The league table in 2. Bundesliga tells a story about these teams so far, with Arminia Bielefeld leading Dynamo Dresden by 30 points. Match preview to follow:
It's no vacation for neither Bielefeld nor Dynamo Dresden as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
The season is still full of potential for Arminia Bielefeld as they can still win the whole 2. Bundesliga. Dresden are struggling to avoid relegation.
Arminia Bielefeld form and stats
6-7-1 (win-draw-lost) are the 2. Bundesliga numbers at home for Arminia Bielefeld, who have the the best goal difference (+27) in 2. Bundesliga, so far this season. The Bielefeld fans aren't used to losing league-games here at SchücoArena and will expect new points from this game. Arminia Bielefeld has played ten games in a row here without a defeat. Bielefeld has a nice streak going on as they have played twelve consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the St. Pauli defeat 177 days ago.
Arminia Bielefeld travelled for their previous game, a trip to Sandhausen that ended 0-0. Before that, Bielefeld drew at home versus Nürnberg.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Darmstadt 98 are coming to town in three days.
Arminia Bielefeld have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at SchücoArena with 24 goals in 14 league matches. Bielefeld are not conceding a lot of goals here at SchücoArena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 14 matches.
Dynamo Dresden form and stats
Dynamo Dresden have only collected 10 points from their away games in the 2. Bundesliga, after 2-4-8 (14 played).
The manager M. Kauczinski was unhappy after their last game, a 2. Bundesliga match played at their home ground DDV-Stadion. Dresden suffered a 0-1 loss to Hamburger SV (placed 2nd). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Greuther Fürth.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The 2. Bundesliga trip to Holstein Kiel.
The attacking power of Dynamo Dresden when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 14 league matches away. The Dresden manager M. Kauczinski has some worries about the defense as 28 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Dynamo Dresden - Bielefeld 0-1. Arminia Bielefeld-Dynamo Dresden H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Arminia Bielefeld six wins, Dynamo Dresden three wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  F. Klos 18 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 |
| 30 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 30 |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 13 | 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 54 | 24 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 29 |
| 27 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 28 | 50 |
| 87% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 60% | 79% | 90% |
| 70% | 79% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 79% | 73% |
| 43% | 36% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 64% | 53% |
| 33% | 29% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 36% | 23% |
| 17% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 21% | 17% |
| 57% | 64% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 50% | 53% |
| 37% | 29% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 21% | 17% |
| 20% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 50% | 40% |
| 5.6 | 6.2 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.8 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.9 | 5 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 414 | 210 | 84 | Total Shots | T S | 51 | 127 | 312 |
| 141 | 67 | 24 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 37 | 111 |
| 38% | 36% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 32% | 26% |
- Arminia Bielefeld has the fewest conceded goals (27)
- Arminia Bielefeld has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10)
- Arminia Bielefeld has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (17)
- Arminia Bielefeld has the the best goal difference (+27)
- Arminia Bielefeld haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Dynamo Dresden has the fewest scored goals (29)
- Dynamo Dresden has the fewest scored goals in the first half (10)
- Dynamo Dresden has the most conceded goals in the first half (28)
- Dynamo Dresden has the the worst goal difference (-21)
- Dynamo Dresden have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- 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 | 30 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 54 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 27 | 58 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 31 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 59 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 53 |
| 3 | Stuttgart | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 50 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 13 | 52 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 31 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 43 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 51 |
| 5 | Darmstadt 98 | 31 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 42 | 40 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 26 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 2 | 46 |
| 6 | Bochum | 31 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 49 | 46 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 42 |
| 7 | Greuther Fürth | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 42 |
| 8 | Hannover 96 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 47 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 42 |
| 9 | Erzgebirge Aue | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 41 | 44 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 29 | -3 | 41 |
| 10 | Sandhausen | 31 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 37 | 38 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 20 | -1 | 40 |
| 11 | Holstein Kiel | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 49 | 51 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 28 | -2 | 39 |
| 12 | Jahn Regensburg | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 52 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 31 | -6 | 39 |
| 13 | St. Pauli | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 37 | 40 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -3 | 38 |
| 14 | Osnabrück | 31 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 39 | 44 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -5 | 35 |
| 15 | Karlsruher SC | 31 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 39 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 26 | -11 | 33 |
| 16 | Nürnberg | 31 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 38 | 51 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 26 | -13 | 33 |
| 17 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 31 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 39 | 53 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 24 | -14 | 31 |
| 18 | Dynamo Dresden | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 28 | -21 | 28 |
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