- Team stats: FC Nurnberg have scored 16 goals in 15 away league matches.
- Head-to-head: The last three head-to-head meetings in the 2. Bundesliga have seen Nurnberg win two and draw one.
Derby match with a difference
Although the stats for the sides heading into this game indicate a home win is a possibility, the fact that this is a fierce local rivalry is not lost on us. Both teams will be desperate to win this match and the intensity of the occasion will play a massive role in deciding the result.
Heiko Vogel has brought structure and organization to Greuther Furth since taking the helm in December 2025 and his side have been solid but not spectacular since.
Nurnberg sit eighth with 41 points from 31 games, Greuther are 17th with 33 from the same amount. Greuther have been more consistent at home, winning five, drawing four and losing six, but Sunday’s visitors have struggled on the road.
Nurnberg will try to control possession in an attempt to keep the tempo of the game, which is a marked contrast to Greuther’s more free-flowing approach of trying to play on the wings and turn defence into attack in an instant. Klose’s men are very good at moving the ball between the lines and will be a handful on the counter attack.
Nurnberg have a nose for goal
Betting odds and totals
This game looks like it will go the full distance with both teams creating enough to get on the scoresheet and the 2.5 goal line should also be broken. The odds of 2.38 for the visitors to win seem generous, but ‘Over 2.5 goals’ at 1.51 and ‘Both teams to score - Yes’ at 1.47 are even better odds.
Key players and form
- Greuther’s danger man is Noel Futkeu with 16 goals in 31 2. Bundesliga matches this season.
- Nurnberg’s top scorer is Mohamed Ali Zoma with 11 in 27 and Luka Lochoshvili has chipped in with two in the last five, so the visitors should have the goal power to beat a Greuther side that concedes an average of 2.00 goals per game on home field.
- SpVgg have a mixed home record and have been known to spring into life when least expected, but Nurnberg have two wins, two draws and just one defeat from their last five so we’re leaning towards the away win in this derby match.
