Kaiserslautern 3-0 Darmstadt After Missed Penalty | Live Soccer on TV
Darmstadt missed a first-half penalty, then Kaiserslautern ran in three goals through Sauer, Tazemeta and Berisha. Recap and live soccer on TV notes from 2. Bundesliga Round 4.
Published 5 Sept 2026Updated 5 Sept 20262 min read
The swing arrived before Kaiserslautern had even scored. In the 29th minute Darmstadt's Lowie Duijvestijn stood over a penalty — and missed. From that moment the match belonged to the home side.
Kaiserslautern beat Darmstadt 3-0 in 2. Bundesliga Round 4. Marlon Sauer struck in the 43rd minute, Tazemeta added a second on 64, and substitute Mergim Berisha finished it in the 90th. Both later goals were created by Semih Sahin.
Key Moments
Duijvestijn's wasted spot-kick was the fork in the road. Twelve minutes later Sauer converted Sahin's assist to make it 1-0 at the break. Darmstadt collected yellow cards for Smit and Luhrs as the second half opened, and Kaiserslautern immediately doubled the lead through Tazemeta a minute after a double change.
Berisha, introduced for Joly on 63 minutes, applied the last stroke on 90 minutes, again from Sahin. Kaiserslautern posted 2.63 expected goals to 1.04, 21 shots to nine, and 56 percent possession. Darmstadt never found a reply after the miss.
Torsten Lieberknecht's 3-4-2-1 stayed patient after the miss; Florian Kohfeldt's side had two big chances on the sheet and converted none of them. That is how a game that still felt open on the half-hour became a 3-0 scoreline by the whistle.
Why it matters
The win lifts Kaiserslautern to third on seven points from three matches, inside the promotion places, with five scored and one conceded. Darmstadt drop to 18th with zero points and zero goals across three games, sitting in the automatic relegation zone. That penalty was the visitors' best look at a first goal of the season. It stayed out.
How to watch / Viewing notes
Catalog broadcast rights for this fixture were empty at kickoff, so no channel can be named with certainty. Check official 2. Bundesliga and regional listings for the next Kaiserslautern or Darmstadt date if you are hunting live soccer on TV coverage.
One-line stat: 21 shots and 2.63 xG for Kaiserslautern; Darmstadt's afternoon turned on a missed penalty and ended without a goal again.