Fortuna Düsseldorf vs Ingolstadt pre-match info: Away side will have a difficult 90 minutes at Merkur Spiel-Arena

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 06.March
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Merkur Spiel-Arena (54600 seats)

Points have been hard to come by for Fortuna Düsseldorf so far, and you could say the same about Ingolstadt. The bottom dwellers pray for some vital points here.

Insights:
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in 2. Bundesliga
  • Ingolstadt have the fewest scored goals (22) in 2. Bundesliga

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 3 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats. When Fortuna Düsseldorf hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Fortuna Düsseldorf, Erzgebirge Aue, Dynamo Dresden, Sandhausen and Hansa Rostock), they have won 1 of 2 matches! Two home wins in a row for Fortuna Düsseldorf bring valid hopes of a third.

An away draw last time out for Düsseldorf, facing Jahn Regensburg in a game that ended 0-0. Hoffmann, defender, was given a rating of 7.65/10 in that game, top of the team. Hoffmann won 7 of 11 duels.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Erzgebirge Aue in a game that was won 3-1.

Fortuna Düsseldorf has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Fortuna Düsseldorf have conceded 17 in these home matches.

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Ingolstadt form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ingolstadt so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-8 (win-draw-lose).

Home advantage was not enough for Ingolstadt in their previous game as they lost hosting St. Pauli, 1-3. The attacker Ayensa got a match rating of 7.24 in that game. Ayensa scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Before that, Ingolstadt travelled to Werder Bremen and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Ingolstadt have scored 13 goals in 12 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Ingolstadt have conceded 26 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Ingolstadt - Fortuna Düsseldorf 1-2 was the result in these squads' previous h2h game, earlier this season. Data for the preceeding ten meetings between these two contenders are: five wins for Düsseldorf, three draws and two wins for Ingolstadt. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

Fortuna DüsseldorfR. Hennings
R. Hennings
12 goals
Fortuna DüsseldorfK. Narey
K. Narey
6 goals
IngolstadtF. Bilbija
F. Bilbija
5 goals

Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players

Ingolstadt missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fortuna Düsseldorf Ingolstadt
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 2 Played P 4 12 24
7 3 1 Won W 1 2 3
6 4 0 Drew D 1 2 6
11 5 1 Lost L 2 8 15
28 17 3 Scored S 3 13 22
32 17 2 Conceded C 5 26 45
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
71% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 92% 88%
46% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 67% 62%
29% 42% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 17%
8% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 12%
58% 75% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 50% 50%
12% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 17% 21%
33% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 38%
 
6.1 7.1 8 Corners for (avg) C F 1.8 2.8 3.4
4.8 3.5 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 6.6 5.3
1.9 2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.7 2.2
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
14.2 16.6 17.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 10.2 11.5
3.8 4.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.3 3.2
31% 31% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 32% 29%
 
