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Kaiserslautern
2. Bundesliga
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3 - 0
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Darmstadt
Kaiserslautern vs Darmstadt: match report
Kaiserslautern hosted SV Darmstadt 98 at Fritz-Walter Stadion on Saturday 5 September 2026, in the 2. Bundesliga (round 4). Kaiserslautern have no reported absences; Darmstadt are missing 1 (Aleksandar Vukotić). Michael Bacher is the referee, averaging 5.2 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.7.
Result and scorers
Kaiserslautern 3-0 Darmstadt. Goals: Mario Sauer 43' for Kaiserslautern; Thierry Fidjeu-Tazemeta 64' for Kaiserslautern; Mergim Berisha 90'+5' for Kaiserslautern.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 29' Missed penalty: Lance Duijvestijn (Darmstadt)
- 43' Goal: Mario Sauer (Kaiserslautern)
- 57' Yellow card: Milan Smit (Darmstadt)
- 63' Yellow card: Yannik Lührs (Darmstadt)
- 64' Goal: Thierry Fidjeu-Tazemeta (Kaiserslautern)
- 67' Yellow card: Simon Asta (Kaiserslautern)
- 76' Yellow card: Maxwell Gyamfi (Kaiserslautern)
- 88' Yellow card: David Schramm (Kaiserslautern)
- 90'+5' Goal: Mergim Berisha (Kaiserslautern)
Match stats (contains the result)
| 56.3% | Possession | 43.7% |
| 21 | Shots | 9 |
| 7 | Shots on target | 2 |
| 9 | Corners | 3 |
| 19 | Fouls | 14 |
| 0 | Offsides | 2 |
| 2 | Saves | 4 |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Line-ups
Kaiserslautern 3-4-2-1
Coach: Torsten Lieberknecht
- 1 Julian Krahl GK
- 33 Jan Elvedi DEF
- 4 Maxwell Gyamfi DEF
- 14 Jacob Rasmussen DEF
- 26 Paul Joly MID
- 6 Fabian Kunze MID
- 8 Semih Şahin MID
- 22 Mika Haas MID
- 7 Marlon Ritter MID
- 21 Mário Sauer MID
- 39 Thierry Fidjeu-Tazemeta FWD
Bench
- 2 Simon Asta MID
- 20 Mërgim Berisha FWD
- 3 Alex Murphy DEF
- 11 Ibrahim Kanaté FWD
- 41 David Schramm MID
- 40 Enis Kamga GK
- 45 Kelven Frees DEF
- 37 Leon Robinson DEF
- 17 Erencan Yardımcı FWD
Darmstadt 4-2-3-1
Coach: Florian Kohfeldt
- 1 Marcel Schuhen GK
- 28 Christopher Lannert DEF
- 6 Patric Pfeiffer DEF
- 49 Yannik Lührs DEF
- 18 Raoul Petretta DEF
- 17 Kai Klefisch MID
- 16 Hiroki Akiyama MID
- 7 Noah Weißhaupt FWD
- 41 Lance Duijvestijn MID
- 22 Lars Kehl MID
- 36 Milan Smit FWD
Bench
- 9 Ho-Jae Lee FWD
- 25 William Mikelbrencis MID
- 11 Ibrahim El Kadiri FWD
- 3 Florian Kleinhansl MID
- 30 Alexander Brunst-Zöllner GK
- 4 Grayson Dettoni DEF
- 23 Carlo Sickinger MID
- 10 Nicolas Verkooijen MID
- 44 Yosuke Furukawa FWD
Injuries and suspensions
Kaiserslautern
No reported absences.
Darmstadt
- Aleksandar Vukotić suspension, back Early September 2026
Previous meetings
- Saturday 7 February 2026: SV Darmstadt 98 4-0 Kaiserslautern
- Sunday 31 August 2025: Kaiserslautern 3-1 SV Darmstadt 98
- Sunday 11 May 2025: Kaiserslautern 2-1 SV Darmstadt 98
- Saturday 14 December 2024: SV Darmstadt 98 5-1 Kaiserslautern
- Saturday 18 March 2023: SV Darmstadt 98 2-0 Kaiserslautern