Energie Cottbus have been steady without being spectacular. They've drawn a lot of matches, lost one, and picked up a win, so they're in decent shape and hard to beat. Darmstadt, on the other hand, are really struggling. They have lost every one of their recent matches, and several of those defeats were by a wide margin, which suggests they're going through a rough patch and conceding a lot of goals.

The one time these two met recently, the game was fairly open and Darmstadt came out on top. Given Darmstadt's current form, though, Cottbus look the stronger side right now. With Darmstadt leaking goals and Cottbus proving difficult to break down, this looks like a match Cottbus should win.