Elversberg vs SV Darmstadt 98 - prediction, team news, lineups

Bundesliga nine Elversberg volition invited second-tier SV Darmstadt 98 to the Ursapharm-Arena an der Kaiserlinde for Tuesday's DFB-Pokal second-round clash. 

The hosts saw disconnected MSV Duisburg successful the archetypal round, portion Florian Kohfeldt's broadside edged retired Carl Zeiss Jena. 

Match preview

Elversberg's 3-1 triumph implicit Duisburg successful the Pokal archetypal circular proved to beryllium the commencement of a three-game winning tally successful each competitions.

Vincent Wagner's recorded victories implicit Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Monchengladbach arsenic the nine made a flying commencement to their first-ever Bundesliga campaign. 

However, they person experienced thing of a world cheque successful caller times, having mislaid 4 of their past 5 matches successful the Bundesliga (D1, L1), including defeats successful 2 of their erstwhile 3 outings. 

After losing 1-0 distant to Union Berlin successful their archetypal crippled backmost from the planetary break, Elversberg pulled disconnected an awesome 4-3 triumph successful their location clash with Augsburg, lone to beryllium rapidly stopped successful their tracks by Saturday's 4-0 nonaccomplishment against RB Leipzig astatine the Red Bull Arena.

Elversberg tin inactive beryllium pleased with their existent placing successful eighth spot successful the Bundesliga table, arsenic they present crook their absorption to Tuesday's cupful tie, with the hosts bidding to scope the 3rd circular for the precise archetypal time.

While they are unbeaten successful their past 4 meetings with Darmstadt (W2, D2), determination was nary victor successful either of the 2 meetings betwixt the clubs successful the 2025-26 2.Bundesliga, arsenic they played retired a goalless matter astatine the Ursapharm-Arena and a 3-3 gully astatine the Merck-Stadion americium Bollenfalltor successful April.

Darmstadt, meanwhile, started their DFB-Pokal run with a constrictive 2-1 triumph implicit fourth-tier Carl Zeiss Jena successful August.

Since that tie, Darmstadt person made a disappointing commencement to the 2.Bundesliga season, having recorded 2 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats successful 9 games.

Florian Kohfeldt's broadside returned from the planetary model with a 3-1 triumph implicit Energie Cottbus, but the goals person dried up successful their past 2 league outings, which saw them autumn a dense 4-0 distant decision against Karlsruher earlier they played retired a goalless gully astatine location to St. Pauli.

As a effect of their mediocre form, Darmstadt are languishing astatine the ft of the 2.Bundesliga table, though they are astatine slightest level connected points with the 5 teams supra them and are conscionable 3 points adrift of the apical fractional owed to the competitory quality of the league. 

With the absorption present connected Tuesday's cupful tie, Darmstadt's hopes of progression whitethorn beryllium tempered by the information they person mislaid their past 3 distant games by a combined 12-1 scoreline.

They are aiming to grounds their archetypal competitory triumph implicit Elversberg since moving retired 3-0 winners successful a 3rd part clash successful December 2013. 

Elversberg DFB-Pokal form:

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SV Darmstadt 98 DFB-Pokal form:

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Team News

Elversberg defender Jan Gyamerah is acceptable for a spell connected the sidelines aft picking up an wounded successful Saturday's decision to Leipzig.

Tom Zimmerschied remains sidelined with an ankle issue, while Noah Darvich is astatine hazard of missing a 2nd consecutive crippled with the wounded helium sustained successful Elversberg's astir caller location outing against Augsburg. 

Wagner whitethorn usage the cupful necktie arsenic an accidental to marque a fewer changes to his side, with Lucas Sirch, Cole Campbell, Francis Onyeka and Noel Futkeu among those successful contention to feature. 

As for the visitors. they stay without the services of Merveille Papela, Fabian Nurnberger and Luca Marseiler owed to injury. 

Winger Yosuke Furukawa and midfielder Carlo Sickinger are besides doubts aft missing the past 2 and 3 matches, respectively.

Nicolas Verkooijen and Lee Ho-jae could travel into Kohfeldt's reasoning if helium opts to freshen up his broadside for the cupful tie. 

Elversberg imaginable starting lineup:

Kristof; Sirch, Pinckert, Rohr, Gunther; Keidel, Poreba; Petkov, Onyeka, Campbell; Futkeu

SV Darmstadt 98 imaginable starting lineup:

Schuhen; Mikelbrencis, Pfeiffer, Luhrs, Petretta; Verkooijen, Klefisch, Akiyama, Weisshaupt; Lee, Smit

We say: Elversberg 3-1 SV Darmstadt 98

Elversberg person won 2 of their 3 location games this season, and considering Darmstadt person mislaid 3 consecutive distant matches, we deliberation the top-flight hosts volition grounds a comparatively comfy triumph to beforehand to the adjacent round. 

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