The visiting Bayern München side should be favourites in this visit to Nürnberg, as the away team holds a 52 point advantage from their 30 league games this season.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Nürnberg form and stats
Nürnberg's struggle is real here at Max-Morlock-Stadion with only 15 points collected from 15 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 3-6-6.The fans are hoping that Nürnberg will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Bundesliga game against Bayer Leverkusen. In the match before that, Nürnberg hosted Schalke 04 and drew the game 1-1.
Nürnberg has scored 15 goals at home this season, in 15 matches. On the other hand, Nürnberg have conceded 17 goals.
Bayern München form and stats
The away team, who have the most points (34) away in Bundesliga, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 11 wins, 1 draw and only 3 losses. The fact that Bayern München have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.Bayern München are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Bundesliga against Werder Bremen. Preceding that game was the away victory against Fortuna Düsseldorf with the score of 4-1.
As mentioned earlier, Bayern München will not be satisfied unless they get maximum points from this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 13 wins (6 by two or more goals winning margin), 2 draws and 0 surprising defeats.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 38 goals in 15 away games this season. 17 goals have been conceded by Bayern München in these games.
Head 2 Head
Nürnberg and Bayern München have met before this season: Bayern München - Nürnberg 3-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 0 Nürnberg victories, 3 draws and 7 Bayern München wins.Top Goalscorers
  R. Lewandowski 21 goals / 6 assists |  S. Gnabry 9 goals / 5 assists |  L. Goretzka 7 goals / 4 assists |
Nürnberg missing players
Bayern München missing players
| Nürnberg | Bayern München | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | Played | 15 | 30 |
| 24 | 15 | Scored | 38 | 79 |
| 56 | 17 | Conceded | 17 | 29 |
| 97% | 93% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 80% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 90% |
| 40% | 27% | Over 2.5 | 80% | 73% |
| 20% | 13% | Over 3.5 | 53% | 53% |
| 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 27% | 30% |
| 47% | 47% | Both teams to score | 67% | 57% |
| 13% | 27% | Clean Sheet | 27% | 37% |
| 43% | 33% | Failed To Score | 7% | 7% |
| 4.6 | 5.4 | Corners For (avg) | 8.3 | 8.7 |
| 6.4 | 5.7 | Corners Against (avg) | 1.7 | 2 |
| 1.9 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 4 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 1 | 2 |
- Bayern München hasn't played a single 0-0 game.
- Bayern München is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Bayern München | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 79 | 29 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 17 | 50 | 70 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 29 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 68 | 36 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 32 | 66 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 57 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 34 | 61 |
| 4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 29 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 57 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 23 | 52 |
| 5 | Borussia M'gladbach | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 49 | 37 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 51 |
| 6 | Hoffenheim | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 65 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 26 | 24 | 50 |
| 7 | Bayer Leverkusen | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 53 | 48 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 5 | 48 |
| 8 | Werder Bremen | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 52 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 46 |
| 9 | Wolfsburg | 29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 47 | 44 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 3 | 45 |
| 10 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 40 | 59 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 33 | -19 | 37 |
| 11 | Mainz 05 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 37 | 51 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 34 | -14 | 36 |
| 12 | Hertha BSC | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 41 | 48 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 27 | -7 | 35 |
| 13 | Freiburg | 29 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 39 | 50 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 29 | -11 | 32 |
| 14 | Augsburg | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 46 | 55 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 30 | -9 | 31 |
| 15 | Schalke 04 | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 32 | 52 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 24 | -20 | 27 |
| 16 | Stuttgart | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 27 | 67 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 40 | -40 | 21 |
| 17 | Nürnberg | 30 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 56 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 39 | -32 | 18 |
| 18 | Hannover 96 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 66 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 40 | -41 | 14 |
