Fortuna Düsseldorf achieved a 2:1 (1:1) win at SpVgg Greuther Fürth on matchday 7 of the 2nd Bundesliga. Dennis Srbeny (45th) equalized Giovanni Haag’s lead (43rd) before Fürth’s sports director Rachid Azzouzi was shown yellow-red (45th+2). In stoppage time in the second half, Isak Bergmann Jóhannesson converted a penalty (90+2).
Bundesliga Match Facts
- Passing efficiency: Tim Oberdorf (F95), +3.2
- Most Pressed Player: Tim Rossmann (F95), released 18 times under opponent pressure
- Goal with the lowest probability of scoring: 1-0 by Giovanni Haag (F95), 22 percent
- Fastest player of the game: Jona Niemiec (F95), 36.35 km/h
- xGoals values of the teams: Fürth 2.66 – Düsseldorf 2.55
Two goals and one yellow-red
Although Fortuna Düsseldorf remained unbeaten with a 2-2 draw against 1. FC Köln, Daniel Thioune changed his starting eleven to three positions, including starting Jona Niemiec, who had scored the last-minute equalizer against FC . There were also three changes in the cloverleaf. And at first they seemed to pay off. At least the host took control of the game from the start, was dominant and had the first few rather harmless chances.
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The front runner only found their way into the encounter after a good ten minutes, but then had the better opportunities. Niemiec’s ball slipped unluckily in the penalty area (10th), Dawid Kownacki put the ball just next to the goal (16th). It was only immediately before the break that the encounter really picked up speed. First, Giovanni Haag scored with a header from a cross to make it 1-0 (43′), in direct response Dennis Srbeny equalized after Tim Oberdorf had laid the ball on the opponent (45′). Then sports director Rachid Azzouzi saw yellow-red.
Haag scores while falling, Noll has no chance – IMAGO/Sportfoto Zink / Wolfgang Zink
Jóhannesson scores confidently
The teams did not take the momentum of the final phase into the second half. The game flattened out significantly again. Valgeir Lunddal Fridriksson didn’t have more than one attempt that was too central in the early stages (59′). As if out of nowhere, Nicolas Gavory was suddenly in the opponent’s penalty area, rounded Noll and pushed the ball well over the empty goal (72′).
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And again there was the direct answer. Florian Kastenmeier unfortunately punched a cross from the right forward, Nemanja Motika tried with his heel, but missed the goal (75th). Not much happened for a long time until Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson got the ball played into his path. The attacker picked up speed and was caught in the box. The fouled player converted the justified penalty himself (90th + 2). Next Sunday, Düsseldorf will be guests at Hamburger SV in the top game, while Fürth will face 1. FC Magdeburg.
