A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Arminia Bielefeld fans are optimistic that the difference between 1st and Dynamo Dresden's 18th place in the table will show on the pitch.
Arminia Bielefeld form and stats
6-5-1 (win-draw-lost) are the 2. Bundesliga numbers at home for Arminia Bielefeld, who have the most scored goals (50) in 2. Bundesliga, so far this season. Ever since the Karlsruher SC game Arminia Bielefeld has been unbeatable here at SchücoArena producing four straight wins.
The home team returns to SchücoArena after being equal after 90 minutes with Stuttgart (placed 2nd) on their last time out; the 2. Bundesliga game ended 1-1. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Wehen Wiesbaden.
Cebio Soukou was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Stuttgart after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
Arminia Bielefeld have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at SchücoArena with 22 goals in 12 league matches. Arminia Bielefeld are not conceding a lot of goals here at SchücoArena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 12 matches.
Dynamo Dresden form and stats
There's been little loot from Dynamo Dresden's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 12 away games in the 2. Bundesliga. Dynamo Dresden only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 4 draws.
Impressive finishing from Patrick Schmidt (2) secured the home win 2-1 against Erzgebirge Aue in their previous game. Prior to that result Dynamo Dresden won their away game at Jahn Regensburg. The scoreline was 2-1.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Dynamo Dresden as they have only managed to score 9 times from 12 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Dynamo Dresden have conceded 23 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Dynamo Dresden - Arminia Bielefeld 0-1 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Arminia Bielefeld, one draw and three wins for Dynamo Dresden. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  F. Klos 16 goals |  A. Voglsammer 10 goals |  J. Edmundsson 5 goals |
Arminia Bielefeld missing players
Dynamo Dresden missing players
| Arminia Bielefeld | Dynamo Dresden | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 50 | 22 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 25 |
| 24 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 23 | 41 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 60% | 75% | 88% |
| 72% | 75% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 75% | 72% |
| 48% | 42% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 58% | 56% |
| 40% | 33% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 33% | 24% |
| 20% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 16% |
| 56% | 58% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 50% | 56% |
| 36% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 25% | 20% |
| 16% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 50% | 36% |
| 6 | 6.8 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.6 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
| 4 | 4.1 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.8 | 4.9 |
| 1.6 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 354 | 189 | 72 | Total Shots | T S | 51 | 113 | 272 |
| 124 | 60 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 33 | 97 |
| 40% | 37% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 27% | 26% |
- Arminia Bielefeld has the fewest conceded goals (24)
- Arminia Bielefeld has the most scored goals (50)
- Arminia Bielefeld has the most scored goals in the second half (33)
- Arminia Bielefeld has the the best goal difference (+26)
- Arminia Bielefeld have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Arminia Bielefeld have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Dynamo Dresden have scored away.
- Arminia Bielefeld haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Dynamo Dresden has the fewest scored goals (25)
- Dynamo Dresden has the fewest scored goals (9) away
- Dynamo Dresden has the fewest scored goals in the first half (8)
- Dynamo Dresden has the the worst goal difference (-14) away
- Dynamo Dresden has the the worst goal difference (-16)
- Dynamo Dresden have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Dynamo Dresden have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Dynamo Dresden have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arminia Bielefeld | 25 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 50 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 26 | 51 |
| 2 | Stuttgart | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 45 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 48 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 44 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 41 |
| 5 | Greuther Furth | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 36 |
| 6 | Darmstadt 98 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 31 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 36 |
| 7 | Holstein Kiel | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 34 |
| 8 | Erzgebirge Aue | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 34 |
| 9 | Hannover 96 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 18 | -3 | 32 |
| 10 | Jahn Regensburg | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 36 | 42 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 25 | -6 | 32 |
| 11 | St. Pauli | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 30 |
| 12 | Osnabruck | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -3 | 29 |
| 13 | Sandhausen | 25 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 30 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 29 |
| 14 | Nürnberg | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | -11 | 29 |
| 15 | Bochum | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 40 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -5 | 28 |
| 16 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 19 | -12 | 25 |
| 17 | Karlsruher SC | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -13 | 24 |
| 18 | Dynamo Dresden | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 41 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -16 | 24 |
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