The visiting Stuttgart side should be favourites in this visit to Nürnberg, as the away team holds a 16 point advantage from their 25 league games this season.
Nürnberg form and stats
The story so far in the 2. Bundesliga for Nürnberg at their home stadium (Max-Morlock-Stadion) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats. Nürnberg are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Max-Morlock-Stadion, having lost their two previous games here.
Nürnberg's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-3 versus Hannover 96 (placed 9th). A strong away win before that one, visiting Karlsruher SC and winning 1-0.
Nürnberg are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 13 games. Nürnberg have conceded 23 from these games.
Stuttgart form and stats
3-5-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Stuttgart in their 2. Bundesliga matches away.
Stuttgart delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Arminia Bielefeld (placed 1st) in their previous match; a 2. Bundesliga game. Prior to that match, the Stuttgart manager P. Matarazzo faced defeat when travelling to Greuther Fürth and losing 0-2.
Stuttgart find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Stuttgart have conceded 19 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Stuttgart - Nürnberg 3-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nürnberg one win, three draws and Stuttgart six victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Hack 7 goals |   D. Didavi 6 goals |  M. Gómez García 6 goals |
Nürnberg missing players
Stuttgart missing players
| Nürnberg | Stuttgart | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 34 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 14 | 41 |
| 45 | 23 | 13 | Conceded | C | 2 | 19 | 28 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 80% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 80% |
| 56% | 46% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 42% | 56% |
| 48% | 31% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 24% |
| 20% | 8% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 56% | 54% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 58% | 56% |
| 32% | 23% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 32% |
| 16% | 23% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 16% |
| 5 | 5.8 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 11.5 | 7.7 | 6.3 |
| 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 361 | 205 | 59 | Total Shots | T S | 46 | 216 | 440 |
| 110 | 56 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 78 | 149 |
| 31% | 25% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 13% | 18% | 28% |
- Nürnberg has the fewest points from losing position (2)
- Nürnberg has the most dropped points from leading position (21)
- Nürnberg haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Stuttgart have won significantly more corners away than 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 | Arminia Bielefeld | 25 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 50 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 26 | 51 |
| 2 | Stuttgart | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 45 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 48 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 44 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 41 |
| 5 | Greuther Fürth | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 36 |
| 6 | Darmstadt 98 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 31 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 36 |
| 7 | Holstein Kiel | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 34 |
| 8 | Erzgebirge Aue | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 34 |
| 9 | Hannover 96 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 18 | -3 | 32 |
| 10 | Jahn Regensburg | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 36 | 42 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 25 | -6 | 32 |
| 11 | St. Pauli | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 30 |
| 12 | Osnabrück | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -3 | 29 |
| 13 | Sandhausen | 25 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 30 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 29 |
| 14 | Nürnberg | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | -11 | 29 |
| 15 | Bochum | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 40 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -5 | 28 |
| 16 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 19 | -12 | 25 |
| 17 | Karlsruher SC | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -13 | 24 |
| 18 | Dynamo Dresden | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 41 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -16 | 24 |
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