FüRTH. SpVgg Greuther Fürth managed to find the solution against Fortuna Düsseldorf to win 2-1. R. Ache was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was SpVgg Greuther Fürth to strike first with a goal of R. Ache at the 28′. Then R. Ache scored again for SpVgg Greuther Fürth in the 57′ minute scoring a double. Eventually, Kristoffer Peterson reduced the distance for Fortuna Düsseldorf (67′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Fortuna Düsseldorf lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (57%).

Jordy de Wijs received a red card (90′)​. This double yellow card was one of the reason why Fortuna Düsseldorf lost the match.

The match was played at the Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer stadium in Fürth on Saturday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Marco Fritz with the help of Marcel Pelgrim and Marc-Philipp Eckermann. The 4th official was Tobias Schultes. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.4 degrees Celsius or 54.28 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.​

Match Statistics​

SpVgg Greuther Fürth

2 - 1

Fortuna Düsseldorf

  • 57 Ball Possession 43
Shots
  • 13 Total 15
  • 2 On Target 5
  • 5 Off Target 7
  • 6 Shots blocked 3
  • 101 Attack 112
  • 60 Dangerous attack 48
  • 115 Ball safe 98
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 4 Corners 5
  • 1 Off Sides 5
Fouls
  • 11 Total 12
  • 5 Yellow Cards 1
  • 1 Double Yellow 0
  • 1 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Fortuna Düsseldorf had a superior ball possession 57% while SpVgg Greuther Fürth was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Fortuna Düsseldorf was putting more pressure with 60 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, SpVgg Greuther Fürth was capable to find the solution to win this contest.​

Fortuna Düsseldorf shot 13 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, SpVgg Greuther Fürth shot 15 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Fortuna Düsseldorf received 4 yellow cards (Felix Klaus, A. Tanaka, Jorrit Hendrix and Jordy de Wijs). On the opposite side, SpVgg Greuther Fürth received 1 yellow card (Max Christiansen).

Jordy de Wijs (Fortuna Düsseldorf) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (90′).

Match Timeline

28'
Felix Klaus- Yellow
30'
57'
62'
62'
62'
67'
71'
76'
76'
84'
Ao Tanaka- Yellow
84'
Jordy de Wijs- sub ->Shinta Appelkamp
88'
88'
89'
Lukas Petkov- sub ->Max Christiansen
Jordy de Wijs- Yellow
90'
Jordy de Wijs(yellowred)
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Heidenheim
67
34
Darmstadt 98
67
34
Hamburger SV
66
34
Fortuna Düsseldorf
58
34
St. Pauli
58
34
Paderborn
55
34
Karlsruher SC
46
34
Holstein Kiel
46
34
Kaiserslautern
45
34
Hannover 96
44
34
Magdeburg
43
34
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
41
34
Hansa Rostock
41
34
Nürnberg
39
34
Eintracht Braunschweig
36
34
DSC Arminia Bielefeld
34
34
Jahn Regensburg
31
34
Sandhausen
28
34

After playing this match, Fortuna Düsseldorf will stay with 32 points to sit in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, SpVgg Greuther Fürth will have 26 points to sit in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, Fortuna Düsseldorf will play away with Kaiserslautern on the 28th of May with a 7-2 head to head in favor of Fortuna Düsseldorf (5 draws).

SpVgg Greuther Fürth will host Darmstadt 98 on the 28th of May with a 4-3 head to head record in favor of SpVgg Greuther Fürth (5 draws).

Fortuna Düsseldorf – Formation

Fortuna Düsseldorf
G
Florian Kastenmeier 33.Germany
6.4
D
Andre Hoffmann 3.Germany
6.5
D
T. Oberdorf 15.Germany
7.4
D
Christoph Klarer 5.Austria
7.1
D
Emmanuel Iyoha 19.Germany
7.0
M
Felix Klaus 11.Germany
6.2
62' 30'
M
Marcel Sobottka 31.Germany
6.2
M
Ao Tanaka 4.Japan
7.4
84'
M
Shinta Appelkamp 23.Germany
6.4
88'
F
Rouwen Hennings 28.Germany
6.9
62'
F
J. Niemiec 39.Germany
6.4
62'
Substitutes
G
D. Gorka 21.Germany
D
T. Uchino 41.Japan
D
Jordy de Wijs 30.Netherlands
88' 90'
D
Benjamin Böckle 22.Austria
M
Elione Fernandes Neto 46.Angola
M
Jorrit Hendrix 29.Netherlands
6.6
62' 88'
F
Daniel Ginczek 10.Germany
6.8
62'
F
Kristoffer Peterson 7.Sweden
7.4
62' 67'

