The excruciating wait of SpVgg Greuther Fürth for their first home win in the Bundesliga continues. The climber from Franconia rewarded himself on Saturday with 1: 1 (0: 1) against a passive Arminia from Bielefeld with the first point of the season. Despite the majority in the final phase after yellow-red against Alessandro Schöpf (68th minute), the superior Fürth team also missed their first home win in Germany's elite class in their 18th attempt. In their only first division season 2012/13, the Franconians had only four draws in 17 games in their own stadium.
One week after the 1: 5 at VfB Stuttgart in front of 5890 spectators, the people from Fürth made the significantly higher effort.
More than the equalization by captain Branimir Hrgota (50th hand penalty) after video evidence did not jump out.
In a robust game, Fabian Klos (45th) had punished the more agile home side.
For Arminia around the former Fürth coach Frank Kramer it was the second draw of the season.
Just a few minutes before kick-off, Fürth's coach Stefan Leitl was forced to change.
Gideon Jung injured himself while warming up and had to go into the cabin with a bandaged right knee.
For him, Leitl ordered Justin Hoogma into central defense, who had hardly any problems in round one with Arminia, who was completely harmless except for the goal.
The Fürth, on the other hand, acted viciously after the minute's silence for the former world-class striker Gerd Müller, who died a week ago.
The people of Fürth never lost a ball when the fans returned to the Ronhof, but the offensive lack of precision and timing.
It didn't help that Leitl had called a third nominal striker in addition to captain Hrgota and Havard Nielsen in Dickson Abiama.
Abiama (43rd minute) had the mega-chance to take the lead when he appeared alone in front of Bielefeld's goalkeeper Stefan Ortega and turned miserably to the left from around 13 meters.
The Arminia punished that immediately.
A cross from Cedric Brunner flew long through the penalty area of the waiting keeper Sascha Burchert.
He stayed on the line and had to reach for the Klos header behind him.
It was the first ball on the opposing goal of the guests.
Abiama initiated the compensation they deserved shortly after the move.
The 22-year-old failed at the right inner post, but then Bielefeld's Manuel Prietl got the ball on the clearly splayed arm.
After checking by the video assistant, Hrgota took the penalty and sank.
But the Fürth were now careless, Burchert steered a shot from Bryan Lasme (57.) to the crossbar.
The Franks started vehemently, not least after Schöpf was sent off, and combined again and again up to the Bielefeld penalty area.
Hrgota (83.) tried it with the tip of his toes, Hoogma (87.) with his head, Marco Meyerhöfer (90. + 3) with the instep - all in vain.