DüSSELDORF. Fortuna Düsseldorf had a surprising win over Sandhausen with a 2-0 win with a goal from T. Oberdorf (86′) and a goal from R. Hennings (88′). Fortuna Düsseldorf was much superior in terms of ball possession (70%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Merkur Spiel-Arena stadium in Düsseldorf on Sunday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Tobias Welz with the help of Steven Greif and Julius Martenstein. The 4th official was Dominik Jolk. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10 degrees Celsius or 50.05 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.
Match Statistics
- ! 70 Ball Possession 30
Shots
- 26 Total 6
- 8 On Target 1
- 17 Off Target 5
- 5 Shots blocked 1
- 147 Attack 80
- 64 Dangerous attack 22
- 103 Ball safe 94
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 1
Fouls
- 8 Total 14
- 0 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Fortuna Düsseldorf had a superior ball possession 70% while Sandhausen was struggling with a 30% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Fortuna Düsseldorf was more aggressive with 64 dangerous attacks and 26 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Fortuna Düsseldorf won the match.
Fortuna Düsseldorf shot 26 times, 8 on target, 17 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sandhausen shot 6 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Fortuna Düsseldorf didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Sandhausen received 4 yellow cards (Janik Bachmann, David Kinsombi, Marcel Mehlem and K. Çalhanoğlu).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Fortuna Düsseldorf will have 32 points to hold in the 6th place. On the opposite side, Sandhausen will stay with 19 points like Jahn Regensburg to remain in the 17th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, Fortuna Düsseldorf will play away with SpVgg Greuther Fürth on the 18th of February with a 7-6 head to head stats in favor of SpVgg Greuther Fürth (8 draws).
Sandhausen will host Hamburger SV on the 28th of May with a 5-2 head to head statistic in favor of Hamburger SV (2 draws).
Fortuna Düsseldorf – Formation
Fortuna Düsseldorf started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Daniel Thioune decided to play with the following team: Florian Kastenmeier
, Tim Christopher Oberdorf , Andre Hoffmann , Christoph Klarer , Emmanuel Iyoha , Felix Klaus , Marcel Sobottka , Ao Tanaka , Shinta Karl Appelkamp , Rouwen Hennings and Dawid Kownacki .The home team had on the bench: Tom Geerkens, Dennis Gorka, Daniel Ginczek
, Benjamin Böckle, Jordy de Wijs, Jona Niemiec , Kristoffer Peterson, Elione Fernandes Neto and Jorrit Hendrix .Substitutions
Fortuna Düsseldorf made 5 changes: Dawid Kownacki for Daniel Ginczek (18′), A. Tanaka for Jorrit Hendrix (79′), Felix Klaus for Jona Niemiec (79′), Rouwen Hennings for Elione Fernandes Neto (90′) and Shinta Appelkamp for Tom Geerkens (90′).
Best player: Tim Christopher Oberdorf
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Fortuna Düsseldorf was Tim Christopher Oberdorf.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 59 passes (77% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 9 crosses.Sandhausen – Formation
Sandhausen started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Alois Schwartz played with: Patrick Drewes
, Raphael Framberger , Dario Đumić , Aleksandr Zhirov , Kerim Çalhanoğlu , Marcel Mehlem , Janik Bachmann , David Kinsombi , Alexander Esswein , Christian Kinsombi and Hamadi Al Ghaddioui .The following players were sitting on the bench: Phillipp Ochs, Timo Königsmann, Chima Okoroji, Ahmed Kutucu, Kemal Ademi, Dennis Diekmeier
, Franck Evina, Oumar Diakhité and Marcel Ritzmaier.Substitutions
Sandhausen made 5 changes: R. Framberger for Dennis Diekmeier (56′), David Kinsombi for Phillipp Ochs (82′), K. Çalhanoğlu for Marcel Ritzmaier (89′), Marcel Mehlem for Kemal Ademi (89′) and Janik Bachmann for Franck Evina (89′).
Best player: Patrick Drewes
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sandhausen was the goalkeeper: Patrick Drewes. His rating is 7.60. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the 2. Bundesliga.
- Darmstadt 98 – Eintracht Braunschweig – 2-1
- Fortuna Düsseldorf – Sandhausen – 2-0
- St. Pauli – Kaiserslautern – 1-0