Nürnberg vs SpVgg Greuther Fürth match preview: Even contest expected at Max-Morlock-Stadion

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Fri 15.Sep
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Max-Morlock-Stadion (50000 seats)

Nürnberg look forward to battle it out with SpVgg Greuther Fürth in this 2. Bundesliga fixture. Everything you must know about the match is found here!

Insights:
  • Nürnberg have the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in 2. Bundesliga
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth have lost all their away matches so far.

This should be an intriguing match with lots of action and bustle as both teams are well revitalized since they last played a game. Let's go!

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Nürnberg form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Nürnberg's two home games in the 2. Bundesliga so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Max-Morlock-Stadion.

Nürnberg are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Kaiserslautern. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going undefeated in three league rounds. The striker Goller outshone all the other players in that fixture and got a match rating of 7.45 out of 10. Goller served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Wehen Wiesbaden.

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 10 games. Nürnberg has won 5 of these, drawn 2 and lost 3.

Nürnberg has scored {4 goals} so far and conceded {3 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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SpVgg Greuther Fürth form and stats

No 2. Bundesliga points yet away for SpVgg Greuther Fürth, from their first 2 matches.

Home advantage was not enough for Greuther in their previous game as they lost hosting Hannover 96, 1-3. Midfield player Green was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.24/10. Green scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 8 times and had 43 successful passes (of 53 total).

Prior to that match, the SpVgg Greuther Fürth manager Zorniger faced defeat when travelling to Hertha BSC and losing 0-5.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with SpVgg Greuther Fürth playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 0 SpVgg Greuther Fürth wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the goal stats of 1-7 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Nürnberg victories, two draws and six SpVgg Greuther Fürth wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

NürnbergC. Uzun
C. Uzun
3 goals
SpVgg Greuther FürthB. Hrgota
B. Hrgota
3 goals
NürnbergL. Schleimer
L. Schleimer
2 goals

Nürnberg missing players

SpVgg Greuther Fürth missing players

Nürnberg SpVgg Greuther Fürth
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 0 2 5
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 0 0 Lost L 0 2 3
8 4 0 Scored S 0 1 7
10 3 0 Conceded C 0 7 10
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 80%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 80%
80% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 80%
60% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 60%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 40%
80% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 40%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 40%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 40%
 
8 7.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6.5 6
5.2 6.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6.5 3.6
3.2 4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 1.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.8 10.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 18.5 19
5 3.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 5.4
32% 57% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 12% 26%
 
15 16.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13 9.2
4.2 3.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.5 3.4
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Nürnberg's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of SpVgg Greuther Fürth's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • 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 conceded goals in the first half (6) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Nürnberg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth have lost all their away matches so far.
Nürnberg Last season SpVgg Greuther Fürth
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
10 7   Won W   2 10
9 4   Drew D   4 11
15 6   Lost L   11 13
32 18   Scored S   19 47
49 17   Conceded C   31 50
88% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
65% 59%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   94% 88%
44% 29%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   65% 62%
21% 12%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 32%
15% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 3%
35% 29%   BTTS BTTS   76% 71%
35% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 21%
41% 35%   Failed to Score F T   12% 9%
 
5.1 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 5.6
4.6 4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 3.9
2.2 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.9
2 0   Red cards R C   4 5
 
13.1 14.3   Shots (avg) S (   10.8 13.1
3.7 4.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 4.6
26% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 30%
 
13.5 11.2   Shots against (avg) S A   12.7 11.7
4.2 3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.5 4.2

  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 5 4 1 0 13 5 3 3 0 0 10 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 8 13
2 Holstein Kiel 5 4 0 1 9 6 3 2 0 1 6 6 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 12
3 Magdeburg 5 3 2 0 13 8 2 2 0 0 8 5 3 1 2 0 5 3 5 11
4 Fortuna Dusseldorf 5 3 1 1 10 3 3 2 0 1 5 3 2 1 1 0 5 0 7 10
5 Hansa Rostock 5 3 0 2 7 6 3 2 0 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 9
6 Kaiserslautern 5 3 0 2 9 9 3 2 0 1 7 5 2 1 0 1 2 4 0 9
7 Hannover 96 5 2 2 1 9 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 2 1 0 7 4 2 8
8 Wehen Wiesbaden 5 2 2 1 5 4 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 8
9 St. Pauli 5 1 4 0 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 3 2 1 7
10 Karlsruher SC 5 2 1 2 8 8 2 1 1 0 4 2 3 1 0 2 4 6 0 7
11 Nürnberg 5 2 1 2 8 10 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 1 0 2 4 7 -2 7
12 Schalke 04 5 1 1 3 7 9 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 0 1 2 4 7 -2 4
13 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 5 1 1 3 7 10 3 1 1 1 6 3 2 0 0 2 1 7 -3 4
14 Eintracht Braunschweig 5 1 1 3 3 6 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 4 -3 4
15 Elversberg 5 1 1 3 6 12 2 0 0 2 1 7 3 1 1 1 5 5 -6 4
16 Paderborn 5 1 1 3 5 11 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 1 0 2 3 8 -6 4
17 Hertha BSC 5 1 0 4 9 11 2 1 0 1 5 1 3 0 0 3 4 10 -2 3
18 Osnabruck 5 0 1 4 6 10 3 0 0 3 4 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 -4 1

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