2. Bundesliga match preview: Eintracht Braunschweig believed to be the weaker party when Greuther Fürth pays a visit

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 19.December
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Eintracht-Stadion (23325 seats)

Struggling Eintracht Braunschweig will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Greuther Fürth in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Eintracht Braunschweig has the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Greuther Fürth has the most scored goals in the first half (14) in 2. Bundesliga

It's no vacation for neither Braunschweig nor Greuther Fürth 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.

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Eintracht Braunschweig form and stats

Eintracht Braunschweig have collected 10 points from their 2. Bundesliga home games so far after 3-1-2.

Braunschweig manager D. Meyer and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Paderborn (placed 13th) in the 2. Bundesliga. Preceding that match was the home game against Osnabrück that was lost 0-2.

Trouble was brewing at the score 0-2 against Paderborn last time out, but a goal from Nick Proschwitz completed a comeback to a draw result for Braunschweig.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the DFB Pokal game versus Borussia Dortmund in only three days. This game is also played here at Eintracht-Stadion.

The Braunschweig fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. Eintracht Braunschweig have conceded 9 from these games.

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Greuther Fürth form and stats

Greuther Fürth's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Greuther Fürth, who have the most points (14) away in 2. Bundesliga, collect 14 points from their 6 away matches in the 2. Bundesliga. 4 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats). Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Greuther Fürth's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Wurzburger Kickers game.

The manager S. Leitl was unhappy after their last game, a 2. Bundesliga match played at their home ground Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer. Greuther suffered a 0-4 loss to Darmstadt 98 (placed 14th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Sandhausen at their stadium, the result 3-0.

As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Darmstadt 98 was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind. Greuther goalkeeper Sascha Burchert had a great day against Darmstadt 98, but despite making six saves the loss could not be avoided.

Greuther has another fixture away, a DFB Pokal game, against Hoffenheim in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Greuther are regular goalscorers on their travels. 6 goals have been conceded by Greuther in these games.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Eintracht Braunschweig, three draws and three wins for Greuther Fürth. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

BraunschweigN. Proschwitz
N. Proschwitz
5 goals
Greuther FürthP. Seguin
P. Seguin
5 goals
Greuther FürthB. Hrgota
B. Hrgota
5 goals

Eintracht Braunschweig missing players

Greuther Fürth missing players

Eintracht Braunschweig Greuther Fürth
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 2 6 12
3 3 1 Won W 1 4 6
3 1 1 Drew D 1 2 3
6 2 0 Lost L 0 0 3
13 8 2 Scored S 5 14 22
26 9 1 Conceded C 2 6 15
92% 83% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
92% 83% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 83%
75% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 58%
50% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 50%
17% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 17%
58% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 58%
8% 17% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 17%
42% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.3 1.7
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.8 10.8 13 Shots (avg) S ( 12 13.8 16
3 2.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.8 5.6
36% 50% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 48% 33%
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Greuther Fürth's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Eintracht Braunschweig has the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Eintracht Braunschweig has the most points from losing position (11) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Greuther Fürth has the most points (14) away in 2. Bundesliga
  • Greuther Fürth has the most scored goals in the first half (14) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Greuther Fürth has the the best goal difference (+8) away in 2. Bundesliga
  • Greuther Fürth have not yet lost a game away.
  • Greuther Fürth have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Greuther Fürth have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Greuther Fürth have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • 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 Holstein Kiel 12 7 4 1 20 11 7 4 2 1 11 8 5 3 2 0 9 3 9 25
2 Hamburger SV 12 7 2 3 25 16 7 4 1 2 15 8 5 3 1 1 10 8 9 23
3 Greuther Fürth 12 6 3 3 22 15 6 2 1 3 8 9 6 4 2 0 14 6 7 21
4 Bochum 12 6 2 4 21 14 6 3 2 1 12 4 6 3 0 3 9 10 7 20
5 Fortuna Dusseldorf 12 6 2 4 16 18 6 5 1 0 11 4 6 1 1 4 5 14 -2 20
6 Heidenheim 12 5 4 3 17 13 7 4 3 0 11 4 5 1 1 3 6 9 4 19
7 Osnabrück 12 5 4 3 16 16 5 2 1 2 7 9 7 3 3 1 9 7 0 19
8 Karlsruher SC 11 5 1 5 17 13 5 2 0 3 8 7 6 3 1 2 9 6 4 16
9 Nurnberg 12 4 4 4 20 17 6 2 2 2 9 9 6 2 2 2 11 8 3 16
10 Erzgebirge Aue 11 4 4 3 16 13 5 2 2 1 7 5 6 2 2 2 9 8 3 16
11 Hannover 96 12 5 1 6 15 14 6 4 1 1 11 4 6 1 0 5 4 10 1 16
12 Jahn Regensburg 12 4 4 4 17 17 6 3 1 2 11 9 6 1 3 2 6 8 0 16
13 Paderborn 12 4 3 5 16 15 6 3 1 2 11 9 6 1 2 3 5 6 1 15
14 Darmstadt 98 12 4 3 5 23 23 5 1 2 2 7 8 7 3 1 3 16 15 0 15
15 Eintracht Braunschweig 12 3 3 6 13 26 6 3 1 2 8 9 6 0 2 4 5 17 -13 12
16 Sandhausen 12 3 2 7 12 25 6 2 2 2 8 12 6 1 0 5 4 13 -13 11
17 St. Pauli 11 1 5 5 15 21 5 1 2 2 8 10 6 0 3 3 7 11 -6 8
18 Wurzburger Kickers 11 1 1 9 12 26 6 1 1 4 8 14 5 0 0 5 4 12 -14 4

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