2. Bundesliga: We're expecting an interesting and crucial duel between Nürnberg and Magdeburg at Max-Morlock-Stadion. They both need three points!
- Nürnberg have the fewest scored goals (12) in 2. Bundesliga
- Magdeburg have the most conceded goals (28) in 2. Bundesliga
This should be an interesting fixture with lots of action and excitement as both teams are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!
Nürnberg form and stats
The story so far in the 2. Bundesliga for Nürnberg at their home stadium (Max-Morlock-Stadion) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. When Nürnberg hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like St. Pauli, SpVgg Greuther Fürth, Arminia Bielefeld, Sandhausen and Nürnberg), they have won 2 of 2 matches!
Stress levels are on the rise for Nürnberg's attacking players as they have now played 223 minutes without scoring in a league game. Duah was their last goal scorer. Nürnberg are confident in defense, having played 280 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
An away draw last time out for Nürnberg, facing Kaiserslautern in a game that ended 0-0. Nürnberg's goalie Mathenia played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Kaiserslautern with a stunning seven saves. Mathenia, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 9.02 out of 10 in that game. Mathenia topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Hannover 96 that ended 0-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Nürnberg have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 4 and lost 5.
It should be taken into account that a glance at the 13 latest league fixtures reveals that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Nürnberg as they are travelling to their away game against Hansa Rostock in the 2. Bundesliga. That match is three days after this one.
Nürnberg have scored {5 league goals} here from 6 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Nürnberg have conceded 8 goals. Nürnberg has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Magdeburg form and stats
Magdeburg have only collected 7 points from their away games in the 2. Bundesliga, after 2-1-4 (7 played).
Magdeburg played 1-1 against Heidenheim in their previous match. As mentioned above, Magdeburg drew the match against Heidenheim. Manager Titz brought on Ito to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Attacker Ito got a player rating of 7.45 in the game. "Man of the match" Ito scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Hamburger SV at their stadium, the result 3-2.We have checked recent matches where Magdeburg have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 4 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Magdeburg are hosting Darmstadt 98 in the 2. Bundesliga only four days away.
The travelling fans enjoy Magdeburg's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 7 league matches away. Magdeburg have conceded 16 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Duah 4 goals |  M. Kwarteng 4 goals | C. Daferner 3 goals |
Nürnberg missing players
Magdeburg missing players
| Nürnberg | Magdeburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 17 |
| 21 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 16 | 28 |
| 79% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 79% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 71% | 64% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 57% | 36% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 43% | 21% |
| 29% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 57% |
| 43% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 43% | 36% |
| 4.5 | 5.3 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
| 5.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 7 | 5.8 |
| 2.2 | 1.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.2 | 16.5 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.7 | 12.6 |
| 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 24% | 20% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 44% | 31% |
| 12.4 | 10.3 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.5 | 20.4 | 16.4 |
| 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 6.4 | 5.9 |
- Magdeburg have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Magdeburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Magdeburg have scored at least twice as many goals away as Nürnberg have scored home.
- Magdeburg have the most conceded goals (28) in 2. Bundesliga
- Magdeburg have the the worst goal difference (-11) in 2. Bundesliga
- Magdeburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nürnberg have the fewest scored goals (12) in 2. Bundesliga
- Nürnberg have the fewest scored goals (5) at home 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 | Darmstadt 98 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 29 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
| 3 | Paderborn | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 26 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 24 |
| 5 | Hannover 96 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 23 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 20 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 17 | -1 | 20 |
| 9 | Jahn Regensburg | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 18 |
| 10 | Karlsruher SC | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 17 |
| 11 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 17 |
| 12 | Hansa Rostock | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 17 |
| 13 | St. Pauli | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 | Nürnberg | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 15 |
| 15 | Magdeburg | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -11 | 14 |
| 16 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 13 |
| 17 | Sandhausen | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 13 |
| 18 | Arminia Bielefeld | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 11 |
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