Karlsruher – Darmstadt 98 match report
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Darmstadt 98 were beaten 4-0 by a rampant Karlsruher. It was 2-0 at half-time. The top ScoreMondo rating of the match went to Karlsruher's Marvin Wanitzek: 9.2. The match was played on Sunday, 18 October 2026 at BBBank Wildpark in Karlsruhe (matchday 8).
How the match unfolded
Shio Fukuda opened the scoring for Karlsruher after 6 minutes. Karlsruher extended their lead to 2-0 on 13 minutes thanks to Marvin Wanitzek. It was Karlsruher 2-0 Darmstadt 98 at half-time.
Karlsruher extended their lead to 3-0 on 51 minutes thanks to Christoph Kobald. Karlsruher extended their lead to 4-0 on 65 minutes thanks to Kevin Wiethaup.
The statistics
Corners finished 4-4. Karlsruher committed 15 fouls to Darmstadt 98's 10, and the offside count read 0-1.
Karlsruher's yellow cards went to Sandro Tremoulet in the 71st minute. Booked for Darmstadt 98: Aleksandar Vukotic (71') and Milan Smit (71').
Who stood out
The best ScoreMondo ratings after the player of the match went to Christoph Kobald (Karlsruher, 7.9), Sandro Tremoulet (Karlsruher, 7.4) and Shio Fukuda (Karlsruher, 7.4). From the Karlsruher bench came Jason Manuel Ponente Ramirez on 62 minutes, Deniz Ofli on 66 minutes, Tim Civeja on 66 minutes and Paul Scholl on 81 minutes, among 5 changes. Darmstadt 98 made 4 changes: Florian Kleinhansl for Marco Richter (72'), Noah Weißhaupt for Hiroki Akiyama (72'), Ibrahim El Kadiri for Lance Duijvestijn (72') and Yannik Lührs for Lee Ho-Jae (72').
The context
Karlsruher came into the match with 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats from their last 5 matches. St. Pauli beat Karlsruher 2-0 last time out. Before kick-off, Darmstadt 98's last 5 matches had brought 3 wins and 2 defeats. Last time out, Darmstadt 98 beat Energie Cottbus 3-1 at home. Karlsruher and Darmstadt 98 have met 10 times in our records: 3 wins for Karlsruher, 5 for Darmstadt 98 and 2 draws. The last meeting, in 2026, ended in a 2-1 win for Karlsruher. Those 10 games produced 38 goals, an average of 3.8 per match. Marc Philip Eckermann was the referee, averaging 4.7 yellow cards per match across 26 matches in our records.
What the result means
Darmstadt 98's run of 4 matches with a goal comes to an end.
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