FC Union Berlin vs SpVgg Greuther Fürth preview: Away side face a hard task at Stadion An der Alten Försterei

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Fri 29.April
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion An der Alten Försterei (22012 seats)

FC Union Berlin anticipate the arrival of SpVgg Greuther Fürth with faith in taking all three points. Will they? Read our preview!

Insights:
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the most conceded goals (76) in Bundesliga

For Greuther it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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FC Union Berlin form and stats

FC Union Berlin have performed here at Stadion An der Alten Försterei this season with 9 wins from 15 Bundesliga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 2. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.

FC Union Berlin enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at RB Leipzig's place. The match ended 2-1 with Behrens and Michel scoring. Becker, a striker, was the top player for the team in that fixture, and was presented with a rating of 7.6 (out of 10). Becker served one assist and hit four key passes.

Berlin are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 15 games. From these home matches, FC Union Berlin have conceded only 14 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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SpVgg Greuther Fürth form and stats

There's been little loot from SpVgg Greuther Fürth's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 15 away games in the Bundesliga. SpVgg Greuther Fürth only have 0 wins to counter their 12 defeats and 3 draws. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 15 away games in a row.

SpVgg Greuther Fürth failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Bayer Leverkusen (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 1-4. Midfielder Willems was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.41. Willems scored one goal and had 33 successful passes (of 41 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Hoffenheim.

You'll want to know how Greuther managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found four similar matches resulting in zero away wins, two draws and two home wins.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. There are big problems for the SpVgg Greuther Fürth defense as they have conceded 46 goals in 15 away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. Greuther has visited these top teams five times, and 5 of 5 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

This is what happened when the participants played each other earlier this season; SpVgg Greuther Fürth - FC Union Berlin 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): FC Union Berlin three wins, three draws and SpVgg Greuther Fürth four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FC Union BerlinT. Awoniyi
T. Awoniyi
13 goals
SpVgg Greuther FürthB. Hrgota
B. Hrgota
8 goals
FC Union BerlinG. Prömel
G. Prömel
6 goals

FC Union Berlin missing players

SpVgg Greuther Fürth missing players

FC Union Berlin SpVgg Greuther Fürth
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 5 15 31
14 9 2 Won W 0 0 3
8 4 2 Drew D 0 3 8
9 2 0 Lost L 5 12 20
42 21 4 Scored S 4 11 25
40 14 1 Conceded C 21 46 76
94% 87% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 84%
74% 73% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 87% 77%
52% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 87% 65%
26% 13% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 80% 60% 42%
10% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 60% 33% 26%
55% 47% 25% BTTS BTTS 80% 67% 61%
26% 47% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 13% 19%
26% 20% 25% Failed to Score F T 20% 33% 35%
 
4.2 3.6 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.6 4
4.4 4.7 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 6 5.7
1.8 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.7 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 11.7 15.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.6 7.9 9.5
4.4 4.3 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.7 3
31% 32% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 28% 27%
 
12 12 11.2 Shots against (avg) S A 14.8 17.1 15.9
3.8 3.5 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.8 7.1 5.8
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the fewest points (3) away in Bundesliga
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Bundesliga
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the most conceded goals (46) away in Bundesliga
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the most conceded goals (76) in Bundesliga
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the most conceded goals in the first half (30) in Bundesliga
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the most conceded goals in the second half (46) in Bundesliga
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Bundesliga
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the the worst goal difference (-35) away in Bundesliga
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the the worst goal difference (-51) in Bundesliga
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth have yet to win a game 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 Bayern München 31 24 3 4 92 30 16 13 1 2 46 13 15 11 2 2 46 17 62 75
2 Borussia Dortmund 31 20 3 8 77 46 15 12 0 3 47 23 16 8 3 5 30 23 31 63
3 Bayer Leverkusen 31 16 7 8 72 44 15 8 2 5 35 22 16 8 5 3 37 22 28 55
4 RB Leipzig 31 16 6 9 66 33 16 10 2 4 39 17 15 6 4 5 27 16 33 54
5 Freiburg 31 14 10 7 52 37 16 8 5 3 31 21 15 6 5 4 21 16 15 52
6 FC Union Berlin 31 14 8 9 42 40 15 9 4 2 21 14 16 5 4 7 21 26 2 50
7 Köln 31 13 10 8 47 45 16 9 4 3 27 20 15 4 6 5 20 25 2 49
8 Hoffenheim 31 13 7 11 52 47 15 8 4 3 29 16 16 5 3 8 23 31 5 46
9 Eintracht Frankfurt 31 10 10 11 42 44 16 4 6 6 19 21 15 6 4 5 23 23 -2 40
10 Mainz 05 31 11 6 14 43 41 15 9 4 2 28 8 16 2 2 12 15 33 2 39
11 Borussia M'gladbach 31 10 8 13 45 58 15 6 4 5 25 25 16 4 4 8 20 33 -13 38
12 Wolfsburg 31 11 4 16 39 51 16 7 2 7 23 19 15 4 2 9 16 32 -12 37
13 Bochum 30 10 6 14 30 43 15 7 4 4 19 14 15 3 2 10 11 29 -13 36
14 Augsburg 30 8 8 14 34 47 15 6 4 5 22 21 15 2 4 9 12 26 -13 32
15 Hertha BSC 30 8 5 17 32 66 15 5 3 7 21 31 15 3 2 10 11 35 -34 29
16 Stuttgart 30 6 10 14 36 53 15 5 3 7 25 30 15 1 7 7 11 23 -17 28
17 Arminia Bielefeld 31 5 11 15 24 49 15 2 8 5 13 21 16 3 3 10 11 28 -25 26
18 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 31 3 8 20 25 76 16 3 5 8 14 30 15 0 3 12 11 46 -51 17

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