Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Nürnberg & VfB Stuttgart face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the DFB Pokal. All the pre-match information is available here!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Bundesliga game only four days ago. That game, against Union Berlin, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for VfB Stuttgart.
Nürnberg form and stats
Nürnberg participated in DFB Pokal the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.6 victories, 1 draw and 6 defeats. That’s what Nürnberg have to build on here at Max-Morlock-Stadion in the 2. Bundesliga.
The Nürnberg crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Darmstadt 98 here at Max-Morlock-Stadion. Geis (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.02/10. Geis hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 39 successful passes (of 48 total).
Before that, Nürnberg played out a 2. Bundesliga draw 2-2 when visiting Arminia Bielefeld.The match schedule is unforgiving for Nürnberg as they have a new game in only three days, a 2. Bundesliga match thankfully also at home. Karlsruher SC are visiting.
Nürnberg have scored {12 league goals} here from 13 matches, not a lot.
VfB Stuttgart form and stats
VfB Stuttgart's mission in DFB Pokal last season failed in the 2nd round.There's been little loot from VfB Stuttgart's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 13 away games in the Bundesliga. VfB Stuttgart only have 0 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 5 draws.
The attacking players of Stuttgart have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 195 minutes.
VfB Stuttgart are travelling again after losing away to Union Berlin in their previous match (0-3). Midfield player Endo was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.83/10. Endo hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 52 successful passes (of 61 total).
The game before that, in the Bundesliga, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Wolfsburg.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Bundesliga trip to Bochum.
Stuttgart have conceded 29 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
VfB Stuttgart have won at least one point in the last 6 matches (5-1-0) against Nürnberg.Top Goalscorers
  K. Duah 8 goals |   S. Guirassy 6 goals |  C. Führich 4 goals |
Nürnberg missing players
VfB Stuttgart missing players
| Nürnberg | VfB Stuttgart | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 23 | 17 | Scored | S | 15 | 37 | ||
| 33 | 15 | Conceded | C | 28 | 43 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 72% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 32% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12.7 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.8 | 14.2 | ||
| 4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 20% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 29% | ||
| 14.3 | 12.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.1 | 10.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 41 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 20 | 55 |
| 2 | Heidenheim | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 53 | 30 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 23 | 51 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 48 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 16 | 50 |
| 4 | St. Pauli | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 12 | 44 |
| 5 | Paderborn | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 50 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 43 |
| 6 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 45 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 43 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 41 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 40 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 41 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 35 |
| 9 | Hannover 96 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 36 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 34 |
| 10 | Holstein Kiel | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 43 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 23 | 0 | 34 |
| 11 | Magdeburg | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 34 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 29 | -11 | 31 |
| 12 | Greuther Furth | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 35 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 26 | -5 | 30 |
| 13 | Nürnberg | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -16 | 29 |
| 14 | Arminia Bielefeld | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 39 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 22 | -4 | 28 |
| 15 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 44 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 27 | -13 | 26 |
| 16 | Jahn Regensburg | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 41 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 23 | -16 | 26 |
| 17 | Hansa Rostock | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 40 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -19 | 25 |
| 18 | Sandhausen | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 51 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 26 | -24 | 21 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Bayern München | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 76 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 47 | 55 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 26 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 57 | 35 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 53 |
| 3 | Union Berlin | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 51 |
| 4 | SC Freiburg | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 4 | 47 |
| 5 | RB Leipzig | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 49 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 45 |
| 6 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 47 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 41 |
| 7 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 48 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 40 |
| 8 | Mainz 05 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 43 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 40 |
| 9 | Wolfsburg | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 46 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 39 |
| 10 | Borussia M'gladbach | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 40 | 44 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 27 | -4 | 32 |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 40 | 50 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 27 | -10 | 31 |
| 12 | Augsburg | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 30 | -13 | 29 |
| 13 | Köln | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 44 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 30 | -11 | 28 |
| 14 | Bochum | 26 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 28 | 57 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 36 | -29 | 26 |
| 15 | Hoffenheim | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 35 | 46 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 23 | -11 | 25 |
| 16 | Hertha BSC | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 49 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 29 | -18 | 22 |
| 17 | Schalke 04 | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 48 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -27 | 21 |
| 18 | VfB Stuttgart | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 29 | -16 | 20 |
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