Holstein Kiel vs SpVgg Greuther Fürth: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 05.Aug
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Holstein-Stadion (11386 seats)

It's fixture two of the 2. Bundesliga campaign and important points to play for. Don't miss our thorough preview of Holstein Kiel-SpVgg Greuther Fürth!

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Holstein Kiel form and stats

In the previous season, Holstein Kiel's league stats were 12 wins, 10 draws and 12 losses, results that produced 8th position in the 2. Bundesliga. From these 34 matches they scored {58 goals} and conceded 61. Appearing at home in the previous season Holstein Kiel delivered 6-4-7 (win-draw-lost) with {29 goals} and 29 conceded.

Holstein Kiel enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Eintracht Braunschweig's place. The match ended 1-0 with Friðjónsson scoring. The victory against Eintracht Braunschweig came after Friðjónsson's winning goal. The Holstein Kiel manager Rapp was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 73rd minute. Rothe, defender, was given a rating of 7.81/10 in that game, top of the team. Rothe hit three key passes and won 5 of 6 duels.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Hannover 96 and winning 5-1.

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 6 of these, drawn 3 and lost 4.

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SpVgg Greuther Fürth form and stats

Let's have a look at how SpVgg Greuther Fürth performed last season in the 2. Bundesliga: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 11 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 47 and conceded {50 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 4 and lost 11 with 19/31 goals scored/conceded.

The Greuther goalkeeper Jonas Urbig is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 201 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

SpVgg Greuther Fürth are travelling after their nice 5-0 home win in the match against Paderborn (placed 18th). As you can tell from the results above, SpVgg Greuther Fürth was very dominant against Paderborn, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Michalski, Sieb, Hrgota (2) and Lemperle providing the goals. Sieb has scored at least one goal for the away team three fixtures in a row. The talent! Hrgota got a match rating of 9.45 in that game, top player of the team. Hrgota scored two goals, hit five key passes and had 37 successful passes (of 41 total).

Before that, Greuther secured a home win against Darmstadt 98 with the score 4-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with SpVgg Greuther Fürth playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 0 SpVgg Greuther Fürth wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between these teams: Holstein won three, SpVgg Greuther Fürth were winners in three and we saw four draws. eight games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SpVgg Greuther FürthB. Hrgota
B. Hrgota
2 goals
SpVgg Greuther FürthA. Sieb
A. Sieb
1 goals

Holstein Kiel missing players

SpVgg Greuther Fürth missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Holstein Kiel SpVgg Greuther Fürth
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 5
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
10 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6
5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 2
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 23
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 11
25% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 45%
 
8 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 6
1 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Holstein Kiel Last season SpVgg Greuther Fürth
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
12 6   Won W   2 10
10 4   Drew D   4 11
12 7   Lost L   11 13
58 29   Scored S   19 47
61 29   Conceded C   31 50
91% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
88% 94%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   94% 88%
74% 76%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   65% 62%
41% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 32%
32% 24%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 3%
76% 82%   BTTS BTTS   76% 71%
15% 12%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 21%
18% 6%   Failed to Score F T   12% 9%
 
5.3 6.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 5.6
6 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 3.9
2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.9
0 0   Red cards R C   4 5
 
15.2 17.1   Shots (avg) S (   10.8 13.1
5.1 5.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 4.6
34% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 30%
 
15.2 13.6   Shots against (avg) S A   12.7 11.7
4.9 4.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.5 4.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
2 Hamburger SV 1 1 0 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Hansa Rostock 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Karlsruher SC 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
5 St. Pauli 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Holstein Kiel 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Elversberg 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Hannover 96 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Magdeburg 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Wehen Wiesbaden 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Osnabrück 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Kaiserslautern 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Hertha BSC 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Eintracht Braunschweig 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Schalke 04 1 0 0 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 5 -2 0
17 Nurnberg 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Paderborn 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Heidenheim 34 19 10 5 67 36 17 12 4 1 41 16 17 7 6 4 26 20 31 67
2 Darmstadt 98 34 20 7 7 50 33 17 11 5 1 27 13 17 9 2 6 23 20 17 67
3 Hamburger SV 34 20 6 8 70 45 17 11 3 3 38 20 17 9 3 5 32 25 25 66
4 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 17 7 10 60 43 17 11 4 2 38 19 17 6 3 8 22 24 17 58
5 St. Pauli 34 16 10 8 55 39 17 9 7 1 24 11 17 7 3 7 31 28 16 58
6 Paderborn 34 16 7 11 68 44 17 12 0 5 46 20 17 4 7 6 22 24 24 55
7 Karlsruher SC 34 13 7 14 56 53 17 9 3 5 32 25 17 4 4 9 24 28 3 46
8 Holstein Kiel 34 12 10 12 58 61 17 6 4 7 29 29 17 6 6 5 29 32 -3 46
9 Kaiserslautern 34 11 12 11 47 48 17 6 6 5 26 26 17 5 6 6 21 22 -1 45
10 Hannover 96 34 12 8 14 50 55 17 8 3 6 27 26 17 4 5 8 23 29 -5 44
11 Magdeburg 34 12 7 15 48 55 17 6 4 7 23 22 17 6 3 8 25 33 -7 43
12 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 34 10 11 13 47 50 17 8 7 2 28 19 17 2 4 11 19 31 -3 41
13 Hansa Rostock 34 12 5 17 32 48 17 6 1 10 18 25 17 6 4 7 14 23 -16 41
14 Nurnberg 34 10 9 15 32 49 17 7 4 6 18 17 17 3 5 9 14 32 -17 39
15 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 9 9 16 42 59 17 7 3 7 23 22 17 2 6 9 19 37 -17 36
16 Arminia Bielefeld 34 9 7 18 50 62 17 5 4 8 28 29 17 4 3 10 22 33 -12 34
17 Jahn Regensburg 34 8 7 19 34 58 17 4 7 6 17 28 17 4 0 13 17 30 -24 31
18 Sandhausen 34 7 7 20 35 63 17 4 4 9 18 33 17 3 3 11 17 30 -28 28

2. Bundesliga:
Germany:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
2 Hamburger SV 1 1 0 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Hansa Rostock 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Karlsruher SC 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
5 St. Pauli 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Holstein Kiel 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Elversberg 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Hannover 96 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Magdeburg 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Wehen Wiesbaden 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Osnabrück 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Kaiserslautern 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Hertha BSC 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Eintracht Braunschweig 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Schalke 04 1 0 0 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 5 -2 0
17 Nurnberg 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Paderborn 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 0

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