Fortuna Düsseldorf supporters put their faith in manager Thioune to deliver victory against Dynamo Dresden

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Fri 22.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Merkur Spiel-Arena (54600 seats)

The stage is lit for Fortuna Düsseldorf - Dynamo Dresden! Even with their varied results, this fixture should be cracking!

Insights:
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Dynamo Dresden is in the worst form (0-3-3)

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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Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats

The story so far in the 2. Bundesliga for Fortuna Düsseldorf at their home stadium (Merkur Spiel-Arena) is 5 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Florian Kastenmeier not having conceded a league goal in 187 minutes.

Fortuna Düsseldorf drew their last game, 0-0 away at Hannover 96 (placed 14th). Goalkeeper Kastenmeier got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.63 out of ten. Kastenmeier topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Hansa Rostock.

A decent goal production from Fortuna Düsseldorf in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 15 league matches. Düsseldorf have conceded 18 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Dynamo Dresden form and stats

Dynamo Dresden have only collected 10 points from their away games in the 2. Bundesliga, after 2-4-9 (15 played). Dynamo Dresden are desperate to end a 13-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Erzgebirge Aue fixture.

Dresden's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Holstein Kiel that finished 0-0. Broll (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.14. Broll topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Sandhausen's place.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Dynamo Dresden when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing one and winning one game.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Dresden as they have only managed to score 11 times from 15 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Dynamo Dresden have conceded 24 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have played each other previously this season, with the result Dynamo Dresden - Fortuna Düsseldorf 1-0 logged in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Düsseldorf victories, three draws and four Dynamo Dresden wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Fortuna DüsseldorfR. Hennings
R. Hennings
13 goals
Dynamo DresdenC. Daferner
C. Daferner
12 goals
Fortuna DüsseldorfK. Narey
K. Narey
8 goals

Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players

Dynamo Dresden missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fortuna Düsseldorf Dynamo Dresden
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 4 15 30
9 5 3 Won W 0 2 7
10 5 1 Drew D 1 4 8
11 5 1 Lost L 3 9 15
38 24 10 Scored S 3 11 28
36 18 3 Conceded C 7 24 40
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 87% 90%
73% 80% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 73% 70%
47% 53% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 60% 50%
27% 33% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 13% 13%
7% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
57% 67% 40% BTTS BTTS 75% 53% 47%
20% 13% 40% Clean Sheets C S 25% 20% 27%
30% 20% 20% Failed to Score F T 25% 40% 37%
 
6 6.9 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 5.1 5
4.8 3.9 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 6.4 5.4
1.9 2 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
14.4 16.8 17.4 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 10.8 12.4
3.8 4.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.3 4.2
33% 35% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 22% 22%
 
12.7 11.3 7.8 Shots against (avg) S A 19.2 16.3 14.6
4.5 3.8 2.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.9 4.8
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • 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 the fewest scored goals (11) away in 2. Bundesliga
  • Dynamo Dresden is in the worst form (0-3-3)
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Dynamo Dresden have scored away.
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Schalke 04 29 16 5 8 59 34 15 9 2 4 36 21 14 7 3 4 23 13 25 53
2 St. Pauli 30 15 8 7 55 40 14 10 3 1 33 14 16 5 5 6 22 26 15 53
3 Werder Bremen 29 15 8 6 53 38 14 7 5 2 24 13 15 8 3 4 29 25 15 53
4 Darmstadt 98 29 15 6 8 57 38 14 8 3 3 31 18 15 7 3 5 26 20 19 51
5 Nurnberg 29 14 7 8 44 38 15 8 3 4 23 17 14 6 4 4 21 21 6 49
6 Hamburger SV 30 12 12 6 54 30 16 8 6 2 34 16 14 4 6 4 20 14 24 48
7 Heidenheim 29 13 6 10 37 39 14 9 4 1 24 13 15 4 2 9 13 26 -2 45
8 Paderborn 29 10 11 8 50 41 15 2 7 6 21 24 14 8 4 2 29 17 9 41
9 Karlsruher SC 30 9 12 9 50 47 15 5 7 3 28 22 15 4 5 6 22 25 3 39
10 Jahn Regensburg 29 10 8 11 46 41 15 6 4 5 29 23 14 4 4 6 17 18 5 38
11 Holstein Kiel 30 10 8 12 38 48 15 7 2 6 19 22 15 3 6 6 19 26 -10 38
12 Fortuna Düsseldorf 30 9 10 11 38 36 15 5 5 5 24 18 15 4 5 6 14 18 2 37
13 Hansa Rostock 29 10 7 12 36 46 14 4 3 7 14 21 15 6 4 5 22 25 -10 37
14 Hannover 96 30 9 9 12 29 42 15 4 6 5 11 17 15 5 3 7 18 25 -13 36
15 Sandhausen 30 8 11 11 34 47 15 3 5 7 15 26 15 5 6 4 19 21 -13 35
16 Dynamo Dresden 30 7 8 15 28 40 15 5 4 6 17 16 15 2 4 9 11 24 -12 29
17 Ingolstadt 29 4 7 18 26 55 14 2 4 8 12 24 15 2 3 10 14 31 -29 19
18 Erzgebirge Aue 29 4 7 18 27 61 15 3 2 10 12 29 14 1 5 8 15 32 -34 19

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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 Schalke 04 29 16 5 8 59 34 15 9 2 4 36 21 14 7 3 4 23 13 25 53
2 St. Pauli 30 15 8 7 55 40 14 10 3 1 33 14 16 5 5 6 22 26 15 53
3 Werder Bremen 29 15 8 6 53 38 14 7 5 2 24 13 15 8 3 4 29 25 15 53
4 Darmstadt 98 29 15 6 8 57 38 14 8 3 3 31 18 15 7 3 5 26 20 19 51
5 Nurnberg 29 14 7 8 44 38 15 8 3 4 23 17 14 6 4 4 21 21 6 49
6 Hamburger SV 30 12 12 6 54 30 16 8 6 2 34 16 14 4 6 4 20 14 24 48
7 Heidenheim 29 13 6 10 37 39 14 9 4 1 24 13 15 4 2 9 13 26 -2 45
8 Paderborn 29 10 11 8 50 41 15 2 7 6 21 24 14 8 4 2 29 17 9 41
9 Karlsruher SC 30 9 12 9 50 47 15 5 7 3 28 22 15 4 5 6 22 25 3 39
10 Jahn Regensburg 29 10 8 11 46 41 15 6 4 5 29 23 14 4 4 6 17 18 5 38
11 Holstein Kiel 30 10 8 12 38 48 15 7 2 6 19 22 15 3 6 6 19 26 -10 38
12 Fortuna Düsseldorf 30 9 10 11 38 36 15 5 5 5 24 18 15 4 5 6 14 18 2 37
13 Hansa Rostock 29 10 7 12 36 46 14 4 3 7 14 21 15 6 4 5 22 25 -10 37
14 Hannover 96 30 9 9 12 29 42 15 4 6 5 11 17 15 5 3 7 18 25 -13 36
15 Sandhausen 30 8 11 11 34 47 15 3 5 7 15 26 15 5 6 4 19 21 -13 35
16 Dynamo Dresden 30 7 8 15 28 40 15 5 4 6 17 16 15 2 4 9 11 24 -12 29
17 Ingolstadt 29 4 7 18 26 55 14 2 4 8 12 24 15 2 3 10 14 31 -29 19
18 Erzgebirge Aue 29 4 7 18 27 61 15 3 2 10 12 29 14 1 5 8 15 32 -34 19

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