Possible nail-biting contest in Elversberg - Fortuna Düsseldorf game

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 26.Aug
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: URSAPHARM-Arena an der Kaiserlinde (8000 seats)

Elversberg host Fortuna Düsseldorf for another absorbing 2. Bundesliga match here at URSAPHARM-Arena an der Kaiserlinde.

Insights:
  • Elversberg have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in 2. Bundesliga

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Elversberg form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first 2. Bundesliga game of the season here at URSAPHARM-Arena an der Kaiserlinde. Last season these fans witnessed 12 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses from Elversberg's 19 home games.

In their previous game, the manager Steffen led his Elversberg to a defeat away at Kaiserslautern. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at URSAPHARM-Arena an der Kaiserlinde. Midfield player Sahin got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, the max score being 10. Sahin scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 53 successful passes (of 60 total).

Preceding that match, a home loss in the DFB Pokal against Mainz 05.

Early season league goal statistics from Elversberg's 1 home game: {1 goals}, 2 conceded.

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Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first 2. Bundesliga away game of the season. During their previous season 17 away games resulted in 6 wins, 3 draws and 8 defeats.

Fortuna Düsseldorf might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Paderborn proved too strong as Düsseldorf slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Merkur Spiel-Arena. Midfielder Appelkamp was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.83. Appelkamp served one assist and hit four key passes.

Ahead of that, the DFB Pokal win away at Illertissen.

{0 goals} so far away for Fortuna Düsseldorf, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

ElversbergM. Feil
M. Feil
1 goals
ElversbergM. Correia
M. Correia
1 goals
ElversbergS. Sahin
S. Sahin
1 goals

Elversberg missing players

Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Elversberg Fortuna Düsseldorf
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
2 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
5 1 0 Scored S 0 0 2
7 2 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 67%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 33%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
67% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 33%
 
6.3 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 8 9
3 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 4.3
2.7 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
19 13 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 13 16.7
7.3 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 3.7
23% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 18%
 
16.3 18 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13 11.3
5.7 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 4
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Elversberg have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in 2. Bundesliga
Elversberg Last season Fortuna Düsseldorf
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   17 34
22 12   Won W   6 17
8 4   Drew D   3 7
8 3   Lost L   8 10
80 47   Scored S   22 60
40 20   Conceded C   24 43
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
84% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 79%
61% 68%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 62%
37% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 38%
24% 32%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 18%
58% 58%   BTTS BTTS   47% 56%
29% 32%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 26%
16% 11%   Failed to Score F T   35% 21%
 
5.8 6.3   Corners for (avg) C F   4 4.6
4.6 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   6.1 4.9
1.9 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.4
4 3   Red cards R C   2 2
 
12.8 14.3   Shots (avg) S (   12.6 14.1
5.8 6.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.4 5.3
37% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 33%
 
