Nurnberg welcome the visitors Hertha Berlin in the German Bundesliga – Round 18. The match will be held on Sunday, January 20th, at the Max-Morlock-Stadion (Nuremberg).
The first-term Nurnberg’s results are miserable. Over the span of 17 rounds, the team allowed 43 goals, featured 2 home wins and no away wins. Nurnberg sit in the bottom of the table and, to hoist themselves out from the relegation zone, they need to gain at least 2 wins; the team’s first-term performance does not provide for that though. Anyways, the hosts will hardly be motivated tomorrow. Their halfback Eduard Lowen has noted, ‘All we have to do is to make use of our chances to win and ensure secure defense’. As far as the latter is concerned – it is hardly doable, as the individual fails in danger zones are immense, Nurnberg’s opponent will feature many opportunities on Sunday. Robert Bauer will not help the team tomorrow due to his thigh injury – he is expected to be back in action in the beginning of February.
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The visiting Hertha Berlin were exhausted by the end of the first term and registered no win in 3 latest encounters. Their play is better than the opponent’s though. Hertha take the 8th place in the table looking to get to the 6th, Europa League, tier. The breakaway from the European placings is 4 points, so, the guests have enough reasons to win tomorrow, no extra motivation is required. The team’s strength is in their standard opportunities. Hertha made 6 goals and are among the top-five teams by counterattacking goals. There are also weaknesses. Hertha’s defensive line is not strong – in 9 outings, they conceded 16 goals, the players can hardly withstand attacking hits into space and keeping the possession. The guests’ attack is fine – Ondrej Duda and Vedad Ibisevic are blistering there. Note that both players were not eligible in the Telekom Cup fixture for the 3rd place; looks like Pal Dardai gives priority to the Bundesliga. Derrick Luckassen and Mathew Leckie are injured.
Thus, Nurnberg look to get out of the drop zone, but their form is bad – in all competitions, the hosts feature no win in 8 successive rounds, their defense at counterattacks is weak. The opponent are one of the best counterattacking teams. Either side’s defense is not secure, which stands for allowed goals. Nurnberg conceded 38 times in 17 rounds, and their guests did 26. In 5 latest rounds (in all competitions), Hertha were netted 12 goals. 7 opponents’ head-to-heads on Nurnberg’s turf saw 2 goals at least. Therefore, another overscoring meeting may be expected.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.0 goals.
