Comeback Win
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
SpVgg Greuther Fürth went behind and turned the match around.
- Final score
- 3–4
2. Bundesliga · Matchday 3
Energie Cottbus
L. Copado 6'
T. Cigerci 70'
D. Bogdanov 90'
3 – 4
FT
HT 1–1
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
F. Klaus 45', 80'
F. Doumbia 47'
O. Pohlmann 72'
2. Bundesliga
Matchday 3Energie Cottbus3–4SpVgg Greuther Fürth
3.03
Expected goals
1.99
6′45′47′70′72′80′90′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: EC 3.03, SGF 1.99.
Match report
Energie Cottbus 3-4 SpVgg Greuther Fürth
SpVgg Greuther Fürth edged out Energie Cottbus 4-3 at LEAG Energie Stadion in 2. Bundesliga. Copado opened the scoring for Energie Cottbus on 6', Klaus levelled for SpVgg Greuther Fürth on 45' from the penalty spot, Doumbia turned into his own net on 47' to make it 2-1, Cigerci made it 3-1 to Energie Cottbus on 70', Pohlmann pulled one back for SpVgg Greuther Fürth on 72', Klaus added his second on 80' and Bogdanov put Energie Cottbus back in front on 90'.
Expected goals finished Energie Cottbus 3.03, SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1.99. On the balance of chances Energie Cottbus had enough to take something from it, which makes this a result SpVgg Greuther Fürth will take more happily than the performance deserved. Energie Cottbus held 54.0% of the ball.
SpVgg Greuther Fürth had to come from behind to get there, which is the detail the scoreline hides.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. SpVgg Greuther Fürth graded out for clinical edge — 4 goals and 1.99 expected goals. SpVgg Greuther Fürth graded out for box occupation — 11 of 15 shots in the box and 0.13 xg per shot.
Leonardo Bittencourt came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.5 for Energie Cottbus from 2 assists, 5 key passes and 3 tackles.
It was a niggly afternoon: 27 fouls between them and 4 yellow cards, with SpVgg Greuther Fürth conceding the most free-kicks (16).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
54%Possession46%
23Shots15
3.03xG1.99
What the numbers say
5 readsClinical Edge
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
SpVgg Greuther Fürth finished well above what their chances were worth — 4 goals from 1.99 xG.
- Goals
- 4
- Expected goals
- 1.99
- Overperformance
- +2.01
Box Occupation
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
SpVgg Greuther Fürth kept getting bodies into the area — 73% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 11 of 15
- Share
- 73%
- xG per shot
- 0.13
Late Drama
Both teams
The game was still moving in the closing minutes — Energie Cottbus scored on 90′.
- Goals after 80′
- 2
- Last goal
- 90′
Timeline
L. Copado — assist: L. Bittencourt
⚽6'
⚽45'
F. Klaus (Pen)
Half-time
H. Rorig ↑ L. Erlein ↓
🔄46'
T. Cigerci ↑ M. Hannemann ↓
🔄46'
🔴47'
F. Doumbia
🟨50'
Jannis Heuer
Argument
Jannis Boziaris
Foul
🟨54'
T. Campulka ↑ F. Doumbia ↓
🔄55'
🔄66'
O. Sillah ↑ D. Srbeny ↓
J. Butler ↑ C. Kinsombi ↓
🔄67'
T. Cigerci — assist: L. Bittencourt
⚽70'
⚽72'
O. Pohlmann
🔄73'
L. Reich ↑ J. Dehm ↓
King Manu
Foul
🟨77'
D. Bogdanov ↑ J. Boziaris ↓
🔄79'
⚽80'
F. Klaus — assist: O. Sillah
🔄83'
D. Arifi ↑ S. Banse ↓
🔄83'
A. Keller ↑ S. Appelkamp ↓
🟨84'
Doni Arifi
Foul
D. Bogdanov — assist: J. Butler
⚽90'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueLEAG Energie Stadion, Cottbus
RefereeFelix Weller, Germany
Competition2. Bundesliga
Season2026
RoundMatchday 3
StatusMatch Finished