2. Bundesliga: What this fixture might not have in glitz it should pay back in energy and commitment. Get set for SpVgg Greuther Fürth - Nürnberg!
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in 2. Bundesliga
- Nürnberg have the fewest scored goals (16) in 2. Bundesliga
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
SpVgg Greuther Fürth form and stats
SpVgg Greuther Fürth have played 9 2. Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-5-1 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Greuther after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The supporters are hoping that SpVgg Greuther Fürth will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against Holstein Kiel (placed 8th). The first setback in the shape of a loss after going undefeated in four league fixtures. Linde had a busy but productive day in the Holstein Kiel match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Midfielder John was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.8 (out of ten) in that game. John hit two key passes.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Darmstadt 98 that finished 1-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Greuther handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 1 win, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
Sports bettors should know that 13 of the most recent 16 league games from these players have had goals from both sides.
SpVgg Greuther Fürth has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. On the other hand, SpVgg Greuther Fürth have conceded 12 goals.
Nürnberg form and stats
Nürnberg have only collected 9 points from their away games in the 2. Bundesliga, after 2-3-4 (9 played). Nürnberg has drawn their two previous away games.
The manager Weinzierl was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Max-Morlock-Stadion. Nürnberg suffered a 0-1 loss to St. Pauli (placed 10th). Attacker Daferner got a player rating of 7.45 in the game. "Man of the match" Daferner hit four key passes.
Before that, Nürnberg secured a home win against Paderborn with the score 2-1.We have checked recent matches where Nürnberg have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
After this away game Nürnberg return home for a DFB Pokal game against Fortuna Dusseldorf. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Nürnberg struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The newest reported match featuring both these teams is the Nürnberg - Greuther 2-0 played previously this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): SpVgg Greuther Fürth five wins, two draws and Nürnberg three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Hrgota 6 goals |   K. Duah 6 goals | D. Michalski 4 goals |
SpVgg Greuther Fürth missing players
Nürnberg missing players
| SpVgg Greuther Fürth | Nürnberg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 23 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 28 | 12 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 83% |
| 83% | 78% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 61% | 56% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 44% | 44% |
| 39% | 44% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 22% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 22% | 17% |
| 78% | 78% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 44% | 39% |
| 17% | 22% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 44% | 44% |
| 5.6 | 7.2 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| 4.5 | 3.1 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6 | 5.2 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.5 | 15.9 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 10.4 | 13.6 |
| 4.4 | 5.3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 29% | 27% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 29% | 25% |
| 11.9 | 10.8 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 14.3 | 13.4 |
| 4.1 | 3.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.4 |
- Nürnberg have the fewest scored goals (16) in 2. Bundesliga
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have scored in all their home matches so far.
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in 2. Bundesliga
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth 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 | Darmstadt 98 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 39 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 37 |
| 3 | Heidenheim | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 36 |
| 4 | Kaiserslautern | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 32 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 32 |
| 5 | Paderborn | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 29 |
| 6 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 29 |
| 7 | Hannover 96 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 28 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 28 |
| 9 | Hansa Rostock | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 21 |
| 10 | St. Pauli | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -1 | 20 |
| 11 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -5 | 20 |
| 12 | Sandhausen | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Nürnberg | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -10 | 19 |
| 14 | Jahn Regensburg | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -12 | 19 |
| 15 | Karlsruher SC | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 18 |
| 16 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | -10 | 18 |
| 17 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 17 |
| 18 | Magdeburg | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -14 | 17 |
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