1
Schalke
70
2
Elversberg
62
3
Paderborn
62
4
Hannover 96
60
5
Darmstadt
52
6
Kaiserslautern
52
7
Hertha
51
8
Nürnberg
46
9
Bochum
44
10
Karlsruher
44
11
Dynamo Dresden
41
12
Holstein
41
13
Arminia
39
14
Magdeburg
39
15
Eintracht Braunschweig
37
16
Greuther Furth
37
17
Düsseldorf
37
18
Preußen Münster
30
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.