Evenly matched teams: Holstein Kiel vs Fortuna Düsseldorf match preview

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 29.October
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Holstein-Stadion (11386 seats)

Fortuna Düsseldorf travel to Holstein Kiel and Holstein-Stadion brimming with hope and confidence, but the home side is not easy meat. More info on the match here!

Insights:
  • Holstein Kiel have the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Holstein Kiel and Fortuna Düsseldorf 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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Holstein Kiel form and stats

Overall 2. Bundesliga results playing at home this season for Holstein Kiel are 3-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).

The home team returns to Holstein-Stadion after drawing with Darmstadt 98 (placed 1st) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. The host team have an in-form goalscorer in Skrzybski, having found the net in three consecutive games. Schulz, defender, was given a rating of 7.61/10 in that game, top of the team. Schulz hit one key pass and won 7 of 11 duels.

Ahead of that match, Holstein Kiel won a home game hosting Heidenheim (3-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Holstein Kiel perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Holstein Kiel as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Holstein Kiel has won 7 of these, drawn 4 and lost 2.

A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 13 latest league games reveals that 10 of them had goals from both teams.

Holstein's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Fortuna Düsseldorf so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-4 (win-draw-lose).

Two away games in a row for Fortuna Düsseldorf, whose coach Thioune could celebrate last time after the win against Karlsruher SC. Peterson got a match rating of 8.8 in that game, top player of the team. Peterson scored two goals, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Earlier, the DFB Pokal victory away at Jahn Regensburg. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Fortuna Düsseldorf in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Düsseldorf, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

9 goals have been conceded by Fortuna Düsseldorf in these games.

Head 2 Head

Holstein Kiel have won at least one point in the last 7 games (4-3-0) versus Fortuna Düsseldorf.

Top Goalscorers

Holstein KielS. Skrzybski
S. Skrzybski
9 goals
Fortuna DüsseldorfD. Kownacki
D. Kownacki
5 goals
HolsteinF. Reese
F. Reese
4 goals

Holstein Kiel missing players

Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players

Holstein Kiel Fortuna Düsseldorf
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 2 7 13
5 3 1 Won W 1 2 6
5 2 0 Drew D 1 1 2
3 1 1 Lost L 0 4 5
24 12 5 Scored S 4 7 22
24 7 4 Conceded C 2 9 15
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
85% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 77%
69% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 62%
54% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 14% 38%
31% 17% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
77% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 54%
23% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 14% 15%
8% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 31%
 
6.6 7 8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.3 4.7
5.1 4.7 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 9 7.3 5.2
1.8 1.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.7 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.5 16.3 21 Shots (avg) S ( 16 12.6 13
5.2 6.2 8.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.9 4.5
35% 32% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 26% 37%
 
15.4 14.2 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 10.7 11
5.3 4.2 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.6 3.7
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Holstein Kiel have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Holstein Kiel have the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Holstein Kiel haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 13 8 4 1 23 13 7 4 3 0 13 5 6 4 1 1 10 8 10 28
2 Paderborn 13 8 2 3 32 12 7 6 0 1 24 6 6 2 2 2 8 6 20 26
3 Hamburger SV 13 8 1 4 19 13 7 3 1 3 8 7 6 5 0 1 11 6 6 25
4 Heidenheim 13 6 5 2 20 12 6 4 2 0 13 6 7 2 3 2 7 6 8 23
5 Hannover 96 13 6 3 4 21 16 6 3 2 1 9 6 7 3 1 3 12 10 5 21
6 Fortuna Düsseldorf 13 6 2 5 22 15 6 4 1 1 15 6 7 2 1 4 7 9 7 20
7 Holstein Kiel 13 5 5 3 24 24 6 3 2 1 12 7 7 2 3 2 12 17 0 20
8 Kaiserslautern 13 4 7 2 22 20 7 2 3 2 12 14 6 2 4 0 10 6 2 19
9 Jahn Regensburg 13 5 3 5 14 18 7 3 3 1 8 9 6 2 0 4 6 9 -4 18
10 Karlsruher SC 13 5 2 6 21 19 7 3 1 3 11 9 6 2 1 3 10 10 2 17
11 Eintracht Braunschweig 13 4 4 5 15 21 7 3 2 2 10 9 6 1 2 3 5 12 -6 16
12 St. Pauli 13 3 5 5 18 19 6 3 3 0 12 5 7 0 2 5 6 14 -1 14
13 Hansa Rostock 13 4 2 7 12 21 7 3 0 4 7 9 6 1 2 3 5 12 -9 14
14 Nurnberg 13 4 2 7 12 21 6 2 1 3 5 8 7 2 1 4 7 13 -9 14
15 Magdeburg 13 4 1 8 16 27 6 2 0 4 5 11 7 2 1 4 11 16 -11 13
16 Sandhausen 13 3 3 7 13 19 6 3 1 2 7 6 7 0 2 5 6 13 -6 12
17 Arminia Bielefeld 13 3 2 8 16 23 6 3 0 3 11 10 7 0 2 5 5 13 -7 11
18 Greuther Furth 13 1 7 5 18 25 7 1 5 1 11 12 6 0 2 4 7 13 -7 10

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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.