In this 33rd week match, on Sun May 8th, Holstein Kiel hosts Nürnberg in a clash of these two closely matched 2. Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, a perfect day for football. Holstein Kiel sits at 9th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-2 win against Werder Bremen. Niclas Füllkrug struck first for Werder Bremen in the 2nd minute, then Marvin Ducksch added another in the 23rd minute on a penalty kick But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 85th minute on a goal by Julian Korb. Holstein Kiel is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while nürnberg is fresh off their 1-1 draw against St. Pauli. Daniel-Kofi Kyereh scored the first goal for St. Pauli in the 74th minute from the penalty spot, but Duman got the equalizer for Nürnberg in the 2nd minute of the second half’s stoppage time from the penalty spot squeezing out at least the one point for Nürnberg. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Nürnberg should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On Dec 4th, Nürnberg hosted Holstein Kiel in their last match together. Nürnberg was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Manuel Schäffler struck first for Nürnberg in the 6th minute, then Shuranov added another in the 63rd minute on a feed from Mats Møller Dæhli.
Both Dovedan and Tom Krauss have been the hottest scorers for Nürnberg in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Holstein Kiel’s most prolific scorer has been Kwasi Okyere Wriedt. The Ghanaian attacker has netted 2 goals over the last five matches.