Fortuna Düsseldorf have some catching up to do from their 14th place, and the job starts versus Nürnberg. Read more!
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Nürnberg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Fortuna Düsseldorf and Nürnberg should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats
Fortuna Düsseldorf's struggle is real here at Merkur Spiel-Arena with only 7 points collected from 9 2. Bundesliga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-4-4.
Hennings was the last player to score a league goal for Fortuna Düsseldorf and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Fortuna Düsseldorf haven't scored in 202 minutes.
Fortuna Düsseldorf faced defeat in their previous match, away at Werder Bremen (0-3). Midfield player Piotrowski got a match rating of 6.83 in that game, the max score being 10. Piotrowski dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 20 successful passes (of 25 total).
Ahead of that match, Fortuna Düsseldorf lost 0-1 at home to Sandhausen.This is expected to be a close game, with Fortuna Düsseldorf perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Fortuna Düsseldorf as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Fortuna Düsseldorf has won eight of these, drawn two and lost five.
The Fortuna Düsseldorf fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 9 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 14 goals have been conceded.
Nürnberg form and stats
The visitors are W3-D4-L2 on the road this term. That's in the 2. Bundesliga.
Nürnberg might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Paderborn proved too strong as Nürnberg slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Max-Morlock-Stadion. Dæhli got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, top player of the team. Dæhli scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Erzgebirge Aue with the score of 3-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Nürnberg in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Nürnberg, one draw and three defeats.
Nürnberg find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. Nürnberg's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 14 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting ended Nürnberg - Fortuna Düsseldorf 2-0, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Fortuna Düsseldorf victories, two draws and four Nürnberg wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Hennings 9 goals |  K. Narey 5 goals |   N. Dovedan 5 goals |
Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players
Nürnberg missing players
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Nürnberg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 23 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 28 |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 89% | 84% |
| 79% | 78% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 78% | 74% |
| 47% | 44% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 63% |
| 32% | 44% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 56% | 37% |
| 11% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 63% | 78% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 58% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 22% | 37% |
| 26% | 22% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 22% | 21% |
| 6.1 | 7.1 | 8.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
| 5.4 | 3.8 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.6 | 15.4 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17.3 | 13.3 | 13.8 |
| 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
| 33% | 30% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 33% | 31% |
| 13.8 | 12.1 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.7 | 14.6 | 14.2 |
| 5.1 | 4.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 |
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nürnberg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Pauli | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 37 |
| 2 | Darmstadt 98 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 21 | 36 |
| 3 | Werder Bremen | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 32 |
| 4 | Hamburger SV | 19 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 32 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 31 |
| 5 | Schalke 04 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 30 |
| 6 | Paderborn | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 30 |
| 7 | Nürnberg | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 30 |
| 8 | Heidenheim | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -1 | 30 |
| 9 | Jahn Regensburg | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 28 |
| 10 | Karlsruher SC | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 26 |
| 11 | Dynamo Dresden | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -5 | 23 |
| 12 | Hannover 96 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -12 | 23 |
| 13 | Holstein Kiel | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -7 | 21 |
| 14 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -5 | 20 |
| 15 | Hansa Rostock | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -11 | 20 |
| 16 | Sandhausen | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -16 | 17 |
| 17 | Erzgebirge Aue | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -15 | 15 |
| 18 | Ingolstadt | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 23 | -23 | 10 |
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