The Nürnberg & Darmstadt 98 managers Klauß and Lieberknecht are both worrying about and looking forward to this vital match in the upper part of the 2. Bundesliga standings.
- Nürnberg have the most clean sheets (11) in 2. Bundesliga
- Darmstadt 98 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Nürnberg form and stats
Nürnberg have collected 24 points from their 2. Bundesliga home games so far after 7-3-4.
The followers are hoping that Nürnberg will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the match against Heidenheim (placed 6th). Midfielder Tempelmann was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.14 (out of ten) in that game. Tempelmann hit one key pass and had 41 successful passes (of 47 total).
Before that match, a win away at Hannover 96.Nürnberg are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 14 games. On the other hand, Nürnberg have conceded 16 goals.
Darmstadt 98 form and stats
The visitors are W7-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the 2. Bundesliga.
Manu, Seydel and Bader scored in Darmstadt 98's previous match, the home game against Holstein Kiel that ended 3-1. Attacker Seydel got a player rating of 8.42 in the game. "Man of the match" Seydel scored one goal, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 0-1 defeat away at Werder Bremen before that.The travelling fans enjoy Darmstadt's attacking play in away games, having scored 25 goals in 14 league matches away. Many of these goals have arrived late in the matches; more than 50 % (18 goals) after the 60th minute. 17 goals have been conceded by Darmstadt 98 in these games.
Head 2 Head
Nürnberg and Darmstadt 98 have played each other already this season: Darmstadt 98 - Nürnberg 2-0. Nürnberg-Darmstadt 98 H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Nürnberg three wins, Darmstadt 98 four wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  P. Tietz 13 goals | L. Pfeiffer 12 goals |  E. Shuranov 6 goals |
Nürnberg missing players
Darmstadt 98 missing players
| Nürnberg | Darmstadt 98 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 41 | 20 | 7 | Scored | S | 5 | 25 | 56 |
| 37 | 16 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 35 |
| 89% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 79% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 79% | 86% |
| 61% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 57% | 61% |
| 36% | 21% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 29% | 43% |
| 14% | 14% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 14% | 18% |
| 54% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 57% | 54% |
| 39% | 43% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 32% |
| 18% | 21% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 14% | 14% |
| 5.5 | 5.6 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.1 | 4.6 |
| 5.8 | 5.5 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.7 | 5.1 | 4.5 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14.2 | 14.6 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.7 | 16 | 16.2 |
| 4.9 | 5.1 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
| 30% | 28% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 32% | 35% |
| 15 | 14.3 | 14.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21 | 15.5 | 13.2 |
| 4.3 | 4 | 5.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.7 | 5.1 | 4.2 |
- Darmstadt 98 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nürnberg have the most clean sheets (11) in 2. Bundesliga
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Werder Bremen | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 52 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 24 | 15 | 52 |
| 2 | Darmstadt 98 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 56 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 21 | 51 |
| 3 | St. Pauli | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 53 | 38 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 15 | 51 |
| 4 | Schalke 04 | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 56 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 22 | 50 |
| 5 | Nürnberg | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 46 |
| 6 | Heidenheim | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 1 | 45 |
| 7 | Hamburger SV | 27 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 47 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 18 | 42 |
| 8 | Paderborn | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 48 | 39 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 40 |
| 9 | Karlsruher SC | 28 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 48 | 42 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 38 |
| 10 | Jahn Regensburg | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 45 | 40 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 37 |
| 11 | Hansa Rostock | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 22 | -7 | 37 |
| 12 | Holstein Kiel | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 48 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 26 | -11 | 34 |
| 13 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -1 | 33 |
| 14 | Hannover 96 | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -15 | 32 |
| 15 | Sandhausen | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 31 | 45 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 21 | -14 | 31 |
| 16 | Dynamo Dresden | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -11 | 28 |
| 17 | Erzgebirge Aue | 27 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 54 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 28 | -28 | 19 |
| 18 | Ingolstadt | 28 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 54 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 30 | -29 | 18 |
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