DARMSTADT. Heidenheim snatched a late win Darmstadt 98 1-0 after N. Dovedan scored just 1 goal (90′).

The match was played at the Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor stadium in Darmstadt on Sunday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Bastian Dankert who was helped by René Rohde and Marcel Unger. The 4th official was Martin Petersen. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 17.61 degrees Celsius or 63.7 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 59%.​

Match Statistics​

  • 46 Ball Possession 54
Shots
  • 11 Total 17
  • 3 On Target 5
  • 7 Off Target 7
  • 1 Shots blocked 5
  • 127 Attack 98
  • 29 Dangerous attack 44
  • 82 Ball safe 70
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 3 Corners 8
  • 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 15 Total 12
  • 2 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Darmstadt 98 was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Heidenheim that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Heidenheim was more pushing with 44 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Heidenheim won the encounter.​

Darmstadt 98 shot 11 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Heidenheim shot 17 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Darmstadt 98 received 2 yellow cards (Emir Karic and Tobias Kempe). Talking about the opposition, Heidenheim received 1 yellow card (Benedikt Gimber).

Match Timeline

43'
Benedikt Gimber- Yellow
Emir Karic- Yellow
52'
Tobias Kempe- Yellow
60'
Julian Justvan- sub ->Tobias Kempe
63'
69'
Nikola Dovedan- sub ->Kevin Sessa
69'
Denis Thomalla- sub ->Marvin Pieringer
Mathias Honsak- sub ->Emir Karic
79'
Gerrit Holtmann- sub ->Oscar Vilhelmsson
80'
83'
Christian Kühlwetter- sub ->Eren Dinkçi
90'
Nikola Dovedan(goal)Christian Kühlwetter
90'
Nikola Dovedan(VAR)
90'
Florian Pick- sub ->Jan-Niklas Beste

Standings

After this contest, Darmstadt 98 stays with 17 points to hold in the 18th place. Regarding the opposition, Heidenheim will has 37 points like Werder Bremen to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, Darmstadt 98 will play away with VfL Wolfsburg on the 4th of May with a 3-1 head to head in favor of VfL Wolfsburg (2 draws).

Heidenheim will host FSV Mainz 05 on the 4th of May with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Heidenheim (0 draws).

Darmstadt 98 – Formation

Darmstadt 98
G
Marcel Schuhen 1.Germany
7.8
D
Matej Maglica 5.Croatia
7.0
D
Christoph Klarer 14.Austria
7.0
D
7.0
M
Tobias Kempe 11.Germany
6.8
63' 60'
M
7.5
M
Matthias Bader 26.Germany
M
Emir Karic 19.Austria
7.7
79' 52'
M
Jannik Müller 20.Germany
7.1
M
Luca Pfeiffer 24.Germany
7.1
F
Tim Skarke 27.Germany
7.1
F
Oscar Vilhelmsson 29.Sweden
6.7
80'
Substitutes
G
Morten Behrens 13.Germany
D
Thomas Isherwood 3.Sweden
M
M
Andreas Müller 16.Germany
M
Julian Justvan 17.Germany
7.0
63'
M
Mathias Honsak 18.Austria
6.7
79'
F
Gerrit Holtmann 25.Philippines
6.6
80'
F
F. Torsiello 42.Germany

Darmstadt 98 started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Torsten Lieberknecht decided to play with the following team: Matthias Bader, Marcel Schuhen (7.8), Christoph Zimmermann (7.0), Christoph Klarer (7.0), Matej Maglica (7.0), Emir Karic (7.7), Jannik Müller (7.1), Tobias Kempe (6.8), Fabian Nürnberger  (7.5), Luca Pfeiffer (7.1), Oscar Vilhelmsson (6.7) and Tim Skarke (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Thomas Isherwood, Fabian Schnellhardt, Morten Behrens, Andreas Müller, Julian Justvan (7.0), Mathias Honsak (6.7), Gerrit Holtmann (6.6), F. Torsiello and A. Arania.

Substitutions

Darmstadt 98 made 3 changes: Emir Karic for Mathias Honsak (79′), Oscar Vilhelmsson for Gerrit Holtmann (80′) and Tobias Kempe for Julian Justvan (63′).

Player of the match: Marcel Schuhen​

The player that probably impressed the most for Darmstadt 98 was the goalkeeper: Marcel Schuhen. His rating is 7.75. He performed 4 saves.

Heidenheim – Formation

Heidenheim
G
Kevin Müller 1.Germany
7.7
D
Benedikt Gimber 5.Germany
7.0
43'
D
Patrick Mainka 6.Germany
7.3
D
Jonas Föhrenbach 19.Germany
7.5
D
Norman Theuerkauf 30.Germany
7.5
M
Jan Schöppner 3.Germany
7.3
M
Eren Dinkçi 8.Germany
7.1
83'
M
Kevin Sessa 16.Germany
7.3
69'
M
Marvin Pieringer 18.Germany
7.3
69'
M
Jan-Niklas Beste 37.Germany
7.5
90'
F
Tim Kleindienst 10.Germany
7.0
Substitutes
G
Vitus Eicher 22.Germany
D
Tim Siersleben 4.Germany
D
Seedy Jarju 29.Gambia
M
Florian Pick 17.Germany
90'
M
Luka Janes 36.Germany
F
Stefan Schimmer 9.Germany
F
Denis Thomalla 11.Germany
6.8
69'
F
Nikola Dovedan 20.Austria
7.7
69' 90'
F
7.3
83'

Heidenheim started with a 4-1-3-2 line-up (4-1-3-2).

Frank Schmidt played with: Kevin Müller (7.7), Jonas Föhrenbach (7.5), Patrick Mainka  (7.3), Benedikt Gimber (7.0), Norman Theuerkauf (7.5), Jan Schöppner (7.3), Eren Dinkçi (7.1), Kevin Sessa (7.3), Jan-Niklas Beste  (7.5), Marvin Pieringer (7.3), Tim Kleindienst (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Tim Siersleben, Stefan Schimmer, Denis Thomalla (6.8), Florian Pick, Nikola Dovedan (7.7), Vitus Eicher, Christian Kühlwetter (7.3), Seedy Jarju and Luka Janes.

Heidenheim could not rely on the presence of Nikola Dovedan (injured).

Substitutions

Heidenheim made 4 changes: Jan-Niklas Beste  for Florian Pick (90′), Eren Dinkçi for Christian Kühlwetter (83′), Kevin Sessa for Nikola Dovedan (69′) and Marvin Pieringer for Denis Thomalla (69′).

Player of the match: Kevin Müller​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Heidenheim was the goalkeeper: Kevin Müller. His rating is 7.65. He performed 3 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Bundesliga.​