2. Bundesliga prediction and preview: Fortuna Düsseldorf moderate favoured to overwhelm Jahn Regensburg

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 18.September
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Merkur Spiel-Arena (54600 seats)

Fortuna Düsseldorf will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind Jahn Regensburg.

Insights:
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf have yet to win a game at home.
  • Jahn Regensburg have the most scored goals (14) in 2. Bundesliga

Fortuna Düsseldorf and Jahn Regensburg should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats

Two 2. Bundesliga home games so far for Fortuna Düsseldorf, who are yet to win here at Merkur Spiel-Arena. Only 1 point so far.

It's back home for Fortuna Düsseldorf, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Erzgebirge Aue away with the result 1-0. Rouwen Hennings found the net in that victory. Goalkeeper Florian Kastenmeier got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.15 out of ten. Kastenmeier stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

In the match before that, Fortuna Düsseldorf hosted Holstein Kiel and drew the game 2-2.

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

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Fortuna Düsseldorf at home in the league. 4 on target and 5 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Jahn Regensburg form and stats

It's gone fairly well in the 2. Bundesliga away games so far for Jahn Regensburg with six points collected from three matches.

Regensburg's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Nürnberg that finished 2-2. Midfielder Benedikt Gimber was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.41. Gimber dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 39 successful passes (of 46 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against St. Pauli wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Jahn Regensburg have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were three victories, six draws and four defeats.

Regensburg are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. Jahn Regensburg are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the prior six meetings involving these two participants are: three wins for Fortuna Düsseldorf, two draws and one win for Jahn Regensburg. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

DüsseldorfR. Hennings
R. Hennings
4 goals
Fortuna DüsseldorfK. Narey
K. Narey
2 goals
Jahn RegensburgB. Gimber
B. Gimber
2 goals

Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players

Jahn Regensburg missing players

Fortuna Düsseldorf Jahn Regensburg
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
6 2 1 Played P 1 3 6
2 0 0 Won W 1 2 4
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 1 1 Lost L 0 1 1
8 4 2 Scored S 2 5 14
10 5 3 Conceded C 0 2 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 67%
50% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
17% 50% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 17%
50% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 67% 50%
17% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 17%
 
6.3 6 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.7 4.8
6.2 3.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 1 5.3 4.8
2.5 2.5 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.7 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.5 15 14 Shots (avg) S ( 15 11.3 15
4.5 4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.7 5.7
30% 50% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 45% 41%
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Fortuna Düsseldorf's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • All of Jahn Regensburg's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf have yet to win a game at home.
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Jahn Regensburg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Jahn Regensburg have the most scored goals (14) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Jahn Regensburg have the the best goal difference (+9) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Jahn Regensburg have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Jahn Regensburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Jahn Regensburg is in the best form (4-1-1)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Jahn Regensburg 6 4 1 1 14 5 3 2 1 0 9 3 3 2 0 1 5 2 9 13
2 Paderborn 6 3 2 1 12 5 3 1 1 1 5 4 3 2 1 0 7 1 7 11
3 Werder Bremen 6 3 2 1 11 7 3 1 1 1 5 5 3 2 1 0 6 2 4 11
4 Dynamo Dresden 6 3 1 2 10 7 3 2 0 1 5 3 3 1 1 1 5 4 3 10
5 St. Pauli 6 3 1 2 9 6 3 3 0 0 8 2 3 0 1 2 1 4 3 10
6 Nürnberg 6 2 4 0 8 5 3 2 1 0 4 1 3 0 3 0 4 4 3 10
7 Schalke 04 6 3 1 2 10 9 3 1 1 1 5 5 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 10
8 Karlsruher SC 6 2 3 1 9 5 3 1 2 0 5 2 3 1 1 1 4 3 4 9
9 Hamburger SV 6 2 3 1 10 8 3 1 2 0 5 4 3 1 1 1 5 4 2 9
10 Heidenheim 6 2 3 1 5 4 4 1 3 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 9
11 Darmstadt 98 6 2 1 3 13 10 3 2 0 1 10 3 3 0 1 2 3 7 3 7
12 Fortuna Düsseldorf 6 2 1 3 8 10 2 0 1 1 4 5 4 2 0 2 4 5 -2 7
13 Hansa Rostock 6 2 1 3 8 11 3 1 0 2 4 7 3 1 1 1 4 4 -3 7
14 Hannover 96 6 2 1 3 3 10 3 2 0 1 2 3 3 0 1 2 1 7 -7 7
15 Holstein Kiel 6 1 2 3 7 13 3 1 0 2 3 6 3 0 2 1 4 7 -6 5
16 Sandhausen 6 1 1 4 4 10 3 0 1 2 0 4 3 1 0 2 4 6 -6 4
17 Ingolstadt 6 1 1 4 4 14 3 0 1 2 1 5 3 1 0 2 3 9 -10 4
18 Erzgebirge Aue 6 0 3 3 2 8 3 0 1 2 1 4 3 0 2 1 1 4 -6 3

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The 2. Bundesliga (Zweite Bundesliga) is the second level of German professional football. Like the Bundesliga it has 18 clubs playing a total of 306 fixtures to decide the final league table. The two top teams are promoted while number three has to qualify through a playoff. Two or three teams are relegated through a similar system.