Victory to the hosting team is anticipated from this fixture if the league table is a guide to future results. The Fortuna Düsseldorf supporters are hopeful that the gap between 5th and Nürnberg's 16th position in the table will be revealed on the arena.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have not yet lost a game at home.
- Nürnberg is in the worst form (1-0-5)
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats
When playing at home in the 2. Bundesliga, Fortuna Düsseldorf have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games. There’s a good atmosphere here at Merkur Spiel-Arena after three straight home wins.
The fans are hoping that Düsseldorf will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against Darmstadt 98 (placed 2nd).
Previous to that game, a home match hosting DSC Arminia Bielefeld in a game that was won 4-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Fortuna Düsseldorf handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Fortuna Düsseldorf as they are travelling to their away game against Jahn Regensburg in the DFB Pokal. That match is four days after this one.
At Merkur Spiel-Arena, Fortuna Düsseldorf has the goal stats of 15-5 (for/against) from 5 league fixtures.
Nürnberg form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Nürnberg so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-4 (win-draw-lose). Three consecutive losses in away matches means Nürnberg are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Holstein Kiel with 2-3 on the scoreboard. Midfielder Tempelmann was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.62. Tempelmann scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that match, the Nürnberg manager Weinzierl faced defeat when travelling to Karlsruher SC and losing 0-3.Nürnberg are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
The schedule is very tough for Nürnberg now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A DFB Pokal game at Waldhof Mannheim is waiting in only three days.
The Nürnberg manager Weinzierl has some worries about the defense as 13 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the former ten meetings featuring these two participants are: four wins for Fortuna Düsseldorf, one draw and five wins for Nürnberg. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Kownacki 5 goals |  S. Appelkamp 3 goals |  K. Duah 3 goals |
Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players
Nürnberg missing players
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Nürnberg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 20 | 15 | 10 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 14 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 91% |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 82% |
| 73% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 55% |
| 45% | 80% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 27% |
| 9% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 27% |
| 64% | 80% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 36% |
| 9% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 27% |
| 27% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 45% |
| 4.6 | 4.8 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4 | 4.6 |
| 4.7 | 2.4 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6 | 5.3 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.5 | 13.4 | 16.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.2 | 14.2 |
| 4.6 | 6.2 | 7.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 39% | 48% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 26% |
| 10.7 | 11 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 12.8 | 11.9 |
| 3.6 | 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5.5 | 4.7 |
- All of Fortuna Düsseldorf's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have not yet lost a game at home.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Nürnberg have scored away.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nürnberg have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Nürnberg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nürnberg is in the worst form (1-0-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hamburger SV | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 25 |
| 2 | Darmstadt 98 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 24 |
| 3 | Paderborn | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 22 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 |
| 5 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 17 |
| 6 | Karlsruher SC | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 17 |
| 7 | Hannover 96 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 17 |
| 8 | Kaiserslautern | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 9 | Holstein Kiel | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 16 |
| 10 | Hansa Rostock | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 13 |
| 11 | Sandhausen | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 12 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -8 | 12 |
| 13 | Jahn Regensburg | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 12 |
| 14 | St. Pauli | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -2 | 11 |
| 15 | Magdeburg | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -10 | 10 |
| 16 | Nürnberg | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 10 |
| 17 | Greuther Furth | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 9 |
| 18 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 8 |
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