SpVgg Greuther Fürth vs FSV Mainz 05: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 22.January
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer (15000 seats)

SpVgg Greuther Fürth have some work to do from their 18th position, and the first opportunity is versus FSV Mainz 05. Read more!

Insights:
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the fewest scored goals (15) in Bundesliga
  • FSV Mainz 05 have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Bundesliga

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the DFB Pokal. That game, against VfL Bochum 1848, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for FSV Mainz 05.

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SpVgg Greuther Fürth form and stats

With 1 Bundesliga win, 3 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, SpVgg Greuther Fürth are certainly not brimming with confidence. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for SpVgg Greuther Fürth.

SpVgg Greuther Fürth manager Leitl and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Arminia Bielefeld (placed 16th) in the Bundesliga. Seguin (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.43/10. Seguin served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 42 successful passes (of 52 total).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Stuttgart that ended 0-0.

SpVgg Greuther Fürth aren't scoring a lot here at Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer in the league, with only 7 goals from 9 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the SpVgg Greuther Fürth defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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FSV Mainz 05 form and stats

There's been little loot from FSV Mainz 05's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 9 away games in the Bundesliga. FSV Mainz 05 only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 0 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of Mainz, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.

There might be some fixture complaints from FSV Mainz 05 as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the DFB Pokal match against VfL Bochum 1848 (1-3). Onisiwo, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.63. Onisiwo scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

Before that, FSV Mainz 05 secured a home win against VfL Bochum 1848 with the score 1-0.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting FSV Mainz 05 as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. FSV Mainz 05 have conceded 16 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is what happened when the contenders played each other earlier this season; FSV Mainz 05 - SpVgg Greuther Fürth 3-0. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's five SpVgg Greuther Fürth victories, one draw and three FSV Mainz 05 wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FSV Mainz 05J. Burkardt
J. Burkardt
7 goals
SpVgg Greuther FürthJ. Leweling
J. Leweling
4 goals
GreutherB. Hrgota
B. Hrgota
4 goals

SpVgg Greuther Fürth missing players

FSV Mainz 05 missing players

SpVgg Greuther Fürth FSV Mainz 05
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 2 9 19
1 1 0 Won W 1 2 8
4 3 0 Drew D 0 0 3
14 5 2 Lost L 1 7 8
15 7 1 Scored S 3 8 27
51 15 3 Conceded C 3 16 21
89% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
79% 56% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 74%
68% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 56% 53%
47% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 21%
21% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
58% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 56% 47%
16% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 37%
37% 44% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 21%
 
4.1 4.2 5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.2 4.9
5.3 4.6 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.6 4.9
1.9 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.4 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.8 11.8 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 16 11.1 13.3
3.1 3.4 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.8 4.4
25% 23% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 32% 33%
 
15.1 13.6 13 Shots against (avg) S A 12 13.1 12.1
6.1 4.4 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.8 3.5
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • FSV Mainz 05 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FSV Mainz 05 have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Bundesliga
  • FSV Mainz 05 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the fewest points (6) at home in Bundesliga
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the fewest scored goals (15) in Bundesliga
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Bundesliga
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Bundesliga
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the most conceded goals (51) in Bundesliga
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the most conceded goals in the second half (31) in Bundesliga
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the the worst goal difference (-36) in Bundesliga
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the the worst goal difference (-8) at home in Bundesliga

  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 19 15 1 3 61 18 10 8 0 2 30 8 9 7 1 1 31 10 43 46
2 Borussia Dortmund 19 13 1 5 49 29 10 9 0 1 31 13 9 4 1 4 18 16 20 40
3 Bayer Leverkusen 19 9 5 5 44 31 9 4 2 3 21 16 10 5 3 2 23 15 13 32
4 Hoffenheim 19 9 4 6 39 29 9 6 2 1 21 9 10 3 2 5 18 20 10 31
5 Union Berlin 19 8 7 4 27 24 10 6 3 1 14 9 9 2 4 3 13 15 3 31
6 Freiburg 19 8 6 5 31 23 9 4 3 2 15 11 10 4 3 3 16 12 8 30
7 RB Leipzig 19 8 4 7 36 23 10 7 0 3 29 13 9 1 4 4 7 10 13 28
8 Eintracht Frankfurt 19 7 7 5 30 28 9 3 4 2 14 11 10 4 3 3 16 17 2 28
9 FC Köln 19 7 7 5 30 32 10 5 3 2 18 15 9 2 4 3 12 17 -2 28
10 FSV Mainz 05 19 8 3 8 27 21 10 6 3 1 19 5 9 2 0 7 8 16 6 27
11 VfL Bochum 1848 19 7 2 10 17 27 9 5 2 2 11 6 10 2 0 8 6 21 -10 23
12 Borussia M'gladbach 19 6 4 9 25 35 9 4 2 3 15 15 10 2 2 6 10 20 -10 22
13 Hertha BSC 19 6 4 9 21 38 9 4 2 3 13 12 10 2 2 6 8 26 -17 22
14 Wolfsburg 19 6 3 10 17 30 10 3 2 5 8 14 9 3 1 5 9 16 -13 21
15 Augsburg 19 4 7 8 19 30 9 3 3 3 13 16 10 1 4 5 6 14 -11 19
16 Arminia Bielefeld 19 3 9 7 18 26 10 1 6 3 10 15 9 2 3 4 8 11 -8 18
17 Stuttgart 19 4 6 9 22 33 10 3 2 5 16 20 9 1 4 4 6 13 -11 18
18 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 19 1 4 14 15 51 9 1 3 5 7 15 10 0 1 9 8 36 -36 7

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