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​

Heidenheim

3 - 1

SpVgg Greuther Fürth

  • 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

Patrick Mainka (goal)
9'
Tim Kleindienst(goal)
33'
46'
A. Sieb- sub ->T. Tillman
46'
Oussama Haddadi- sub ->J. Green
52'
Branimir Hrgota (goal)
55'
Jan-Niklas Beste (penalty)
56'
70'
70'
Norman Theuerkauf- sub ->J. Beste
70'
72'
Kevin Sessa- sub ->C. Kuhlwetter
78'
Stefan Schimmer- sub ->T. Kleindienst
78'
82'
A. Sieb- Yellow
83'
84'
Marco Meyerhöfer- sub ->S. Asta
84'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Heidenheim
67
34
Darmstadt 98
67
34
Hamburger SV
66
34
Fortuna Düsseldorf
58
34
St. Pauli
58
34
Paderborn
55
34
Karlsruher SC
46
34
Holstein Kiel
46
34
Kaiserslautern
45
34
Hannover 96
44
34
Magdeburg
43
34
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
41
34
Hansa Rostock
41
34
Nürnberg
39
34
Eintracht Braunschweig
36
34
DSC Arminia Bielefeld
34
34
Jahn Regensburg
31
34
Sandhausen
28
34

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
G
Kevin Müller 1.Germany
6.2
D
Marnon Busch 2.Germany
6.4
70'
D
Patrick Mainka 6.Germany
7.4
9'
D
Jonas Föhrenbach 19.Germany
6.6
D
Tim Siersleben 4.Germany
7.4
M
Lennard Maloney 33.Germany
6.2
M
Adrian Beck 21.Germany
6.2
70'
M
Jan-Niklas Beste 37.Germany
8.1
70' 56'
M
Denis Thomalla 11.Germany
6.8
M
Christian Kühlwetter 24.Germany
6.2
78'
F
Tim Kleindienst 10.Germany
7.4
78' 33'
Substitutes
G
Vitus Eicher 22.Germany
D
Norman Theuerkauf 30.Germany
6.6
70'
D
Marvin Rittmüller 18.Germany
6.8
70'
M
Andreas Geipl 8.Germany
6.8
70' 83'
M
Florian Pick 17.Germany
M
Dzenis Burnic 20.Germany
M
Kevin Sessa 16.Germany
6.6
78'
M
Thomas Keller 27.Germany
F
Stefan Schimmer 9.Germany
6.6
78'

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 (6.2), Marnon Busch (6.4), Patrick Mainka (7.4), Tim Siersleben (7.4), Jonas Föhrenbach (6.6), Lennard Maloney (6.2), Christian Kühlwetter (6.2), Denis Thomalla (6.8), Adrian Beck (6.2), Jan-Niklas Beste (8.1) and Tim Kleindienst (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Stefan Schimmer (6.6), Vitus Eicher, Andreas Geipl (6.8), Florian Pick, Norman Theuerkauf (6.6), Dzenis Burnic, Kevin Sessa (6.6), Thomas Leon Keller and Marvin Rittmüller (6.8).

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 (8.1) 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

SpVgg Greuther Fürth
G
Leon Schaffran 25.Germany
5.2
D
Damian Michalski 4.Poland
6.9
D
Simon Asta 2.Germany
6.2
84'
D
Sebastian Griesbeck 22.Germany
7.4
D
Marco John 24.Germany
6.4
M
Max Christiansen 13.Germany
6.7
M
Julian Green 37.United States
6.8
46'
M
Timothy Tillman 21.Germany
6.1
46'
M
Tobias Raschl 20.Germany
6.2
72' 55'
M
Branimir Hrgota 10.Sweden
7.4
52'
F
R. Ache 39.Germany
7.0
84'
Substitutes
G
A. Linde 1.Sweden
D
Oussama Haddadi 5.Tunisia
6.9
46'
D
Luca Itter 27.Germany
D
G. Jung 23.Germany
D
Marco Meyerhöfer 18.Germany
84'
M
Jeremy Dudziak 28.Tunisia
6.4
72'
F
A. Sieb 30.Germany
6.9
46' 82'
F
Dickson Abiama 11.Nigeria
84'
F
Afimico Pululu 9.France

Also SpVgg Greuther Fürth adopted the mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Alexander Zorniger played with: Leon Schaffran (5.2), Simon Asta (6.2), Damian Michalski (6.9), Sebastian Griesbeck (7.4), Marco John (6.4), Max Christiansen (6.7), Tobias Raschl (6.2), Timothy Tillman (6.1), Branimir Hrgota (7.4), Julian Green (6.8) and Ragnar Ache (7.0).

They had on the bench: Andreas Linde, Oussama Haddadi (6.9), Gian-Luca Itter, Gideon Jung, Marco Meyerhofer, Armindo Sieb (6.9), Dickson Abiama, Jeremy Dudziak (6.4) 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 (7.4) 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.​