The visiting Fortuna Düsseldorf side should be favourites in this visit to Osnabrück, as the away team holds a 17 point advantage from their 27 league games this season.
- Osnabrück have the fewest scored goals (25) in 2. Bundesliga
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in 2. Bundesliga
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a 2. Bundesliga match only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Jahn Regensburg, was also a home game here at Bremer Brücke. The away team is better rested.
Osnabrück form and stats
Osnabrück's results here at Bremer Brücke in the 2. Bundesliga have been very modest with 2 victories, 1 draw and 11 defeats. Osnabrück are slowly digging their own grave here at Bremer Brücke with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eleven attempts. The last victory here came in the Sandhausen match.
Osnabrück haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 221 minutes ago. C. Santos scored that one.
The Osnabrück crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Jahn Regensburg here at Bremer Brücke in a 2. Bundesliga match. Preceding that match was a defeat to Eintracht Braunschweig (0-4).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Osnabrück as they are travelling to their away game against Paderborn in the 2. Bundesliga. That match is three days after this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Osnabrück here at Bremer Brücke in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (12 from 14 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Osnabrück defense is not exactly impregnable. 26 goals conceded from 14 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats
Playing away, Fortuna Düsseldorf have won 4 games, drawn 4 and suffered 6 defeats in the 2. Bundesliga this season.
Two travels in a row for Fortuna Düsseldorf, whose manager U. Rösler could celebrate last time after the 2. Bundesliga win against Darmstadt 98. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Sandhausen that ended 0-0.
Düsseldorf goalie Florian Kastenmeier was high and low in the Darmstadt 98 game, contributing eight saves towards the victory.
After this away game Düsseldorf return home for a 2. Bundesliga game against St. Pauli. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Düsseldorf are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 14 games (in the league). Düsseldorf have conceded 21 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Fortuna Düsseldorf - Osnabrück 3-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Osnabrück three wins, zero draws and Fortuna Düsseldorf four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Kerk 8 goals |   R. Hennings 8 goals |  K. Karaman 7 goals |
Osnabrück missing players
Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players
| Osnabrück | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 27 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 16 | 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 25 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 17 | 39 |
| 45 | 26 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 21 | 37 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 60% | 86% | 89% |
| 68% | 71% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 86% | 78% |
| 50% | 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 71% | 67% |
| 18% | 21% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 26% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 19% |
| 50% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 57% | 52% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 29% | 33% |
| 39% | 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 29% | 26% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 10.8 | 10.9 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 11.3 | 11.8 |
| 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 26% | 23% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 16% | 30% | 35% |
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in 2. Bundesliga
- Osnabrück have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Osnabrück have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Osnabrück have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Osnabrück have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- Osnabrück have the fewest points (7) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- Osnabrück have the fewest scored goals (12) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- Osnabrück have the fewest scored goals (25) in 2. Bundesliga
- Osnabrück have the the worst goal difference (-14) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- Osnabrück 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 | Bochum | 28 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 50 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 54 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 57 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 22 | 22 | 50 |
| 3 | Greuther Furth | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 51 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 19 | 50 |
| 4 | Holstein Kiel | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 46 |
| 5 | Heidenheim | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 5 | 45 |
| 6 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 43 |
| 7 | Karlsruher SC | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 42 |
| 8 | St. Pauli | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 44 | 44 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 41 |
| 9 | Paderborn | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 38 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 38 |
| 10 | Erzgebirge Aue | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 22 | -3 | 37 |
| 11 | Hannover 96 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 36 |
| 12 | Darmstadt 98 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 45 | 47 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 28 | -2 | 35 |
| 13 | Jahn Regensburg | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -4 | 34 |
| 14 | Nurnberg | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 22 | -6 | 33 |
| 15 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 46 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 27 | -19 | 29 |
| 16 | Osnabrück | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 25 | 45 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -20 | 26 |
| 17 | Sandhausen | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 29 | 47 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 29 | -18 | 25 |
| 18 | Wurzburger Kickers | 28 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 30 | 55 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 29 | -25 | 20 |
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