Can Fortuna Düsseldorf beat Bayer Leverkusen in Merkur Spiel-Arena clash?

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Date: Sat 24.August
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Merkur Spiel-Arena (54600 seats)

With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Bundesliga game of the season. Fortuna Düsseldorf look forward to welcoming Bayer Leverkusen in front of their home support.

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.

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Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats

Fortuna Düsseldorf are returning here after visiting Werder Bremen in a Bundesliga game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. In the game before, an away victory in the DFB Pokal match versus Villingen with a 3-1 scoreline.

Last season, Fortuna Düsseldorf's league statistics were 13 wins, 5 draws and 16 losses, resulting in a 10th position in the 2. Bundesliga. Over these 34 matches they scored 49 goals and conceded 65. Playing at home last season Fortuna Düsseldorf managed 9-0-8 (win-draw-lost) with 27 goals and 28 conceded.

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Bayer Leverkusen form and stats

Bayer Leverkusen won their last game, 3-2 versus Paderborn played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Alemannia Aachen at their stadium, the result 4-1.

Let's have a look at how Bayer Leverkusen performed last season in the Bundesliga: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 18 victories, 4 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 69 and conceded 52 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 2 and lost 6 with 37/27 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last four meetings): Fortuna Düsseldorf won 0 games, 0 matches ended with a draw and Bayer Leverkusen has 4 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 3 / 1

Top Goalscorers

R. Hennings
1 goals
K. Ayhan
1 goals
K. Karaman
1 goals / 1 assists

Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players

Bayer Leverkusen missing players

Fortuna Düsseldorf Bayer Leverkusen
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
3 0 0 Scored 0 0 3
1 0 0 Conceded 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
5 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 6
14 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 6
2 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Fortuna Düsseldorf Last season Bayer Leverkusen
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
34 17 6 Played 6 17 34
13 9 2 Won 4 9 18
5 0 0 Drew 0 2 4
16 8 4 Lost 2 6 12
49 27 7 Scored 20 37 69
65 28 15 Conceded 11 27 52
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 94% 97%
91% 94% 100% Over 1.5 100% 88% 85%
74% 82% 100% Over 2.5 100% 76% 65%
35% 29% 50% Over 3.5 67% 47% 50%
21% 18% 17% Over 4.5 67% 41% 32%
62% 59% 67% BTTS 100% 71% 65%
15% 12% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 18% 26%
26% 29% 33% Failed To Score 0% 18% 12%
 
4.2 4.2 4 Corners For (avg) 5.3 4.8 5.6
4.8 5.1 4.3 Corners Against (avg) 5.8 5.5 4.8
2 1.7 1.7 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.7 1.6 1.5
1 0 0 Red Cards 0 1 1
Key stats last season:
  • Bayer Leverkusen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Fortuna Düsseldorf
All 2. Bundesliga DFB Pokal Bundesliga Club Friendlies
All Home Away
08-07-19 CF Sportfreunde Siegen 0 - 6 Fortuna Düsseldorf
20-07-19 CF Fortuna Düsseldorf 1 - 1 Istanbul Basaksehir
06-08-19 CF Benrath 1 - 15 Fortuna Düsseldorf
10-08-19 DFB Villingen 1 - 1 Fortuna Düsseldorf
17-08-19 BU Werder Bremen 1 - 3 Fortuna Düsseldorf
24-08-19 BU Fortuna Düsseldorf 13:30 Bayer Leverkusen
01-09-19 BU Eintracht Frankfurt 16:00 Fortuna Düsseldorf
13-09-19 BU Fortuna Düsseldorf 18:30 Wolfsburg
22-09-19 BU Borussia M'gladbach 13:30 Fortuna Düsseldorf
29-09-19 BU Fortuna Düsseldorf 13:30 Freiburg
Bayer Leverkusen
All DFB Pokal Bundesliga Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
06-07-19 CF Bayer Leverkusen 0 - 4 Wuppertaler SV
13-07-19 CF Bayer Leverkusen 0 - 1 Fortuna Sittard
20-07-19 CF Bayer Leverkusen 2 - 2 Eibar
10-08-19 DFB Alemannia Aachen 1 - 4 Bayer Leverkusen
17-08-19 BU Bayer Leverkusen 3 - 2 Paderborn
24-08-19 BU Fortuna Düsseldorf 13:30 Bayer Leverkusen
31-08-19 BU Bayer Leverkusen 13:30 Hoffenheim
14-09-19 BU Borussia Dortmund 13:30 Bayer Leverkusen
21-09-19 BU Bayer Leverkusen 13:30 Union Berlin
28-09-19 BU Augsburg 13:30 Bayer Leverkusen

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Borussia Dortmund 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 RB Leipzig 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
3 Freiburg 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
5 Bayer Leverkusen 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Wolfsburg 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Bayern München 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Hertha BSC 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 Borussia M'gladbach 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Schalke 04 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 Paderborn 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
13 Köln 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 Hoffenheim 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Werder Bremen 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Mainz 05 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
17 Augsburg 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0
18 Union Berlin 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 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 D P
1 Bayern München 34 24 6 4 88 32 17 13 3 1 49 14 17 11 3 3 39 18 56 78
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 23 7 4 81 44 17 14 2 1 52 25 17 9 5 3 29 19 37 76
3 RB Leipzig 34 19 9 6 63 29 17 10 6 1 34 9 17 9 3 5 29 20 34 66
4 Bayer Leverkusen 34 18 4 12 69 52 17 9 2 6 32 25 17 9 2 6 37 27 17 58
5 Borussia M'gladbach 34 16 7 11 55 42 17 9 3 5 31 22 17 7 4 6 24 20 13 55
6 Wolfsburg 34 16 7 11 62 50 17 8 5 4 36 23 17 8 2 7 26 27 12 55
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 15 9 10 60 48 17 8 4 5 32 21 17 7 5 5 28 27 12 54
8 Werder Bremen 34 14 11 9 58 49 17 8 6 3 35 26 17 6 5 6 23 23 9 53
9 Hoffenheim 34 13 12 9 70 52 17 7 5 5 28 20 17 6 7 4 42 32 18 51
10 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 13 5 16 49 65 17 9 0 8 27 28 17 4 5 8 22 37 -16 44
11 Hertha BSC 34 11 10 13 49 57 17 6 6 5 26 27 17 5 4 8 23 30 -8 43
12 Mainz 05 34 12 7 15 46 57 17 8 5 4 31 22 17 4 2 11 15 35 -11 43
13 Freiburg 34 8 12 14 46 61 17 6 7 4 32 27 17 2 5 10 14 34 -15 36
14 Schalke 04 34 8 9 17 37 55 17 4 3 10 16 28 17 4 6 7 21 27 -18 33
15 Augsburg 34 8 8 18 51 71 17 5 4 8 34 33 17 3 4 10 17 38 -20 32
16 Stuttgart 34 7 7 20 32 70 17 6 4 7 22 27 17 1 3 13 10 43 -38 28
17 Hannover 96 34 5 6 23 31 71 17 5 1 11 15 26 17 0 5 12 16 45 -40 21
18 Nürnberg 34 3 10 21 26 68 17 3 7 7 16 22 17 0 3 14 10 46 -42 19

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