HAMBURG. Hamburger SV had a surprising win over SpVgg Greuther Fürth with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. Meffert (16′) and a goal from R. Glatzel (45′).

Branimir Hrgota missed a decisive penalty (72′). That would have allowed SpVgg Greuther Fürth to draw the match.​

The match was played at the Volksparkstadion stadium in Hamburg on Saturday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. In front of 55,800 spectators.​ The referee was Robert Schröder with the help of Marco Achmüller and Daniel Bartnitzki. The 4th official was Felix Bickel. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 11.98 degrees Celsius or 53.56 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.​

Match Statistics​

Hamburger SV

2 - 0

SpVgg Greuther Fürth

  • 45 Ball Possession 55
Shots
  • 18 Total 14
  • 4 On Target 3
  • 7 Off Target 7
  • 7 Shots blocked 4
  • 92 Attack 107
  • 42 Dangerous attack 46
  • 104 Ball safe 95
  • 0 Penalties 1
  • 6 Corners 7
  • 5 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 11 Total 11
  • 2 Yellow Cards 4
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

SpVgg Greuther Fürth had a strong ball possession 55% while Hamburger SV was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

SpVgg Greuther Fürth had a more offensive attitude with 46 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, Hamburger SV was capable to find the solution to win this contest.​

Hamburger SV shot 18 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, SpVgg Greuther Fürth shot 14 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Hamburger SV received 2 yellow cards (Moritz Heyer and Bakery Jatta). Talking about the opposition, SpVgg Greuther Fürth received 4 yellow cards (Dickson Abiama, Tim Lemperle, Damian Michalski and Gian-Luca Itter).

Match Timeline

Moritz Heyer- sub ->Ignace Van der Brempt
10'
Immanuel Pherai- sub ->Ludovit Reis
15'
Jonas Meffert(goal)László Bénes
16'
Moritz Heyer- Yellow
26'
32'
Luca Itter- Yellow
Bakery Jatta- Yellow
38'
Bakery Jatta(VAR_CARD)
39'
45'
Tim Lemperle - Yellow
Robert Glatzel(goal)Immanuel Pherai
45'
45'
Damian Michalski- Yellow
46'
Orestis Kiomourtzoglou- sub ->Maximilian Dietz
46'
Marco Meyerhöfer- sub ->Oussama Haddadi
46'
Lukas Petkov- sub ->Robert Wagner
58'
67'
Dennis Srbeny- sub ->Simon Asta
72'
Branimir Hrgota - missed penaltyBranimir Hrgota
Ransford Königsdörffer- sub ->Jean-Luc Dompe
76'
79'
A. Sieb- sub ->Branimir Hrgota

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 this match, Hamburger SV will have 20 points like St. Pauli to hold in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, SpVgg Greuther Fürth will stay with 12 points like Hertha BSC, Wehen Wiesbaden, Hansa Rostock and Nürnberg to sit in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, Hamburger SV will host Nürnberg on the 19th of May with a 14-4 head to head record in favor of Hamburger SV (8 draws).

SpVgg Greuther Fürth will host Schalke 04 on the 19th of May with a 1-1 head to head.

Hamburger SV – Formation

Hamburger SV
G
Daniel Heuer Fernandes 1.Portugal
8.1
D
Dennis Hadzikadunic 5.Bosnia and Herzegovina
7.3
D
Guilherme Ramos 13.Portugal
7.7
D
Ignace Van der Brempt 22.Belgium
7.0
10'
D
Miro Muheim 28.Switzerland
7.9
M
László Bénes 8.Slovakia
8.4
M
Ludovit Reis 14.Netherlands
6.6
15'
M
Jonas Meffert 23.Germany
7.8
16'
F
Robert Glatzel 9.Germany
8.1
45'
F
Bakery Jatta 18.Gambia
6.4
38'
F
J. Dompé 27.France
6.4
76'
Substitutes
G
Matheo Raab 19.Germany
D
W. Mikelbrencis 2.France
D
Moritz Heyer 3.Germany
6.4
10' 26'
D
Stephan Ambrosius 35.Ghana
M
Lukasz Poreba 6.Poland
M
Immanuel Pherai 10.Netherlands
7.8
15'
M
Levin Öztunali 21.Germany
M
E. Krahn 46.Germany
F
Ransford Königsdörffer 11.Ghana
7.0
76'

Hamburger SV started with a 4-1-2-3 line-up (4-1-2-3).

