Season ticket holders at Max-Morlock-Stadion haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Nürnberg languishing in the 13th position so far. The guesting Hannover 96 will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Hannover 96 could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a 2. Bundesliga game only four sleeps ago.
Nürnberg form and stats
3 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Nürnberg have to build on here at Max-Morlock-Stadion in the 2. Bundesliga.
Nürnberg enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Karlsruher SC's place. The match ended 1-0 with Patrick Erras scoring. Before that game, the home loss against Darmstadt 98 with the scoreline 1-2.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Nürnberg have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won three, drawn two and lost one.
Nürnberg has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Nürnberg have conceded 20 from these games.
Hannover 96 form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their 2. Bundesliga travels is 5 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats.
Phillipp Ochs, John Guidetti and Hendrik Weydandt scored in Hannover 96's previous match, the home game against Holstein Kiel that ended 3-1. A 0-1 defeat away at Arminia Bielefeld before that.
Hannover 96 goalie Ron-Robert Zieler was high and low in the Holstein Kiel game, contributing seven saves towards the victory.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Hannover 96 in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Hannover 96, zero draws and four defeats.
Hannover 96 have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 16 goals have been scored. Hannover 96's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 18 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Hannover 96 - Nürnberg 0-4. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Nürnberg wins - draws - Hannover 96 wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 R. Hack 7 goals |  H. Weydandt 7 goals |  M. Ducksch 6 goals |
Nürnberg missing players
Hannover 96 missing players
| Nürnberg | Hannover 96 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 34 | 14 | 5 | Scored | S | 9 | 16 | 31 |
| 42 | 20 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 18 | 37 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 79% | 92% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 83% |
| 54% | 42% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 67% | 58% |
| 50% | 33% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | 33% |
| 21% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 8% | 8% |
| 58% | 58% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 42% | 58% |
| 33% | 25% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 17% |
| 12% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 5 | 5.9 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 4.5 | 5.3 |
| 4.9 | 4.1 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.4 | 4.8 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 352 | 196 | 68 | Total Shots | T S | 68 | 143 | 348 |
| 107 | 53 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 32 | 55 | 101 |
| 32% | 26% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 29% | 31% |
- Hannover 96 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hannover 96 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Nürnberg has the most dropped points from leading position (21)
- 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 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 49 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 26 | 50 |
| 2 | Stuttgart | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 44 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 46 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 41 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 38 |
| 5 | Greuther Fürth | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 35 |
| 6 | Darmstadt 98 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 31 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 35 |
| 7 | Erzgebirge Aue | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 34 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 33 |
| 9 | Jahn Regensburg | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -5 | 32 |
| 10 | St. Pauli | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 29 |
| 11 | Osnabruck | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 29 |
| 12 | Hannover 96 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 18 | -6 | 29 |
| 13 | Nürnberg | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | -8 | 29 |
| 14 | Sandhausen | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 28 |
| 15 | Bochum | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -5 | 27 |
| 16 | Karlsruher SC | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -11 | 24 |
| 17 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -16 | 22 |
| 18 | Dynamo Dresden | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -17 | 21 |
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