Evenly matched teams: Holstein Kiel vs Nürnberg match preview

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 08.May
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Holstein-Stadion (11386 seats)

Nürnberg go to Holstein Kiel and Holstein-Stadion full of optimism, but the hosting team is not a walk in the park. More information on the game here!

Insights:
  • Holstein Kiel haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Holstein Kiel can neither be promoted or relegated from 2. Bundesliga. Nürnberg are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Holstein Kiel form and stats

Holstein Kiel have played 16 2. Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-3-6 (wins-draws-losses).

A strong away win for Holstein against Werder Bremen the last match, as Korb were on target. A very satisfying win for Holstein Kiel against Werder Bremen last time out as a late comeback secured the victory after trailing 0-2. The win was secured through Korb's goal in the 85th minute. The forward Wriedt was declared "man of the match" for Holstein Kiel with the rating of 7.4/10. Wriedt hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Heidenheim.

This is expected to be a close game, with Holstein Kiel perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Holstein Kiel as a small favourite), we find eight games. Holstein Kiel has won five of these, drawn two and lost one.

Holstein are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 16 games. 23 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Nürnberg form and stats

As the visiting team in 2. Bundesliga matches, Nürnberg have produced an overall stat of 6-6-4 so far. Two points from the last two away games for Nürnberg, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Nürnberg are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at St. Pauli (placed 5th). The draw against St. Pauli came from a losing position. The Nürnberg manager Klauß brought on Duman as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Midfielder Geis was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.4. Geis hit one key pass.

A 2-4 loss hosting Sandhausen before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Nürnberg in our archives, and the results are: seven wins for Nürnberg, one draw and three defeats.

Nürnberg have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 16 league away games 23 goals have been scored. 23 goals have been conceded by Nürnberg in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams involved faced each other before this campaign: Nürnberg - Holstein 2-1. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's one Holstein Kiel victory, four draws and two Nürnberg wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

HolsteinA. Mühling
A. Mühling
7 goals
Holstein KielB. Pichler
B. Pichler
7 goals
NürnbergN. Dovedan
N. Dovedan
7 goals

Holstein Kiel missing players

Nürnberg missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Holstein Kiel Nürnberg
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
11 7 3 Won W 1 6 14
9 3 1 Drew D 2 6 9
12 6 1 Lost L 2 4 9
42 20 7 Scored S 7 23 48
51 23 5 Conceded C 11 23 44
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
88% 81% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 81% 81%
62% 56% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 56% 59%
25% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 80% 44% 38%
12% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 12% 16%
59% 38% 40% BTTS BTTS 80% 62% 59%
19% 31% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 31% 34%
25% 31% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 16%
 
4.8 5.4 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 4.8 5.4
5.1 4.6 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.4 6.2 5.8
1.9 1.8 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 1.9 1.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
14.2 15.5 16.4 Shots (avg) S ( 13.8 13.1 14.1
4.3 4.9 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.6 4.8 5
30% 25% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 30% 30%
 
