Sandhausen hosts Nurnberg in round 14 of German Bundesliga 2. The match will be played on Friday, November 19th at Hardtwaldstadion (Sandhausen)
Sandhausen made it to the Bundesliga 2 in 2012. Since then, the Black-and-Whites have been steadily holding in it, but they have been no less steadily engaged in the struggle for survival. They managed to climb into the top ten only a couple of times during this period. For example, the previous season brought only 15th place. Now Sandhausen is taking 16th place. But if things were very bad at first (four points scored in the first seven matches), then the club began to show quite good statistics from the end of September: three victories and 11 points in six matches. The next success will help to finally break out of the outsider category, but the international pause surely began at the wrong time...
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Nurnberg did not let its fans get bored in previous years. In 2018, the Legends gained promotion to the elite after a 4-year stay in the 2nd division but couldn’t stay there for a long time. Moreover, in 2020, only a victory over Ingolstadt in the playoffs saved Nurnberg from relegation to the 3rd league. Only the last championship was held relatively calmly, and the Club finished in 11th position. It seemed that progress will continue in the new season, and Nurnberg managed to show good results at the start: 11 matches without defeats and 21 points scored. The club slowed down after the elimination from the cup — Hamburg was stronger on penalties. After that, the Red-Blacks lost to Darmstadt and Werder Bremen and dropped to 6th place in the standings. It is too early to say that they can say goodbye to hopes of fighting for a return to the elite, but the trend is unpleasant. Did the pause help to cope with it? Only the next games will show.
Sandhausen and Nurnberg play uncompromisingly: not a single draw, except for the very first head-to-head match in the cup in 2014. As a rule, Nurnberg did better and won eight subsequent games, suffering four defeats. But the last match brought a 2-0 home victory for Sandhausen. If we look at the last head-to-head matches, the home side usually won. So, we dare to assume that Sandhausen will at least not lose now.
Prediction for the match: Sandhausen to win with +0.5 handicap
