This match features two teams living in the basement of the 2. Bundesliga, Nürnberg holding 15th place and Bochum lying 14th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Nürnberg and Bochum.
Nürnberg form and stats
The story so far in the 2. Bundesliga for Nürnberg, who have the most conceded goals (49) in 2. Bundesliga, at their home stadium (Max-Morlock-Platz) is 3 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats.
The home team returns to Max-Morlock-Platz after being equal after 90 minutes with Jahn Regensburg (placed 11th) on their last time out; the 2. Bundesliga game ended 2-2. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Erzgebirge Aue.
Nürnberg has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Nürnberg have conceded 24 from these games.
Bochum form and stats
Bochum have only collected 13 points from their away games in the 2. Bundesliga, after 3-4-6 (13 played). Bochum has drawn their two previous away games.
Bochum had fun at their own home (Max-Morlock-Platz) last time out, beating Holstein Kiel 2-1. Jordi Osei-Tutu and Silvère Ganvoula scored. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Karlsruher SC.
The attacking power of Bochum when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 13 league matches away. 18 goals have been conceded by Bochum in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Bochum - Nürnberg 3-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Nürnberg, four draws and five wins for Bochum. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  S. Ganvoula M'boussy 13 goals |  D. Blum 9 goals |  R. Hack 7 goals |
Nürnberg missing players
Bochum missing players
| Nürnberg | Bochum | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 28 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 37 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 45 |
| 49 | 24 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 18 | 46 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 85% | 93% |
| 79% | 93% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 69% | 82% |
| 54% | 43% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 46% | 64% |
| 46% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 23% | 43% |
| 18% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 21% |
| 57% | 57% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 71% |
| 29% | 21% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 23% | 18% |
| 18% | 21% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 31% | 18% |
| 5 | 6.1 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
| 4.9 | 4.1 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 7.2 | 6.7 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 397 | 218 | 63 | Total Shots | T S | 53 | 138 | 371 |
| 118 | 59 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 38 | 122 |
| 31% | 25% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 32% | 37% |
- Bochum have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Bochum have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Nürnberg has the most conceded goals (49)
- Nürnberg has the most dropped points from leading position (23)
- Nürnberg have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Nürnberg 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 | Arminia Bielefeld | 27 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 51 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 26 | 53 |
| 2 | Stuttgart | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 47 | 35 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 12 | 48 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 52 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 19 | 46 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 35 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 45 |
| 5 | Darmstadt 98 | 28 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 38 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 42 |
| 6 | Holstein Kiel | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 0 | 38 |
| 7 | Erzgebirge Aue | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 39 | 39 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 0 | 38 |
| 8 | Greuther Fürth | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 37 |
| 9 | Hannover 96 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 39 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 20 | -1 | 36 |
| 10 | Bochum | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 45 | 46 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -1 | 35 |
| 11 | Jahn Regensburg | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 46 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 25 | -6 | 35 |
| 12 | St. Pauli | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -2 | 34 |
| 13 | Osnabrück | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 33 |
| 14 | Sandhausen | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 32 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 19 | -4 | 33 |
| 15 | Nürnberg | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 37 | 49 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 25 | -12 | 31 |
| 16 | Karlsruher SC | 28 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 36 | 47 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 25 | -11 | 29 |
| 17 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 33 | 46 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 20 | -13 | 28 |
| 18 | Dynamo Dresden | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 41 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -16 | 24 |
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