The manager Tim Walter decided to play with the following team: Daniel Heuer Fernandes (8.1), Ignace Van der Brempt (7.0), Guilherme Ramos (7.7), Dennis Hadžikadunić (7.3), Miro Muheim (7.9), Ludovit Reis (6.6), Jonas Meffert (7.8), László Bénes (8.4), Bakery Jatta (6.4), Robert Glatzel (8.1) and Jean-Luc Dompe (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: William Mikelbrencis, Moritz Heyer (6.4), Łukasz Poręba, Immanuel Pherai (7.8), Ransford Königsdörffer (7.0), Matheo Raab, Levin Öztunali, Stephan Ambrosius and Elijah Akwasi Krahn.

Hamburger SV could not rely on the presence of Moritz Heyer (injured), Immanuel Pherai (injured) and Ransford Königsdörffer (injured).

Substitutions

Hamburger SV made 3 changes: Ignace Van der Brempt for Moritz Heyer (10′), Ludovit Reis for Immanuel Pherai (15′) and Jean-Luc Dompe for Ransford Königsdörffer (76′).

Best player: László Bénes​

The player that probably impressed the most for Hamburger SV was László Bénes even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.4) with 33 passes (94% accurate) and 5 key passes. He performed 2 crosses.

SpVgg Greuther Fürth – Formation

SpVgg Greuther Fürth
G
J. Urbig 40.Germany
7.0
D
Damian Michalski 4.Poland
7.0
45'
D
Luca Itter 27.Germany
7.1
32'
D
M. Dietz 33.Germany
6.4
46'
M
Simon Asta 2.Germany
6.3
67'
M
Oussama Haddadi 5.Tunisia
7.0
46'
M
Branimir Hrgota 10.Sweden
6.3
79'
M
R. Wagner 22.Germany
6.4
46'
M
Julian Green 37.United States
8.1
F
Dickson Abiama 11.Nigeria
6.8
58'
F
Tim Lemperle 19.Germany
7.0
45'
Substitutes
G
A. Linde 1.Sweden
D
O. Mhamdi 3.Morocco
D
B. Schlicke 15.Germany
D
Marco Meyerhöfer 18.Germany
7.0
46'
M
Orestis Kiomourtzoglou 13.Germany
6.7
46'
M
Jomaine Consbruch 14.Germany
M
Lukas Petkov 16.Bulgaria
6.4
46'
F
Dennis Srbeny 7.Germany
7.0
67'
F
A. Sieb 30.Germany
7.5
79'

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

Alexander Zorniger played with: Jonas Urbig (7.0), Maximilian Dietz (6.4), Damian Michalski (7.0), Gian-Luca Itter (7.1), Simon Asta (6.3), Robert Wagner (6.4), Julian Green (8.1), Oussama Haddadi (7.0), Branimir Hrgota (6.3), Dickson Abiama (6.8) and Tim Lemperle (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Andreas Linde, Oualid Mhamdi, Dennis Srbeny (7.0), Orestis Kiomourtzoglou (6.7), Jomaine Consbruch, Ben Schlicke, Lukas Petkov (6.4), Marco Meyerhofer (7.0) and Armindo Sieb (7.5).

SpVgg Greuther Fürth could not rely on the presence of Orestis Kiomourtzoglou (injured).

Substitutions

SpVgg Greuther Fürth made 5 changes: Robert Wagner for Lukas Petkov (46′), Oussama Haddadi for Marco Meyerhofer (46′), Branimir Hrgota for Armindo Sieb (79′), Maximilian Dietz for Orestis Kiomourtzoglou (46′) and Simon Asta for Dennis Srbeny (67′).

Best player: Julian Green​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for SpVgg Greuther Fürth was Julian Green.

His rating is (8.1) with 56 passes (87% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 8 crosses.

Results of the day

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