Soccer betting preview: Elversberg welcomes SpVgg Greuther Fürth in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 01.Oct
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: URSAPHARM-Arena an der Kaiserlinde (8000 seats)

Boasting a 2 point dominance in the league table, Elversberg fans want to see their adored players win full points from this fixture vs SpVgg Greuther Fürth.

Insights:
  • Elversberg have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in 2. Bundesliga
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth have yet to win a game away.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Elversberg form and stats

Three 2. Bundesliga home games done for Elversberg, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.

A strong away win for Elversberg against Wehen Wiesbaden the last match, as Jacobsen and Faghir were on target. Defender Jäkel got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.84/10. Jäkel won 8 of 10 duels.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Hamburger SV.

Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Elversberg have allowed the opposition to score 8 goals here at URSAPHARM-Arena an der Kaiserlinde.

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SpVgg Greuther Fürth form and stats

The 2. Bundesliga season is young and SpVgg Greuther Fürth have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.

SpVgg Greuther Fürth go into this game after a win, the home game against Karlsruher SC that ended 4-3. Those three points felt nice as this team had gone five league rounds without victory. A loony game with masses of goals last time out for SpVgg Greuther Fürth, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that fixture, will this fixture be as full of joy? A heroic performance from Greuther in their game against Karlsruher SC last time out. Things got complicated when Green was sent off in the 55th minute with the match level. Despite the red card the team were able to pull off a 4-3 victory! The attacker Abiama got a match rating of 7.94 in that game. Abiama scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Nürnberg.

The attacking power of SpVgg Greuther Fürth when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Greuther's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 8 goals in 3 travels.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

ElversbergW. Faghir
W. Faghir
3 goals
SpVgg Greuther FürthB. Hrgota
B. Hrgota
3 goals
SpVgg Greuther FürthD. Michalski
D. Michalski
3 goals

Elversberg missing players

SpVgg Greuther Fürth missing players

Elversberg SpVgg Greuther Fürth
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 3 3 7
3 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
1 0 0 Drew D 1 1 2
3 2 0 Lost L 2 2 3
10 3 0 Scored S 2 2 12
13 8 0 Conceded C 8 8 14
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 86%
86% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 86%
71% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 71%
43% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 57%
29% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 33% 43%
57% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 57%
29% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 29%
14% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 29%
 
5.6 7.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6 6.3
4.9 4.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 6.3 4
2.6 2.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
15.7 13.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 15.7 15.7 16.4
5.6 4.7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.3 5
26% 21% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 20% 34%
 
14.9 15.7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 15 15 11.6
5.7 7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5 3.7
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Elversberg's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of SpVgg Greuther Fürth's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Elversberg have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Elversberg have the the worst goal difference (-5) at home in 2. Bundesliga
  • Elversberg have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Elversberg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth have yet to win a game away.

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

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The 2. Bundesliga (Zweite Bundesliga) is the second level of German professional football. Like the Bundesliga it has 18 clubs playing a total of 306 fixtures to decide the final league table. The two top teams are promoted while number three has to qualify through a playoff. Two or three teams are relegated through a similar system.