The visiting Stuttgart side should be favourites in this visit to Nürnberg, as the away team holds a 19 point advantage from their 32 league games this season.
Stuttgart could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a 2. Bundesliga game only four sleeps ago.
Nürnberg are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Stuttgart are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Nürnberg form and stats
Nürnberg's struggle is real here at Max-Morlock-Platz with only 16 points collected from 16 2. Bundesliga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-7-6.
A strong away win for Nürnberg against Wehen Wiesbaden the last match, as Adam Zreľák, Robin Hack (3) and Asger Sørensen (2) were on target. Before that game, the home loss against Greuther Fürth with the scoreline 0-1.
As mentioned above, Nürnberg "killed" Wehen Wiesbaden in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. What a game it was for Robin Hack when beating Wehen Wiesbaden, applying the finishing touch to three goals!
Nürnberg have scored 15 league goals here from 16 matches, not a lot. Nürnberg have conceded 25 from these games.
Stuttgart form and stats
As the visiting team in 2. Bundesliga matches, Stuttgart have produced an overall stat of 4-5-7 so far.
Impressive finishing from Gonzalo Castro, Hamadi Al Ghaddioui and Nicolás González (2) secured the home win 5-1 against Sandhausen in their previous game. A 1-2 defeat away at Karlsruher SC before that.
As you can tell from the results above, Stuttgart was very dominant against Sandhausen, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with Gonzalo Castro, Hamadi Al Ghaddioui and Nicolás González (2) providing the goals.
Stuttgart have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 16 league away games 20 goals have been scored. Stuttgart struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 26 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Stuttgart - Nürnberg 3-1, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Nürnberg won one game, three matches ended with a draw and Stuttgart has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  N. González 12 goals |  R. Hack 10 goals | H. Al Ghaddioui 8 goals |
Nürnberg missing players
Stuttgart missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 32 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| 44 | 15 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 20 | 55 |
| 51 | 25 | 13 | Conceded | C | 6 | 26 | 38 |
| 94% | 94% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 94% |
| 75% | 81% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 75% | 81% |
| 50% | 38% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 50% | 59% |
| 44% | 25% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 31% | 28% |
| 19% | 6% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 19% | 16% |
| 53% | 50% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 62% | 59% |
| 31% | 25% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 25% | 31% |
| 22% | 31% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 19% | 16% |
| 5.3 | 6.6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.9 | 6.2 |
| 4.8 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 455 | 247 | 70 | Total Shots | T S | 80 | 280 | 547 |
| 136 | 64 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 24 | 98 | 189 |
| 32% | 23% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 20% | 29% |
- Nürnberg has the most dropped points from leading position (23)
- Nürnberg have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | Arminia Bielefeld | 32 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 59 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 32 | 64 |
| 2 | Stuttgart | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 55 | 38 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 17 | 55 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 32 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 60 | 39 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 54 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 43 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 52 |
| 5 | Darmstadt 98 | 32 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 42 | 41 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 26 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 1 | 46 |
| 6 | Bochum | 32 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 51 | 47 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 28 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 45 |
| 7 | Hannover 96 | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 51 | 47 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 45 |
| 8 | Greuther Fürth | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 43 | 41 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 43 |
| 9 | Holstein Kiel | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 51 | 51 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 42 |
| 10 | Jahn Regensburg | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 48 | 53 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 31 | -5 | 42 |
| 11 | Erzgebirge Aue | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 46 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 29 | -4 | 41 |
| 12 | Sandhausen | 32 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 38 | 43 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | -5 | 40 |
| 13 | St. Pauli | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 37 | 44 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 31 | -7 | 38 |
| 14 | Osnabrück | 32 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 40 | 45 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 21 | -5 | 36 |
| 15 | Nürnberg | 32 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 44 | 51 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 26 | -7 | 36 |
| 16 | Karlsruher SC | 32 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 40 | 52 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 28 | -12 | 33 |
| 17 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 32 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 39 | 59 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 24 | -20 | 31 |
| 18 | Dynamo Dresden | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 29 | 56 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 34 | -27 | 28 |
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