Overview
- Fraser Hornby scored in the 4th minute and Isac Lidberg added a 33rd-minute strike, with Noah Sarenren-Bazee leveling in the 28th and Maximilian Großer equalizing in the 73rd.
- Lidberg’s goal was created by a long ball from goalkeeper Marcel Schuhen and was his ninth of the season.
- Hornby left around the 63rd minute with a thigh issue, and Lidberg was substituted at halftime, reducing Darmstadt’s attacking threat.
- Großer’s second-half equalizer took a decisive deflection off Matej Maglica, and the match finished 2–2 before 17,810 fans at a sold‑out Böllenfalltor.
- Darmstadt are winless in four league matches and sit seventh on 19 points, with promoted Arminia Bielefeld ninth on 14, three days after Darmstadt’s 4–0 cup win over Schalke.