A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Hamburger SV fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and Nurnberg's 16th place in the table will show on the pitch.
Hamburger SV form and stats
Hamburger SV, who have the the best goal difference (+17) in 2. Bundesliga, are steadily winning 2. Bundesliga games and points here at Volksparkstadion. 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games.
Hamburger SV drew their last game, 2-2 away at Darmstadt 98 (placed 11th). 2-2 away at Darmstadt 98 before that.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Hamburger SV as they are travelling to their away game against Bochum in the 2. Bundesliga. That match is four days after this one.
Goals decide football matches and Hamburger SV are scoring many of them at home; 19 on target from 8 league matches. From these home matches, Hamburger SV have conceded only 5 goals.
Nürnberg form and stats
There's been little loot from Nürnberg's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 8 away games in the 2. Bundesliga. Nürnberg only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.
Nürnberg are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the 2. Bundesliga against Dynamo Dresden (placed 18th). A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Dynamo Dresden.
Nürnberg are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 8 away games so far. For Nürnberg, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Nürnberg - Hamburger SV 0-4 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hamburger SV 5 wins, 3 draws and Nürnberg 2 victories. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 7 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Kittel 9 goals |  L. Hinterseer 6 goals |   R. Hack 6 goals |
Hamburger SV missing players
Nürnberg missing players
| Hamburger SV | Nürnberg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 36 | 19 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 15 | 26 |
| 19 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 16 | 34 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 89% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 83% |
| 50% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 56% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 75% | 56% |
| 11% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 38% | 22% |
| 61% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 61% |
| 28% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 28% |
| 11% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 17% |
| 6.6 | 7.5 | 8.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.9 | 5.8 |
| 3.4 | 2.2 | 1.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.9 | 4.6 |
| 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 304 | 141 | 49 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 111 | 288 |
| 108 | 56 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 37 | 85 |
| 33% | 34% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 80% | 41% | 31% |
- Hamburger SV has the fewest conceded goals (19)
- Hamburger SV has the fewest conceded goals (5) at home
- Hamburger SV has the the best goal difference (+14) at home
- Hamburger SV has the the best goal difference (+17)
- Hamburger SV have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Hamburger SV have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Hamburger SV haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nürnberg has the most dropped points from leading position (16)
- 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 | Arminia Bielefeld | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 37 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 16 | 37 |
| 2 | Stuttgart | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 34 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 36 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 31 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 30 |
| 5 | Jahn Regensburg | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 29 |
| 6 | Erzgebirge Aue | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 29 |
| 7 | Greuther Fürth | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 28 |
| 8 | Sandhausen | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 27 |
| 9 | Osnabrück | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 26 |
| 10 | Holstein Kiel | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | -1 | 24 |
| 11 | Darmstadt 98 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 22 |
| 12 | St. Pauli | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -2 | 21 |
| 13 | Hannover 96 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -9 | 21 |
| 14 | Bochum | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -4 | 20 |
| 15 | Karlsruher SC | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 19 | -8 | 20 |
| 16 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -13 | 20 |
| 17 | Nürnberg | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -8 | 19 |
| 18 | Dynamo Dresden | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -16 | 16 |
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