14.9 13.9 14.4 Shots against (avg) S A 15.8 16.1 15.2
4.4 4.1 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.5 4.3
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Holstein Kiel haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Schalke 04 32 18 5 9 67 41 16 9 2 5 37 25 16 9 3 4 30 16 26 59
2 Darmstadt 98 32 17 6 9 67 44 16 9 3 4 39 23 16 8 3 5 28 21 23 57
3 Werder Bremen 32 16 9 7 60 43 16 7 6 3 27 17 16 9 3 4 33 26 17 57
4 Hamburger SV 32 14 12 6 62 32 16 8 6 2 34 16 16 6 6 4 28 16 30 54
5 St. Pauli 32 15 9 8 57 43 16 10 4 2 35 17 16 5 5 6 22 26 14 54
6 Nürnberg 32 14 9 9 48 44 16 8 3 5 25 21 16 6 6 4 23 23 4 51
7 Paderborn 32 12 12 8 54 41 16 3 7 6 24 24 16 9 5 2 30 17 13 48
8 Heidenheim 32 13 7 12 39 45 16 9 4 3 25 18 16 4 3 9 14 27 -6 46
9 Holstein Kiel 32 11 9 12 42 51 16 7 3 6 20 23 16 4 6 6 22 28 -9 42
10 Fortuna Dusseldorf 32 10 11 11 43 39 16 5 6 5 26 20 16 5 5 6 17 19 4 41
11 Jahn Regensburg 32 10 10 12 50 47 16 6 4 6 31 27 16 4 6 6 19 20 3 40
12 Karlsruher SC 32 9 13 10 52 51 16 5 8 3 30 24 16 4 5 7 22 27 1 40
13 Hansa Rostock 32 10 10 12 39 49 16 4 5 7 15 22 16 6 5 5 24 27 -10 40
14 Hannover 96 32 10 9 13 31 45 16 5 6 5 13 17 16 5 3 8 18 28 -14 39
15 Sandhausen 32 9 11 12 39 51 16 3 5 8 16 28 16 6 6 4 23 23 -12 38
16 Dynamo Dresden 32 7 10 15 31 43 16 5 5 6 18 17 16 2 5 9 13 26 -12 31
17 Erzgebirge Aue 32 5 8 19 31 69 16 3 3 10 14 31 16 2 5 9 17 38 -38 23
18 Ingolstadt 32 4 8 20 28 62 16 2 4 10 12 29 16 2 4 10 16 33 -34 20

2. Bundesliga:
Germany:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Schalke 04 32 18 5 9 67 41 16 9 2 5 37 25 16 9 3 4 30 16 26 59
2 Darmstadt 98 32 17 6 9 67 44 16 9 3 4 39 23 16 8 3 5 28 21 23 57
3 Werder Bremen 32 16 9 7 60 43 16 7 6 3 27 17 16 9 3 4 33 26 17 57
4 Hamburger SV 32 14 12 6 62 32 16 8 6 2 34 16 16 6 6 4 28 16 30 54
5 St. Pauli 32 15 9 8 57 43 16 10 4 2 35 17 16 5 5 6 22 26 14 54
6 Nürnberg 32 14 9 9 48 44 16 8 3 5 25 21 16 6 6 4 23 23 4 51
7 Paderborn 32 12 12 8 54 41 16 3 7 6 24 24 16 9 5 2 30 17 13 48
8 Heidenheim 32 13 7 12 39 45 16 9 4 3 25 18 16 4 3 9 14 27 -6 46
9 Holstein Kiel 32 11 9 12 42 51 16 7 3 6 20 23 16 4 6 6 22 28 -9 42
10 Fortuna Dusseldorf 32 10 11 11 43 39 16 5 6 5 26 20 16 5 5 6 17 19 4 41
11 Jahn Regensburg 32 10 10 12 50 47 16 6 4 6 31 27 16 4 6 6 19 20 3 40
12 Karlsruher SC 32 9 13 10 52 51 16 5 8 3 30 24 16 4 5 7 22 27 1 40
13 Hansa Rostock 32 10 10 12 39 49 16 4 5 7 15 22 16 6 5 5 24 27 -10 40
14 Hannover 96 32 10 9 13 31 45 16 5 6 5 13 17 16 5 3 8 18 28 -14 39
15 Sandhausen 32 9 11 12 39 51 16 3 5 8 16 28 16 6 6 4 23 23 -12 38
16 Dynamo Dresden 32 7 10 15 31 43 16 5 5 6 18 17 16 2 5 9 13 26 -12 31
17 Erzgebirge Aue 32 5 8 19 31 69 16 3 3 10 14 31 16 2 5 9 17 38 -38 23
18 Ingolstadt 32 4 8 20 28 62 16 2 4 10 12 29 16 2 4 10 16 33 -34 20

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