The 2. Bundesliga league table tells a tale about these squads up until now, with Nürnberg ahead of Hannover 96 by 4 points. Tipsway previews the game:
- Nürnberg have the most clean sheets (4) in 2. Bundesliga
- Hannover 96 have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in 2. Bundesliga
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
3-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the 2. Bundesliga numbers at home for Nürnberg so far this season. There’s a good atmosphere here at Max-Morlock-Platz after three straight home wins.
An away draw last time out for Nürnberg, facing Hamburger SV in a game that ended 2-2. Enrico Valentini was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.61 out of 10. The defender Valentini scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and won 9 of 11 duels.
Before that, Nürnberg had a home game versus Hansa Rostock which ended with a victory 1-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Nürnberg perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Nürnberg as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Nürnberg has won five of these, drawn three and lost three.
Nürnberg has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Nürnberg have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Hannover 96 form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their 2. Bundesliga travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Hannover's previous game was their home loss versus Sandhausen (1-2). Sebastian Ernst got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, top player of the team. Ernst hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Holstein Kiel at their stadium, the result 3-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hannover 96 playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were seven Hannover wins, zero draws and six defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Hannover have scored 4 goals in 4 league games away. Hannover have conceded 7 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Nürnberg-Hannover 96 H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Nürnberg four wins, Hannover 96 five wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. Tempelmann 3 goals |  E. Valentini 2 goals |  E. Shuranov 2 goals |
Nürnberg missing players
Hannover 96 missing players
| Nürnberg | Hannover 96 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 75% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 50% | 75% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 25% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| 5.1 | 5.5 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6 | 6.1 |
| 5.6 | 4.5 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| 1.9 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.2 | 14.5 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 14.2 | 14.4 |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
| 37% | 29% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 36% | 27% |
- All of Hannover 96's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hannover 96 have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in 2. Bundesliga
- Hannover 96 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nürnberg have not yet lost a game.
- Nürnberg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Nürnberg have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- Nürnberg have the most clean sheets (3) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- Nürnberg have the most clean sheets (4) 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 | Jahn Regensburg | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 17 |
| 2 | St. Pauli | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | Heidenheim | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Paderborn | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 14 |
| 5 | Nürnberg | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Dynamo Dresden | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 7 | Hamburger SV | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | Schalke 04 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | Karlsruher SC | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 10 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Darmstadt 98 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 10 |
| 13 | Hannover 96 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 14 | Holstein Kiel | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -8 | 8 |
| 15 | Hansa Rostock | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 7 |
| 16 | Sandhausen | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -7 | 7 |
| 17 | Ingolstadt | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | -14 | 4 |
| 18 | Erzgebirge Aue | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -10 | 3 |
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