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Darmstadt
2. Bundesliga
16:30
UTC, Friday 23 October 2026
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St. Pauli

Darmstadt vs St. Pauli: preview, line-ups and kick-off time

SV Darmstadt 98 host St. Pauli at Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor on Friday 23 October 2026, kick-off 16:30 UTC, in the 2. Bundesliga (round 9). Prediction markets make St. Pauli the favourite at 43%, with the draw at 27% (Polymarket). Darmstadt have had 5 days of rest since playing Karlsruher (2. Bundesliga); St. Pauli have had 5 after facing Hannover and travel about 421 km. Darmstadt are without 4 players (Carlo Sickinger, Fabian Nürnberger, Luca Marseiler and others); St. Pauli are missing 1 (Marcus Mathisen). Timo Gansloweit is the referee, averaging 4.8 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.9. The forecast at kick-off is 12°C with rain.

Win chances

Darmstadt 30%Draw 27%St. Pauli 43%

From Polymarket prediction market prices. For information only: Ninety has no betting links. How win chances work.

Predicted line-ups

Predicted elevens. Official team sheets usually arrive about an hour before kick-off. About predicted line-ups.

Darmstadt 4-2-3-1

Coach: Florian Kohfeldt

  1. 1 Marcel Schuhen GK
  2. 25 William Mikelbrencis MID
  3. 6 Patric Pfeiffer DEF
  4. 20 Aleksandar Vukotić DEF
  5. 18 Raoul Petretta DEF
  6. 17 Kai Klefisch MID
  7. 16 Hiroki Akiyama MID
  8. 5 Marco Richter FWD
  9. 41 Lance Duijvestijn MID
  10. 36 Milan Smit FWD
  11. 9 Ho-Jae Lee FWD

Bench

  • 30 Alexander Brunst-Zöllner GK
  • 28 Christopher Lannert DEF
  • 26 Matthias Bader DEF
  • 49 Yannik Lührs DEF
  • 3 Florian Kleinhansl MID
  • 43 Tom Steineck MID
  • 19 Fynn Lakenmacher FWD
  • 11 Ibrahim El Kadiri FWD
  • 7 Noah Weißhaupt FWD

St. Pauli 4-1-3-2

Coach: Marcel Rapp

  1. 1 Ben Alexander Voll GK
  2. 11 Arkadiusz Pyrka MID
  3. 4 David Nemeth DEF
  4. 21 Lars Ritzka MID
  5. 23 Louis Oppie MID
  6. 8 Eric Smith DEF
  7. 24 Connor Metcalfe MID
  8. 20 Mathias Rasmussen MID
  9. 16 Joel Chima Fujita MID
  10. 7 Youssoupha Niang FWD
  11. 9 Abdoulie Ceesay FWD

Bench

  • 33 Dimitar Mitov GK
  • 25 Adam Dźwigała DEF
  • 15 Tomoya Andō DEF
  • 10 Branimir Hrgota MID
  • 22 Samuel Klein MID
  • 14 Erik Ahlstrand FWD
  • 19 Martijn Kaars FWD
  • 26 Ricky-Jade Jones FWD
  • 18 Taichi Hara FWD

Injuries and suspensions

Darmstadt

  • Carlo Sickinger injury, back Mid November 2026
  • Fabian Nürnberger injury, back Late October 2026
  • Luca Marseiler injury, back Early December 2026
  • Merveille Papela injury, back Unknown

St. Pauli

  • Marcus Mathisen injury, back Late October 2026
Previous meetings
  • Saturday 6 May 2023: SV Darmstadt 98 0-3 St. Pauli
  • Saturday 29 October 2022: St. Pauli 1-1 SV Darmstadt 98
  • Saturday 23 April 2022: St. Pauli 1-2 SV Darmstadt 98
  • Saturday 20 November 2021: SV Darmstadt 98 4-0 St. Pauli
  • Saturday 20 February 2021: St. Pauli 3-2 SV Darmstadt 98