NEURENBERG. Nürnberg prevails over Jahn Regensburg 1-0 after E. Valentini scored just 1 goal (57′).

The match was played at the Max-Morlock-Stadion stadium in Neurenberg on Saturday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Aarne Aarnink with the assistance of Eric Müller and Christian Bandurski. The 4th official was Lars Erbst. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 5.1 degrees Celsius or 41.2 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Nürnberg was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Jahn Regensburg that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Nürnberg was putting more pressure with 44 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Nürnberg won the match​.

Nürnberg shot 8 times, 4 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Jahn Regensburg shot 9 times, 1 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Nürnberg received 3 yellow cards (Jan Gyamerah, Kwadwo Duah and Johannes Geis). Talking about the opposition, Jahn Regensburg received 2 yellow cards (Benedikt Gimber  and Minos Gouras).

Standings

After this encounter, Nürnberg will have 22 points like Karlsruher SC to hold in the 13th place. Regarding the opposition, Jahn Regensburg will stay with 19 points like Sandhausen to hold in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, Nürnberg will play away with Hamburger SV on the 4th of March with a 13-4 head to head statistic in favor of Hamburger SV (8 draws).

Jahn Regensburg will play away agasint Karlsruher SC on the 24th of February with a 2-2 head to head stats.

Nürnberg – Formation

Nürnberg started with a 4-2-2-2 line-up (4-2-2-2).

The manager Markus Weinzierl decided to play with the following team: Peter Vindahl Jensen (6.6), Enrico Valentini (7.8), Florian Hübner (7.2), Christopher Schindler (7.6), Jan Gyamerah (6.4), Johannes Geis (6.8), Florian Flick (6.4), Jens Castrop (7.9), Lukas Schleimer (6.6), Kwadwo Duah (6.6) and Christoph Daferner (6.2).

The home team had on the bench: Pascal Köpke, Carl Klaus, Taylan Duman, Benjamin Goller, Sadik Fofana, Erik Shuranov, Fabian Nürnberger (6.8), Mats Møller Dæhli and Jermain Nischalke (6.5).

Substitutions

Nürnberg made 4 changes: Lukas Schleimer for Fabian Nürnberger (73′), Christoph Daferner for Jermain Nischalke (73′), Kwadwo Duah for Taylan Duman (87′) and Jens Castrop for Sadik Fofana (87′).

Best player: Jens Castrop​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Nürnberg was Jens Castrop even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.9) with 34 passes (79% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 17 duels out of 21.

Jahn Regensburg – Formation

Jahn Regensburg started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Mersad Selimbegovic played with: Jonas Urbig (6.4), Konrad Faber (6.7), Sebastian Nachreiner (6.4), Jan Elvedi (7.1), Leon Guwara (6.7), Benedikt Gimber (6.2), Maximilian Thalhammer (7.1), Minos Gouras (6.4), Kaan Caliskaner (6.2), Sarpreet Singh (6.9) and Andreas Albers (6.4).

They had on the bench: Christian Viet, Blendi Idrizi (6.3), Dario Vizinger (6.2), Joshua Mees, Nicklas Shipnoski, Aygün Yıldırım (6.2), Jannik Graf, Lasse Günther and Dejan Stojanović.

Substitutions

Jahn Regensburg made 5 changes: Kaan Caliskaner for Blendi Idrizi (71′), Benedikt Gimber  for Aygün Yildirim (71′), S. Singh for Dario Vizinger (71′), Leon Guwara  for Lasse Günther (82′) and Minos Gouras for Joshua Mees (82′).

Best player: Maximilian Thalhammer​

The player that probably impressed the most for Jahn Regensburg was Maximilian Thalhammer.

His rating is (7.1) with 47 passes (74% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 16. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the 2. Bundesliga.​

• Heidenheim – Hamburger SV – 3-3
• Hannover 96 – Paderborn – 3-4
• Holstein Kiel – Magdeburg – 2-3
• Nürnberg – Jahn Regensburg – 1-0