The Bundesliga 2 tie at Merkur Spiel-Arena on Friday will see hosts Fortuna Dusseldorf do battle with Greuther Furth.
Our Fortuna Dusseldorf v Greuther Furth tips, poll and stats can be seen in full below - plus the latest match odds.
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Fortuna Dusseldorf
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Fortuna Dusseldorf will play in this game following a 1-1 Bundesliga 2 drawn game vs Cologne.
In that game, Fortuna Dusseldorf had 43% possession and 10 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Fortuna Dusseldorf was Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson (90'). For their opponents, Cologne had 16 shots at goal with 4 on target. Florian Kainz (67') scored for Cologne.
Matches involving Fortuna Dusseldorf have often been exciting affairs recently with plenty of scoring being a common characteristic. Over their past six games alone, a total of 21 goals have been recorded for both teams combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 12 of those coming from Fortuna Dusseldorf.
Leading up to this clash, Fortuna Dusseldorf:
- haven't lost in the league to Greuther Furth in their previous 2 matches.
- haven't been defeated in their previous 3 league matches at home.
Greuther Furth
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Greuther Furth will go into this meeting following a 3-0 Bundesliga 2 win versus Eintracht Braunschweig in their most recent game.
In that match, Greuther Furth managed 50% possession and 19 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. For Greuther Furth, the goalscorers were Noel Futkeu (10'), Julian Green (88') and Jomaine Consbruch (98'). At the other end, Eintracht Braunschweig got 8 shots at goal with 2 on target.
Demonstrating their fondness for high-scoring encounters, we’ve had goals 20 times in the previous six games in which Greuther Furth have played, yielding an average of 3.33 goals for each fixture. Opposing teams have managed 10 of this grand total. We shall soon see whether or not that trend will end up being continued on into this next match.
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Head to head
A review of their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 23/05/2021 tells us that Fortuna Dusseldorf have won 2 of these games & Greuther Furth 3, with the tally of draws standing at 1.
A combined sum of 17 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 8 for Fortuna and 9 created by Greuther Fürth. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.83.
The previous league meeting featuring these sides was Bundesliga 2 match day 7 on 27/09/2024 when it ended Greuther Furth 1-2 Fortuna Dusseldorf.
In that game, Greuther Furth had 55% possession and 15 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. Their only player to score was Dennis Srbeny (45').
For their opponents, Fortuna Dusseldorf got 13 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Giovanni Haag (43') and Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson (91') scored.
The referee was Matthias Jöllenbeck.
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Prediction
Our assessment is that Greuther Furth will manage to score against this Fortuna Dusseldorf lineup, however that probably shouldn’t be as many as the goals that they could concede.
Our tip is for both teams to score in a 2-1 advantage for Fortuna Dusseldorf after 90 minutes. Looking forward to seeing how this one unfolds.
Andre Moura,
07:03 28/02/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Fortuna Dusseldorf
Formed: 1895
Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena (54,600)
Captain: Andre Hoffmann
Chairman: Alexander Jobst
Manager: Daniel Thioune
Competitions: Bundesliga 2 position 6
⭐ Star Man: Dženan Pejčinović
Usually deployed in the Striker position, Dženan Pejčinović was born in Munich, Germany. Having made his senior debut playing for VfL Wolfsburg in the 2022 - 2023 season, the goalscoring Forward has hit 5 league goals in the 2. Bundesliga 2024 - 2025 campaign so far coming from a total of 16 appearances.