VfL Bochum 1848 overcomes SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2-1

BOCHUM. VfL Bochum 1848 bested SpVgg Greuther Fürth to win 2-1.

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VfL Bochum 1848 overcomes SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2-1

BOCHUM. VfL Bochum 1848 beat SpVgg Greuther Fürth to win 2-1. It was VfL Bochum 1848 to strike first with a goal of M. Leitsch at the 35′. Then it was an own goal in the 64′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, A. Losilla gave the win to VfL Bochum 1848 in the 71′ minute with a goal.

The match was played at the Vonovia Ruhrstadion stadium in Bochum on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Daniel Schlager who had the assistance of Mike Pickel and Frederick Assmuth. The 4th official was Christof Günsch. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 8.9 degrees Celsius or 48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 39%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

VfL Bochum 1848

2 - 1

Team 1

SpVgg Greuther Fürth

  • 45 Ball Possession 55
Shots
  • 13 Total 8
  • 6 On Target 2
  • 7 Off Target 6
  • 1 Shots blocked 2
  • 112 Attack 105
  • 61 Dangerous attack 31
  • 116 Ball safe 121
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 3 Corners 6
Fouls
  • 16 Total 14
  • 2 Yellow Cards 4
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. VfL Bochum 1848 was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. SpVgg Greuther Fürth that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

VfL Bochum 1848 was more aggressive with 61 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why VfL Bochum 1848 won the match​.

VfL Bochum 1848 shot 13 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, SpVgg Greuther Fürth shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

VfL Bochum 1848 received 2 yellow cards (C. Gamboa and M. Pantovic). On the opposite side, SpVgg Greuther Fürth received 4 yellow cards (S. Griesbeck, G. Itter, B. Hrgota and J. Willems).

Match Timeline

34'
35'
39'
Luca Itter- Yellow
Cristian Gamboa- Yellow
44'
46'
46'
53'
Branimir Hrgota - Yellow
64'
65'
Takuma Asano- sub ->Gerrit Holtmann
65'
67'
Anthony Losilla (goal)
71'
73'
74'
74'
82'
82'
Julian Green- sub ->Timothy Tillman
82'
Erhan Masovic- sub ->E. Rexhbecaj
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
FC Bayern München
77
34
Borussia Dortmund
69
34
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
64
34
RB Leipzig
58
34
FC Union Berlin
57
34
SC Freiburg
55
34
FC Köln
52
34
FSV Mainz 05
46
34
TSG Hoffenheim
46
34
Borussia Mönchengladbach
45
34
Eintracht Frankfurt
42
34
VfL Wolfsburg
42
34
VfL Bochum 1848
42
34
FC Augsburg
38
34
VfB Stuttgart
33
34
Hertha BSC
33
34
DSC Arminia Bielefeld
28
34
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
18
34

After this contest, VfL Bochum 1848 will have 32 points to remain in the 11th place. On the opposite side, SpVgg Greuther Fürth will stay with 14 points to hold in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, VfL Bochum 1848 will play away with Eintracht Frankfurt on the 13th of March with a 6-4 head to head in favor of Eintracht Frankfurt (2 draws).

SpVgg Greuther Fürth will host RB Leipzig on the 13th of March with a 4-0 head to head record in favor of RB Leipzig (1 draw).

VfL Bochum 1848 – Formation

VfL Bochum 1848
G
Manuel Riemann 1.Germany
6.5
D
Cristian Gamboa 2.Costa Rica
6.9
74' 44'
D
Danilo Soares 3.Brazil
7.2
D
Maxim Leitsch 29.Germany
8.1
Goals35'
D
A. Bella-Kotchap 37.Germany
6.1
M
Anthony Losilla  8.France
8.0
Goals71'
M
E. Löwen 38.Germany
7.0
65'
M
Elvis Rexhbecaj 20.Kosovo
7.1
90'
F
Sebastian Polter 40.Germany
6.9
F
Gerrit Holtmann 17.Philippines
6.3
65'
F
Christopher Antwi-Adjei  22.Ghana
7.5
74'
Substitutes
G
Michael Esser  21.Germany
D
Konstantinos Stafylidis 16.Greece
7.0
74'
D
Vasilios Lampropoulos 24.Greece
D
Herbert Bockhorn 11.Germany
M
Erhan Masovic 4.Serbia
90'
M
Patrick Osterhage 6.Germany
F
Takuma Asano 10.Japan
6.7
65'
F
Danny Blum 7.Germany
6.9
74'
F
Milos Pantovic  27.Serbia
7.0
65' 82'

