DSC Arminia Bielefeld favourites for feisty fight facing SpVgg Greuther Fürth

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

DSC Arminia Bielefeld form and stats

With 1 Bundesliga win, 5 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, DSC Arminia Bielefeld are certainly not brimming with confidence.

DSC Arminia Bielefeld travelled for their previous game, a trip to SC Freiburg that ended 2-2. Late drama in the game against SC Freiburg as Bielefeld were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Lasme popped out and made it level in the 87th minute. The hometeam coach Kramer made a successful contribution in the game against SC Freiburg, bringing on Lasme who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. Midfield player Schöpf got a match rating of 7.22 in that game, the max score being 10. Schöpf hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 40 successful passes (of 50 total).

In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting RB Leipzig.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Bielefeld have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won three times, drawn one and lost zero.

Bielefeld have scored 8 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 13 goals have been conceded.

SpVgg Greuther Fürth form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for SpVgg Greuther Fürth so far with only 0 points returning home. The records show 0-0-9 (win-draw-lose). The manager Meggiorini is not happy with the away performances in the Bundesliga so far, as all 9 matches have been lost. Bitter travels for Greuther as they have lost nine games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Paderborn match.

The attacking players of Greuther have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 304 minutes. The Greuther goalkeeper Sascha Burchert is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 181 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

SpVgg Greuther Fürth's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus VfB Stuttgart that finished 0-0. Viergever, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.61. Viergever hit one key pass and won 1 of 3 duels.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against FC Augsburg.

We have checked recent matches where SpVgg Greuther Fürth have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were four victories, three draws and three defeats.

The attacking power of Greuther when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 9 league matches away. There are big problems for the SpVgg Greuther Fürth defense as they have conceded 34 goals in 9 away games. When SpVgg Greuther Fürth is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against SpVgg Greuther Fürth, Hertha BSC, VfB Stuttgart, FC Augsburg and Wolfsburg.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have fought previously this season: SpVgg Greuther Fürth - Bielefeld 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Bielefeld three wins, five draws and SpVgg Greuther Fürth two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

M. Okugawa 6 goals

B. Hrgota 4 goals

F. Klos 3 goals

DSC Arminia Bielefeld missing players

SpVgg Greuther Fürth missing players