Fortuna Düsseldorf and Hansa Rostock supporters eagerly anticipate 2. Bundesliga bout at Merkur Spiel-Arena

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Fri 08.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Merkur Spiel-Arena (54600 seats)

Stadium regulars at Merkur Spiel-Arena haven’t watched many home wins this season, with Fortuna Düsseldorf languishing in the 13th place. The guesting Hansa Rostock will hope to shield their higher league place in this fixture.

Insights:
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hansa Rostock have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats

When playing at home in the 2. Bundesliga, Fortuna Düsseldorf have managed 4 wins, 5 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 14 games. The last three games played by Fortuna Düsseldorf, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.

Düsseldorf shared the glory with Karlsruher SC in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Attacking player Hennings bested all teammates in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 8.45 out of 10. Hennings scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.

Before that, Fortuna Düsseldorf played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Paderborn.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Fortuna Düsseldorf handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, four draws and one defeat.

The Fortuna Düsseldorf fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 14 league matches. Düsseldorf have conceded 18 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Hansa Rostock form and stats

The visitors are W6-D4-L4 on the road this term. That's in the 2. Bundesliga. The fact that Hansa Rostock have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

Hansa Rostock have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Markus Kolke. It's been 199 minutes since they last conceded in 2. Bundesliga.

Neidhart scored in Rostock's previous match, the home game against St. Pauli that ended 1-0. Malone, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.15. Malone hit two key passes and won 6 of 11 duels.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Sandhausen.

We have checked recent matches where Hansa Rostock have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were three victories, five draws and two defeats.

Hansa Rostock are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 22 times in 14 away games so far. As for defending, Rostock rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 22 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have played before this season: Hansa Rostock - Fortuna Düsseldorf 2-1. Last six meetings involving these contenders: Fortuna Düsseldorf won three, Hansa Rostock were winners in three and we saw zero draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Hansa RostockJ. Verhoek
J. Verhoek
15 goals
DüsseldorfR. Hennings
R. Hennings
13 goals
Fortuna DüsseldorfK. Narey
K. Narey
7 goals

Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players

Hansa Rostock missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fortuna Düsseldorf Hansa Rostock
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 3 14 28
8 4 1 Won W 3 6 10
9 5 3 Drew D 0 4 7
11 5 1 Lost L 0 4 11
35 21 9 Scored S 8 22 36
36 18 8 Conceded C 1 22 43
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
75% 79% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 86% 82%
46% 50% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 57% 54%
29% 36% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 36% 29%
7% 14% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 21% 14%
61% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 57%
14% 7% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 21% 18%
29% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 29%
 
6 7.1 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.4 4.5
4.7 3.6 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 9 6.6 4.9
2 2.1 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.6 2.6
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.5 17 17.4 Shots (avg) S ( 12 10.2 13.2
3.9 4.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.7 3.8 4.4
32% 33% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 42% 29%
 
12.9 11.7 12.4 Shots against (avg) S A 13.7 15.7 12.9
4.6 3.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 5.2 4.4
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Hansa Rostock have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hansa Rostock have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Hansa Rostock haven’t played a single 0-0 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 Werder Bremen 28 15 7 6 52 37 14 7 5 2 24 13 14 8 2 4 28 24 15 52
2 Darmstadt 98 28 15 6 7 56 35 14 8 3 3 31 18 14 7 3 4 25 17 21 51
3 St. Pauli 28 15 6 7 53 38 13 10 2 1 32 13 15 5 4 6 21 25 15 51
4 Schalke 04 28 15 5 8 56 34 14 8 2 4 33 21 14 7 3 4 23 13 22 50
5 Nurnberg 28 13 7 8 41 37 14 7 3 4 20 16 14 6 4 4 21 21 4 46
6 Heidenheim 28 13 6 9 37 36 14 9 4 1 24 13 14 4 2 8 13 23 1 45
7 Hamburger SV 27 10 12 5 47 29 14 6 6 2 27 16 13 4 6 3 20 13 18 42
8 Paderborn 28 10 10 8 48 39 14 2 6 6 19 22 14 8 4 2 29 17 9 40
9 Karlsruher SC 28 9 11 8 48 42 15 5 7 3 28 22 13 4 4 5 20 20 6 38
10 Jahn Regensburg 28 10 7 11 45 40 14 6 3 5 28 22 14 4 4 6 17 18 5 37
11 Hansa Rostock 28 10 7 11 36 43 14 4 3 7 14 21 14 6 4 4 22 22 -7 37
12 Holstein Kiel 28 9 7 12 37 48 14 6 2 6 18 22 14 3 5 6 19 26 -11 34
13 Fortuna Düsseldorf 28 8 9 11 35 36 14 4 5 5 21 18 14 4 4 6 14 18 -1 33
14 Hannover 96 28 8 8 12 26 41 14 4 5 5 11 17 14 4 3 7 15 24 -15 32
15 Sandhausen 28 7 10 11 31 45 13 2 4 7 12 24 15 5 6 4 19 21 -14 31
16 Dynamo Dresden 28 7 7 14 27 38 14 5 3 6 17 16 14 2 4 8 10 22 -11 28
17 Erzgebirge Aue 27 4 7 16 26 54 14 3 2 9 11 26 13 1 5 7 15 28 -28 19
18 Ingolstadt 28 4 6 18 25 54 14 2 4 8 12 24 14 2 2 10 13 30 -29 18

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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 Werder Bremen 28 15 7 6 52 37 14 7 5 2 24 13 14 8 2 4 28 24 15 52
2 Darmstadt 98 28 15 6 7 56 35 14 8 3 3 31 18 14 7 3 4 25 17 21 51
3 St. Pauli 28 15 6 7 53 38 13 10 2 1 32 13 15 5 4 6 21 25 15 51
4 Schalke 04 28 15 5 8 56 34 14 8 2 4 33 21 14 7 3 4 23 13 22 50
5 Nurnberg 28 13 7 8 41 37 14 7 3 4 20 16 14 6 4 4 21 21 4 46
6 Heidenheim 28 13 6 9 37 36 14 9 4 1 24 13 14 4 2 8 13 23 1 45
7 Hamburger SV 27 10 12 5 47 29 14 6 6 2 27 16 13 4 6 3 20 13 18 42
8 Paderborn 28 10 10 8 48 39 14 2 6 6 19 22 14 8 4 2 29 17 9 40
9 Karlsruher SC 28 9 11 8 48 42 15 5 7 3 28 22 13 4 4 5 20 20 6 38
10 Jahn Regensburg 28 10 7 11 45 40 14 6 3 5 28 22 14 4 4 6 17 18 5 37
11 Hansa Rostock 28 10 7 11 36 43 14 4 3 7 14 21 14 6 4 4 22 22 -7 37
12 Holstein Kiel 28 9 7 12 37 48 14 6 2 6 18 22 14 3 5 6 19 26 -11 34
13 Fortuna Düsseldorf 28 8 9 11 35 36 14 4 5 5 21 18 14 4 4 6 14 18 -1 33
14 Hannover 96 28 8 8 12 26 41 14 4 5 5 11 17 14 4 3 7 15 24 -15 32
15 Sandhausen 28 7 10 11 31 45 13 2 4 7 12 24 15 5 6 4 19 21 -14 31
16 Dynamo Dresden 28 7 7 14 27 38 14 5 3 6 17 16 14 2 4 8 10 22 -11 28
17 Erzgebirge Aue 27 4 7 16 26 54 14 3 2 9 11 26 13 1 5 7 15 28 -28 19
18 Ingolstadt 28 4 6 18 25 54 14 2 4 8 12 24 14 2 2 10 13 30 -29 18

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