.m
Tooor for SV Darmstadt 98, 2-0 by Matej Maglica
The double whammy of the lilies! A corner kick from the right side is not dangerous in the first instance, but Mehlem can pass the ball out to the right again. Kempe puts the leather on his left foot with good body deception and finds Maglica’s head with his cross. He robustly creates space in the duel with Weigl and then coolly nods the ball into the right corner, no chance for Nicolas.
8th.
5:38 p.m
Tooor for SV Darmstadt 98, 1-0 by Marvin Mehlem
Darmstadt rewards itself for a good start and takes the lead! The SVD builds up the game at the back, Gjasula initiates the situation. Holland’s wide, high pass is more of a liberating move, but it catches the weak Gladbach defense off on the wrong foot. Mehlem takes off and runs away from Friedrich, stays free in front of Nicolas and then cools down and pushes in.
7.
5:37 p.m
Bader passes deep to Skarke, who wants to cross low into the center. Itakura keeps his foot between them and Omlin representative Moritz Nicolas easily picks up the deflected cross.
6.
5:36 p.m
Good start for the home team, who showed a high level of duel intensity right from the start. The guests from Lower Rhine try to control the game, but are repeatedly stressed by Darmstadt.
4.
5:35 p.m
Tobias Kempe tries from a half-left position and almost twenty meters away, but shoots the stationary ball slightly over the crossbar to the left. The first good chance goes to the lilies!
3.
5:33 p.m
Yellow card for Ko Itakura (Bor. Mönchengladbach)
Good free kick position for Darmstadt! With a deep pass, Itakura comes too late against Mehlem and drops him right in front of the edge of the penalty area. The Japanese got the yellow card early on.
1.
5:32 p.m
Gladbach will be wearing the green and black away kit, Darmstadt will be playing in the blue and white home kit. The last Bundesliga game of the weekend is taking place in sunny summer weather in Hesse.
1.
5:30 p.m
Game start
5:30 p.m
As in all Bundesliga stadiums, the victims of the natural disaster in Libya and Morocco are also remembered at the Böllenfalltor.
5:30 p.m
Torsten Lieberknecht starts the rotation at SV Darmstadt, making five changes compared to the 1:5 at Bayer Leverkusen. Skarke is storming alongside Pfeiffer today; the former Unioner is celebrating his starting eleven debut. Gjasula and Maglica defend in the back three, Karic and Kempe rotate into the team in midfield. Zimmermann and Vilhelmsson are missing injured and ill, Isherwood, Nürnberger and Franjić have to make do with the bench.
5:25 p.m
Gerardo Seoane changes to two positions compared to the 1-2 home defeat against Bayern. Jordan Siebatcheu makes his starting eleven debut, starting in the attack center in place of Tomáš Čvančara, who is not in the starting eleven for the first time. Honorat rotates into the starting lineup for Neuhaus.
5:19 p.m
There have been six duels between the two teams in the last ten years, and Darmstadt beat Gladbach twice in the cup. Last year as a second division team (2:1) and in 2013 as a third division team (5:4 iE), the Lilies surprisingly knocked Borussia out of the DFB Cup. In the two Darmstadt Bundesliga seasons 2015/16 and 2016/17, Gladbach was successful twice, and the teams drew twice. Overall, Darmstadt has even had a balanced balance in recent years.
5:12 p.m
The Lilies suffered a similar fate to Gladbach: an extremely tough opening program. Of course, this was completely inconvenient, especially with the euphoria of a newcomer. After a narrow 0-1 defeat in the tight Hessenderby in Frankfurt, things became clearer against Champions League participants Union Berlin (1:4) and against the previously strong Leverkusen team (1:5).
5:05 p.m
Darmstadt has conceded ten goals so far and has only been able to celebrate twice in the Bundesliga. Due to the embarrassing first-round cup loss at regional league team FC Homburg, the record is four defeats in four competitive games – the SVD would certainly have imagined the start to its fifth Bundesliga season being a little more joyful.
16:57
While Gladbach’s offense at least gained its first arguments in the safe 7-0 cup victory and in the opening game in Augsburg, the defense department has so far only stood out negatively with too many gaps. With a total of nine goals conceded, the Fohlen had the second weakest defense in the league before the matchday, only one team had conceded more goals before the matchday: today’s opponents Darmstadt.
4:50 p.m
However, to get three points from the promoted team, Borussia has to overcome their weakness away from home. In the last 20 Bundesliga away games, the Fohlenelf only celebrated one measly victory. Is today the first away win since January this year?
4:40 p.m
Gladbach’s weak start to the season with just one point from three games can be explained by a revamped squad and a difficult opening program with home games against top teams Leverkusen and Bayern. But the team is under a lot of pressure in relegation place 16: If there is no mandatory win in today’s game against Darmstadt, the air on the Lower Rhine could get thin pretty quickly. Because RB Leipzig is waiting next week and the next home game against a top team.
4:30 p.m
Cellar duel at the end of the fourth matchday: SV Darmstadt, bottom of the table, welcomes Borussia Mönchengladbach, who are also still without a win, in the second Sunday game. The kick-off sounds at the Böllenfalltor at 5:30 p.m., hello and welcome!