Nürnberg defeats Fortuna Düsseldorf 2-0 on Saturday

NEURENBERG. Nürnberg defeats Fortuna Düsseldorf with a 2-0 win with a goal from N. Brown (10') and a goal from K. Duah (90').

John Ross

April 23, 2023

NEURENBERG. Nürnberg beats Fortuna Düsseldorf with a 2-0 win with a goal from N. Brown (10′) and a goal from K. Duah (90′).

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 Sören Storks with the help of Thorben Siewer and Marcel Pelgrim. The 4th official was Tobias Schultes. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 22.5 degrees Celsius or 72.43 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 38%.

Match Statistics

Nürnberg

2 - 0

Fortuna Düsseldorf

46 Ball Possession 54

Shots

9 Total 8
3 On Target 2
1 Off Target 5
5 Shots blocked 1

91 Attack 99
60 Dangerous attack 34
101 Ball safe 100

0 Penalties 0
13 Corners 3
2 Off Sides 2

Fouls

11 Total 10
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Nürnberg was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Fortuna Düsseldorf that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Nürnberg was putting more pressure with 60 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Nürnberg won the match.

Nürnberg shot 8 times, 3 on target, 1 off target. Regarding the opposition, Fortuna Düsseldorf shot 9 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Nürnberg received 1 yellow card (Peter Vindahl Jensen). Talking about the opposition, Fortuna Düsseldorf received 2 yellow cards (Felix Klaus and M. Karbownik).

Match Timeline

N. Brown(goal)

10'

25'

64'

N. Gavory- sub ->Matthias Zimmermann

64'

68'

73'

Johannes Geis- sub ->Lukas Schleimer

76'

79'

Felix Klaus- Yellow

79'

85'

J. Niemiec- sub ->M. Karbownik

85'

James Lawrence - sub ->Mats Möller Daehli

85'

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Eintracht Braunschweig

DSC Arminia Bielefeld

Jahn Regensburg

Sandhausen

After playing this encounter, Nürnberg will have 33 points to remain in the 13th place. Talking about the opposition, Fortuna Düsseldorf will stay with 47 points like St. Pauli to remain in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, Nürnberg will play away against Paderborn on the 28th of May with a 5-1 head to head stats in favor of Nürnberg (2 draws).

Fortuna Düsseldorf will host Karlsruher SC on the 30th of April with a 9-3 head to head in favor of Fortuna Düsseldorf (7 draws).

Nürnberg – Formation

Nürnberg

Peter Vindahl 30.Denmark

7.0

25'

Enrico Valentini 22.Germany

6.5

Christopher Schindler 16.Germany

7.1

Jannes Horn 38.Germany

6.6

N. Brown 35.Germany

7.2

85'

10'

Lino Tempelmann 6.Germany

6.8

F. Flick 21.Germany

6.8

Benjamin Goller 14.Germany

7.1

85'

Lukas Schleimer 36.Germany

6.5

76'

Mats Møller Dæhli 10.Norway

7.1

85'

Felix Lohkemper 7.Germany

6.1

68'

Substitutes

Carl Klaus 1.Germany

James Lawrence 4.Wales

85'

Tim Handwerker 29.Germany

6.6

85'

Johannes Geis 5.Germany

7.0

76'

Sadik Fofana 3.Germany

Danny Blum 9.Germany

Kwadwo Duah 23.Switzerland

6.2

68'

90'

E. Shuranov 11.Germany

Pascal Köpke 20.Germany

7.0

85'

Nürnberg started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Dieter Hecking decided to play with the following team: Peter Vindahl Jensen (7.0), Enrico Valentini (6.5), Christopher Schindler (7.1), Jannes Horn (6.6), Benjamin Goller (7.1), Lino Tempelmann (6.8), Florian Flick (6.8), Lukas Schleimer (6.5), Nathaniel Brown (7.2), Felix Lohkemper (6.1) and Mats Møller Dæhli (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Johannes Geis (7.0), Danny Blum, Sadik Fofana, Kwadwo Duah (6.2), James Lawrence, Erik Shuranov, Tim Handwerker (6.6), Pascal Köpke (7.0) and Carl Klaus.

Substitutions

Nürnberg made 5 changes: Felix Lohkemper for Kwadwo Duah (68′), Lukas Schleimer for Johannes Geis (76′), N. Brown for Tim Handwerker (85′), B. Goller for Pascal Köpke (85′) and Mats Möller Daehli for Jamie Lawrence (85′).

Best player: Nathaniel Brown

The player that probably impressed the most for Nürnberg was Nathaniel Brown.

His rating is (7.2) with 1 goal, 31 passes (67% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 9. He performed 6 crosses.

Fortuna Düsseldorf – Formation

Fortuna Düsseldorf

Florian Kastenmeier 33.Germany

6.6

Andre Hoffmann 3.Germany

7.1

Christoph Klarer 5.Austria

6.3

Michal Karbownik 8.Poland

7.1

85'

79'

Matthias Zimmermann 25.Germany

6.5

64'

T. Oberdorf 15.Germany

6.4

73'

Felix Klaus 11.Germany

7.4

79'

Marcel Sobottka 31.Germany

7.0

Shinta Appelkamp 23.Germany

7.4

85'

Emmanuel Iyoha 19.Germany

6.4

64'

Dawid Kownacki 9.Poland

6.4

Substitutes

D. Gorka 21.Germany

Jordy de Wijs 30.Netherlands

T. Uchino 41.Japan

Benjamin Böckle 22.Austria

N. Gavory 34.France

6.6

64'

Elione Fernandes Neto 46.Angola

85'

Kristoffer Peterson 7.Sweden

6.8

64'

J. Niemiec 39.Germany

85'

Daniel Ginczek 10.Germany

6.4

73'

Fortuna Düsseldorf started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Daniel Thioune played with: Florian Kastenmeier (6.6), Matthias Zimmermann (6.5), Andre Hoffmann (7.1), Christoph Klarer (6.3), Michał Karbownik (7.1), Tim Christopher Oberdorf (6.4), Marcel Sobottka (7.0), Felix Klaus (7.4), Shinta Karl Appelkamp (7.4), Emmanuel Iyoha (6.4) and Dawid Kownacki (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Elione Fernandes Neto, Jordy de Wijs, Kristoffer Peterson (6.8), Dennis Gorka, Takashi Uchino, Jona Niemiec, Benjamin Böckle, Nicolas Gavory (6.6) and Daniel Ginczek (6.4).

Substitutions

Fortuna Düsseldorf made 5 changes: Matthias Zimmermann for Nicolas Gavory (64′), Emmanuel Iyoha for Kristoffer Peterson (64′), T. Oberdorf for Daniel Ginczek (73′), M. Karbownik for Jona Niemiec (85′) and Shinta Appelkamp for Elione Fernandes Neto (85′).