Sandhausen will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 18 points behind Arminia Bielefeld.
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.
Arminia Bielefeld are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Sandhausen form and stats
The story so far in the 2. Bundesliga for Sandhausen at their home stadium (BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald) is 5 wins, 7 draws and 3 defeats.
It's back home for Sandhausen, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Greuther Fürth away with the result 2-1. Julius Biada and Kevin Behrens found the net in that victory. Before that, Sandhausen had a home game versus Hannover 96 which ended with a victory 3-1.
The Sandhausen fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 15 matches. Sandhausen's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Arminia Bielefeld form and stats
Arminia Bielefeld's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Arminia Bielefeld, who have the the best goal difference (+27) in 2. Bundesliga, collect 32 points from their 15 away matches in the 2. Bundesliga. 9 victories and 5 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). In general it has been a productive period now for Bielefeld as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games.
Bielefeld played 1-1 against Nürnberg in their previous match. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Holstein Kiel.
After this away game Arminia Bielefeld return home for a 2. Bundesliga game against Dynamo Dresden. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Arminia Bielefeld have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 30 goals from 15 away matches. Bielefeld have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Arminia Bielefeld - Sandhausen 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - four - five (Sandhausen wins - draws - Arminia Bielefeld wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Klos 18 goals |   K. Behrens 12 goals |  A. Voglsammer 10 goals |
Sandhausen missing players
Arminia Bielefeld missing players
| Sandhausen | Arminia Bielefeld | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 29 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 37 | 20 | 7 | Scored | S | 12 | 30 | 54 |
| 38 | 18 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 15 | 27 |
| 93% | 87% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 80% | 90% |
| 70% | 67% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 67% | 72% |
| 37% | 47% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 53% | 45% |
| 30% | 40% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 40% | 34% |
| 10% | 13% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 27% | 17% |
| 57% | 60% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 53% | 59% |
| 17% | 20% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 40% | 34% |
| 33% | 33% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 27% | 17% |
| 5.9 | 6.4 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| 5.1 | 5.9 | 8.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 475 | 241 | 77 | Total Shots | T S | 71 | 195 | 405 |
| 139 | 70 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 28 | 74 | 141 |
| 27% | 29% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 41% | 38% |
- Arminia Bielefeld has the fewest conceded goals (15) away
- Arminia Bielefeld has the fewest conceded goals (27)
- Arminia Bielefeld has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10)
- Arminia Bielefeld has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (17)
- Arminia Bielefeld has the most clean sheets (6) away
- Arminia Bielefeld has the most points (32) away
- Arminia Bielefeld has the most scored goals (30) away
- Arminia Bielefeld has the the best goal difference (+15) away
- Arminia Bielefeld has the the best goal difference (+27)
- Arminia Bielefeld have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sandhausen has the most matches under the total-line (19)
- Sandhausen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 54 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 27 | 57 |
| 2 | Stuttgart | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 49 | 35 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 14 | 52 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 58 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 50 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 39 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 48 |
| 5 | Darmstadt 98 | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 39 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 1 | 43 |
| 6 | Hannover 96 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 45 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 42 |
| 7 | Erzgebirge Aue | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 42 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 27 | -2 | 41 |
| 8 | Bochum | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 47 | 46 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 39 |
| 9 | Greuther Fürth | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 42 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 39 |
| 10 | Holstein Kiel | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 48 | 49 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 28 | -1 | 39 |
| 11 | Sandhausen | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 37 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 20 | -1 | 39 |
| 12 | Jahn Regensburg | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 45 | 48 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 27 | -3 | 39 |
| 13 | Osnabrück | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 39 | 42 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 35 |
| 14 | St. Pauli | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 35 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -4 | 35 |
| 15 | Nürnberg | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 38 | 50 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 26 | -12 | 33 |
| 16 | Karlsruher SC | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 37 | 49 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 26 | -12 | 30 |
| 17 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 37 | 52 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 23 | -15 | 28 |
| 18 | Dynamo Dresden | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 28 | -20 | 28 |
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