VfL Bochum 1848 started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Thomas Reis decided to play with the following team: Manuel Riemann (6.5), Cristian Gamboa (6.9), Armel Bella-Kotchap (6.1), Maxim Leitsch (8.1), Danilo Soares (7.2), Eduard Löwen (7.0), Anthony Losilla (8.0), Elvis Rexhbeçaj (7.1), Christopher Antwi-Adjei (7.5), Sebastian Polter (6.9) and Gerrit Holtmann (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Erhan Mašović, Michael Esser, Takuma Asano (6.7), Danny Blum (6.9), Konstantinos Stafylidis (7.0), Vasilis Lampropoulos, Patrick Osterhage, Herbert Bockhorn and Miloš Pantović (7.0).

Substitutions

VfL Bochum 1848 made 6 changes: G. Holtmann for T. Asano (65′), E. Lowen for M. Pantovic (65′), C. Antwi-Adjei for D. Blum (74′), C. Gamboa for K. Stafylidis (74′), E. Rexhbecaj for E. Masovic (90′) and E. Rexhbecaj for E. Masovic (90′).

Best player: Maxim Leitsch​

The most impressive player for VfL Bochum 1848 was Maxim Leitsch.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 35 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 9.

SpVgg Greuther Fürth – Formation

SpVgg Greuther Fürth
G
A. Linde 26.Sweden
7.2
D
Nick Viergever  24.Netherlands
6.7
D
Marco Meyerhöfer 18.Germany
6.9
D
Luca Itter 27.Germany
6.3
46' 39'
D
Sebastian Griesbeck  22.Germany
7.1
34'
M
Jeremy Dudziak 28.Tunisia
6.4
46'
M
Max Christiansen 13.Germany
7.1
82'
M
Paul Seguin 33.Germany
6.2
M
Timothy Tillman 21.Germany
6.9
82'
F
Jamie Leweling 40.Germany
6.8
67'
F
Branimir Hrgota  10.Sweden
6.2
53'
Substitutes
G
Sascha Burchert 30.Germany
D
Jetro Willems 15.Netherlands
6.1
46' 73'
D
Simon Asta 2.Germany
D
Maximilian Bauer 4.Germany
M
Julian Green 37.United States
6.4
82'
M
Tobias Raschl 20.Germany
F
Håvard Nielsen 16.Norway
6.6
46'
F
Dickson Abiama 11.Nigeria
6.5
67'
F
Afimico Pululu 9.France
6.4
82'

SpVgg Greuther Fürth started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

Stefan Leitl played with: Andreas Linde (7.2), Marco Meyerhofer (6.9), Sebastian Griesbeck (7.1), Nick Viergever (6.7), Gian-Luca Itter (6.3), Paul Seguin (6.2), Max Christiansen (7.3), Timothy Tillman (7.1), Jeremy Dudziak (6.4), Branimir Hrgota (6.2) and Jamie Leweling (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Jetro Willems (6.1), Håvard Nielsen (6.6), Simon Asta, Sascha Burchert, Julian Green, Dickson Abiama (6.5), Maximilian Bauer, Tobias Raschl and Afimico Pululu.

Substitutions

SpVgg Greuther Fürth made 4 changes: J. Dudziak for H. Nielsen (46′), G. Itter for J. Willems (46′), J. Leweling for D. Abiama (67′) and T. Tillman for J. Green (82′).

Best player: Max Christiansen​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for SpVgg Greuther Fürth was Max Christiansen.

His rating is (7.3) with 40 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 12.

Results of the day

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