Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Fortuna Düsseldorf - Greuther Fürth!
- Fortuna Düsseldorf is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Greuther Fürth has the most scored goals in the first half (19) 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.
Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats
Fortuna Düsseldorf have been very solid at home in the 2. Bundesliga so far, with 19 points collected from 7 matches (6-1-0). This has contributed greatly to their 3rd position in the table. After failing to beat Jahn Regensburg here at Merkur Spiel-Arena, Düsseldorf has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.
The Düsseldorf goalkeeper Florian Kastenmeier is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 190 minutes without conceding a goal in the 2. Bundesliga.
A strong away win for Düsseldorf against Erzgebirge Aue the last match, as Dawid Kownacki, Kenan Karaman and Thomas Pledl were on target. 0-0 away at Eintracht Braunschweig before that.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Düsseldorf have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won six, drawn one and lost three.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the 2. Bundesliga game versus Hamburger SV in only four days. This game is also played here at Merkur Spiel-Arena.
A decent goal production from Fortuna Düsseldorf in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 7 league matches. Fortuna Düsseldorf have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Greuther Fürth form and stats
Greuther Fürth, who have the most points (17) away in 2. Bundesliga, have an excellent away record in the 2. Bundesliga so far with 5-2-1 from 8 games.
Greuther Fürth delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Paderborn (placed 10th) in their previous match; a 2. Bundesliga game. Prior to that match, the Greuther manager S. Leitl faced defeat when travelling to Karlsruher SC and losing 2-3.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Greuther Fürth playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were one Greuther win, five draws and three defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Greuther now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A 2. Bundesliga game at Osnabruck is waiting in only four days.
The Greuther manager S. Leitl has got the team scoring on the road, with 19 away goals in 8 league matches. 9 goals have been conceded by Greuther Fürth in these games.
Head 2 Head
Fortuna Düsseldorf-Greuther Fürth H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Düsseldorf two wins, Greuther Fürth five wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  R. Hennings 6 goals |  K. Karaman 5 goals |   S. Ernst 5 goals |
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| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Greuther Fürth | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 24 | 13 | 0 | Scored | S | 7 | 19 | 30 |
| 19 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 94% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 69% | 57% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 75% | 62% |
| 19% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 44% |
| 12% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 25% | 19% |
| 44% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 62% | 62% |
| 44% | 57% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 38% | 19% |
| 19% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 19% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7 | 2.9 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.8 | 12.4 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 13.4 | 16.1 |
| 4.1 | 4.9 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 5 | 5.4 |
| 37% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 48% | 35% |
- All of Greuther Fürth's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in 2. Bundesliga
- Fortuna Düsseldorf has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in 2. Bundesliga
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have not yet lost a game at home.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Greuther Fürth has the most points (17) away in 2. Bundesliga
- Greuther Fürth has the most scored goals (19) away in 2. Bundesliga
- Greuther Fürth has the most scored goals in the first half (19) in 2. Bundesliga
- Greuther Fürth has the the best goal difference (+10) away in 2. Bundesliga
- 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 | Bochum | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 32 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 30 |
| 3 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 30 |
| 4 | Holstein Kiel | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 29 |
| 5 | Greuther Fürth | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 28 |
| 6 | Karlsruher SC | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 25 |
| 7 | Heidenheim | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | Hannover 96 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 23 |
| 9 | Erzgebirge Aue | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 22 |
| 10 | Paderborn | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 22 |
| 11 | Osnabruck | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | -1 | 22 |
| 12 | Nürnberg | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 20 |
| 13 | Jahn Regensburg | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 20 |
| 14 | Darmstadt 98 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 18 |
| 15 | Sandhausen | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -17 | 14 |
| 16 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | -18 | 14 |
| 17 | St. Pauli | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -9 | 13 |
| 18 | Wurzburger Kickers | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -17 | 9 |
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