With their 1 point advantage in the league table, Nürnberg fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against St. Pauli.
- Nürnberg has the most dropped points from leading position (19) in 2. Bundesliga
- St. Pauli have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
Nürnberg and St. Pauli should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Nürnberg form and stats
Nürnberg have collected 12 points from their 2. Bundesliga home games so far after 3-3-4. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Nürnberg, their manager R. Klauß and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
It's back home for Nürnberg, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Darmstadt 98 away with the result 2-1. Fabian Schleusener found the net in that victory. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Sandhausen.
Some amazing scenes last match, when Nicolai Rapp scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time.
Nürnberg has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Nürnberg defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
St. Pauli form and stats
There's been little loot from St. Pauli's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 10 away games in the 2. Bundesliga. St. Pauli only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws. St. Pauli love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Pauli had fun at their own home (Max-Morlock-Platz) last time out, beating Sandhausen 2-1. Guido Burgstaller and Daniel-Kofi Kyereh scored. Preceding that game was the away victory against Heidenheim with the score of 4-3.
The travelling fans enjoy St. Pauli's attacking play in away games, having scored 16 goals in 10 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as St. Pauli have conceded 19 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: St. Pauli - Nürnberg 2-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Nürnberg won two games, four matches ended with a draw and St. Pauli has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eightTop Goalscorers
  M. Schäffler 8 goals |   D. Kyereh 6 goals |  R. Zalazar Martínez 5 goals |
Nürnberg missing players
St. Pauli missing players
| Nürnberg | St. Pauli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 27 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 16 | 31 |
| 32 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 19 | 37 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 70% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 45% | 40% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 70% | 70% |
| 35% | 30% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 45% |
| 25% | 30% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 20% |
| 65% | 70% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 80% | 70% |
| 15% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 20% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.5 | 12.8 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 11.4 | 12.3 |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 31% | 28% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 37% | 36% |
- Nürnberg has the fewest points from losing position (0) in 2. Bundesliga
- Nürnberg has the most dropped points from leading position (19) in 2. Bundesliga
- Nürnberg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- St. Pauli have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- St. Pauli 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 | Hamburger SV | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 21 | 41 |
| 2 | Bochum | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 39 |
| 3 | Holstein Kiel | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 36 |
| 4 | Greuther Furth | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 14 | 35 |
| 5 | Hannover 96 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 32 |
| 6 | Karlsruher SC | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 32 |
| 7 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 32 |
| 8 | Erzgebirge Aue | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 29 |
| 9 | Paderborn | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 26 |
| 10 | Heidenheim | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 26 |
| 11 | Jahn Regensburg | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 24 |
| 12 | Nürnberg | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -5 | 23 |
| 13 | Darmstadt 98 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 21 | -5 | 22 |
| 14 | St. Pauli | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | -6 | 22 |
| 15 | Osnabrück | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -10 | 22 |
| 16 | Sandhausen | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 24 | -17 | 18 |
| 17 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 23 | -22 | 17 |
| 18 | Wurzburger Kickers | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -18 | 12 |
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