2. Bundesliga fixture prognosis and stats, news and lineups for the Nürnberg vs Eintracht Braunschweig scrap

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-Platz im Sportpark Valznerweiher) is 5 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. When Nürnberg hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Jahn Regensburg, Arminia Bielefeld, Sandhausen, Nürnberg and Hansa Rostock), they have won 3 of 3 matches! Nürnberg has recorded two wins in a row here at Max-Morlock-Platz im Sportpark Valznerweiher, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

In their previous game, the manager Weinzierl led his Nürnberg to a defeat away at Hamburger SV. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Max-Morlock-Platz im Sportpark Valznerweiher. Midfielder Tempelmann was the best player on the team with a rating of 6.85 (out of ten) in that game. Tempelmann hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 26 successful passes (of 27 total).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Nürnberg handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

It should be added that a peek at the 16 most recent league fixtures shows that 12 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).

Nürnberg aren't scoring a lot here at Max-Morlock-Platz im Sportpark Valznerweiher in the league, with only {10 goals} from 11 games. 12 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. Nürnberg has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.

Eintracht Braunschweig form and stats

There's been little loot from Eintracht Braunschweig's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 11 away games in the 2. Bundesliga. Eintracht Braunschweig only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 4 draws. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Eintracht Braunschweig's last three away games as they have all been lost.

There were no winners in Eintracht Braunschweig's previous match, the home game that ended 3-3 vs Arminia Bielefeld (placed 16th). A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Arminia Bielefeld. Braunschweig were trailing 0-3 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 3-3, with Ujah scoring the equalizer. The draw against Arminia Bielefeld came from a losing position. The Eintracht Braunschweig manager Schiele brought on Ujah as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Attacker Pherai got a player rating of 8.63 in the game. "Man of the match" Pherai scored two goals, hit one key pass and had 20 successful passes (of 24 total).

Eintracht Braunschweig are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.

Braunschweig find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. The Eintracht Braunschweig manager Schiele has some worries about the defense as 24 goals have been conceded in these travels. When Eintracht Braunschweig is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Jahn Regensburg, Eintracht Braunschweig, Arminia Bielefeld, Sandhausen and Hansa Rostock.

Head 2 Head

Eintracht Braunschweig - Nürnberg 4-2 was the end result in these teams' latest h2h match, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Nürnberg victories, two draws and four Eintracht Braunschweig wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

K. Duah 7 goals

M. Pherai 6 goals

A. Ujah 6 goals

Nürnberg missing players

Eintracht Braunschweig missing players