Borussia Dortmund overcomes SpVgg Greuther Fürth 3-1

FüRTH. Borussia Dortmund defeats SpVgg Greuther Fürth 3-1.

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Borussia Dortmund overcomes SpVgg Greuther Fürth 3-1

FüRTH. Borussia Dortmund conquers SpVgg Greuther Fürth 3-1. Borussia Dortmund took advantage of its superior ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer stadium in Fürth on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Christian Dingert who was helped by Benedikt Kempkes and Mike Pickel. The 4th official was Michael Bacher. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 20.6 degrees Celsius or 69.12 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 39%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

SpVgg Greuther Fürth

1 - 3

Team 1

Borussia Dortmund

  • 42 Ball Possession 58
Shots
  • 10 Total 9
  • 4 On Target 4
  • 6 Off Target 5
  • 0 Shots blocked 1
  • 83 Attack 108
  • 26 Dangerous attack 22
  • 68 Ball safe 73
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 5 Corners 2
  • 2 Off Sides 4
Fouls
  • 15 Total 10
  • 1 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Borussia Dortmund had a strong ball possession 58% while SpVgg Greuther Fürth was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

SpVgg Greuther Fürth had a more offensive attitude with 26 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, Borussia Dortmund was able to find the solution to win this match.​

SpVgg Greuther Fürth shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Borussia Dortmund shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

SpVgg Greuther Fürth received 1 yellow card (T. Tillman). Regarding the opposition, Borussia Dortmund received 1 yellow card (M. Akanji).

Match Timeline

26'
Julian Brandt(goal)
51'
68'
68'
70'
Julian Green- sub ->T. Raschl
71'
71'
72'
Julian Brandt(goal)N. Schulz
77'
78'
82'
85'
86'
Youssoufa Moukoko- sub ->E. Haaland
87'
87'
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, SpVgg Greuther Fürth will stay with 18 points to sit in the 18th place. On the other side, Borussia Dortmund will have 66 points to sit in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, SpVgg Greuther Fürth will play away against FC Augsburg on the 14th of May with a 4-4 head to head.

Borussia Dortmund will host Hertha BSC on the 14th of May with a 15-7 head to head in favor of Borussia Dortmund (10 draws).

SpVgg Greuther Fürth – Formation

SpVgg Greuther Fürth
G
A. Linde 26.Sweden
5.9
D
Nick Viergever  24.Netherlands
6.4
D
Luca Itter 27.Germany
7.0
D
Sebastian Griesbeck  22.Germany
6.1
M
Simon Asta 2.Germany
6.2
71'
M
Max Christiansen 13.Germany
6.7
87'
M
Timothy Tillman 21.Germany
6.7
78' 51'
M
Tobias Raschl 20.Germany
6.1
71'
M
Jamie Leweling 40.Germany
6.8
F
Branimir Hrgota  10.Sweden
6.8
F
Jessic Ngankam 17.Germany
6.9
87' Goals70'
Substitutes
G
Marius Funk 1.Germany
G
Sascha Burchert 30.Germany
D
Oliver Fobassam 19.Germany
D
Maximilian Bauer 4.Germany
6.3
71'
M
Julian Green 37.United States
6.5
71'
M
Jeremy Dudziak 28.Tunisia
87'
M
Paul Seguin 33.Germany
6.3
78'
F
Dickson Abiama 11.Nigeria
87'

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

The manager Stefan Leitl decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

SpVgg Greuther Fürth made 5 changes: T. Raschl for J. Green (71′), S. Asta for M. Bauer (71′), T. Tillman for P. Seguin (78′), J. Ngankam for D. Abiama (87′) and M. Christiansen for J. Dudziak (87′).

Borussia Dortmund – Formation

Borussia Dortmund
G
Marwin Hitz 35.Switzerland
6.6
D
Manuel Akanji 16.Switzerland
6.8
82'
D
Dan-Axel Zagadou 5.France
6.3
D
Emre Can  23.Germany
7.0
M
Raphaël Guerreiro  13.Portugal
6.8
68'
M
Axel Witsel 28.Belgium
7.1
M
Marius Wolf 39.Germany
6.5
68'
M
Jude Bellingham 22.England
7.6
F
Julian Brandt 19.Germany
8.3
Goals26', 72'
F
Marco Reus 11.Germany
6.8
90'
F
Erling Haaland 9.Norway
6.7
86'
Substitutes
G
Luca Unbehaun 25.Germany
D
Nico Schulz 14.Germany
6.9
68'
D
Marin Pongracic 34.Croatia
M
Felix Passlack 30.Germany
7.1
68' Goals77'
M
Antonios Papadopoulos 47.Germany
M
Immanuel Pherai 44.Netherlands
90'
M
Reinier 20.Brazil
F
Youssoufa Moukoko 18.Germany
6.8
86'
F
Justin Njinmah 49.Germany

Borussia Dortmund started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Marco Rose played with: .

Substitutions

Borussia Dortmund made 4 changes: M. Wolf for F. Passlack (68′), R. Guerreiro for N. Schulz (68′), E. Haaland for Y. Moukoko (86′) and M. Reus for I. Pherai (90′).

Results of the day

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