SpVgg Greuther Fürth and Hannover 96 have both played out a "par" performance so far, to use a golf term. The teams both have mid-table places in the 2. Bundesliga.
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in 2. Bundesliga
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.
SpVgg Greuther Fürth form and stats
When playing at home in the 2. Bundesliga, SpVgg Greuther Fürth have managed 5 wins, 5 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 11 games. After failing to beat Hansa Rostock here at Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer, SpVgg Greuther Fürth has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
Greuther are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Kaiserslautern. Midfielder Itter was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.42 (out of ten) in that game. Itter hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 52 successful passes (of 58 total).
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Fortuna Dusseldorf.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does SpVgg Greuther Fürth handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 20 latest league matches reveals that 16 of them had goals from both teams.
SpVgg Greuther Fürth are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 11 games. 13 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Hannover 96 form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their 2. Bundesliga travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Home advantage was not enough for Hannover in their previous game as they lost hosting Magdeburg, 1-2. Dehm, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.31. Dehm won 5 of 8 duels.
A 1-1 draw at Jahn Regensburg's stadium before that.Hannover 96 are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.
Hannover 96 find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Hannover 96 have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have played previously this season: Hannover 96 - Greuther 2-1. SpVgg Greuther Fürth-Hannover 96 H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: SpVgg Greuther Fürth two wins, Hannover 96 five wins, two draws. seven of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  C. Teuchert 10 goals |   B. Hrgota 7 goals |  H. Kallevik Nielsen 7 goals |
SpVgg Greuther Fürth missing players
Hannover 96 missing players
| SpVgg Greuther Fürth | Hannover 96 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 28 | 16 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 14 | 31 |
| 34 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 91% | 95% |
| 82% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 77% |
| 64% | 55% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 45% | 50% |
| 36% | 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 14% |
| 77% | 73% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 55% | 59% |
| 18% | 27% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 32% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 27% | 14% |
| 5.5 | 6.7 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 6.8 | 5.7 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13.2 | 16.4 | 17.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.9 | 12.2 |
| 4.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 4.1 | 4.6 |
| 29% | 27% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 31% | 31% |
| 12.3 | 10.9 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 18.4 | 17.3 |
| 4.2 | 3.6 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 5.8 | 5.7 |
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have scored in all their home matches so far.
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in 2. Bundesliga
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth 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 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 37 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 49 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 45 |
| 3 | Heidenheim | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 44 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 43 |
| 4 | Paderborn | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 46 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 39 |
| 5 | Kaiserslautern | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 38 |
| 6 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 36 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 35 |
| 7 | St. Pauli | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 32 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 22 | 2 | 32 |
| 9 | Hannover 96 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 29 |
| 10 | Karlsruher SC | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 33 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| 11 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -6 | 26 |
| 12 | Nurnberg | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -14 | 25 |
| 13 | Hansa Rostock | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -11 | 24 |
| 14 | Magdeburg | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 29 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 26 | -13 | 24 |
| 15 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -12 | 21 |
| 16 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 28 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 17 | -7 | 20 |
| 17 | Jahn Regensburg | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 21 | -16 | 20 |
| 18 | Sandhausen | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 21 | -17 | 19 |
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