A tale of loss and gain for these participants this season, placed in positions near the center of the 2. Bundesliga table. Here's the Nürnberg - Holstein Kiel latest:
- Nürnberg have the fewest conceded goals (15) in 2. Bundesliga
- Holstein Kiel have the fewest clean sheets (1) in 2. Bundesliga
Both contenders have had a decent time to rest since their last match. Let's hope for an animated game!
Nürnberg form and stats
Nürnberg have collected 14 points from their 2. Bundesliga home games so far after 4-2-2. The Nürnberg manager R. Klauß might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
The Nürnberg crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to St. Pauli here at Max-Morlock-Platz in a 2. Bundesliga match. The striker Manuel Schäffler was named "man of the match" for Nürnberg with the rating of 7.62/10. Schäffler scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Before that match, a win away at Sandhausen.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 six of these, drawn four and lost four.
The Nürnberg fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Nürnberg have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Holstein Kiel form and stats
There's been little loot from Holstein Kiel's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 7 away games in the 2. Bundesliga. Holstein Kiel only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 4 draws.
Holstein won their last game, 2-1 versus Werder Bremen played at home. Midfield player Alexander Mühling was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.65/10. Mühling hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 28 successful passes (of 35 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Heidenheim's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Holstein Kiel in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Holstein Kiel, three draws and five defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Holstein Kiel have scored 9 goals in 7 league games away. Holstein Kiel have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: one - four - one (Nürnberg wins - draws - Holstein Kiel wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Shuranov 4 goals |   J. Mees 4 goals | B. Pichler 4 goals |
Nürnberg missing players
Holstein Kiel missing players
| Nürnberg | Holstein Kiel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 21 | 12 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 15 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 26 |
| 80% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 62% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 53% | 50% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 73% |
| 33% | 25% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 13% |
| 7% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 47% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 86% | 60% |
| 47% | 62% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 33% |
| 5.3 | 5.1 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 6 | 6.1 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.3 | 4.9 |
| 2 | 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.7 | 14.4 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 12.9 | 15 |
| 4.4 | 4.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
| 32% | 32% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 39% | 27% |
| 13.1 | 13.4 | 14.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.5 | 15 | 14.4 |
| 4.2 | 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
- All of Holstein Kiel's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Holstein Kiel have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Holstein Kiel have the fewest clean sheets (1) in 2. Bundesliga
- Holstein Kiel have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in 2. Bundesliga
- Holstein Kiel haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nürnberg have the fewest conceded goals (15) in 2. Bundesliga
- Nürnberg have the most clean sheets (7) 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 | St. Pauli | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 32 |
| 2 | Darmstadt 98 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 20 | 29 |
| 3 | Jahn Regensburg | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 28 |
| 4 | Paderborn | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 26 |
| 5 | Hamburger SV | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 26 |
| 6 | Schalke 04 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 26 |
| 7 | Nürnberg | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 24 |
| 8 | Heidenheim | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 24 |
| 9 | Karlsruher SC | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 21 |
| 10 | Werder Bremen | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 20 |
| 11 | Hansa Rostock | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 18 |
| 12 | Holstein Kiel | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -9 | 17 |
| 13 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 14 | Dynamo Dresden | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -5 | 16 |
| 15 | Erzgebirge Aue | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -8 | 14 |
| 16 | Hannover 96 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 14 |
| 17 | Sandhausen | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -17 | 12 |
| 18 | Ingolstadt | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 22 | -25 | 6 |
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