Greuther Fürth vs Darmstadt 98: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Date: Sat 02.November
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer (15000 seats)

Greuther Fürth and Darmstadt 98 have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the 2. Bundesliga.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Greuther Fürth form and stats

The story so far in the 2. Bundesliga for Greuther Fürth at their home stadium (Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.

The home team returns to Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer after sharing the points with Osnabrück (placed 14th) on their last time out; the 2. Bundesliga game ended 0-0. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Dynamo Dresden.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Greuther Fürth have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won 3 times, drawn 1 and lost 2.

Greuther Fürth has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. 6 goals have been conceded.

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Darmstadt 98 form and stats

Darmstadt 98 have only collected 5 points from their away games in the 2. Bundesliga, after 1-2-3 (6 played).

The supporters enjoyed Darmstadt 98's previous game versus Erzgebirge Aue (placed 4th), a 2. Bundesliga 1-0 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus St. Pauli at their stadium, the result 1-0.

Darmstadt 98 are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Darmstadt 98 as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Darmstadt 98 have conceded 9 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last eight meetings): Greuther Fürth won 3 games, 3 matches ended with a draw and Darmstadt 98 has 2 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 3 / 5

Top Goalscorers

Greuther FürthD. Keita-Ruel
D. Keita-Ruel
5 goals
Greuther FürthJ. Green
J. Green
3 goals
Darmstadt 98S. Dursun
S. Dursun
3 goals

Greuther Fürth missing players

Darmstadt 98 missing players

Greuther Fürth Darmstadt 98
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 1 6 11
4 3 0 Won W 1 1 3
3 0 0 Drew D 0 2 5
4 2 1 Lost L 0 3 3
11 5 0 Scored S 1 4 11
14 6 3 Conceded C 0 9 13
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
82% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 55%
36% 40% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 27%
18% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 27%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
36% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 36%
27% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 17% 36%
45% 40% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 36%
 
4.4 5.6 3 Corners For (avg) C F 6 4.8 5.1
4.9 3.2 5 Corners Against (avg) C A 10 6.3 6.5
2.3 1.4 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2.7 2.2
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Darmstadt 98 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Darmstadt 98 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Darmstadt 98 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Greuther Fürth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Greuther Fürth have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Greuther Fürth haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Greuther Fürth
All 2. Bundesliga DFB Pokal Club Friendlies
All Home Away Home vs mid
21-09-19 2 Stuttgart 2 - 0 Greuther Fürth
29-09-19 2 Greuther Fürth 0 - 3 Holstein Kiel
05-10-19 2 Hamburger SV 2 - 0 Greuther Fürth
18-10-19 2 Greuther Fürth 2 - 0 Dynamo Dresden
27-10-19 2 Osnabrück 0 - 0 Greuther Fürth
02-11-19 2 Greuther Fürth 13:00 Darmstadt 98
09-11-19 2 Sandhausen 13:00 Greuther Fürth
24-11-19 2 Greuther Fürth 13:30 Nurnberg
01-12-19 2 Heidenheim 13:30 Greuther Fürth
07-12-19 2 Greuther Fürth 13:00 Bochum
Darmstadt 98
All 2. Bundesliga DFB Pokal Club Friendlies
All Home Away Away vs mid
20-09-19 2 Heidenheim 1 - 0 Darmstadt 98
28-09-19 2 Bochum 2 - 2 Darmstadt 98
04-10-19 2 Darmstadt 98 1 - 1 Karlsruher SC
19-10-19 2 St. Pauli 0 - 1 Darmstadt 98
25-10-19 2 Darmstadt 98 1 - 0 Erzgebirge Aue
29-10-19 DFB Darmstadt 98 20:45 Karlsruher SC
02-11-19 2 Greuther Fürth 13:00 Darmstadt 98
10-11-19 2 Darmstadt 98 13:30 Jahn Regensburg
25-11-19 2 Hannover 96 20:30 Darmstadt 98
01-12-19 2 Darmstadt 98 13:30 Arminia Bielefeld

  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 11 7 3 1 28 10 6 5 1 0 17 3 5 2 2 1 11 7 18 24
2 Arminia Bielefeld 11 6 4 1 22 12 5 1 3 1 7 6 6 5 1 0 15 6 10 22
3 Stuttgart 11 6 2 3 17 16 6 4 0 2 9 6 5 2 2 1 8 10 1 20
4 Erzgebirge Aue 11 5 3 3 18 17 5 4 1 0 12 6 6 1 2 3 6 11 1 18
5 Heidenheim 11 4 4 3 16 13 6 3 1 2 9 7 5 1 3 1 7 6 3 16
6 Jahn Regensburg 11 4 3 4 19 15 5 2 1 2 9 9 6 2 2 2 10 6 4 15
7 Greuther Fürth 11 4 3 4 11 14 5 3 0 2 5 6 6 1 3 2 6 8 -3 15
8 Nurnberg 11 3 5 3 19 19 6 1 4 1 6 9 5 2 1 2 13 10 0 14
9 Karlsruher SC 11 3 5 3 19 21 5 2 2 1 11 10 6 1 3 2 8 11 -2 14
10 Holstein Kiel 11 4 2 5 13 15 6 2 2 2 8 8 5 2 0 3 5 7 -2 14
11 Darmstadt 98 11 3 5 3 11 13 5 2 3 0 7 4 6 1 2 3 4 9 -2 14
12 St. Pauli 11 3 4 4 14 14 5 3 0 2 7 5 6 0 4 2 7 9 0 13
13 Hannover 96 11 3 4 4 13 17 5 0 3 2 2 8 6 3 1 2 11 9 -4 13
14 Osnabrück 11 3 3 5 10 9 6 2 2 2 9 5 5 1 1 3 1 4 1 12
15 Sandhausen 10 3 3 4 10 11 5 2 2 1 7 6 5 1 1 3 3 5 -1 12
16 Bochum 11 1 6 4 20 24 5 0 5 0 13 13 6 1 1 4 7 11 -4 9
17 Dynamo Dresden 11 2 3 6 12 21 6 2 1 3 7 9 5 0 2 3 5 12 -9 9
18 Wehen Wiesbaden 10 2 2 6 13 24 6 1 1 4 5 15 4 1 1 2 8 9 -11 8

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