On Sat Aug 20th, Sandhausen will play host to Nürnberg in a meeting of these two 2. Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 10th placed Sandhausen is fresh off their 2-3 loss against Karlsruher SC. David Kinsombi struck first for Sandhausen in the 10th minute, then Batmaz got the equalizer for Karlsruher SC in the 32nd minute on a feed from Philip Heise But luckily in the 87th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Lucas Cueto. Sandhausen is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while nürnberg sits at 13th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-3 loss against Heidenheim. Denis Thomalla scored the first goal for Heidenheim in the 44th minute, then Adrian Beck added another in the 49th minute In the end, Nürnberg was frustrated by Heidenheim’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Heidenheim ended the match with the shutout victory. Nürnberg looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Valentini has been the most prolific scorer on Nürnberg in the last five matches with two goals. Both Janik Bachmann and David Kinsombi have been the hottest scorers for Sandhausen in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals.