Hertha BSC tops SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2-1 with M. Kempf scoring a double

FüRTH. Hertha BSC conquered SpVgg Greuther Fürth to win 2-1. M. Kempf was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals.

By
John Ross
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Hertha BSC tops SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2-1 with M. Kempf scoring a double

FüRTH. Hertha BSC beat SpVgg Greuther Fürth to win 2-1. M. Kempf was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Hertha BSC to strike first with a goal of Marc-Oliver Kempf at the 34′. Then it was a goal in the 56′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Marc-Oliver Kempf gave the win to Hertha BSC in the 63′ minute with a goal scoring a double. SpVgg Greuther Fürth was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (64%).​

The match was played at the Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer stadium in Fürth on Sunday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. In front of 13,459 spectators.​ The referee was Marco Fritz with the support of Marcel Pelgrim and Luca Schlosser. The 4th official was Martin Speckner. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 6.68 degrees Celsius or 44.02 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

SpVgg Greuther Fürth

1 - 2

Team 1

Hertha BSC

  • ! 64 Ball Possession 36
Shots
  • 16 Total 12
  • 7 On Target 7
  • 7 Off Target 4
  • 2 Shots blocked 1
  • 122 Attack 59
  • 66 Dangerous attack 21
  • 83 Ball safe 86
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 2 Corners 3
Fouls
  • 9 Total 12
  • 2 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 1
  • 0 Red Card 1
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

SpVgg Greuther Fürth had a superior ball possession 64% while Hertha BSC was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

SpVgg Greuther Fürth had a more offensive attitude with 66 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 7 were on target. Even so, Hertha BSC was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.​

SpVgg Greuther Fürth shot 16 times, 7 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Hertha BSC shot 12 times, 7 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

SpVgg Greuther Fürth received 3 yellow cards (Julian Green, Alexander Zorniger and Gideon Jung). On the opposite side, Hertha BSC received 3 yellow cards (Deyovaisio Zeefuik, Marten Winkler and Florian Niederlechner).

Match Timeline

21'
Marten Winkler- Yellow
34'
Marc Oliver Kempf(goal)Palkó Dárdai
23'
Florian Niederlechner(VAR)
39'
D. Scherhant- sub ->Marten Winkler
Branimir Hrgota (goal)Simon Asta
56'
G. Jung- Yellow
61'
61'
Florian Niederlechner- Yellow
63'
Marc Oliver Kempf(goal)Jonjoe Kenny
Lukas Petkov- sub ->Tim Lemperle
62'
67'
G. Christensen- sub ->Palkó Dárdai
67'
T. Hoffmann- sub ->Marc-Oliver Kempf
Marco Meyerhöfer- sub ->Simon Asta
69'
Dennis Srbeny- sub ->Damian Michalski
69'
Julian Green- Yellow
87'
89'
D. Zeefuik- Yellow
L. Popp- sub ->Armindo Sieb
90'
K. Çalhanoğlu- sub ->Oussama Haddadi
90'
90'
I. Maza- sub ->Fabian Reese
90'
Florian Niederlechner(yellowredcard)

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
St. Pauli
63
31
Holstein Kiel
61
31
Fortuna Düsseldorf
56
31
Hamburger SV
52
31
Karlsruher SC
49
31
Hannover 96
46
31
Paderborn
46
31
Hertha BSC
45
31
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
45
31
Elversberg
40
31
Magdeburg
37
31
Schalke 04
37
31
Nürnberg
37
31
Eintracht Braunschweig
34
31
Kaiserslautern
33
31
Wehen Wiesbaden
32
31
Hansa Rostock
31
31
Osnabrück
25
31

After playing this match, SpVgg Greuther Fürth stays with 35 points to sit in the 4th place. On the other side, Hertha BSC will has 29 points like Elversberg and Nürnberg to hold in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, SpVgg Greuther Fürth will play away with Hannover 96 on the 17th of February with a 6-2 head to head statistic in favor of Hannover 96 (3 draws).

Hertha BSC will host Magdeburg on the 17th of February with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Magdeburg (0 draws).

