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2. Bundesliga · Matchweek 1

Darmstadt

DAR

2–2Full time

Holstein Kiel

HOL

How they playPossession, press, how they create

Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.

43%Possession45%
38%Territory28%
22%From set plays30%
0.08Chance quality0.11
4.5%Directness7.2%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Darmstadt, 3 for Holstein Kiel. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 27 of 90 matches, not the full season.