Nürnberg hope to sell many tickets for this fixture even though the season has been demanding so far with 12 points and a 13th place in the 2. Bundesliga table. Visiting Hertha BSC have 9th place with 12 pts.
- Nürnberg have not yet lost a game at home.
- Hertha BSC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Nürnberg form and stats
When playing at home in the 2. Bundesliga, Nürnberg have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games.
Nürnberg faced defeat in their previous match, away at St. Pauli (1-5). The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going undefeated through three league fixtures. As you see from the result above, Nürnberg suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. The forward Okunuki was named "man of the match" for Nürnberg with the rating of 7.81/10. Okunuki scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Magdeburg in a game that was won 1-0.A decent goal production from Nürnberg in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches.
Hertha BSC form and stats
The visitors are W2-D0-L3 on the road this term. That's in the 2. Bundesliga. Hertha BSC love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Hertha play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Schalke 04 (placed 16th). Reese got a match rating of 8.63 in that game, top player of the team. Reese scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times and had 20 successful passes (of 25 total).
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus St. Pauli.Goals galore? This club have played 7 consecutive league matches all ending with three or more goals (over 2.5 goals).
Hertha BSC are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 5 away games so far. Hertha BSC are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 9 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Nürnberg wins - draws - Hertha BSC wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Tabakovic 7 goals |   C. Uzun 4 goals |  F. Reese 3 goals |
Nürnberg missing players
Hertha BSC missing players
| Nürnberg | Hertha BSC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 18 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 13 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 78% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 78% |
| 56% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 78% | 75% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 44% |
| 11% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 6.6 | 7 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 11 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 14 | 17.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 12.6 | 13.6 |
| 4.7 | 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | 5 |
| 31% | 35% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 41% | 40% |
| 14.6 | 13.8 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 18.4 | 18.2 |
| 3.9 | 2.5 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.4 | 5.8 |
- Hertha BSC have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Hertha BSC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hertha BSC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nürnberg have not yet lost a game at home.
- Nürnberg have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Nürnberg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Pauli | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 19 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Kaiserslautern | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 4 | Holstein Kiel | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| 5 | Hannover 96 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 15 |
| 6 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 7 | Paderborn | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 14 |
| 8 | Magdeburg | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
| 9 | Hertha BSC | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 | Greuther Furth | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 11 | Elversberg | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
| 12 | Hansa Rostock | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 13 | Nürnberg | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 12 |
| 14 | Karlsruher SC | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 9 |
| 15 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 16 | Schalke 04 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 7 |
| 17 | Osnabruck | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 6 |
| 18 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 5 |
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