National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Nürnberg or Fortuna Düsseldorf that keep their silverware dream alive.
The hosts Nürnberg saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the 2. Bundesliga. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at SpVgg Greuther Fürth.
Nürnberg form and stats
Last season, Nürnberg's DFB Pokal journey ended in the 2nd round.The complete 2. Bundesliga results playing at home this season for Nürnberg are 3-1-5 (wins-draws-losses).
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 215 minutes without scoring a league goal. Duah was the last player to find the net.
Nürnberg lost their last game at SpVgg Greuther Fürth after a 0-1 scoreline. Heartbreak for Nürnberg in their last match as SpVgg Greuther Fürth's Ache scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Preceding that match was a 2. Bundesliga defeat to St. Pauli (0-1).Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the 2. Bundesliga game versus Jahn Regensburg in only three days. This game is also played here at Max-Morlock-Stadion.
Nürnberg aren't scoring a lot here at Max-Morlock-Stadion in the league, with only {8 goals} from 9 games. On the other hand, Nürnberg have conceded 12 goals.
Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats
They also participated in DFB Pokal last season. This ended in the 2nd round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Fortuna Düsseldorf so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-6 (win-draw-lose).
Two away games in a row for Düsseldorf, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-4 versus Paderborn. It's not a good sign for Fortuna Düsseldorf that their goalie Kastenmeier managed eight saves in the Paderborn game, but still were unable to hinder a defeat. Hennings, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.63. Hennings scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Magdeburg in the 2. Bundesliga.A new game in only four days for Fortuna Düsseldorf, the 2. Bundesliga home match versus Sandhausen. Busy days.
Düsseldorf struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 16 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the last ten meetings): Nürnberg won five games, one match ended with a tie and Fortuna Düsseldorf got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Kownacki 8 goals |  K. Duah 6 goals |  S. Appelkamp 5 goals |
Nürnberg missing players
Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players
| Nürnberg | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 25 | 15 | Scored | S | 19 | 46 | ||
| 31 | 18 | Conceded | C | 22 | 35 | ||
| 84% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 56% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 80% | ||
| 36% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 68% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 20% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.2 | 16.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.6 | 13.5 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 5.4 | ||
| 24% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 34% | ||
| 13.3 | 12.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 11.9 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 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 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 18 | 42 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 40 |
| 3 | Heidenheim | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 36 |
| 4 | Kaiserslautern | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 34 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 35 |
| 5 | Paderborn | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 40 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 32 |
| 6 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 29 |
| 7 | Hannover 96 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 28 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 28 |
| 9 | St. Pauli | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 23 |
| 10 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -4 | 23 |
| 11 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | -8 | 21 |
| 12 | Hansa Rostock | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -10 | 21 |
| 13 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -4 | 20 |
| 14 | Karlsruher SC | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -5 | 19 |
| 15 | Sandhausen | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -11 | 19 |
| 16 | Nürnberg | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 19 |
| 17 | Jahn Regensburg | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -14 | 19 |
| 18 | Magdeburg | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -14 | 18 |
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