Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Arminia Bielefeld welcomes Dynamo Dresden

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Wed 27.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: SchücoArena (27300 seats)

The league table in 2. Bundesliga tells a story about these teams so far, with Arminia Bielefeld leading Dynamo Dresden by 29 points. Match preview to follow:

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a 2. Bundesliga match only three days ago. That game was an away game at Hamburger SV, so at least Arminia Bielefeld are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Arminia Bielefeld form and stats

The story so far in the 2. Bundesliga for Arminia Bielefeld, who have the most scored goals (51) in 2. Bundesliga, at their home stadium (SchücoArena) is 6 wins, 6 draws and 1 defeat. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Arminia Bielefeld.

An away draw last time out for Bielefeld, facing Hamburger SV in a game that ended 0-0. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Osnabrück.

Bielefeld's goalie Stefan Ortega played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Hamburger SV with a stunning six saves.

Bielefeld are traveling soon after this match as the 2. Bundesliga match at Holstein Kiel awaits in three days.

A decent goal production from Bielefeld in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 13 league matches. Bielefeld have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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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.

Dresden go into this game after a win, the home game against Erzgebirge Aue that ended 2-1. Preceding that game was the away victory against Jahn Regensburg with the score of 2-1.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Stuttgart in just four days.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Dresden have conceded 23 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Dynamo Dresden - Bielefeld 0-1 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Bielefeld six wins, one draw and Dynamo Dresden three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BielefeldF. Klos
F. Klos
17 goals
Arminia BielefeldA. Voglsammer
A. Voglsammer
10 goals
Arminia BielefeldJ. Edmundsson
J. Edmundsson
5 goals

Arminia Bielefeld missing players

Dynamo Dresden missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Arminia Bielefeld Dynamo Dresden
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 5 12 25
14 6 1 Won W 0 1 6
11 6 3 Drew D 2 4 6
2 1 0 Lost L 3 7 13
51 23 5 Scored S 3 9 25
25 11 4 Conceded C 9 23 41
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 75% 88%
70% 77% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 75% 72%
44% 38% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 58% 56%
37% 31% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 33% 24%
19% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 17% 16%
56% 62% 75% BTTS BTTS 60% 50% 56%
37% 31% 25% Clean Sheets C S 40% 25% 20%
19% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 50% 36%
 
5.8 6.3 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3.2 3.8
4.1 4.2 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.8 4.9
1.6 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.4 2.3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
370 195 61 Total Shots T S 53 113 272
129 63 16 Shots on Target S O 12 33 97
40% 37% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 27% 26%
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Arminia Bielefeld has the fewest conceded goals (25)
  • Arminia Bielefeld has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9)
  • Arminia Bielefeld has the most scored goals (51)
  • 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 more than double the goals of Dynamo Dresden.
  • Arminia Bielefeld haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Dynamo Dresden has the fewest points (7) away
  • 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 27 14 11 2 51 25 13 6 6 1 23 11 14 8 5 1 28 14 26 53
2 Hamburger SV 27 12 10 5 50 30 13 9 2 2 27 9 14 3 8 3 23 21 20 46
3 Stuttgart 27 13 6 8 44 33 13 10 1 2 27 9 14 3 5 6 17 24 11 45
4 Heidenheim 27 12 8 7 35 29 14 8 4 2 23 11 13 4 4 5 12 18 6 44
5 Darmstadt 98 27 9 12 6 35 33 14 5 8 1 22 14 13 4 4 5 13 19 2 39
6 Erzgebirge Aue 27 10 8 9 38 36 13 9 3 1 27 12 14 1 5 8 11 24 2 38
7 Holstein Kiel 27 10 8 9 43 42 13 4 5 4 18 19 14 6 3 5 25 23 1 38
8 Greuther Fürth 26 10 7 9 39 35 13 7 2 4 21 17 13 3 5 5 18 18 4 37
9 Hannover 96 26 9 8 9 38 39 12 2 7 3 15 19 14 7 1 6 23 20 -1 35
10 Jahn Regensburg 27 9 7 11 38 44 13 6 3 4 21 19 14 3 4 7 17 25 -6 34
11 St. Pauli 27 8 9 10 34 36 14 7 4 3 21 12 13 1 5 7 13 24 -2 33
12 Bochum 27 7 11 9 43 45 14 4 7 3 31 27 13 3 4 6 12 18 -2 32
13 Osnabrück 27 7 9 11 35 40 14 5 3 6 20 20 13 2 6 5 15 20 -5 30
14 Sandhausen 27 6 12 9 31 36 14 4 7 3 17 17 13 2 5 6 14 19 -5 30
15 Nürnberg 27 7 9 11 35 47 14 3 6 5 15 24 13 4 3 6 20 23 -12 30
16 Karlsruher SC 27 6 10 11 35 46 14 4 5 5 20 22 13 2 5 6 15 24 -11 28
17 Wehen Wiesbaden 27 7 7 13 33 45 13 3 4 6 13 25 14 4 3 7 20 20 -12 28
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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  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 27 14 11 2 51 25 13 6 6 1 23 11 14 8 5 1 28 14 26 53
2 Hamburger SV 27 12 10 5 50 30 13 9 2 2 27 9 14 3 8 3 23 21 20 46
3 Stuttgart 27 13 6 8 44 33 13 10 1 2 27 9 14 3 5 6 17 24 11 45
4 Heidenheim 27 12 8 7 35 29 14 8 4 2 23 11 13 4 4 5 12 18 6 44
5 Darmstadt 98 27 9 12 6 35 33 14 5 8 1 22 14 13 4 4 5 13 19 2 39
6 Erzgebirge Aue 27 10 8 9 38 36 13 9 3 1 27 12 14 1 5 8 11 24 2 38
7 Holstein Kiel 27 10 8 9 43 42 13 4 5 4 18 19 14 6 3 5 25 23 1 38
8 Greuther Fürth 26 10 7 9 39 35 13 7 2 4 21 17 13 3 5 5 18 18 4 37
9 Hannover 96 26 9 8 9 38 39 12 2 7 3 15 19 14 7 1 6 23 20 -1 35
10 Jahn Regensburg 27 9 7 11 38 44 13 6 3 4 21 19 14 3 4 7 17 25 -6 34
11 St. Pauli 27 8 9 10 34 36 14 7 4 3 21 12 13 1 5 7 13 24 -2 33
12 Bochum 27 7 11 9 43 45 14 4 7 3 31 27 13 3 4 6 12 18 -2 32
13 Osnabrück 27 7 9 11 35 40 14 5 3 6 20 20 13 2 6 5 15 20 -5 30
14 Sandhausen 27 6 12 9 31 36 14 4 7 3 17 17 13 2 5 6 14 19 -5 30
15 Nürnberg 27 7 9 11 35 47 14 3 6 5 15 24 13 4 3 6 20 23 -12 30
16 Karlsruher SC 27 6 10 11 35 46 14 4 5 5 20 22 13 2 5 6 15 24 -11 28
17 Wehen Wiesbaden 27 7 7 13 33 45 13 3 4 6 13 25 14 4 3 7 20 20 -12 28
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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