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SV Elversberg
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SV Darmstadt 98

SV Elversberg vs SV Darmstadt 98 prediction

Data modelBookmaker prices, home/away form, scoring trends and the table, read by our AI analysts. How it works

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Who wins?

SV Elversberg to win: 69%, about 2 in 3

SV Elversberg69%Bookies 69
Draw17%Bookies 17
SV Darmstadt 9814%Bookies 14

Goals call3+ goals 65% · bookies 65%

Bookmakers' prices with their margin removed; a stats preview does not adjust them with news.

The Verdict

All three land near the published prices: a clear home lean around 70% for Elversberg, with the Sceptic noting the evenly split head-to-head and the 2025 0-0 as mild checks on the 65% over-2.5 line.

Version 1 · updated Ledger record ↗

What our AI analysts say

All three broadly agree with the bookmakers.

The Coach

styles in the numbers

Home firepower points to goals, with Elversberg too strong at this level of attack.

Elversberg's home games have been wild: 8 scored and 7 conceded in their last 3 there. They put 4 past Augsburg and 4 past Gladbach in this run. Darmstadt arrive shipping goals away - 14 conceded in their last 5 on the road.

✓ In line with bookmakers

The Dressing Room

the table and pressure

A cup night where the second-division visitors' away slump is the defining pressure point.

Both sides played twice in 14 days, with Elversberg one day less rest. Elversberg come off a heavy 0-4 defeat at Leipzig, while Darmstadt's away record reads L L L W L with 14 conceded.

✓ In line with bookmakers

The Sceptic

where the market may be wrong

The home price looks right, but the head-to-head pattern tempers the total.

The numbers favour Elversberg 70%, and their H2H is genuinely split: 2 wins each, 2 draws across 6, with tight recent meetings like 0-0 and 3-3.

✓ In line with bookmakers Fewer goals

Data-only analysis: no team news was found for this match, so our analysts read form, home/away splits, head-to-head, goal timings and the table. It does not change the numbers above. AI analysts are automated roles, not people. Their leans are not betting tips.

In short

SV Elversberg are clear favourites at 69%, with SV Darmstadt 98 on 14% and the draw on 17%. In their last five matches across all competitions, SV Elversberg won one and SV Darmstadt 98 two. The prices point to about 3.4 goals.

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Win or draw (double chance)

SV Elversberg win or draw
86%
Either team wins (no draw)
83%
SV Darmstadt 98 win or draw
30%

Goals in the match (over/under)

2+ goals
85%
3+ goals
65%
4+ goals
43%

Both teams score (BTTS)

Yes
56%
No
44%

We expect about 2.4 goals from SV Elversberg and 1.0 from SV Darmstadt 98. (expected goals)

Most likely score: 2–0 (10%). Even the likeliest exact score happens only about 1 time in 10. Next: 2–1 (10%), 1–0 (8%), 3–0 (8%), 1–1 (8%).

How these numbers are made

A data-model preview uses the bookmakers' prices for this match with their margin removed by the power method. Our AI analysts read only the data (form, home and away record, head-to-head, goal timings and the table), not the team news, and they do not change these numbers. The full analysis with team news can be requested on this page before kick-off. Total goals, both teams to score and likely scores come from one score grid fitted to these probabilities.

Stats previews are graded separately from our full analyses in the track record. Methodology

Prediction history

#PublishedHomeDrawAwayReasonRecord
1 70%17%14%Stats preview#1614

This table freezes at kick-off; the last version before the start is the one that counts. Every version is in the public ledger (how to check).

Form

All competitions, newest first.

SV Elversberg: last 6

LWLDLW · 9 scored, 13 conceded

24 Octat RB Leipzig Bundesliga0–4L
17 Octvs FC Augsburg Bundesliga4–3W
10 Octat Union Berlin Bundesliga0–1L
20 Sepat FC Schalke 04 Bundesliga0–0D
13 Sepvs Bayern München Bundesliga1–2L
5 Sepat Borussia Mönchengladbach Bundesliga4–3W

Last 3 at home: WLW

SV Darmstadt 98: last 6

DLWLWL · 6 scored, 14 conceded

23 Octvs FC St. Pauli 2. Bundesliga0–0D
18 Octat Karlsruher SC 2. Bundesliga0–4L
10 Octvs Energie Cottbus 2. Bundesliga3–1W
18 Sepat VfL Wolfsburg 2. Bundesliga1–5L
11 Sepvs Arminia Bielefeld 2. Bundesliga2–1W
5 Sepat 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2. Bundesliga0–3L

Last 5 away: LLLWL

Head-to-head

Last 6 meetings: SV Elversberg won 2, SV Darmstadt 98 2, 2 draws; 3.7 goals per game.

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetition
25 Apr 2026SV Darmstadt 983–3SV Elversberg2. Bundesliga
30 Nov 2025SV Elversberg0–0SV Darmstadt 982. Bundesliga
8 Feb 2025SV Darmstadt 980–3SV Elversberg2. Bundesliga
31 Aug 2024SV Elversberg4–0SV Darmstadt 982. Bundesliga
13 Oct 2023SV Darmstadt 984–2SV ElversbergFriendlies Clubs
20 Dec 2013SV Elversberg0–3SV Darmstadt 983. Liga

Match context

Travel for SV Darmstadt 98
125 km
Rest days
SV Elversberg 3SV Darmstadt 98 4
Matches in the last 14 days: SV Elversberg 2 · SV Darmstadt 98 2
Weather at kick-off
12°C · wind 5 km/h
Dry
Coaches
V. Wagner
SV Elversberg, since Oct 2026
F. Kohfeldt
SV Darmstadt 98, since Oct 2026
Goals in this league
DFB-Pokal average: 4.62 per match

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