February 18th features a match where Greuther Fürth hosts Fortuna Düsseldorf at Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer in a meeting of these two closely matched 2. Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 11th placed Greuther Fürth is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Karlsruher SC. Breithaupt scored the first goal for Greuther Fürth on an own goal in the 21st minute, but Wanitzek got the equalizer for Karlsruher SC in the 36th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 73rd minute on a goal by Mikkel Kaufmann. Greuther Fürth is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Fortuna Düsseldorf recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Sandhausen. Tim Oberdorf struck first for Fortuna Düsseldorf in the 85th minute on a feed from Daniel Ginczek, then Rouwen Hennings added another in the 88th minute In the end, Sandhausen couldn’t muster any offence and Fortuna Düsseldorf ran away with the shutout win. Fortuna Düsseldorf is looking for direction having 5 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Merkur Spiel-arena, Fortuna Düsseldorf and Greuther Fürth battled to a 2-2 draw. Branimir Hrgota scored the first goal for Greuther Fürth in the 43rd minute, but Andre Hoffmann got the equalizer for Fortuna Düsseldorf in the 63rd minute .
Fortuna Düsseldorf is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Dawid Kownacki and Rouwen Hennings each having 3 goals in their last 5. D. Abiama and Ragnar Ache are the top scorers for Greuther Fürth in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.