📏 Form Guide

Nuremberg

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Nuremberg will be hoping for a better result following the 1-3 Bundesliga 2 loss in their previous game against Elversberg.

In that match, Nuremberg managed 50% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 2 on target. The scorer for Nuremberg was Janis Antiste (44'). Elversberg got 10 shots at goal with 5 on target. Elias Baum (52', 63') and Tom Zimmerschied (79') scored for Elversberg.

It’s not been often in recent games that Nuremberg have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Nuremberg have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 games, leaking 15 goals along the way.

Going into this contest, Nuremberg have not won at home in their last 3 matches in the league.

Cologne

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In their last game, Cologne drew 1-1 in the Bundesliga 2 match with Regensburg.

In that game, Cologne managed 68% possession and 22 shots at goal with 5 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Cologne was Tim Lemperle (59'). For their opponents, Jahn Regensburg had 5 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Noah Ganaus (75') was the scorer for Regensburg.

The numbers tell their own story, and Cologne have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 6 goals in total. In defence, Cologne have some weaknesses to address. Such a trend isn’t assured to be continued into this game, of course.

Coming into this clash, Cologne haven’t won away from home in the past 2 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 08/05/2010 tells us that Nuremberg have won 4 of these & Cologne 2, with the tally of draws being 0.

In all, 16 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 9 of them for Nürnberg and 7 netted by Köln. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.67.

The last league fixture featuring the two was Bundesliga 2 match day 16 on 15/12/2024 which ended up with the score at Cologne 3-1 Nuremberg.

On that day, Cologne managed 45% possession and 15 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The goalscorers were Damion Downs (6'), Florian Kainz (17') and Denis Huseinbašić (31').

Nuremberg had 16 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Jens Castrop (59') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Robin Braun.

📰 Team News: Nuremberg

Stefanos Tzimas (muscular problems), Eryk Grzywacz (Knee injury) and Jens Castrop (Torn lateral knee ligament) aren’t available for Nuremberg manager Miroslav Klose.

It looks as if Nürnberg may well employ a 3-5-2 system in the match, utilising Jan Reichert, Tim Drexler, Robin Knoche, Fabio Gruber, Tim Janisch, Rafael Lubach, Caspar Jander, Julian Justvan, Berkay Yilmaz, Mahir Emreli and Janis Antiste.

ℹ️ Team News: Cologne

From our viewpoint, Köln will likely play in a 4-2-3-1 lineup by sending out Marvin Schwabe, Jan Thielmann, Timo Hübers, Dominique Heintz, Leart Paqarada, Eric Martel, Denis Huseinbašić, Tim Lemperle, Luca Waldschmidt, Linton Maina and Damion Downs.

💡 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Nuremberg have enough to put one past this Cologne outfit, but a single goal is unlikely to be enough.

We’re therefore tipping a narrow 1-2 win for Cologne after 90 minutes. Let’s see what eventuates.

Victor Martins, 16:03 09/05/2025