High profile Darmstadt 98 land at Nürnberg after their 2-0-result against Kaiserslautern. Check out our full match preview!
- Nürnberg have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in 2. Bundesliga
- Darmstadt 98 have the fewest conceded goals (21) in 2. Bundesliga
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Nürnberg form and stats
The story so far in the 2. Bundesliga for Nürnberg at their home stadium (Max-Morlock-Stadion) is 6 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. It’s been three wins in a row for Nürnberg here at Max-Morlock-Stadion, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
An away draw last time out for Nürnberg, facing Arminia Bielefeld in a game that ended 2-2. Late drama in the game against Arminia Bielefeld as Nürnberg were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Shuranov popped out and made it level in the 90th minute. The hometeam coach Hecking made a successful contribution in the game against Arminia Bielefeld, bringing on Shuranov who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. Midfield player Geis got a match rating of 7.8 in that game, the max score being 10. Geis served one assist, hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 29 successful passes (of 35 total).
Ahead of that match, Nürnberg won a home game hosting Eintracht Braunschweig (2-0).It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Nürnberg at home in the league. 12 on target and 12 scored by the opposition; from 12 matches.
Darmstadt 98 form and stats
Playing away, Darmstadt 98, who have the fewest conceded goals (21) in 2. Bundesliga, have won 7 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the 2. Bundesliga this season. Darmstadt 98 has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Darmstadt 98 are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the match against Kaiserslautern (placed 7th). Those three points felt good as this team had gone three league games without victory. Midfielder Holland was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.94. Holland served one assist and hit five key passes.
A 1-3 defeat away at Arminia Bielefeld before that.A tale of few goals? 10 of this side's most recent 13 league fixtures have seen two or less goals.
The travelling fans enjoy Darmstadt 98's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 12 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 13 goals have been conceded by Darmstadt in these games.
Head 2 Head
The former head to head match ended Darmstadt 98 - Nürnberg 2-0, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Nürnberg wins - draws - Darmstadt 98 wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Duah 8 goals |  P. Tietz 8 goals | B. Manu 5 goals |
Nürnberg missing players
Darmstadt 98 missing players
| Nürnberg | Darmstadt 98 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 22 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 18 | 40 |
| 37 | 12 | 7 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 21 |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 58% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 76% |
| 44% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 20% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 20% |
| 16% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 8% | 4% |
| 32% | 25% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 52% |
| 36% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 44% | 33% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 4.2 | 5.6 |
| 4.7 | 4.1 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 5.7 | 4.6 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12.9 | 15.2 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 14.3 | 14.8 |
| 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| 24% | 24% | 13% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 34% | 33% |
| 13.4 | 11.3 | 14.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 14.2 | 12.1 |
| 4.4 | 3.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.8 | 3.6 |
- Darmstadt 98 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Darmstadt 98 have the fewest conceded goals (21) in 2. Bundesliga
- Darmstadt 98 have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in 2. Bundesliga
- Darmstadt 98 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Darmstadt 98 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nürnberg have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) 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 | Darmstadt 98 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 40 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 19 | 52 |
| 2 | Heidenheim | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 51 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 23 | 50 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 46 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 49 |
| 4 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 25 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 43 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 42 |
| 5 | St. Pauli | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 41 |
| 6 | Paderborn | 25 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 47 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 40 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 39 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 39 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 41 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 23 | 1 | 34 |
| 9 | Karlsruher SC | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 41 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 34 |
| 10 | Hannover 96 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 31 |
| 11 | Greuther Furth | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 37 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -4 | 30 |
| 12 | Nürnberg | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -15 | 29 |
| 13 | Magdeburg | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 31 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 29 | -14 | 28 |
| 14 | Jahn Regensburg | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 22 | -15 | 26 |
| 15 | Arminia Bielefeld | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 36 | 41 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 20 | -5 | 25 |
| 16 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 26 | -13 | 25 |
| 17 | Hansa Rostock | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -16 | 25 |
| 18 | Sandhausen | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -22 | 21 |
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