Season ticket holders at Merkur Spiel-Arena haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Fortuna Düsseldorf languishing in the 13th position so far. The guesting Sandhausen will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Fortuna Düsseldorf and Sandhausen 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.
Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats
Fortuna Düsseldorf have collected seven points from their first three 2. Bundesliga games here at Merkur Spiel-Arena, a promising start.
Fortuna Düsseldorf manager U. Rösler and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Nurnberg (placed 16th) in the 2. Bundesliga. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Heidenheim.
The Düsseldorf fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. Düsseldorf are not conceding a lot of goals here at Merkur Spiel-Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Sandhausen form and stats
No 2. Bundesliga points yet away for Sandhausen, from their first 3 matches. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Sandhausen's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Sandhausen's last game was the home draw against Eintracht Braunschweig (2-2). A 1-2 defeat away at Osnabruck before that.
Drawing 2-2 against Eintracht Braunschweig after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager U. Koschinat needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Sandhausen's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 3 matches. For Sandhausen, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Düsseldorf five wins, one draw and Sandhausen four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Keita-Ruel 3 goals |   K. Karaman 2 goals | K. Behrens 2 goals |
Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players
Sandhausen missing players
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Sandhausen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 33% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 71% |
| 57% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 57% |
| 14% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 57% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 29% | 67% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.9 | 3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | 35 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 19 | 57 |
| 17 | 9 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 10 | 26 |
| 41% | 44% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 10% | 31% |
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have not yet lost a game at home.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sandhausen has the fewest scored goals (1) away in 2. Bundesliga
- Sandhausen have lost all their away matches so far.
- Sandhausen 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 | Hamburger SV | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | Osnabruck | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Greuther Furth | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | Holstein Kiel | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Paderborn | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | Bochum | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Hannover 96 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | Jahn Regensburg | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Erzgebirge Aue | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 10 | Darmstadt 98 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | -3 | 9 |
| 11 | Heidenheim | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 12 | Sandhausen | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 13 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -6 | 8 |
| 15 | Karlsruher SC | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 16 | Nurnberg | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 17 | St. Pauli | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 7 |
| 18 | Wurzburger Kickers | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -12 | 1 |
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