14th- against 9th spot might not feel all that tempting to look into. But look: Here's the intelligence that makes Nürnberg - Holstein Kiel (even) more appealing!
- Nürnberg have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- Holstein Kiel have the most conceded goals (14) away in 2. Bundesliga
Nürnberg and Holstein Kiel should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Nürnberg form and stats
2-0-2 (win-draw-lost) are the 2. Bundesliga numbers at home for Nürnberg so far this season.
Nürnberg haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 180 minutes ago. Tempelmann scored that one.
In their previous game, the manager Klauß led his Nürnberg to a defeat away at Karlsruher SC. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Max-Morlock-Stadion. Midfielder Tempelmann was the best player on the team with a rating of 6.84 (out of ten) in that game. Tempelmann dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 24 successful passes (of 28 total).
Heartbreak before that as Nürnberg lost 0-2 at Darmstadt 98's place.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 15 games. Nürnberg has won 8 of these, drawn 3 and lost 4.
Nürnberg aren't scoring a lot here at Max-Morlock-Stadion in the league, with only 3 goals from 4 games. On the other hand, Nürnberg have conceded 5 goals.
Holstein Kiel form and stats
1-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Holstein Kiel in their 2. Bundesliga matches away.
Holstein Kiel's last game was the home draw against Hansa Rostock (1-1). Becker, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.43. Becker hit one key pass and won 5 of 8 duels.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against DSC Arminia Bielefeld wasn't a success with a 2-4 loss.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Holstein Kiel in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Holstein, 4 draws and 6 defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Holstein Kiel's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Holstein's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 14 goals in 5 travels.
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the preceeding eight meetings): Nürnberg won two games, four matches ended in a draw and Holstein Kiel have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / three.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Skrzybski 4 goals |   K. Duah 3 goals |  F. Reese 3 goals |
Nürnberg missing players
Holstein Kiel missing players
| Nürnberg | Holstein Kiel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 8 | 17 |
| 18 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 7 | 14 | 20 |
| 90% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 80% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 80% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 70% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 60% | 50% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 40% | 30% |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 70% |
| 30% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 4.5 | 5.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 6.8 | 7 |
| 5.5 | 4.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.9 | 15.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17.3 | 16 | 16.4 |
| 3.3 | 3.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 4.8 | 5.6 |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 33% | 30% |
| 12 | 10.8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.7 | 13.8 | 14.4 |
| 4.8 | 3.8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 6.2 | 5.2 |
- Holstein Kiel have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Holstein Kiel have scored at least twice as many goals away as Nürnberg have scored home.
- Holstein Kiel have the most conceded goals (14) away in 2. Bundesliga
- Nürnberg have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- Nürnberg haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hamburger SV | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 24 |
| 2 | Darmstadt 98 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | Paderborn | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 19 |
| 4 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | Heidenheim | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 6 | Hannover 96 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 14 |
| 9 | Holstein Kiel | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 13 |
| 10 | Hansa Rostock | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
| 11 | St. Pauli | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Jahn Regensburg | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 11 |
| 13 | Magdeburg | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 10 |
| 14 | Nürnberg | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 10 |
| 15 | Sandhausen | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 9 |
| 16 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 9 |
| 17 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 18 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 8 |
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