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Darmstadt
Position: 1st (automatic promotion)
Points: 41 (21 games)
Goal difference: +18 (40-22)
Next fixture: Eintracht Braunschweig (a)

Darmstadt are the only team to remain unbeaten on home soil this term following their Matchday 21 win over Kaiserslautern, securing an eighth win at the Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor, drawing their other three.

Having not suffered defeat since losing narrowly to Schalke on Matchday 10, Florian Kohfeldt’s charges also boast the league’s joint-top scorer in Isac Lidberg, who found the net more often than any other current Bundesliga 2 player in the first half of the campaign.

Darmstadt last gained promotion in 2022/23, but were relegated after just one season in the top flight. Kohfeldt and his players would love the opportunity to go one better next year.

Watch: Darmstadt 4-0 Kaiserslautern

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