HEIDENHEIM AN DER BRENZ. Heidenheim tops SpVgg Greuther Fürth 3-1. Heidenheim got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from P. Mainka (9′) and T. Kleindienst (33′). SpVgg Greuther Fürth tried to recover with a goal from B. Hrgota (52′). Nonetheless, the contest was closed by a penalty (56′) scored by J. Beste for Heidenheim. SpVgg Greuther Fürth lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the Voith-Arena stadium in Heidenheim an der Brenz on Sunday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Robin Braun with the support of Marc-Philipp Eckermann and Asmir Osmanagic. The 4th official was Tobias Schultes. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 18.1 degrees Celsius or 64.56 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.
Match Statistics
- 40 Ball Possession 60
Shots
- 12 Total 9
- 4 On Target 3
- 8 Off Target 6
- 3 Shots blocked 2
- 80 Attack 106
- 40 Dangerous attack 39
- 76 Ball safe 94
- 1 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 3
Fouls
- 13 Total 15
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
SpVgg Greuther Fürth had a strong ball possession 60% while Heidenheim was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Heidenheim was putting more pressure with 40 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Heidenheim won the match.
Heidenheim shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, SpVgg Greuther Fürth shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Heidenheim received 1 yellow card (A. Geipl). On the opposite side, SpVgg Greuther Fürth received 2 yellow cards (T. Raschl and A. Sieb).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Heidenheim will have 23 points to remain in the 4th place. On the opposite side, SpVgg Greuther Fürth will stay with 10 points to sit in the 18th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, Heidenheim will play away with Jahn Regensburg on the 28th of May with a 5-5 head to head stats.
SpVgg Greuther Fürth will host Darmstadt 98 on the 28th of May with a 4-3 head to head statistic in favor of SpVgg Greuther Fürth (4 draws).
Heidenheim – Formation
Heidenheim adopted the mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Frank Schmidt decided to play with the following team: Kevin Müller
, Marnon Busch , Patrick Mainka , Tim Siersleben , Jonas Föhrenbach , Lennard Maloney , Christian Kühlwetter , Denis Thomalla , Adrian Beck , Jan-Niklas Beste and Tim Kleindienst .The home team had on the bench: Stefan Schimmer
, Vitus Eicher, Andreas Geipl , Florian Pick, Norman Theuerkauf , Dzenis Burnic, Kevin Sessa , Thomas Leon Keller and Marvin Rittmüller .Substitutions
Heidenheim made 5 changes: M. Busch for M. Rittmuller (70′), A. Beck for A. Geipl (70′), J. Beste for N. Theuerkauf (70′), C. Kuhlwetter for K. Sessa (78′) and T. Kleindienst for S. Schimmer (78′).
Best player: Jan-Niklas Beste
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Heidenheim was Jan-Niklas Beste.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 13 passes (69% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 6 crosses.SpVgg Greuther Fürth – Formation
Also SpVgg Greuther Fürth adopted the mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Alexander Zorniger played with: Leon Schaffran
, Simon Asta , Damian Michalski , Sebastian Griesbeck , Marco John , Max Christiansen , Tobias Raschl , Timothy Tillman , Branimir Hrgota , Julian Green and Ragnar Ache .They had on the bench: Andreas Linde, Oussama Haddadi
, Gian-Luca Itter, Gideon Jung, Marco Meyerhofer, Armindo Sieb , Dickson Abiama, Jeremy Dudziak and Afimico Pululu.Substitutions
SpVgg Greuther Fürth made 5 changes: T. Tillman for A. Sieb (46′), J. Green for O. Haddadi (46′), T. Raschl for J. Dudziak (72′), S. Asta for M. Meyerhofer (84′) and R. Ache for D. Abiama (84′).
Best player: Branimir Hrgota
The player that probably impressed the most for SpVgg Greuther Fürth was Branimir Hrgota.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 38 passes (84% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the 2. Bundesliga.
- Karlsruher SC – Fortuna Düsseldorf – 0-2
- Heidenheim – SpVgg Greuther Fürth – 3-1
- Hamburger SV – Magdeburg – 2-3