Nürnberg are opening their away dressing room to Sandhausen for another key fixture following their 0-5 result vs 3rd-placed Heidenheim.
- Nürnberg have the fewest scored goals (17) in 2. Bundesliga
- Sandhausen have the the worst goal difference (-16) in 2. Bundesliga
This looks to be an action-packed fixture with lots of action and excitement as both contenders are well recovered since they last played a game. Let's get started!
Nürnberg form and stats
4-1-5 (win-draw-lost) are the 2. Bundesliga numbers at home for Nürnberg so far this season. When Nürnberg hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Magdeburg, Jahn Regensburg, Eintracht Braunschweig, Arminia Bielefeld and Nürnberg), they have won 2 of 3 matches!
Nürnberg faced defeat in their previous match, away at Heidenheim (0-5). As you see from the result above, Nürnberg suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Flick (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 6.8/10. Flick dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Jahn Regensburg.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Nürnberg handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
Nürnberg have scored {9 league goals} here from 10 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Nürnberg have conceded 12 goals. Nürnberg has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Sandhausen form and stats
Sandhausen have only collected 8 points from their away games in the 2. Bundesliga, after 2-2-7 (11 played). Recent form does not give Sandhausen much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Nürnberg will be a tough nut to crack.
Sandhausen have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 327 minutes ago. Esswein was the goal scorer.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Karlsruher SC with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Defender Zhirov was the best team player with a rating of 7.35. Zhirov won 9 of 13 duels.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Fortuna Düsseldorf wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.Sandhausen are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 10 defeats. From a total of 16 matches.
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 8 of this club's 10 latest league games have ended with at least three goals.
Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Sandhausen have conceded 20 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. When Sandhausen is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Magdeburg, Jahn Regensburg, Eintracht Braunschweig, Arminia Bielefeld and Sandhausen.
Head 2 Head
The most recent registered result involving both these participants is the Sandhausen - Nürnberg 1-2 played previously this season. Previous ten meetings featuring these sides: Nürnberg won seven, Sandhausen triumphed in three and we saw zero draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Duah 6 goals |   D. Kinsombi 6 goals |  C. Kinsombi 5 goals |
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| Nürnberg | Sandhausen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 32 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 20 | 39 |
| 86% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 62% | 60% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 76% |
| 43% | 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 55% | 62% |
| 19% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 29% |
| 19% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 19% |
| 33% | 30% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 64% | 57% |
| 33% | 40% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 19% |
| 48% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 29% |
| 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 1.9 | 3.4 |
| 5.1 | 4.4 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.8 | 15.9 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 8.3 | 10.2 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| 23% | 22% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 32% | 32% |
| 13.7 | 12.1 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 17.5 | 15.1 |
| 4.4 | 3.4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
- Nürnberg have the fewest scored goals (17) in 2. Bundesliga
- Sandhausen have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Sandhausen have the the worst goal difference (-16) in 2. Bundesliga
- Sandhausen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sandhausen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 48 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 40 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 44 |
| 3 | Heidenheim | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 43 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 40 |
| 4 | Paderborn | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 45 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 38 |
| 5 | Kaiserslautern | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 35 |
| 6 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 21 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 33 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 32 |
| 7 | Holstein Kiel | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 22 | 2 | 31 |
| 8 | St. Pauli | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 29 |
| 9 | Hannover 96 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 29 |
| 10 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 26 |
| 11 | Karlsruher SC | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | -1 | 25 |
| 12 | Hansa Rostock | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -10 | 24 |
| 13 | Nürnberg | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -15 | 22 |
| 14 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 21 | -10 | 21 |
| 15 | Magdeburg | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 27 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 25 | -14 | 21 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 28 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 20 |
| 17 | Jahn Regensburg | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 20 | -15 | 20 |
| 18 | Sandhausen | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -16 | 19 |
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