Betting preview: SpVgg Greuther Fürth vs Holstein Kiel should be interesting

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 16.July
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer (15000 seats)

SpVgg Greuther Fürth and Holstein Kiel supporters have their most treasured supporter outfits on for this first game week of a new 2. Bundesliga season. GO!

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SpVgg Greuther Fürth form and stats

Disaster struck SpVgg Greuther Fürth last season as they could not defend their status as a Bundesliga team. With 22 defeats from 34 games, and only 3 wins, relegation could not be avoided. SpVgg Greuther Fürth are hopeful of bouncing straight back up, but need to improve upon their home record from last season of W3 D5 L9.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how SpVgg Greuther Fürth have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 0, drawn 2 and lost 3.

Greuther have prepared for this season with five friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these five matches are 4 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses. In these games, SpVgg Greuther Fürth have scored 13 goals and conceded 5 times.

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Holstein Kiel form and stats

Let's have a look at how Holstein Kiel performed last season in the 2. Bundesliga: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 9 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 46 and conceded 54 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 6 and lost 7 with 23/31 goals scored/conceded.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Holstein Kiel in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Holstein Kiel, 1 draw and 6 defeats.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Holstein Kiel have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats from two fixtures.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: three - three - two (Greuther wins - draws - Holstein Kiel wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

SpVgg Greuther Fürth missing players

Holstein Kiel missing players

Total First Half Second Half
SpVgg Greuther Fürth Holstein Kiel
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
SpVgg Greuther Fürth Last season Holstein Kiel
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
3 3   Won W   4 12
9 5   Drew D   6 9
22 9   Lost L   7 13
28 15   Scored S   23 46
82 33   Conceded C   31 54
85% 82%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
79% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   94% 88%
65% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   71% 65%
41% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   41% 26%
24% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 12%
65% 59%   BTTS BTTS   82% 59%
18% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   6% 21%
32% 35%   Failed to Score F T   18% 24%
 
4.1 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4.9
5.4 5.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.4 5
1.8 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.9
0 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
9.3 10.9   Shots (avg) S (   12.8 14.1
3 3.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 4.4
27% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 31%
 
15.2 14.5   Shots against (avg) S A   15.6 14.7
5.6 4.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.7 4.3

  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Arminia Bielefeld 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Eintracht Braunschweig 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Fortuna Dusseldorf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Hamburger SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hannover 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hansa Rostock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Heidenheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Holstein Kiel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Jahn Regensburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Kaiserslautern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Karlsruher SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Magdeburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Nurnberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Paderborn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Sandhausen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 St. Pauli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Bayern München 34 24 5 5 97 37 17 13 2 2 48 15 17 11 3 3 49 22 60 77
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 22 3 9 85 52 17 13 0 4 52 28 17 9 3 5 33 24 33 69
3 Bayer Leverkusen 34 19 7 8 80 47 17 10 2 5 39 23 17 9 5 3 41 24 33 64
4 RB Leipzig 34 17 7 10 72 37 17 11 2 4 43 17 17 6 5 6 29 20 35 58
5 Union Berlin 34 16 9 9 50 44 17 10 5 2 25 17 17 6 4 7 25 27 6 57
6 Freiburg 34 15 10 9 58 46 17 8 5 4 32 25 17 7 5 5 26 21 12 55
7 Köln 34 14 10 10 52 49 17 9 4 4 27 21 17 5 6 6 25 28 3 52
8 Mainz 05 34 13 7 14 50 45 17 10 5 2 33 11 17 3 2 12 17 34 5 46
9 Hoffenheim 34 13 7 14 58 60 17 8 4 5 34 24 17 5 3 9 24 36 -2 46
10 Borussia M'gladbach 34 12 9 13 54 61 17 8 4 5 33 27 17 4 5 8 21 34 -7 45
11 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 10 12 12 45 49 17 4 7 6 20 22 17 6 5 6 25 27 -4 42
12 Wolfsburg 34 12 6 16 43 54 17 7 3 7 25 21 17 5 3 9 18 33 -11 42
13 Bochum 34 12 6 16 38 52 17 8 4 5 21 17 17 4 2 11 17 35 -14 42
14 Augsburg 34 10 8 16 39 56 17 7 4 6 25 26 17 3 4 10 14 30 -17 38
15 Stuttgart 34 7 12 15 41 59 17 6 4 7 28 32 17 1 8 8 13 27 -18 33
16 Hertha BSC 34 9 6 19 37 71 17 6 3 8 24 33 17 3 3 11 13 38 -34 33
17 Arminia Bielefeld 34 5 13 16 27 53 17 2 10 5 15 23 17 3 3 11 12 30 -26 28
18 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 34 3 9 22 28 82 17 3 5 9 15 33 17 0 4 13 13 49 -54 18
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 Schalke 04 34 20 5 9 72 44 17 10 2 5 40 27 17 10 3 4 32 17 28 65
2 Werder Bremen 34 18 9 7 65 43 17 8 6 3 29 17 17 10 3 4 36 26 22 63
3 Hamburger SV 34 16 12 6 67 35 17 9 6 2 36 17 17 7 6 4 31 18 32 60
4 Darmstadt 98 34 18 6 10 71 46 17 10 3 4 42 23 17 8 3 6 29 23 25 60
5 St. Pauli 34 16 9 9 61 46 17 11 4 2 37 17 17 5 5 7 24 29 15 57
6 Heidenheim 34 15 7 12 43 45 17 10 4 3 27 18 17 5 3 9 16 27 -2 52
7 Paderborn 34 13 12 9 56 44 17 4 7 6 26 24 17 9 5 3 30 20 12 51
8 Nurnberg 34 14 9 11 49 49 17 8 3 6 26 23 17 6 6 5 23 26 0 51
9 Holstein Kiel 34 12 9 13 46 54 17 8 3 6 23 23 17 4 6 7 23 31 -8 45
10 Fortuna Dusseldorf 34 11 11 12 45 42 17 6 6 5 28 21 17 5 5 7 17 21 3 44
11 Hannover 96 34 11 9 14 35 49 17 6 6 5 16 19 17 5 3 9 19 30 -14 42
12 Karlsruher SC 34 9 14 11 54 55 17 5 9 3 32 26 17 4 5 8 22 29 -1 41
13 Hansa Rostock 34 10 11 13 41 52 17 4 5 8 17 25 17 6 6 5 24 27 -11 41
14 Sandhausen 34 10 11 13 42 54 17 4 5 8 19 29 17 6 6 5 23 25 -12 41
15 Jahn Regensburg 34 10 10 14 50 51 17 6 4 7 31 29 17 4 6 7 19 22 -1 40
16 Dynamo Dresden 34 7 11 16 33 46 17 5 5 7 18 18 17 2 6 9 15 28 -13 32
17 Erzgebirge Aue 34 6 8 20 32 72 17 3 3 11 14 34 17 3 5 9 18 38 -40 26
18 Ingolstadt 34 4 9 21 30 65 17 2 5 10 12 29 17 2 4 11 18 36 -35 21

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  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Arminia Bielefeld 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Eintracht Braunschweig 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Fortuna Dusseldorf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Hamburger SV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hannover 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hansa Rostock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Heidenheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Holstein Kiel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Jahn Regensburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Kaiserslautern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Karlsruher SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Magdeburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Nurnberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Paderborn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Sandhausen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 St. Pauli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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