Struggling Nürnberg will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Heidenheim in the upcoming league round. It’s 13th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Nürnberg have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (14) in 2. Bundesliga
- Heidenheim have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Heidenheim are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Nürnberg form and stats
4 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Nürnberg have to build on here at Max-Morlock-Platz in the 2. Bundesliga.
It's back home for Nürnberg, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Erzgebirge Aue away with the result 1-0. Robin Hack found the net in that victory. 1-1 away at Wurzburger Kickers before that.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of R. Klauß when Robin Hack scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 78th minute.
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.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Nürnberg, as the 2. Bundesliga home game vs Holstein Kiel is only three days away.
Nürnberg are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 14 games. 20 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Heidenheim form and stats
Playing away, Heidenheim have won 5 games, drawn 3 and suffered 7 defeats in the 2. Bundesliga this season. Momentum is building for Heidenheim in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Heidenheim failed to get anything from their last game, a 2. Bundesliga home match vs Bochum (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-2. Prior to that result Heidenheim won their away game at Jahn Regensburg. The scoreline was 3-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 18 similar matches played by Heidenheim in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Heidenheim, eight draws and six defeats.
Heidenheim find the net regularly in their away games. 19 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. Heidenheim have conceded 25 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Heidenheim - Nürnberg 2-0 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nürnberg four wins, three draws and Heidenheim three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Kühlwetter 13 goals |   M. Schäffler 10 goals |  T. Kleindienst 9 goals |
Nürnberg missing players
Heidenheim missing players
| Nürnberg | Heidenheim | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 37 | 17 | 4 | Scored | S | 7 | 19 | 44 |
| 42 | 20 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 25 | 38 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 76% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | 73% |
| 45% | 43% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 67% | 50% |
| 31% | 21% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 33% | 30% |
| 17% | 21% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 17% |
| 66% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 53% | 43% |
| 21% | 21% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 13% | 33% |
| 17% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 33% | 30% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.2 | 12.3 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 12 | 13 |
| 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| 28% | 29% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 31% | 34% |
- Heidenheim have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Heidenheim haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Nürnberg have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (14) in 2. Bundesliga
- Nürnberg have the fewest points from losing position (1) in 2. Bundesliga
- Nürnberg have the most dropped points from leading position (25) 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 | Bochum | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 56 | 33 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 23 | 60 |
| 2 | Greuther Furth | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 56 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 17 | 22 | 54 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 57 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 22 | 22 | 50 |
| 4 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 44 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 49 |
| 5 | Heidenheim | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 44 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 6 | 48 |
| 6 | Holstein Kiel | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 46 |
| 7 | St. Pauli | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 48 | 46 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 2 | 44 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 42 |
| 9 | Paderborn | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 40 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 40 |
| 10 | Hannover 96 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 47 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 39 |
| 11 | Darmstadt 98 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 50 | 50 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 39 |
| 12 | Erzgebirge Aue | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 22 | -4 | 37 |
| 13 | Nürnberg | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 22 | -5 | 36 |
| 14 | Jahn Regensburg | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -9 | 34 |
| 15 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 49 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 30 | -22 | 30 |
| 16 | Osnabrück | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 50 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | -23 | 27 |
| 17 | Sandhausen | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 29 | 47 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 29 | -18 | 25 |
| 18 | Wurzburger Kickers | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 31 | 62 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 33 | -31 | 20 |
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