Fortuna Düsseldorf started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Alexander Zorniger decided to play with the following team: Florian Kastenmeier (6.4), Tim Christopher Oberdorf (7.4), Andre Hoffmann (6.5), Christoph Klarer (7.1), Emmanuel Iyoha (7.0), Marcel Sobottka (6.2), Felix Klaus (6.2), Ao Tanaka (7.4), Shinta Karl Appelkamp (6.4), Rouwen Hennings (7.0) and Jona Niemiec (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Dennis Gorka, Elione Fernandes Neto, Takashi Uchino, Daniel Ginczek (6.5), Jorrit Hendrix (6.5), Kristoffer Peterson (7.4), Jordy de Wijs and Benjamin Böckle.

Substitutions

Fortuna Düsseldorf made 4 changes: Felix Klaus for Kristoffer Peterson (62′), J. Niemiec for Jorrit Hendrix (62′), Rouwen Hennings for Daniel Ginczek (65′) and Shinta Appelkamp for Jordy de Wijs (88′).

Best player: Ao Tanaka​

The most impressive player for Fortuna Düsseldorf was Ao Tanaka.

His rating is (7.4) with 56 passes (83% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 8.

SpVgg Greuther Fürth – Formation

SpVgg Greuther Fürth
G
A. Linde 1.Sweden
6.4
D
Oussama Haddadi 5.Tunisia
6.2
D
G. Jung 23.Germany
6.2
D
Damian Michalski 4.Poland
7.2
M
Luca Itter 27.Germany
7.0
76'
M
Simon Asta 2.Germany
6.2
M
Max Christiansen 13.Germany
7.2
89' 84'
M
Tobias Raschl 20.Germany
7.4
76'
F
Branimir Hrgota 10.Sweden
6.1
F
R. Ache 39.Germany
8.8
28', 57'
F
A. Sieb 30.Germany
6.7
71'
Substitutes
G
Leon Schaffran 25.Germany
D
Marco John 24.Germany
6.6
76'
D
Marco Meyerhöfer 18.Germany
M
Sidney Raebiger 6.Germany
M
Julian Green 37.United States
M
Sebastian Griesbeck 22.Germany
6.6
76'
M
Lukas Petkov 16.Bulgaria
89'
F
Afimico Pululu 9.France
F
Dickson Abiama 11.Nigeria
6.4
71'

SpVgg Greuther Fürth started with a 4-1-3-2 line-up (4-1-3-2).

Daniel Thioune played with: Andreas Linde (6.4), Gideon Jung (6.2), Damian Michalski (7.2), Oussama Haddadi (6.2), Simon Asta (6.2), Max Christiansen (7.2), Tobias Raschl (7.4), Gian-Luca Itter (7.0), Branimir Hrgota (6.1), Armindo Sieb (6.7) and Ragnar Ache (8.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Marco John (6.6), Leon Schaffran, Marco Meyerhofer, Lars Sidney Raebiger, Julian Green, Afimico Pululu, Dickson Abiama (6.4), Sebastian Griesbeck (6.6) and Lukas Petkov.

SpVgg Greuther Fürth could not rely on the presence of L. Petkov (injured).

Substitutions

SpVgg Greuther Fürth made 4 changes: Armindo Sieb for D. Abiama (71′), Tobias Raschl for Sebastian Griesbeck (76′), Luca Itter for Marco John (76′) and Max Christiansen for Lukas Petkov (89′).

Best player: Ragnar Ache​

The player that probably impressed the most for SpVgg Greuther Fürth was Ragnar Ache.

His rating is (8.8) with 2 goals, 15 passes (60% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 12. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the 2. Bundesliga.​