FüRTH. FC Bayern München overcomes SpVgg Greuther Fürth 3-1. FC Bayern München was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with T. Muller (10′), J. Kimmich (31′) and S. Griesbeck (68′). SpVgg Greuther Fürth reduced the distance with a goal (88′) by C. Itten, but there was not much to do for them. Its vastly superior ball possession (68%) was among the key factors of its victory.​

FC Bayern München remained in 10 people after B. Pavard received a red card in the 48′. Anyway, FC Bayern München still succeeded in win this encounter playing only with 10 players​.

The match was played at the Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer stadium in Fürth on Friday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Robert Schröder who had the assistance of Jan Clemens Neitzel and Guido Kleve. The 4th official was Christof Günsch. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 13.2 degrees Celsius or 55.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

SpVgg Greuther Fürth – Formation

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

The manager Stefan Leitl decided to play with the following team: Sascha Burchert (6.3), Marco Meyerhofer (6.6), Maximilian Bauer (6.8), Nick Viergever (6.1), Jetro Willems (6.4), Sebastian Griesbeck (6.3), Paul Seguin (6.8), Julian Green (7.1), Håvard Nielsen (6.5), Branimir Hrgota (6.6) and Jeremy Dudziak (6.2).

The home team had on the bench: Marius Funk, Dickson Abiama (6.5), Hans Nunoo Sarpei, Abdourahmane Barry (5.9), Max Christiansen, Timothy Tillman (7.3), Nils Seufert, Cédric Itten (7.4) and Jamie Leweling.

Best player: Cédric Itten​

The player that probably impressed the most for SpVgg Greuther Fürth was Cédric Itten.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 5 passes (40% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 6.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 76′.

FC Bayern München – Formation

FC Bayern München started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

On the opposite side, Julian Nagelsmann played with: Manuel Neuer (7.2), Niklas Süle (7.8), Dayot Upamecano (6.9), Lucas Hernández (6.8), Benjamin Pavard (5.8), Leon Goretzka (7.1), Joshua Kimmich (7.8), Alphonso Davies (7.3), Thomas Müller (7.6), Leroy Sané (6.9) and Robert Lewandowski (6.8).

They had on the bench: Josip Stanišić, Jamal Musiala, Marcel Sabitzer (6.2), Bouna Sarr, Omar Richards, Christian Früchtl, Serge Gnabry (6.5), Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Tanguy Nianzou.

Best player: Joshua Kimmich​

The player that probably impressed the most for FC Bayern München was Joshua Kimmich.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 74 passes (87% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 3 crosses.

Match Statistics​

FC Bayern München was in firm control of the ball 68% while SpVgg Greuther Fürth was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

FC Bayern München was more aggressive with 46 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why FC Bayern München won the match.​

SpVgg Greuther Fürth shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, FC Bayern München shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

SpVgg Greuther Fürth received 4 yellow cards (B. Hrgota, N. Viergever, D. Abiama and A. Barry). On the opposite side, FC Bayern München received 2 yellow cards (L. Sane and J. Nagelsmann).

Also, FC Bayern München didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after B. Pavard (FC Bayern München) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (48′).

Standings

After this match, SpVgg Greuther Fürth will stay with 1 points to stay in the 18th place. On the other side, FC Bayern München will have 16 points to stay in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, SpVgg Greuther Fürth will play away against 1. FC Köln on the 1st of October with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

FC Bayern München will host Eintracht Frankfurt on the 3rd of October with a 22-4 head to head statistic in favor of FC Bayern München (4 draws).

Results of the day

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

• SpVgg Greuther Fürth – FC Bayern München – 1-3