Nuremberg vs RB Leipzig Prediction & Betting Tips

Saturday’s DFB-Pokal action sees Nuremberg vs RB Leipzig.

Scroll down to see all of the predictions, poll and statistics for Nuremberg v RB Leipzig (including the best match odds).

📊 Form Guide

Nuremberg LWLDWL

Nuremberg will be wanting a better result here after a 3-1 Bundesliga 2 - Play-offs defeat in their last game at the hands of Ingolstadt.

The only player to score from Nuremberg was Fabian Schleusener (96'). Stefan Kutschke (53'), Tobias Schröck (62') and Robin Krauße (66') scored for Ingolstadt.

Fixtures with Nuremberg have proved to be engaging affairs of late with a lot of goalmouth action expected. Over their past 6 clashes, a grand total of 21 goals have been scored for both sides combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 10 of those accredited to Nürnberg. We will find out whether or not that trend will end up being continued on into this next match.

RB Leipzig WDLWWL

After a loss in their previous game against Paris Saint-Germain in Champions League action, RB Leipzig and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, RB Leipzig managed 42% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 3 on target. At the other end, Paris Saint-Germain had 14 attempts at goal with 9 on target. Marquinhos (13'), Ángel Di María (42') and Juan Bernat (56') scored for Paris Saint-Germain.

Looking at their form, and RB Leipzig have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 9 goals in all. At the back, Leipzig can certainly do much better.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their past head to head clashes stretching back to 17/10/2014 tells us that Nuremberg have won 2 of these & RB Leipzig 4, with the tally of drawn results being 0.

A combined sum of 20 goals were scored between them in these games, with 7 from Nürnberg and 13 netted by Leipzig. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.33.

The last league clash between these sides was Bundesliga 1 match day 24 on 02/03/2019 when the final score was Nuremberg 0-1 RB Leipzig.

On that day, Nuremberg had 45% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 1 on target.

For their opponents, RB Leipzig had 12 shots at goal with 5 on target. Lukas Klostermann (40') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Daniel Schlager.

📰 Team News: Nuremberg

Patric Klandt (Achilles tendon rupture), Virgil Misidjan (Fitness) and Paul-Philipp Besong (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) won’t be able to feature for Nürnberg manager Robert Klauß.

📰 Team News: RB Leipzig

RB Leipzig boss Julian Nagelsmann has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Ibrahima Konaté (Hip Injury), Fabrice Hartmann (Ruptured knee ligament) and Konrad Laimer (Ankle fracture) can’t be considered.

💭 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Nuremberg have it within them to find the back of the net against this RB Leipzig side, although one goal may not be as many as they will have scored against them.

Therefore, we’re predicting both teams to score in a 1-2 win for RB Leipzig at the end of this one. Let’s see what happens here.

Renata Leite, 23:11 07/09/2020