11.2 10.3   Shots against (avg) S A   12.6 12.4
4.1 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4 4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hamburger SV 3 2 1 0 10 5 2 2 0 0 8 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 5 7
2 Wehen Wiesbaden 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 7
3 Hansa Rostock 3 2 0 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
4 Holstein Kiel 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 Hannover 96 3 1 2 0 6 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 5
6 St. Pauli 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 5
7 Greuther Furth 3 1 1 1 6 2 2 1 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 4 4
8 Magdeburg 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
9 Karlsruher SC 3 1 1 1 5 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 4
10 Fortuna Düsseldorf 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
11 Paderborn 3 1 1 1 3 7 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 6 -4 4
12 Schalke 04 2 1 0 1 6 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 5 1 3
13 Kaiserslautern 3 1 0 2 4 7 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 3
14 Osnabruck 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
15 Elversberg 3 0 1 2 5 7 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 4 5 -2 1
16 Nurnberg 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
17 Eintracht Braunschweig 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
18 Hertha BSC 3 0 0 3 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 -5 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Elversberg 38 22 8 8 80 40 19 12 4 3 47 20 19 10 4 5 33 20 40 74
2 Freiburg II 38 21 10 7 54 34 19 13 5 1 32 13 19 8 5 6 22 21 20 73
3 Osnabruck 38 21 7 10 70 49 19 12 3 4 38 22 19 9 4 6 32 27 21 70
4 Wehen Wiesbaden 38 21 7 10 71 51 19 12 3 4 37 21 19 9 4 6 34 30 20 70
5 Saarbrucken 38 20 9 9 64 39 19 11 4 4 36 22 19 9 5 5 28 17 25 69
6 Dynamo Dresden 38 20 9 9 65 44 19 10 5 4 38 22 19 10 4 5 27 22 21 69
7 Waldhof Mannheim 38 19 3 16 63 65 19 15 1 3 37 21 19 4 2 13 26 44 -2 60
8 1860 München 38 16 9 13 61 52 19 11 2 6 35 21 19 5 7 7 26 31 9 57
9 Viktoria Koln 38 14 13 11 58 53 19 8 5 6 26 27 19 6 8 5 32 26 5 55
10 Verl 38 13 10 15 60 58 19 8 6 5 33 25 19 5 4 10 27 33 2 49
11 Ingolstadt 38 14 5 19 54 56 19 6 3 10 22 28 19 8 2 9 32 28 -2 47
12 MSV Duisburg 38 11 13 14 54 58 19 4 10 5 28 28 19 7 3 9 26 30 -4 46
13 Borussia Dortmund II 38 13 6 19 47 49 19 8 2 9 21 20 19 5 4 10 26 29 -2 45
14 Erzgebirge Aue 38 12 9 17 49 62 19 6 6 7 25 28 19 6 3 10 24 34 -13 45
15 Rot-Weiss Essen 38 9 15 14 43 56 19 5 10 4 22 26 19 4 5 10 21 30 -13 42
16 Hallescher FC 38 10 11 17 49 60 19 7 5 7 31 25 19 3 6 10 18 35 -11 41
17 Meppen 38 8 13 17 43 65 19 7 3 9 28 32 19 1 10 8 15 33 -22 37
18 VfB Oldenburg 38 9 8 21 42 64 19 3 5 11 24 38 19 6 3 10 18 26 -22 35
19 Zwickau 38 9 8 21 42 72 19 6 4 9 22 25 19 3 4 12 20 47 -30 35
20 Bayreuth 38 9 5 24 39 81 19 6 3 10 25 37 19 3 2 14 14 44 -42 32
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Heidenheim 34 19 10 5 67 36 17 12 4 1 41 16 17 7 6 4 26 20 31 67
2 Darmstadt 98 34 20 7 7 50 33 17 11 5 1 27 13 17 9 2 6 23 20 17 67
3 Hamburger SV 34 20 6 8 70 45 17 11 3 3 38 20 17 9 3 5 32 25 25 66
4 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 17 7 10 60 43 17 11 4 2 38 19 17 6 3 8 22 24 17 58
5 St. Pauli 34 16 10 8 55 39 17 9 7 1 24 11 17 7 3 7 31 28 16 58
6 Paderborn 34 16 7 11 68 44 17 12 0 5 46 20 17 4 7 6 22 24 24 55
7 Karlsruher SC 34 13 7 14 56 53 17 9 3 5 32 25 17 4 4 9 24 28 3 46
8 Holstein Kiel 34 12 10 12 58 61 17 6 4 7 29 29 17 6 6 5 29 32 -3 46
9 Kaiserslautern 34 11 12 11 47 48 17 6 6 5 26 26 17 5 6 6 21 22 -1 45
10 Hannover 96 34 12 8 14 50 55 17 8 3 6 27 26 17 4 5 8 23 29 -5 44
11 Magdeburg 34 12 7 15 48 55 17 6 4 7 23 22 17 6 3 8 25 33 -7 43
12 Greuther Furth 34 10 11 13 47 50 17 8 7 2 28 19 17 2 4 11 19 31 -3 41
13 Hansa Rostock 34 12 5 17 32 48 17 6 1 10 18 25 17 6 4 7 14 23 -16 41
14 Nurnberg 34 10 9 15 32 49 17 7 4 6 18 17 17 3 5 9 14 32 -17 39
15 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 9 9 16 42 59 17 7 3 7 23 22 17 2 6 9 19 37 -17 36
16 Arminia Bielefeld 34 9 7 18 50 62 17 5 4 8 28 29 17 4 3 10 22 33 -12 34
17 Jahn Regensburg 34 8 7 19 34 58 17 4 7 6 17 28 17 4 0 13 17 30 -24 31
18 Sandhausen 34 7 7 20 35 63 17 4 4 9 18 33 17 3 3 11 17 30 -28 28

2. Bundesliga:
Germany:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hamburger SV 3 2 1 0 10 5 2 2 0 0 8 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 5 7
2 Wehen Wiesbaden 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 7
3 Hansa Rostock 3 2 0 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
4 Holstein Kiel 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 Hannover 96 3 1 2 0 6 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 5
6 St. Pauli 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 5
7 Greuther Furth 3 1 1 1 6 2 2 1 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 4 4
8 Magdeburg 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
9 Karlsruher SC 3 1 1 1 5 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 4
10 Fortuna Düsseldorf 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
11 Paderborn 3 1 1 1 3 7 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 6 -4 4
12 Schalke 04 2 1 0 1 6 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 5 1 3
13 Kaiserslautern 3 1 0 2 4 7 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 3
14 Osnabruck 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
15 Elversberg 3 0 1 2 5 7 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 4 5 -2 1
16 Nurnberg 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
17 Eintracht Braunschweig 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
18 Hertha BSC 3 0 0 3 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 -5 0

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