📏 Form Guide

Nuremberg

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Nuremberg won’t want a repeat of their last result here following a 0-2 Bundesliga 2 defeat in their last game at the hands of SC Paderborn 07.

In that match, Nuremberg managed 60% possession and 18 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Paderborn 07 had 13 shots at goal with 6 on target. Adriano Grimaldi (10') and Visar Musliu (61') scored for SC Paderborn 07.

It’s been seldom in recent games where Nuremberg have shown defensive steel. In fact, Nuremberg have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 13 goals along the way. That sort of trend won’t necessarily be continued into this next game, of course.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Nuremberg:

• haven't beaten Karlsruhe in their last 4 league matches.
• are without a win at home for the past 3 matches in the league.

Karlsruhe

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Karlsruhe come into this meeting following a 3-2 Bundesliga 2 win against Hertha Berlin in their last outing.

In that game, Karlsruhe managed 46% possession and 9 shots on goal with 5 on target. For Karlsruhe, goals were scored by Marco Thiede (16'), Igor Matanović (45') and Marvin Wanitzek (77'). At the other end, Hertha BSC got 20 shots on goal with 9 on target. Haris Tabaković (23', 87') was the scorer for Hertha Berlin.

Christian Eichner's Karlsruhe have managed to stick the ball in the net a total of 13 times in the course of their most recent six matches. The total of goals that have been scored against them during the equivalent period equals 5.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Karlsruhe:

• haven't won against Nuremberg when having played them away from home in the previous 7 matches in the league. Not good at all.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 away league matches.
• are without a win away from home in their last 3 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 21/02/2021 shows us that Nuremberg have won 2 of these and Karlsruhe 3, with the number of draws being 1.

An aggregate of 19 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 6 for Nürnberg and 13 belonging to Karlsruhe. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.17.

The last league clash featuring the two was Bundesliga 2 match day 14 on 26/11/2023 which ended up with the score at Karlsruhe 4-1 Nuremberg.

That day, Karlsruhe managed 50% possession and 21 shots at goal with 7 on target. Goals were scored by Paul Nebel (1'), Fabian Schleusener (70') and Budu Zivzivadze (89', 94').

Nuremberg had 12 shots on goal with 3 on target. Can Yılmaz Uzun (60') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Harm Osmers.

📰 Team News: Nuremberg

James Lawrence (surgery), Marcel Wenig (Cruciate ligament tear), Daichi Hayashi (Achilles tendon problems) and Christopher Schindler (Hamstring injury) won’t be available for Nuremberg manager Cristian Fiél. Jens Castrop cannot play in this game through suspension.

We think that Nürnberg will possibly use the 4-1-2-3 system for this one with Carl Klaus, Jan Gyamerah, Finn Jeltsch, Jannes Horn, Nathaniel Brown, Florian Flick, Taylan Duman, Can Uzun, Kanji Okunuki, Lukas Schleimer and Joseph Hungbo.

📋 Team News: Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe boss Christian Eichner has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. David Herold (Ankle injury), Efe Kaan Sihlaroglu (Knee surgery), Daniel O'Shaughnessy (Fitness), Robin Bormuth (Cruciate ligament tear) and Tim Rossmann (Hip injury) will not be playing here.

There’s a good chance that Karlsruhe could decide to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 system with a starting lineup of Patrick Drewes, Sebastian Jung, Marcel Franke, Marcel Beifus, Philip Heise, Nicolai Rapp, Jerome Gondorf, Dzenis Burnic, Paul Nebel, Marvin Wanitzek and Igor Matanovic.

🔮 Prediction

We’re thinking that Karlsruhe will, in all probability, be able to create a good number of chances & successful shots on target.

At the same time, Nuremberg may well find it hard getting goals although we think that they will probably end up converting at least once as well.

We’re therefore expecting to see a controlled 1-3 victory for Karlsruhe at full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 11:08 28/04/2024