FüRTH. SpVgg Greuther Fürth had a close win over Karlsruher SC. The hero of the match was D. Abiama who scored in the 13th and 45th minute. Karlsruher SC was decisively better in terms of ball possession (62%).​

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 Patrick Ittrich with the help of Christian Gittelmann and . The 4th official was . The weather was few clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 17.13 degrees Celsius or 62.83 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.​

Match Statistics​

SpVgg Greuther Fürth

4 - 3

Karlsruher SC

  • ! 38 Ball Possession 62
Shots
  • 10 Total 16
  • 6 On Target 5
  • 4 Off Target 5
  • 0 Shots blocked 7
  • 79 Attack 117
  • 30 Dangerous attack 40
  • 64 Ball safe 73
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 9 Corners 4
  • 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 12 Total 11
  • 2 Yellow Cards 5
  • 1 Double Yellow 0
  • 1 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Karlsruher SC had a superior ball possession 62% while SpVgg Greuther Fürth was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Karlsruher SC was more pushing with 40 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyhow, SpVgg Greuther Fürth succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

SpVgg Greuther Fürth shot 10 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Karlsruher SC shot 16 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

SpVgg Greuther Fürth received 2 yellow cards (Dennis Srbeny and Julian Green). On the other side, Karlsruher SC received 5 yellow cards (Sebastian Jung, Robin Bormuth, Marvin Wanitzek, Jérôme Gondorf and Leon Jensen).

Match Timeline

Tim Lemperle (goal)Julian Green
5'
7'
Robin Bormuth (goal)Paul Nebel
10'
Robin Bormuth (VAR)
13'
18'
Jérôme Gondorf - Yellow
19'
Leon Jensen- Yellow
25'
Marvin Wanitzek(goal)Philip Heise
36'
Marvin Wanitzek- Yellow
Julian Green- Yellow
42'
45'
Lars Stindl (goal)Sebastian Jung
45'
46'
Dzenis Burnic- sub ->Leon Jensen
R. Wagner- sub ->Orestis Kiomourtzoglou
53'
Julian Green(yellowredcard)
55'
Damian Michalski(goal)Tim Lemperle
64'
70'
Daniel Brosinski- sub ->Paul Nebel
70'
Budu Zivzivadze- sub ->Jérôme Gondorf
Oussama Haddadi- sub ->Niko Giesselmann
72'
Lukas Petkov- sub ->Tim Lemperle
72'
74'
Sebastian Jung- Yellow
79'
David Herold- sub ->Philip Heise
79'
I. Matanović- sub ->Sebastian Jung
Dennis Srbeny- sub ->Dickson Abiama
90'
G. Jung- sub ->Branimir Hrgota
90'
90'
Robin Bormuth - Yellow
Dennis Srbeny- Yellow
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
St. Pauli
66
33
Holstein Kiel
65
33
Fortuna Düsseldorf
60
33
Hamburger SV
55
33
Karlsruher SC
52
33
Hannover 96
52
33
Paderborn
49
33
Hertha BSC
48
33
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
47
33
Schalke 04
43
33
Elversberg
43
33
Nürnberg
40
33
Magdeburg
38
33
Eintracht Braunschweig
38
33
Kaiserslautern
36
33
Wehen Wiesbaden
32
33
Hansa Rostock
31
33
Osnabrück
25
33

After playing this match, SpVgg Greuther Fürth will have 8 points like Karlsruher SC, Wehen Wiesbaden and Paderborn to sit in the 12th place. On the other side, Karlsruher SC will stay with 8 points like SpVgg Greuther Fürth, Wehen Wiesbaden and Paderborn to hold in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, SpVgg Greuther Fürth will host Schalke 04 on the 19th of May with a 1-1 head to head record.

