FüRTH. SpVgg Greuther Fürth demolishes Osnabrück 4-0 with goals of Julian Green (45′), Armindo Sieb (47′), Dickson Abiama (74′) and Tim Lemperle (75′). SpVgg Greuther Fürth was truly superior in terms of ball possession (65%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

Branimir Hrgota didn’t convert a penalty (22′) for SpVgg Greuther Fürth.​

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 Robin Braun who was helped by Marc-Philipp Eckermann and Asmir Osmanagic. The 4th official was Tobias Schultes. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 9.17 degrees Celsius or 48.51 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.​

Match Statistics​

SpVgg Greuther Fürth

4 - 0

Osnabrück

  • ! 65 Ball Possession 35
Shots
  • 14 Total 5
  • 6 On Target 2
  • 3 Off Target 2
  • 5 Shots blocked 1
  • 147 Attack 69
  • 78 Dangerous attack 14
  • 151 Ball safe 160
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 10 Corners 1
  • 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 17 Total 17
  • 0 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

SpVgg Greuther Fürth had a strong ball possession 65% while Osnabrück was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

SpVgg Greuther Fürth had a more offensive attitude with 78 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why SpVgg Greuther Fürth won the match​.

SpVgg Greuther Fürth shot 14 times, 6 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Osnabrück shot 5 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

SpVgg Greuther Fürth didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Osnabrück received 3 yellow cards (Jannes Wulff, Florian Kleinhansl and Dave Gnaase).

Match Timeline

Branimir Hrgota - missed penaltyBranimir Hrgota
22'
28'
Jannes Wulff- Yellow
40'
Florian Kleinhansl- Yellow
44'
Dave Gnaase- Yellow
Julian Green(goal)
45'
46'
Charalampos Makridis- sub ->Jannes Wulff
A. Sieb(goal)Gideon Jung
47'
57'
Robert Tesche- sub ->Lukas Kunze
57'
Niklas Wiemann- sub ->Henry Rorig
65'
M. Dietz- sub ->Gideon Jung
65'
71'
Kwasi Wriedt- sub ->Christian Joe Conteh
74'
Dennis Srbeny- sub ->Branimir Hrgota
75'
Tim Lemperle (goal)Dickson Abiama
75'
Jomaine Consbruch- sub ->Tim Lemperle
79'
Lukas Petkov- sub ->Robert Wagner
79'
84'
Maximilian Thalhammer- sub ->Dave Gnaase

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, SpVgg Greuther Fürth will have 15 points like Elversberg, Paderborn and Nürnberg to go down in the 7th place. On the other side, Osnabrück will stay with 6 points to remain in the 17th 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.

Osnabrück will host Hertha BSC on the 19th of May with a 3-1 head to head in favor of Hertha BSC (0 draws).

SpVgg Greuther Fürth – Formation

SpVgg Greuther Fürth
G
J. Urbig 40.Germany
7.9
D
Damian Michalski 4.Poland
7.5
D
G. Jung 23.Germany
8.1
65'
D
Luca Itter 27.Germany
7.5
M
Simon Asta 2.Germany
8.1
M
Oussama Haddadi 5.Tunisia
6.7
M
Branimir Hrgota 10.Sweden
7.5
75'
M
R. Wagner 22.Germany
6.8
79'
M
Julian Green 37.United States
8.1
45'
F
Tim Lemperle 19.Germany
7.5
79' 75'
F
A. Sieb 30.Germany
6.7
65' 47'
Substitutes
G
A. Linde 1.Sweden
D
O. Mhamdi 3.Morocco
D
B. Schlicke 15.Germany
D
M. Dietz 33.Germany
6.7
65'
M
Orestis Kiomourtzoglou 13.Germany
M
Jomaine Consbruch 14.Germany
6.4
79'
M
Lukas Petkov 16.Bulgaria
6.8
79'
F
Dennis Srbeny 7.Germany
6.8
75'
F
Dickson Abiama 11.Nigeria
8.4
65' 74'

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 (7.9), Gideon Jung (8.1), Damian Michalski (7.5), Gian-Luca Itter (7.5), Simon Asta (8.1), Robert Wagner (6.8), Julian Green (8.1), Oussama Haddadi (6.7), Branimir Hrgota (7.5), Armindo Sieb (6.7) and Tim Lemperle (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Andreas Linde, Oualid Mhamdi, Dennis Srbeny (6.8), Dickson Abiama (8.4), Orestis Kiomourtzoglou, Jomaine Consbruch (6.4), Ben Schlicke, Lukas Petkov (6.8) and Maximilian Dietz (6.7).

SpVgg Greuther Fürth could not rely on the presence of Maximilian Dietz (injured).

Substitutions

SpVgg Greuther Fürth made 5 changes: Tim Lemperle for Jomaine Consbruch (79′), Armindo Sieb for Dickson Abiama (65′), Gideon Jung for Maximilian Dietz (65′), Branimir Hrgota for Dennis Srbeny (75′) and Robert Wagner for Lukas Petkov (79′).

Best player: Dickson Abiama​

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

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 6 passes (50% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 2 crosses.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 65′.

Osnabrück – Formation

Osnabrück
G
Lennart Grill 1.Germany
6.7
D
Florian Kleinhansl 3.Germany
6.3
40'
D
Maxwell Gyamfi 4.Germany
6.6
D
Henry Rorig 16.Germany
6.4
57'
D
Timo Beermann 33.Germany
6.3
M
Lukas Kunze 13.Germany
7.0
57'
M
Christian Conteh 17.Germany
6.6
71'
M
Dave Gnaase 26.Germany
6.8
84' 44'
M
Michaël Cuisance 27.France
7.0
M
Jannes Wulff 32.Germany
6.4
46' 28'
F
Erik Engelhardt 9.Germany
6.8
Substitutes
G
Philipp Kühn 22.Germany
D
Oumar Diakhite 14.Senegal
D
Niklas Wiemann 25.Germany
6.4
57'
M
Maximilian Thalhammer 6.Germany
6.8
84'
M
Robert Tesche 8.Germany
6.3
57'
F
Noel Niemann 7.Germany
F
Kwasi Wriedt 10.Ghana
6.4
71'
F
Charalampos Makridis 11.Germany
6.4
46'
F
John Verhoek 23.Netherlands

Osnabrück started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Tobias Schweinsteiger played with: Lennart Grill (6.7), Henry Rorig (6.4), Maxwell Gyamfi (6.6), Timo Beermann (6.3), Florian Kleinhansl (6.3), Dave Gnaase (6.8), Lukas Kunze (7.0), Michaël Cuisance (7.0), Christian Joe Conteh (6.6), Jannes Wulff (6.4) and Erik Engelhardt (6.8).

They had on the bench: Maximilian Thalhammer (6.8), Noel Niemann, Robert Tesche (6.3), Kwasi Okyere Wriedt (6.4), Charalambos Makridis (6.4), Oumar Diakhité, Philipp Kühn, John Verhoek and Niklas Wiemann (6.4).

Substitutions

Osnabrück made 5 changes: Lukas Kunze for Robert Tesche (57′), Jannes Wulff for Charalambos Makridis (46′), Christian Joe Conteh for Kwasi Okyere Wriedt (71′), Dave Gnaase for Maximilian Thalhammer (84′) and Henry Rorig for Niklas Wiemann (57′).

Best player: Lukas Kunze​

The most impressive player for Osnabrück was Lukas Kunze.

His rating is (7.0) with 24 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 10.

Results of the day

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