KIEL. Holstein Kiel snatched a late win Fortuna Düsseldorf 1-0 after J. Sterner scored just 1 goal (90′).

The match was played at the Holstein-Stadion stadium in Kiel on Sunday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Patrick Alt with the collaboration of Nikolai Kimmeyer and Katrin Rafalski. The 4th official was Max Burda. The weather was drizly. The temperature was quite cold at 4.8 degrees Celsius or 40.59 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Holstein Kiel was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Fortuna Düsseldorf that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Fortuna Düsseldorf was putting more pressure with 43 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyhow, Holstein Kiel was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Holstein Kiel shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Fortuna Düsseldorf shot 12 times, 2 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Holstein Kiel received 1 yellow card (F. Porath). Talking about the opposition, Fortuna Düsseldorf received 2 yellow cards (R. Bozenik and J. de Wijs).

Standings

After playing this contest, Holstein Kiel will have 28 points to hold in the 10th place. Regarding the opposition, Fortuna Düsseldorf will stay with 20 points like Sandhausen to remain in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, Holstein Kiel will host Ingolstadt on the 20th of March with a 1-1 head to head stats.

Fortuna Düsseldorf will host Hamburger SV on the 19th of March with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of Hamburger SV (3 draws).

Holstein Kiel – Formation

Holstein Kiel started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Marcel Rapp decided to play with the following team: Thomas Dähne (7.1), Phil Neumann (7.1), Simon Lorenz (7.4), Marco Komenda (7.0), Julian Korb (6.8), Lewis Holtby (7.1), Philipp Sander (7.0), Finn Dominik Porath (7.8), Fabian Reese (7.4), Fin Bartels (6.8) and Benedikt Pichler (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: Johannes van den Bergh, Steven Skrzybski (6.8), Kwasi Okyere Wriedt (6.2), Jonas Sterner (7.1), Patrick Erras (6.8), Jann-Fiete Arp, Marcel Benger, Nico Carrera and Ioannis Gelios.

Substitutions

Holstein Kiel made 4 changes: J. Korb for J. Sterner (61′), B. Pichler for K. O. Wriedt (62′), S. Lorenz for P. Erras (72′) and F. Bartels for S. Skrzybski (72′).

Best player: Finn Dominik Porath​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Holstein Kiel was Finn Dominik Porath even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 36 passes (72% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 10 duels out of 18. He performed 4 crosses.

Fortuna Düsseldorf – Formation

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

Christian Preußer played with: Florian Kastenmeier (6.6), Matthias Zimmermann (6.8), Andre Hoffmann (6.8), Jordy de Wijs (6.8), Nicolas Gavory (7.2), Marcel Sobottka (7.1), Jakub Piotrowski (6.2), Felix Klaus (6.6), Shinta Karl Appelkamp (6.8), Daniel Ginczek (6.9) and Róbert Boženík (7.1).

They had on the bench: Thomas Pledl, Raphael Wolf, Tim Christopher Oberdorf, Christoph Klarer (6.1), Lex-Tyger Lobinger, Rouwen Hennings (6.4), Florian Hartherz and Ao Tanaka (6.7).

Substitutions

Fortuna Düsseldorf made 4 changes: R. Bozenik for R. Hennings (59′), D. Ginczek for A. Tanaka (74′), J. de Wijs for C. Klarer (74′) and F. Klaus for T. Pledl (86′).

Best player: Nicolas Gavory​

The player that probably impressed the most for Fortuna Düsseldorf was Nicolas Gavory.

His rating is (7.2) with 62 passes (77% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Holstein Kiel – Fortuna Düsseldorf – 1-0
• Darmstadt 98 – Hamburger SV – 0-5
• Dynamo Dresden – Hansa Rostock – 1-4