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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 29.Jul
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Merkur Spiel-Arena (54600 seats)

It's the very first game of the new season for Fortuna Düsseldorf and Hertha BSC. The leaf is empty, the potential endless.

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Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats

The season before, Fortuna Düsseldorf's league stats were 17 wins, 7 draws and 10 losses, results that produced 4th position in the 2. Bundesliga. Over these 34 matches they scored {60 goals} and gave away 43. Playing at home in the former season Fortuna Düsseldorf managed 11-4-2 (win-draw-lost) with {38 goals} and 19 conceded.

This is expected to be a close game, with Fortuna Düsseldorf perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Fortuna Düsseldorf as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Fortuna Düsseldorf has won 6 of these, drawn 1 and lost 3.

Fortuna Düsseldorf have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and five practice matches played. These training games have ended with 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Fortuna Düsseldorf scored {17 goals} and let in {9 goals} during these five games.

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Hertha BSC form and stats

The last season was not a pleasant experience for Hertha BSC as they could not accumulate enough points to survive. After only 7 victories from 34 games, relegation was a fact. Hertha BSC's manager Dárdai are hoping to lead the team right back to Bundesliga at the first attempt.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hertha playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 1 Hertha BSC win, 0 draws and 3 defeats.

Hertha BSC played six friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 4 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. In these six matches Hertha BSC scored 17 and conceded {7 goals}.

Head 2 Head

Data for the preceeding six meetings involving these two teams are: two wins for Fortuna Düsseldorf, one draw and three wins for Hertha BSC. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: zero games. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last six encounters.

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Total First Half Second Half
Fortuna Düsseldorf Hertha BSC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Fortuna Düsseldorf Last season Hertha BSC
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
17 11   Won W   2 7
7 4   Drew D   2 8
10 2   Lost L   13 19
60 38   Scored S   18 42
43 19   Conceded C   42 69
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
79% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 88%
62% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   65% 56%
38% 53%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 41%
18% 24%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   29% 26%
56% 65%   BTTS BTTS   71% 68%
26% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   6% 9%
21% 6%   Failed to Score F T   24% 24%
 
4.6 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 4.3
4.9 3.7   Corners against (avg) C A   6.6 6
2.4 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.4
2 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
14.1 15.5   Shots (avg) S (   10.5 11.3
5.3 6.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.7
33% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 33%
 
12.4 12.2   Shots against (avg) S A   15.8 14.3
4 4.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.6 5.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Eintracht Braunschweig 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Elversberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Fortuna Düsseldorf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Hamburger SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Hannover 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hansa Rostock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hertha BSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Holstein Kiel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Kaiserslautern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Karlsruher SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Magdeburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Nurnberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Osnabruck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Paderborn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Schalke 04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Greuther Furth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 St. Pauli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Wehen Wiesbaden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 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
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 Bayern München 34 21 8 5 92 38 17 11 5 1 53 17 17 10 3 4 39 21 54 71
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 22 5 7 83 44 17 14 2 1 55 17 17 8 3 6 28 27 39 71
3 RB Leipzig 34 20 6 8 64 41 17 13 2 2 38 18 17 7 4 6 26 23 23 66
4 Union Berlin 34 18 8 8 51 38 17 11 6 0 30 11 17 7 2 8 21 27 13 62
5 Freiburg 34 17 8 9 51 44 17 10 4 3 28 13 17 7 4 6 23 31 7 59
6 Bayer Leverkusen 34 14 8 12 57 49 17 8 3 6 35 23 17 6 5 6 22 26 8 50
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 13 11 10 58 52 17 9 5 3 35 18 17 4 6 7 23 34 6 50
8 Wolfsburg 34 13 10 11 57 48 17 6 7 4 34 25 17 7 3 7 23 23 9 49
9 Mainz 05 34 12 10 12 54 55 17 6 6 5 31 25 17 6 4 7 23 30 -1 46
10 Borussia M'gladbach 34 11 10 13 52 55 17 10 3 4 33 18 17 1 7 9 19 37 -3 43
11 Köln 34 10 12 12 49 54 17 6 5 6 28 20 17 4 7 6 21 34 -5 42
12 Hoffenheim 34 10 6 18 48 57 17 7 2 8 28 29 17 3 4 10 20 28 -9 36
13 Werder Bremen 34 10 6 18 51 64 17 5 2 10 26 28 17 5 4 8 25 36 -13 36
14 Bochum 34 10 5 19 40 72 17 8 2 7 28 32 17 2 3 12 12 40 -32 35
15 Augsburg 34 9 7 18 42 63 17 6 4 7 16 24 17 3 3 11 26 39 -21 34
16 Stuttgart 34 7 12 15 45 57 17 5 6 6 23 22 17 2 6 9 22 35 -12 33
17 Schalke 04 34 7 10 17 35 71 17 5 5 7 23 36 17 2 5 10 12 35 -36 31
18 Hertha BSC 34 7 8 19 42 69 17 5 6 6 24 27 17 2 2 13 18 42 -27 29

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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 Eintracht Braunschweig 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Elversberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Fortuna Düsseldorf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Hamburger SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Hannover 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hansa Rostock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hertha BSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Holstein Kiel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Kaiserslautern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Karlsruher SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Magdeburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Nurnberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Osnabruck 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Paderborn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Schalke 04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Greuther Furth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 St. Pauli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Wehen Wiesbaden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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