Greuther Furth vs Union Berlin Prediction & Tips
Greuther Fürth and Union Berlin meet at the Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer in a match for the 28th round of the 2. League. Union Berlin won 3-1 at home last time they faced each other in this edition of the league on 21-10-2017. At this stage, the record of direct confrontations indicates balance between these two teams, since there have been 2 draws and 1 win for each team in the last 4 games. However, the last time they faced in this stadium was in 21-05-2017, in a game for the 2. Liga that ended with the victory of Union Berlin by (1-2). The goals of the match were scored by S. Dursun (66 ‘) for Greuther Fürth and K. Redondo (38’) and S. Polter (78 ‘) for Union Berlin. Although this is a game between 15th and 8th overall, it is actually a game between the 4th place in home games and the 12th as a visitor.
Review of Greuther Furth
After 9 wins, 6 draws and 12 losses, the home team is in 15th place, having won 33 points. In the last match, they lost to Erzgebirge Aue (2-1), after having won the home game against Kaiserslautern (2-1) in the last game. This is a team affected by the home factor, having won 26 points in their stadium, with 20 goals scored and 12 conceded, against 7 points away, where they scored 10 goals and suffered 26. In the last 10 home games for the championship, Greuther Fürth has 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, having won 23 points out of 30.
In this competition, you have not lost in your stadium for 9 matches. In their home league games the most frequent marker in the break was 1-0 (5 out of 13 matches). His attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 games in this competition. In 27 games in the competition, never managed to turn the score in the 12 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 13 home games in this competition there are 1 highlights: he scored 7 of his 20 goals in minutes (31’-45 ‘).
Only the tie-breaker criteria leave Greuther Fürth out of the playoff zone and this indicates that there is a need to not lose points, even more in the face of their fans, after all this could hurt them if it happened. For wanting at least to stay in the 2.Bundesliga it is imperative that you can keep the good results, especially at home, so in this confrontation it is important that you win a score in your favor. For this match coach Damir Buric will not be able to count on Mathis Bolly who is in the medical department.
Review of Union Berlin
After 9 wins, 9 draws and 9 losses, the visiting team is in 8th place, having won 36 points. In the last match, they drew 1-1 with Jahn Regensburg at home (2-2), after their previous match drew at home in a game against Erzgebirge Aue (0-0). This is a stronger team in their stadium, where they won 23 points, against only 13 in their games as a visitor. In the championship, the Union Berlin won 9 points in 30 possible, after 2 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses in the last 10 games they played as a visitor.
For this competition, you do not win as a visitor makes 7 games. In the matches played out in the league, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 ‘was 0-0, which occurred in 5 of his 14 matches. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 games but his attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 games for this competition. In 27 games in this competition, only got 2 turns on the board in the 11 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Today it is hard to say if Union Berlin will fight to stay in the second division or give a final gas to try to still enter at least the access playoff zone, but what we can say is that stumbling can not happen at this time. The fact of playing away from home always complicates a little, but your opponent is worse in the competition, so if you have attitude and objectivity you can get a positive score at the end of the duel. For this match coach André Hofschneider can not count Marc Torrejón, Michael Parensen, Fabian Schönheim and Sebastian Polter who are in the medical department.
Greuther Furth – Union Berlin FREE TIPS
Union Berlin Win @ 2.50
Both teams to score / YES @ 1.80
Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.90
