Both Hansa Rostock and Fortuna Düsseldorf are desperate for points in this fixture, despite the visitors having a 14 point edge in the league table.
- Hansa Rostock have the fewest scored goals (19) in 2. Bundesliga
- Fortuna Düsseldorf haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
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.
Hansa Rostock form and stats
With 3 2. Bundesliga wins, 1 draw and 8 defeats from their home games, Hansa Rostock are certainly not brimming with confidence. Hansa Rostock are slowly digging their own grave here at Ostseestadion with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts.
The home team returns to Ostseestadion after drawing with Hannover 96 (placed 10th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Midfielder Dressel was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.81 (out of ten) in that game. Dressel scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Before that game, the home loss against Karlsruher SC with the scoreline 0-2.It should be taken into account that a look at the 12 most recent league matches shows that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Hansa Rostock here at Ostseestadion in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 12 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Rostock have conceded 16 in these home matches.
Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their 2. Bundesliga travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats.
Fortuna Düsseldorf's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Heidenheim that finished 1-1. Attacker Iyoha got a player rating of 7.45 in the game. "Man of the match" Iyoha scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 21 successful passes (of 25 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Jahn Regensburg at their stadium, the result 1-0.Düsseldorf's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 18 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The fixture history shows this score when the teams met previously this campaign; Fortuna Düsseldorf - Hansa Rostock 3-1. Head-to-head data (for the prior eight meetings): Rostock won three games, zero matches ended with a draw and Fortuna Düsseldorf managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / one.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Kownacki 10 goals |   K. Pröger 6 goals |  S. Appelkamp 5 goals |
Hansa Rostock missing players
Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players
| Hansa Rostock | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 19 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 38 |
| 32 | 16 | 9 | Conceded | C | 5 | 18 | 30 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 79% |
| 29% | 25% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 58% |
| 17% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 17% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 58% |
| 21% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 17% | 21% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 33% | 21% |
| 4.8 | 5.9 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 6 | 4.5 |
| 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 13.1 | 14.8 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.8 | 13.4 | 14.5 |
| 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.3 | 5.1 |
| 24% | 19% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 23% | 31% |
| 14.7 | 13.9 | 15.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 11.9 | 11.6 |
| 5 | 4.5 | 5.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 4 |
- Fortuna Düsseldorf haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hansa Rostock have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in 2. Bundesliga
- Hansa Rostock have the fewest points (10) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- Hansa Rostock have the fewest scored goals (19) in 2. Bundesliga
- Hansa Rostock have the fewest scored goals (8) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- Hansa Rostock have the most matches under the total-line (17) in 2. Bundesliga
- Hansa Rostock have the the worst goal difference (-8) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- Hansa Rostock have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Hansa Rostock 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 | Darmstadt 98 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 49 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 46 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 48 |
| 3 | Heidenheim | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 46 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 20 | 47 |
| 4 | Paderborn | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 47 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 40 |
| 5 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 38 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 39 |
| 6 | Kaiserslautern | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 39 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 39 |
| 7 | St. Pauli | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 38 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 39 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 34 |
| 9 | Holstein Kiel | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 41 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 23 | 1 | 33 |
| 10 | Hannover 96 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 31 |
| 11 | Magdeburg | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 31 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 26 | -11 | 28 |
| 12 | Nurnberg | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 23 | -15 | 28 |
| 13 | Greuther Furth | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -7 | 27 |
| 14 | Hansa Rostock | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -13 | 25 |
| 15 | Arminia Bielefeld | 24 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 34 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 20 | -5 | 24 |
| 16 | Jahn Regensburg | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 22 | -16 | 23 |
| 17 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 26 | -14 | 22 |
| 18 | Sandhausen | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -17 | 21 |
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