2. Bundesliga preview: Can SpVgg Greuther Fürth edge out victory against Eintracht Braunschweig?

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 13.May
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer (15000 seats)

2. Bundesliga: What this game might not have in glamour it should pay back in guts and commitment. Let's go: SpVgg Greuther Fürth - Eintracht Braunschweig!

Insights:
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Eintracht Braunschweig have the most conceded goals (33) away in 2. Bundesliga

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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SpVgg Greuther Fürth form and stats

The story so far in the 2. Bundesliga for SpVgg Greuther Fürth at their home stadium (Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer) is 7 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats.

SpVgg Greuther Fürth travelled for their previous game, a trip to DSC Arminia Bielefeld that ended 1-1. A painful moment in the game against DSC Arminia Bielefeld was the missed penalty kick from Hrgota in the 24th minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome. Midfield player Christiansen got a match rating of 7.61 in that game, the max score being 10. Christiansen hit three key passes.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Heidenheim (0-2).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Greuther have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 5 and lost 0.

SpVgg Greuther Fürth are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 15 games. Greuther have conceded 17 in these home matches.

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Eintracht Braunschweig form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Eintracht Braunschweig so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-8 (win-draw-lose).

Impressive finishing from Donkor and Decarli secured the home win 2-1 against Sandhausen in their previous game. Decarli was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.13. The defender Decarli scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 9 of 13 duels.

Preceding that game, the 1-5 loss visiting Paderborn's place.

We have checked recent matches where Eintracht Braunschweig have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 0 victories, 7 draws and 4 defeats.

Betting related statistic: Both sides have scored at least once in 9 of this club's last 12 league fixtures.

The visiting Eintracht Braunschweig have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 15 games. Braunschweig have conceded 33 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

SpVgg Greuther Fürth have been victorious in all of the 4 latest duels against this opponent. Can they do it again?

Eintracht Braunschweig - SpVgg Greuther Fürth 0-1 was the story when these participants formerly met, also in this season.

Top Goalscorers

SpVgg Greuther FürthB. Hrgota
B. Hrgota
11 goals
Eintracht BraunschweigA. Ujah
A. Ujah
9 goals
GreutherR. Ache
R. Ache
7 goals

SpVgg Greuther Fürth missing players

Eintracht Braunschweig missing players

SpVgg Greuther Fürth Eintracht Braunschweig
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 5 15 31
9 7 3 Won W 1 2 9
10 6 2 Drew D 3 5 8
12 2 0 Lost L 1 8 14
40 22 7 Scored S 5 16 38
46 17 4 Conceded C 6 33 53
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
87% 80% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 81%
58% 53% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 60% 55%
29% 27% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 29%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 19%
71% 67% 60% BTTS BTTS 60% 73% 61%
19% 27% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 7% 16%
10% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 20% 26%
 
5.5 6.3 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3.1 4.8
4.1 3.3 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.5 5.3
2 2.1 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.6 3.2 2.6
4 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
13 15.6 16.2 Shots (avg) S ( 12.4 11.3 13.6
4.5 5.1 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.5 4.3
29% 29% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 31% 29%
 
12 11.3 10.4 Shots against (avg) S A 14.8 16.5 14.2
4.4 4.1 3.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.6 5.9 4.6
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Eintracht Braunschweig's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Eintracht Braunschweig have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Eintracht Braunschweig have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Eintracht Braunschweig have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Eintracht Braunschweig have the most conceded goals (33) away in 2. Bundesliga
  • Eintracht Braunschweig have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Eintracht Braunschweig haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in 2. Bundesliga
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Darmstadt 98 31 19 7 5 48 27 16 10 5 1 26 13 15 9 2 4 22 14 21 64
2 Heidenheim 31 17 10 4 61 31 16 11 4 1 40 16 15 6 6 3 21 15 30 61
3 Hamburger SV 31 17 6 8 62 43 16 10 3 3 36 19 15 7 3 5 26 24 19 57
4 St. Pauli 31 15 8 8 50 35 15 9 5 1 23 10 16 6 3 7 27 25 15 53
5 Fortuna Düsseldorf 31 16 5 10 54 40 16 11 3 2 35 16 15 5 2 8 19 24 14 53
6 Paderborn 31 15 6 10 63 39 15 11 0 4 43 17 16 4 6 6 20 22 24 51
7 Kaiserslautern 31 11 12 8 46 41 15 6 6 3 25 21 16 5 6 5 21 20 5 45
8 Karlsruher SC 31 12 6 13 52 50 16 8 3 5 30 25 15 4 3 8 22 25 2 42
9 Hannover 96 31 11 7 13 44 46 15 7 3 5 24 20 16 4 4 8 20 26 -2 40
10 Holstein Kiel 31 10 10 11 48 55 15 5 4 6 24 24 16 5 6 5 24 31 -7 40
11 Magdeburg 31 11 6 14 42 52 15 5 3 7 17 20 16 6 3 7 25 32 -10 39
12 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 31 9 10 12 40 46 15 7 6 2 22 17 16 2 4 10 18 29 -6 37
13 Eintracht Braunschweig 31 9 8 14 38 53 16 7 3 6 22 20 15 2 5 8 16 33 -15 35
14 Nürnberg 31 9 7 15 29 47 16 7 3 6 18 17 15 2 4 9 11 30 -18 34
15 Hansa Rostock 31 10 4 17 28 46 16 5 1 10 16 24 15 5 3 7 12 22 -18 34
16 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 31 8 6 17 46 55 16 5 3 8 26 27 15 3 3 9 20 28 -9 30
17 Jahn Regensburg 31 7 7 17 29 49 15 4 7 4 14 20 16 3 0 13 15 29 -20 28
18 Sandhausen 31 7 7 17 34 59 15 4 4 7 17 30 16 3 3 10 17 29 -25 28

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