Hertha BSC vs SpVgg Greuther Fürth — 2. Bundesliga 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 51+ matches
Hertha BSC46%
SpVgg Greuther Fürth30%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50% correct across 579,794 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.2% correct · Away picks 49.2% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Hertha BSC creates 30% more chances
Season form · 51 home / 119 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over55
- Under45
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes57
- No43
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Hertha BSC ↓
Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Hertha BSC at home — creates 1.55, concedes 1.25 · 51 matches
SpVgg Greuther Fürth away — creates 1.25, concedes 1.69 · 119 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Hertha BSC attack 1.55 + SpVgg Greuther Fürth defence 1.69 → ÷2 → 1.62
SpVgg Greuther Fürth attack 1.25 + Hertha BSC defence 1.25 → ÷2 → 1.25
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 46%?"
Hertha BSC at 46% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 46% does not mean "Hertha BSC will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Player of the match
Match Events
Hertha BSC substitutes
FC Schalke 04
SV Elversberg
SC Paderborn 07
Hannover 96
SV Darmstadt 98
1. FC KaiserslauternHertha BSC
1. FC Nürnberg
VfL Bochum
Karlsruher SC
Dynamo Dresden
Holstein KielSpVgg Greuther Fürth
Arminia Bielefeld
1. FC Magdeburg
Eintracht Braunschweig
Fortuna Düsseldorf
Preußen Münster
Rot-Weiß EssenIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Possession
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Statistics
Hertha BSC host SpVgg Greuther Fürth on Sunday, 4 May 2025 at 11:30. The match is part of the 2. Bundesliga 2018/2019 season.
2. Bundesliga: Hertha BSC 1–0 SpVgg Greuther Fürth
Hertha BSC beat SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1-0 in 2. Bundesliga on May 4, 2025.
Goals: F. Reese (16').
Hertha BSC controlled possession (51%) and registered 11 shots to 13.
The match was played at Olympiastadion Berlin in Berlin.