On Sat Feb 25th, Nürnberg will play host to Sandhausen in a meeting of these two 2. Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 0 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, 13th placed Nürnberg, recorded a 0-5 blowout loss against Heidenheim. Tim Kleindienst scored the first goal for Heidenheim in the 18th minute, then Tim Kleindienst added another in the 23rd minute on a feed from Florian Pick At the end of 90 a dissapointed Nürnberg couldn’t manage to score, and Heidenheim took the shutout win. Nürnberg is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while sandhausen is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Karlsruher SC. Jérôme Gondorf struck first for Karlsruher SC in the 8th minute, then Mikkel Kaufmann added another in the 52nd minute In the end, Sandhausen couldn’t muster any offence and Karlsruher SC ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
In their last match on the 20th of August, Nürnberg was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Bashkim Ajdini struck first for Sandhausen in the 33rd minute on a feed from Ahmed Kutucu, then Christoph Daferner tied it up for Nürnberg in the 49th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 93rd minute on a goal by Kwadwo Duah to cap off a wild match.
Sandhausen is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Alexander Esswein and Christian Kinsombi each only have 1 goal in their last five. Nürnberg hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Taylan Duman and Valentini, and they each have 1 goal.