The Greuther Fürth & Stuttgart managers S. Leitl and P. Matarazzo are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the 2. Bundesliga league table.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Greuther Fürth form and stats
Greuther Fürth have collected 19 points from their 2. Bundesliga home games so far after 6-1-4. The Greuther Fürth manager S. Leitl might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
The home team returns to Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer after being equal after 90 minutes with Wehen Wiesbaden (placed 17th) on their last time out; the 2. Bundesliga game ended 1-1. Preceding that match was the home game against Arminia Bielefeld that was lost 2-4.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Greuther Fürth have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won eleven, drawn two and lost two.
Greuther Fürth have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer with 17 goals in 11 league matches. On the other hand, Greuther Fürth have conceded 15 goals.
Stuttgart form and stats
3-5-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Stuttgart in their 2. Bundesliga matches away.
The Stuttgart goalkeeper Gregor Kobel is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 304 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Impressive finishing from Gonzalo Castro and Daniel Didavi secured the home win 2-0 against Jahn Regensburg in their previous game. Prior to that result Stuttgart won their away game at Bochum. The scoreline was 1-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Stuttgart in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Stuttgart, one draw and two defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Stuttgart have scored 14 goals in 11 league games away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Stuttgart have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Greuther Fürth and Stuttgart have met before this season: Stuttgart - Greuther Fürth 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Greuther Fürth three wins, zero draws and Stuttgart four victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Hrgota 9 goals | D. Keita-Ruel 6 goals |   D. Didavi 6 goals |
Greuther Fürth missing players
Stuttgart missing players
| Greuther Fürth | Stuttgart | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 34 | 17 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | 40 |
| 32 | 15 | 7 | Conceded | C | 8 | 17 | 25 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 96% |
| 83% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | 78% |
| 52% | 64% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 45% | 61% |
| 39% | 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 36% | 26% |
| 13% | 9% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 18% | 9% |
| 52% | 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | 57% |
| 26% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 35% |
| 30% | 27% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 13% |
| 5.1 | 6.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 7.7 | 6.5 |
| 5.1 | 4.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 345 | 188 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 48 | 198 | 413 |
| 110 | 56 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 19 | 69 | 138 |
| 31% | 30% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 20% | 29% |
- Greuther Fürth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Greuther Fürth have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Stuttgart has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11)
- Stuttgart have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Stuttgart is in the best form (4-2-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arminia Bielefeld | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 48 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 25 | 47 |
| 2 | Stuttgart | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 44 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 46 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 22 | 41 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 38 |
| 5 | Holstein Kiel | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 33 |
| 6 | Greuther Fürth | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 32 |
| 7 | Darmstadt 98 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 29 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -2 | 32 |
| 8 | Jahn Regensburg | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 38 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -4 | 32 |
| 9 | Erzgebirge Aue | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -2 | 31 |
| 10 | Osnabrück | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 29 |
| 11 | Sandhausen | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 27 |
| 12 | St. Pauli | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -1 | 26 |
| 13 | Bochum | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 36 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -5 | 26 |
| 14 | Hannover 96 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 18 | -8 | 26 |
| 15 | Nürnberg | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 22 | -9 | 26 |
| 16 | Karlsruher SC | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -10 | 24 |
| 17 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -15 | 22 |
| 18 | Dynamo Dresden | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -18 | 18 |
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