Karlsruher SC will play away agasint Elversberg on the 19th of May with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

SpVgg Greuther Fürth – Formation

SpVgg Greuther Fürth
G
J. Urbig 40.Germany
6.4
D
Damian Michalski 4.Poland
8.1
64'
D
Luca Itter 27.Germany
7.0
D
M. Dietz 33.Germany
6.7
M
Simon Asta 2.Germany
7.1
M
Branimir Hrgota 10.Sweden
7.3
90'
M
Orestis Kiomourtzoglou 13.Germany
6.8
53'
M
Niko Gießelmann 17.Germany
7.3
72'
M
Julian Green 37.United States
5.7
42'
F
Dickson Abiama 11.Nigeria
8.2
90' 13', 45'
F
Tim Lemperle 19.Germany
8.1
72' 5'
Substitutes
G
A. Linde 1.Sweden
D
O. Mhamdi 3.Morocco
D
Oussama Haddadi 5.Tunisia
6.7
72'
D
G. Jung 23.Germany
90'
M
Jomaine Consbruch 14.Germany
M
Lukas Petkov 16.Bulgaria
7.0
72'
M
R. Wagner 22.Germany
6.8
53'
F
Dennis Srbeny 7.Germany
90' 90'
F
A. Sieb 30.Germany

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

The manager Alexander Zorniger decided to play with the following team: Jonas Urbig (6.4), Maximilian Dietz (6.7), Damian Michalski (8.1), Gian-Luca Itter (7.0), Simon Asta (7.1), Orestis Kiomourtzoglou (6.8), Julian Green (5.7), Niko Giesselmann (7.3), Branimir Hrgota (7.3), Tim Lemperle (8.1) and Dickson Abiama (8.2).

The home team had on the bench: Andreas Linde, Oualid Mhamdi, Oussama Haddadi (6.7), Dennis Srbeny, Jomaine Consbruch, Lukas Petkov (7.0), Robert Wagner (6.8), Gideon Jung and Armindo Sieb.

Substitutions

SpVgg Greuther Fürth made 5 changes: Niko Giesselmann for Oussama Haddadi (72′), Orestis Kiomourtzoglou for Robert Wagner (53′), Tim Lemperle for Lukas Petkov (72′), Branimir Hrgota for Gideon Jung (90′) and Dickson Abiama for Dennis Srbeny (90′).

Best player: Dickson Abiama​

The most impressive player for SpVgg Greuther Fürth was Dickson Abiama.

His rating is (8.2) with 2 goals, 10 passes (70% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 16.

Karlsruher SC – Formation

Karlsruher SC
G
Patrick Drewes 23.Germany
6.3
D
Sebastian Jung 2.Germany
6.7
79' 74'
D
Philip Heise 16.Germany
6.4
79'
D
Marcel Franke 28.Germany
7.0
D
Robin Bormuth 32.Germany
7.9
90' 7'
M
Leon Jensen 6.Germany
6.4
46' 19'
M
Jérôme Gondorf 8.Germany
6.4
70' 18'
M
Marvin Wanitzek 10.Germany
7.7
36' 25'
M
P. Nebel 26.Germany
7.0
70'
F
Lars Stindl 13.Germany
7.3
45'
F
Fabian Schleusener 24.Germany
6.8
Substitutes
G
Max Weiß 29.Germany
D
Marcel Beifus 4.Germany
D
Daniel Brosinski 18.Germany
7.3
70'
D
David Herold 20.Germany
6.4
79'
D
Marco Thiede 21.Germany
M
Dzenis Burnic 15.Germany
7.0
46'
F
I. Matanović 9.Croatia
7.0
79'
F
Budu Zivzivadze 11.Georgia
6.4
70'

Karlsruher SC started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Christian Eichner played with: Patrick Drewes (6.3), Sebastian Jung (6.7), Robin Bormuth (7.9), Marcel Franke (7.0), Philip Heise (6.4), Jérôme Gondorf (6.4), Leon Jensen (6.4), Paul Nebel (7.0), Marvin Wanitzek (7.7), Lars Stindl (7.3) and Fabian Schleusener (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Marcel Beifus, Igor Matanovic (7.0), Budu Zivzivadze (6.4), Dženis Burnić (7.0), Daniel Brosinski (7.3), David Herold (6.4), Marco Thiede and Max Weiss.

Substitutions

Karlsruher SC made 5 changes: Leon Jensen for Dženis Burnić (46′), Philip Heise for David Herold (79′), Sebastian Jung for Igor Matanovic (79′), Paul Nebel for Daniel Brosinski (70′) and Jérôme Gondorf for Budu Zivzivadze (70′).

Best player: Robin Bormuth​

The most impressive player for Karlsruher SC was Robin Bormuth.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 78 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 16 duels out of 17.

Results of the day

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