Nürnberg favourites for feisty fight facing Sandhausen

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 24.April
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Max-Morlock-Platz (50000 seats)

Nürnberg look forward to meeting Sandhausen with hopes of securing all three points. Can they? Read our in-depth preview!

Insights:
  • Sandhausen have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Nürnberg form and stats

Nürnberg have played 15 2. Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Nürnberg shared the glory with Werder Bremen in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Krauß (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.25/10. Krauß dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 23 successful passes (of 28 total).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Darmstadt 98 in a game that was won 3-1.

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 13 games) they have won three times, drawn five and lost five.

The Nürnberg fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 15 league matches. Nürnberg have conceded 17 in these home matches.

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Sandhausen form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their 2. Bundesliga travels is 5 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Schalke 04 game have they lost an away game, meaning Sandhausen has taken points from seven away matches in a row.

Sandhausen's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus St. Pauli that finished 1-1. Đumić, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.32. Đumić hit one key pass and won 7 of 10 duels.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Dynamo Dresden.

Sandhausen are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and six defeats. From a total of eight matches.

The visiting Sandhausen have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 15 games. As opposed to that, Sandhausen have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These two sides faced each other earlier this campaign: Sandhausen - Nürnberg 1-2. Numbers for the previous ten meetings featuring these two sides are: seven wins for Nürnberg, zero draws and three wins for Sandhausen. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

SandhausenP. Testroet
P. Testroet
9 goals
NürnbergN. Dovedan
N. Dovedan
7 goals
NürnbergE. Shuranov
E. Shuranov
6 goals

Nürnberg missing players

Sandhausen missing players

Nürnberg Sandhausen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 5 15 30
14 8 1 Won W 0 5 8
8 3 3 Drew D 2 6 11
8 4 1 Lost L 3 4 11
45 23 3 Scored S 6 19 34
39 17 6 Conceded C 12 21 47
90% 87% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
80% 80% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 83%
60% 60% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 47% 47%
37% 27% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 27% 27%
13% 13% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 7% 7%
57% 53% 20% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 63%
37% 40% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 20%
17% 20% 60% Failed to Score F T 0% 13% 23%
 
5.3 5.5 7.6 Corners for (avg) C F 1.8 2.9 4.3
5.8 5.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 8.2 7 6
1.9 1.8 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.5 2.7
2 1 1 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
14.1 14.8 17.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 8.7 9.9
5 5.1 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.7 3
30% 30% 16% Goal Efficiency G E 55% 46% 38%
 
15.2 14.5 12.4 Shots against (avg) S A 23 19.1 15.4
4.3 3.9 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.4 6.1 5.4
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Sandhausen have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Sandhausen have won significantly less corners away then 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 Schalke 04 30 17 5 8 64 36 15 9 2 4 36 21 15 8 3 4 28 15 28 56
2 Werder Bremen 30 15 9 6 54 39 15 7 6 2 25 14 15 8 3 4 29 25 15 54
3 St. Pauli 30 15 8 7 55 40 14 10 3 1 33 14 16 5 5 6 22 26 15 53
4 Darmstadt 98 30 15 6 9 59 43 15 8 3 4 33 23 15 7 3 5 26 20 16 51
5 Nürnberg 30 14 8 8 45 39 15 8 3 4 23 17 15 6 5 4 22 22 6 50
6 Hamburger SV 30 12 12 6 54 30 16 8 6 2 34 16 14 4 6 4 20 14 24 48
7 Heidenheim 30 13 6 11 37 41 15 9 4 2 24 15 15 4 2 9 13 26 -4 45
8 Paderborn 30 11 11 8 51 41 15 2 7 6 21 24 15 9 4 2 30 17 10 44
9 Jahn Regensburg 30 10 9 11 47 42 15 6 4 5 29 23 15 4 5 6 18 19 5 39
10 Karlsruher SC 30 9 12 9 50 47 15 5 7 3 28 22 15 4 5 6 22 25 3 39
11 Holstein Kiel 30 10 8 12 38 48 15 7 2 6 19 22 15 3 6 6 19 26 -10 38
12 Hansa Rostock 30 10 8 12 37 47 15 4 4 7 15 22 15 6 4 5 22 25 -10 38
13 Fortuna Dusseldorf 30 9 10 11 38 36 15 5 5 5 24 18 15 4 5 6 14 18 2 37
14 Hannover 96 30 9 9 12 29 42 15 4 6 5 11 17 15 5 3 7 18 25 -13 36
15 Sandhausen 30 8 11 11 34 47 15 3 5 7 15 26 15 5 6 4 19 21 -13 35
16 Dynamo Dresden 30 7 8 15 28 40 15 5 4 6 17 16 15 2 4 9 11 24 -12 29
17 Erzgebirge Aue 30 5 7 18 29 61 15 3 2 10 12 29 15 2 5 8 17 32 -32 22
18 Ingolstadt 30 4 7 19 26 56 15 2 4 9 12 25 15 2 3 10 14 31 -30 19

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