Week 19 features a match on Sat Feb 4th, where Greuther Fürth will play host to Nürnberg in a clash of these two evenly matched 2. Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 3 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 11th placed Greuther Fürth is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Holstein Kiel. D. Abiama struck first for Greuther Fürth in the 30th minute, then Hauke Wahl got the equalizer for Holstein Kiel in the 46th minute on a feed from Steven Skrzybski But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 84th minute on a goal by Simon Lorenz. Greuther Fürth is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Nürnberg recorded a 0-1 loss against St. Pauli. Jakov Medic scored the first goal for St. Pauli in the 33rd minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Nürnberg couldn’t manage to score, and St. Pauli took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 23rd of July, Nürnberg hosted Greuther Fürth at the Max-morlock-stadion in their last match together. Nürnberg won by a score of 2 to 0. Christoph Daferner struck first for Nürnberg in the 15th minute, then Manuel Wintzheimer added another in the 81st minute on a feed from Duman In the end, Greuther Fürth couldn’t muster any offence and Nürnberg ran away with the shutout win.
Nürnberg’s most prolific scorer has been Lukas Schleimer. The German midfielder has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. D. Abiama has been the most prolific scorer on Greuther Fürth in his last five matches with 2 goals.