Nürnberg are pursuing the top table positions while Hansa Rostock are more concerned with avoiding relegation. Expected home win or surprise away points?
- Nürnberg have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- All of Hansa Rostock's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
Both squads have had enough rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's aim for an animated match!
Nürnberg form and stats
Seven points from three 2. Bundesliga home games is a great start for Nürnberg, who are hoping to build on that form here at Max-Morlock-Platz. Nürnberg has recorded two wins in a row here at Max-Morlock-Platz, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The home team returns to Max-Morlock-Platz after being equal after 90 minutes with Jahn Regensburg (placed 1st) on their last time out; the 2. Bundesliga game ended 2-2. Lino Tempelmann (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.8/10. Tempelmann scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 0-0 draw away before that, with Ingolstadt the opponent.The Nürnberg fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. Defensively Nürnberg have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Hansa Rostock form and stats
Hansa Rostock are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the 2. Bundesliga, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
Rostock go into this game after a win, the home game against Darmstadt 98 that ended 2-1. Midfielder Lukas Fröde was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.43. Fröde scored one goal.
Prior to that match, the Rostock manager J. Härtel faced defeat when travelling to Werder Bremen and losing 0-3.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Rostock when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing zero times, drawing zero and winning one game.
The visiting Rostock have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 3 games. As opposed to that, Hansa Rostock have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last five games between these two teams, there's two Nürnberg victories, three draws and zero Hansa Rostock wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Verhoek 3 goals |   L. Tempelmann 2 goals |  E. Valentini 1 goals |
Nürnberg missing players
Hansa Rostock missing players
| Nürnberg | Hansa Rostock | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 83% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 67% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 17% |
| 5.3 | 5.3 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.7 | 4.8 |
| 4.8 | 4.7 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.3 | 4.8 |
| 2.2 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.7 | 16 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 7.7 | 10.5 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 35% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 27% |
- All of Hansa Rostock's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hansa Rostock have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Hansa Rostock have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Hansa Rostock haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nürnberg have not yet lost a game.
- Nürnberg have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home 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 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 13 |
| 2 | Paderborn | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 3 | Werder Bremen | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Dynamo Dresden | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | St. Pauli | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Nürnberg | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Schalke 04 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | Hamburger SV | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 10 | Heidenheim | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | Darmstadt 98 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| 12 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Hansa Rostock | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 14 | Hannover 96 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 7 |
| 15 | Holstein Kiel | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
| 16 | Sandhausen | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -6 | 4 |
| 17 | Ingolstadt | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -10 | 4 |
| 18 | Erzgebirge Aue | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 3 |
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