Nürnberg will contest Heidenheim in this 2. Bundesliga fixture. All you should learn about the fixture is right here!
Both teams have had a decent time to rest since their previous match. Let's look for an enthusiastic fixture!
Nürnberg form and stats
Nürnberg have only played one 2. Bundesliga game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 8 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats from 17 matches.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Nürnberg, as their goalkeeper Christian Mathenia has completely shut out the opponents for 231 minutes in the 2. Bundesliga.
Nürnberg shared the glory with Jahn Regensburg in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Mathenia, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.04 out of 10 in that game. Mathenia topped it up with a clean sheet.
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 14 games. Nürnberg has won 7 of these, drawn 3 and lost 4.
At Max-Morlock-Stadion, Nürnberg has the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Heidenheim form and stats
Heidenheim are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the 2. Bundesliga, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Two away games in a row for Heidenheim, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Hamburger SV.
hometeam won So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Heidenheim playing away and similar expectations, we found 18 relevant matches. Results were 5 Heidenheim wins, 5 draws and 8 defeats.
Heidenheim have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nürnberg four wins, three draws and Heidenheim three victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Valentini 1 goals |  K. Duah 1 goals | C. Daferner 1 goals |
Nürnberg missing players
Heidenheim missing players
| Nürnberg | Heidenheim | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 4.7 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 9.5 | 8.7 |
| 5.3 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 16 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11 | 13.3 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.5 | 3.7 |
| 57% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 20% | 36% |
| 11.3 | 8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13.5 | 14 |
| 4.7 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | 2.7 |
| Nürnberg | Last season | Heidenheim | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 9 | 12 | ||
| 49 | 26 | Scored | S | 16 | 43 | ||
| 49 | 23 | Conceded | C | 27 | 45 | ||
| 91% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 91% | ||
| 82% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 76% | 79% | ||
| 62% | 65% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 53% | ||
| 35% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 24% | 24% | ||
| 15% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 9% | ||
| 59% | 59% | BTTS | BTTS | 41% | 53% | ||
| 32% | 35% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 24% | ||
| 18% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 32% | ||
| 5.4 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 6.1 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 14.2 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 14 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| 30% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 32% | ||
| 15.1 | 14.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.8 | 13.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | Paderborn | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Heidenheim | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Hamburger SV | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Sandhausen | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Hansa Rostock | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | St. Pauli | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Kaiserslautern | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Nürnberg | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Magdeburg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Darmstadt 98 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Holstein Kiel | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Greuther Furth | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 15 | Hannover 96 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 1 |
| 16 | Karlsruher SC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 1 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 0 |
| 18 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 72 | 44 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 40 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 17 | 28 | 65 |
| 2 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 65 | 43 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 26 | 22 | 63 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 67 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 32 | 60 |
| 4 | Darmstadt 98 | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 71 | 46 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 25 | 60 |
| 5 | St. Pauli | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 61 | 46 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 15 | 57 |
| 6 | Heidenheim | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 43 | 45 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 27 | -2 | 52 |
| 7 | Paderborn | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 56 | 44 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 12 | 51 |
| 8 | Nürnberg | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 49 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 0 | 51 |
| 9 | Holstein Kiel | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 46 | 54 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 31 | -8 | 45 |
| 10 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 45 | 42 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 3 | 44 |
| 11 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 49 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 30 | -14 | 42 |
| 12 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 54 | 55 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 32 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 29 | -1 | 41 |
| 13 | Hansa Rostock | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 41 | 52 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 27 | -11 | 41 |
| 14 | Sandhausen | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 42 | 54 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 29 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 25 | -12 | 41 |
| 15 | Jahn Regensburg | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 50 | 51 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 22 | -1 | 40 |
| 16 | Dynamo Dresden | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 33 | 46 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 28 | -13 | 32 |
| 17 | Erzgebirge Aue | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 72 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 34 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 38 | -40 | 26 |
| 18 | Ingolstadt | 34 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 65 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 36 | -35 | 21 |
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