SpVgg Greuther Fürth – Formation

SpVgg Greuther Fürth
G
J. Urbig 40.Germany
7.7
D
Damian Michalski 4.Poland
6.4
69'
D
G. Jung 23.Germany
6.7
61'
D
M. Dietz 33.Germany
6.7
M
Simon Asta 2.Germany
6.7
69'
M
Oussama Haddadi 5.Tunisia
7.9
90'
M
Branimir Hrgota  10.Sweden
8.5
Goals56'
M
R. Wagner 22.Germany
6.8
M
Julian Green 37.United States
7.3
87'
F
Tim Lemperle  19.Germany
6.4
62'
F
A. Sieb 30.Germany
7.0
90'
Substitutes
G
N. Körber 1.Germany
D
O. Mhamdi 3.Morocco
D
Marco Meyerhöfer 18.Germany
7.0
69'
D
K. Çalhanoğlu 21.Germany
6.7
90'
M
Orestis Kiomourtzoglou 13.Germany
M
Jomaine Consbruch 14.Germany
M
Lukas Petkov 16.Bulgaria
6.6
62'
F
Dennis Srbeny 7.Germany
6.8
69'
F
L. Popp 20.Germany
6.4
90'

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 (7.7), Gideon Jung (6.7), Damian Michalski (6.4), Maximilian Dietz (6.7), Simon Asta (6.7), Robert Wagner (6.8), Julian Green (7.3), Oussama Haddadi (7.9), Branimir Hrgota (8.5), Armindo Sieb (7.0) and Tim Lemperle (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Nils-Jonathan Körber, Oualid Mhamdi, Dennis Srbeny (6.8), Orestis Kiomourtzoglou, Jomaine Consbruch, Lukas Petkov (6.6), Marco Meyerhofer (7.0), Leander Nicolas Popp (6.4) and Kerim Çalhanoğlu (6.7).

Substitutions

SpVgg Greuther Fürth made 5 changes: Simon Asta for Marco Meyerhofer (69′), Damian Michalski for Dennis Srbeny (69′), Tim Lemperle for Lukas Petkov (62′), Oussama Haddadi for Kerim Çalhanoğlu (90′) and Armindo Sieb for Leander Nicolas Popp (90′).

Player of the match: Branimir Hrgota​

The most impressive player for SpVgg Greuther Fürth was Branimir Hrgota.

His rating is 8.5 with 1 goal, 32 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 15 duels out of 19. He performed 3 crosses.

Hertha BSC – Formation

Hertha BSC
G
Tjark Ernst  12.Germany
8.1
D
Michal Karbownik 6.Poland
7.0
D
Jonjoe Kenny 16.England
7.3
D
Marc Oliver Kempf 20.Germany
8.9
67' Goals34', 63'
D
P. Klemens 41.Germany
7.5
M
Andreas Bouchalakis 5.Greece
7.0
M
Florian Niederlechner 7.Germany
6.7
61'
M
Fabian Reese 11.Germany
7.5
90'
M
Aymen Barkok 18.Morocco
7.1
M
Marten Winkler 22.Germany
6.6
39' 21'
M
Palkó Dárdai 27.Hungary
7.1
67'
Substitutes
G
M. Gersbeck 35.Germany
D
Peter Pekarík 2.Slovakia
D
D. Zeefuik 34.Netherlands
89'
D
T. Hoffmann 46.Germany
6.7
67'
M
B. Hussein 8.Sweden
M
Jeremy Dudziak 19.Tunisia
F
G. Christensen 26.Denmark
6.7
67'
F
I. Maza 30.Germany
90'
F
D. Scherhant 39.Germany
6.7
39'

Hertha BSC started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Pál Dárdai played with: Tjark Ernst (8.1), Jonjoe Kenny (7.3), Pascal Klemens (7.5), Marc-Oliver Kempf (8.9), Michał Karbownik (7.0), Aymen Barkok (7.1), Andreas Bouchalakis (7.0), Marten Winkler (6.6), Palkó Dárdai (7.1), Fabian Reese (7.5) and Florian Niederlechner (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Peter Pekarik , Bilal Hussein, Jeremy Dudziak, Gustav Christensen (6.7), Ibrahim Maza, Deyovaisio Zeefuik, Marius Gersbeck, Derry Scherhant (6.7) and Tim Hoffmann (6.7).

Hertha BSC could not rely on the presence of Tim Hoffmann (injured).

Substitutions

Hertha BSC made 4 changes: Marc-Oliver Kempf for Tim Hoffmann (67′), Palkó Dárdai for Gustav Christensen (67′), Marten Winkler for Derry Scherhant (39′) and Fabian Reese for Ibrahim Maza (90′).

Player of the match: Marc-Oliver Kempf​

The player that probably impressed the most for Hertha BSC was Marc-Oliver Kempf.

His rating is 8.9 with 2 goals, 19 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 2.

Results of the day

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