FüRTH. SpVgg Greuther Fürth snatched a late win Nürnberg 1-0 after R. Ache scored just 1 goal (90′). SpVgg Greuther Fürth made the most of its superior ball possession (56%).
Branimir Hrgota didn’t convert a penalty (12′) for SpVgg Greuther Fürth.
The match was played at the Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer stadium in Fürth on Saturday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Tobias Stieler with the assistance of Christian Gittelmann and Norbert Grudzinski. The 4th official was Tom Bauer. The weather was clear. The temperature was freezing at -2.6 degrees Celsius or 27.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.
Match Statistics
- 56 Ball Possession 44
Shots
- 22 Total 10
- 6 On Target 4
- 14 Off Target 6
- 5 Shots blocked 1
- 112 Attack 102
- 50 Dangerous attack 26
- 115 Ball safe 127
- 1 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 3
- 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 13 Total 16
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
SpVgg Greuther Fürth was in firm control of the ball 56% while Nürnberg was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
SpVgg Greuther Fürth was putting more pressure with 50 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why SpVgg Greuther Fürth won the match.
SpVgg Greuther Fürth shot 22 times, 6 on target, 14 off target. On the other side, Nürnberg shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
SpVgg Greuther Fürth received 1 yellow card (Armindo Sieb). Talking about the opposition, Nürnberg received 3 yellow cards (Florian Hübner , Lino Tempelmann and Enrico Valentini).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, SpVgg Greuther Fürth will have 23 points like St. Pauli to remain in the 10th place. On the other side, Nürnberg will stay with 19 points like Karlsruher SC, Sandhausen and Jahn Regensburg to sit in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, SpVgg Greuther Fürth will host Darmstadt 98 on the 28th of May with a 4-3 head to head record in favor of SpVgg Greuther Fürth (5 draws).
Nürnberg will play away agasint Hamburger SV on the 4th of March with a 13-4 head to head record in favor of Hamburger SV (8 draws).
SpVgg Greuther Fürth – Formation
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
84'
38'
90'SpVgg Greuther Fürth started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Alexander Zorniger decided to play with the following team: Andreas Linde , Damian Michalski , Gideon Jung , Oussama Haddadi , Simon Asta , Sebastian Griesbeck , Tobias Raschl , Marco John , Armindo Sieb , Dickson Abiama and Branimir Hrgota .
The home team had on the bench: Ragnar Ache , Julian Green, Gian-Luca Itter, Marco Meyerhofer, Maximilian Dietz, Lars Sidney Raebiger, Lukas Petkov , Leon Schaffran and Afimico Pululu.
Substitutions
SpVgg Greuther Fürth made 5 changes: Armindo Sieb for Lukas Petkov (70′), Dickson Abiama for Ragnar Ache (70′), Simon Asta for Julian Green (84′), Simon Asta for Marco Meyerhofer (84′) and Branimir Hrgota for Gian-Luca Itter (90′).
Best player: Oussama Haddadi
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for SpVgg Greuther Fürth was Oussama Haddadi even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 60 passes (83% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 1 cross.
Nürnberg – Formation
Nürnberg
Nürnberg started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
Markus Weinzierl played with: Peter Vindahl Jensen , Jan Gyamerah , Florian Hübner , Christopher Schindler , Fabian Nürnberger , Jens Castrop , Florian Flick , Lino Tempelmann , Mats Møller Dæhli , Jermain Nischalke and Kwadwo Duah .
These were the players on the bench: Sadik Fofana, Johannes Geis , Carl Klaus, Enrico Valentini , Taylan Duman, Erik Shuranov, Felix Lohkemper , Christoph Daferner and Benjamin Goller.
Substitutions
Nürnberg made 5 changes: Mats Möller Daehli for Johannes Geis (46′), Jens Castrop for Enrico Valentini (46′), Jermain Nischalke for Christoph Daferner (73′), Kwadwo Duah for Felix Lohkemper (73′) and Lino Tempelmann for Sadik Fofana (90′).
Best player: Enrico Valentini
The player that probably impressed the most for Nürnberg was Enrico Valentini.
His rating is with 13 passes (53% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 2 crosses.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the 2. Bundesliga.
- Jahn Regensburg – DSC Arminia Bielefeld – 1-3
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth – Nürnberg – 1-0
- Kaiserslautern – Holstein Kiel – 2-1
- Eintracht Braunschweig – Heidenheim – 2-0