13 11.8 5 Shots against (avg) S A 17.5 17.4 14.9
4.8 4.2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.7 4.9
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in 2. Bundesliga
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Ingolstadt have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Ingolstadt have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Ingolstadt have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ingolstadt have the fewest scored goals (22) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Ingolstadt have the most conceded goals (26) away in 2. Bundesliga
  • Ingolstadt have the the worst goal difference (-13) away in 2. Bundesliga
  • Ingolstadt have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Ingolstadt 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 24 13 6 5 47 33 11 5 4 2 20 11 13 8 2 3 27 22 14 45
2 Darmstadt 98 24 13 5 6 49 30 11 6 2 3 24 14 13 7 3 3 25 16 19 44
3 St. Pauli 24 13 5 6 48 35 11 8 2 1 28 12 13 5 3 5 20 23 13 44
4 Hamburger SV 24 10 11 3 44 24 13 6 6 1 26 14 11 4 5 2 18 10 20 41
5 Schalke 04 24 12 5 7 46 28 12 7 2 3 28 16 12 5 3 4 18 12 18 41
6 Nürnberg 24 11 6 7 34 32 12 6 2 4 17 14 12 5 4 3 17 18 2 39
7 Heidenheim 24 11 6 7 30 30 12 7 4 1 19 11 12 4 2 6 11 19 0 39
8 Paderborn 24 8 9 7 41 33 13 2 5 6 18 21 11 6 4 1 23 12 8 33
9 Karlsruher SC 24 8 9 7 41 36 13 5 5 3 25 19 11 3 4 4 16 17 5 33
10 Jahn Regensburg 24 9 5 10 42 37 13 5 3 5 27 22 11 4 2 5 15 15 5 32
11 Holstein Kiel 24 8 7 9 30 38 12 5 2 5 14 18 12 3 5 4 16 20 -8 31
12 Hannover 96 24 8 7 9 23 32 12 4 4 4 10 13 12 4 3 5 13 19 -9 31
13 Fortuna Düsseldorf 24 7 6 11 28 32 12 3 4 5 17 17 12 4 2 6 11 15 -4 27
14 Dynamo Dresden 24 7 5 12 23 32 12 5 2 5 15 13 12 2 3 7 8 19 -9 26
15 Sandhausen 24 6 8 10 26 41 11 1 4 6 9 22 13 5 4 4 17 19 -15 26
16 Hansa Rostock 24 6 7 11 27 38 12 2 3 7 10 19 12 4 4 4 17 19 -11 25
17 Erzgebirge Aue 24 3 7 14 23 48 12 2 2 8 10 23 12 1 5 6 13 25 -25 16
18 Ingolstadt 24 3 6 15 22 45 12 1 4 7 9 19 12 2 2 8 13 26 -23 15

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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 Werder Bremen 24 13 6 5 47 33 11 5 4 2 20 11 13 8 2 3 27 22 14 45
2 Darmstadt 98 24 13 5 6 49 30 11 6 2 3 24 14 13 7 3 3 25 16 19 44
3 St. Pauli 24 13 5 6 48 35 11 8 2 1 28 12 13 5 3 5 20 23 13 44
4 Hamburger SV 24 10 11 3 44 24 13 6 6 1 26 14 11 4 5 2 18 10 20 41
5 Schalke 04 24 12 5 7 46 28 12 7 2 3 28 16 12 5 3 4 18 12 18 41
6 Nürnberg 24 11 6 7 34 32 12 6 2 4 17 14 12 5 4 3 17 18 2 39
7 Heidenheim 24 11 6 7 30 30 12 7 4 1 19 11 12 4 2 6 11 19 0 39
8 Paderborn 24 8 9 7 41 33 13 2 5 6 18 21 11 6 4 1 23 12 8 33
9 Karlsruher SC 24 8 9 7 41 36 13 5 5 3 25 19 11 3 4 4 16 17 5 33
10 Jahn Regensburg 24 9 5 10 42 37 13 5 3 5 27 22 11 4 2 5 15 15 5 32
11 Holstein Kiel 24 8 7 9 30 38 12 5 2 5 14 18 12 3 5 4 16 20 -8 31
12 Hannover 96 24 8 7 9 23 32 12 4 4 4 10 13 12 4 3 5 13 19 -9 31
13 Fortuna Düsseldorf 24 7 6 11 28 32 12 3 4 5 17 17 12 4 2 6 11 15 -4 27
14 Dynamo Dresden 24 7 5 12 23 32 12 5 2 5 15 13 12 2 3 7 8 19 -9 26
15 Sandhausen 24 6 8 10 26 41 11 1 4 6 9 22 13 5 4 4 17 19 -15 26
16 Hansa Rostock 24 6 7 11 27 38 12 2 3 7 10 19 12 4 4 4 17 19 -11 25
17 Erzgebirge Aue 24 3 7 14 23 48 12 2 2 8 10 23 12 1 5 6 13 25 -25 16
18 Ingolstadt 24 3 6 15 22 45 12 1 4 7 9 19 12 2 2 8 13 26 -23 15

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