1
Schalke
64
2
Paderborn
58
3
Hannover 96
57
4
Elversberg
56
5
Darmstadt
51
6
Hertha
48
7
Kaiserslautern
46
8
Nürnberg
41
9
Karlsruher
40
10
Bochum
39
11
Holstein
38
12
Dynamo Dresden
35
13
Arminia
35
14
Eintracht Braunschweig
34
15
Düsseldorf
34
16
Magdeburg
33
17
Greuther Furth
33
18
Preußen Münster
28
The visitors should enter the match in much higher spirits having kept back-to-back clean sheets in last two rounds against Magdeburg and Bochum. They took four points from these two ties and are now ten adrift of the danger area. This means the Lilies all but secured the survival in the second class of German football with just four games left to play.
Looking at the head to head record as well as mere quality, Koln have to be considered heavy favourites here. Darmstadt were generally struggling badly on the road so far in the season. The Lilies won 3, drew 3 and lost 9 of 15 league matches away from home.
Koln won four and drew one of past five home outings in the league and they scored at least three goals in each of these wins.