Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Nürnberg & Hamburger SV face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the DFB Pokal. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Nürnberg nor Hamburger SV as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Nürnberg form and stats
Nürnberg have not come this way in the DFB Pokal without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Ulm. Nürnberg participated in DFB Pokal the last season, where they reached the 1st round.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Max-Morlock-Platz as Nürnberg have scored 9 goals to get 14 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the 2. Bundesliga are 4-2-0 (wins-draws-losses). Nürnberg haven’t lost a league-game in 13 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Hamburger SV, 169 days ago.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Nürnberg, as their goalkeeper Carl Klaus has completely shut out the opponents for 280 minutes in the 2. Bundesliga.
A nice win for Nürnberg last time playing, versus Heidenheim. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0 with Erik Shuranov, Mats Møller Dæhli and Johannes Geis scoring for the victors. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Nürnberg played a great game against Heidenheim and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Johannes Geis (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.13/10. Geis scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
In the game before, an away victory in the 2. Bundesliga match versus Dynamo Dresden with a 1-0 scoreline.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Nürnberg as they are travelling to their away game against Darmstadt 98 in the 2. Bundesliga. That match is three days after this one.
Nürnberg have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Max-Morlock-Platz with 9 goals in 6 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Nürnberg have only let in 1 goal at home.
Hamburger SV form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Eintracht Braunschweig in order to reach 2nd round of DFB Pokal. They also participated in DFB Pokal last season. This ended in the 1st round.The visitors are W3-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the 2. Bundesliga.
Two travels in a row for Hamburger, whose manager T. Walter could celebrate last time after the 2. Bundesliga win against Paderborn. Hamburger goalie Daniel Heuer Fernandes was high and low in the Paderborn game, contributing eight saves towards the victory. The end of the last match, against Paderborn, was very satisfying as Thomas Doyle scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Moritz Heyer was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.05. The defender Heyer scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 7 of 11 duels.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Fortuna Dusseldorf in the 2. Bundesliga.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Holstein Kiel in just four days.
The travelling fans enjoy Hamburger's attacking play in away games, having scored 10 goals in 6 league matches away. 6 goals have been conceded by Hamburger in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - three - six (Nürnberg wins - draws - Hamburger SV wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Glatzel 6 goals |  M. Heyer 5 goals |  E. Shuranov 3 goals |
Nürnberg missing players
Hamburger SV missing players
| Nürnberg | Hamburger SV | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 36 | 19 | Scored | S | 22 | 44 | ||
| 31 | 14 | Conceded | C | 22 | 34 | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 85% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 4% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 6.9 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13 | 14.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 14.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 35% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Pauli | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 22 |
| 2 | Schalke 04 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 22 |
| 3 | Nürnberg | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 21 |
| 4 | Jahn Regensburg | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| 5 | Paderborn | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | Hamburger SV | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Darmstadt 98 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 17 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Heidenheim | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 15 |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 14 |
| 12 | Dynamo Dresden | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 13 |
| 13 | Hansa Rostock | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -4 | 11 |
| 14 | Hannover 96 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 11 |
| 15 | Holstein Kiel | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -10 | 10 |
| 16 | Sandhausen | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -12 | 8 |
| 17 | Erzgebirge Aue | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -10 | 7 |
| 18 | Ingolstadt | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -18 | 5 |
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