Magdeburg should not look for any pleasantries from the home team Nürnberg in this 2. Bundesliga game. Here's the full match guide!
- Nürnberg have the most points from losing position (6) in 2. Bundesliga
- Nürnberg have created more than twice as many corners as Magdeburg.
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
Nürnberg have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the 2. Bundesliga. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
Nürnberg drew their last game, 2-2 away at Eintracht Braunschweig (placed 17th). Handwerker was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.35 out of 10. The defender Handwerker signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and won 5 of 9 duels.
Before that, Nürnberg drew at home versus SpVgg Greuther Fürth.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Nürnberg have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Both teams score at least one goal! That has been the case in 6 league fixtures in a row for this side. Will it happen again?
The Nürnberg fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 league matches. Nürnberg's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Magdeburg form and stats
1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Magdeburg playing as the away team in the 2. Bundesliga this season.
There were no winners in Magdeburg's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Paderborn (placed 15th). As mentioned above, Magdeburg drew the match against Paderborn. Manager Titz brought on Castaignos to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. The attacker Atik got a match rating of 7.63 in that game. Atik served one assist and hit three key passes.
Preceding that game, the 3-4 loss visiting Schalke 04's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Magdeburg in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Magdeburg, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Magdeburg struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 7 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (Nürnberg wins - draws - Magdeburg wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less. Lohkemper likes to face Magdeburg and have scored 2 goals in these encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Uzun 4 goals |  L. Schuler 4 goals |  S. Gnaka 3 goals |
Nürnberg missing players
Magdeburg missing players
| Nürnberg | Magdeburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 86% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 86% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 57% |
| 57% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 43% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 43% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 86% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 14% |
| 6.9 | 7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 4.7 | 6 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 7.2 | 6.1 |
| 2.9 | 3.3 | 6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.6 | 13.3 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 10.8 | 13.3 |
| 4.7 | 3.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 10 | 5 | 5.7 |
| 33% | 45% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 40% | 42% |
| 14 | 14.3 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 19 | 16.3 |
| 3.9 | 3 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9 | 8 | 6.7 |
- All of Nürnberg's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Magdeburg have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Nürnberg have created more than twice as many corners as Magdeburg.
- Nürnberg have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Nürnberg have not yet lost a game at home.
- Nürnberg have the most points from losing position (6) in 2. Bundesliga
- 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 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 14 |
| 2 | St. Pauli | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Kaiserslautern | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | Hannover 96 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 12 |
| 6 | Magdeburg | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Holstein Kiel | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 12 |
| 8 | Elversberg | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -3 | 10 |
| 9 | Hertha BSC | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 9 |
| 10 | Nürnberg | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | Hansa Rostock | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 12 | Karlsruher SC | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 8 |
| 13 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -2 | 8 |
| 14 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 15 | Paderborn | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 16 | Schalke 04 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 7 |
| 17 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
| 18 | Osnabrück | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 4 |
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