NEURENBERG. Nürnberg was in the end too much to handle for Hansa Rostock with the goal of Can Uzun (15′), Can Uzun (36′) and Jens Castrop (51′). Hansa Rostock was truly superior in terms of ball possession (61%).​

The match was played at the Max-Morlock-Stadion stadium in Neurenberg on Saturday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. In front of 27,763 spectators.​ The referee was Tom Bauer assisted by Luca Jürgensen and . The 4th official was Nikolai Kimmeyer. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was quite cold at 0.72 degrees Celsius or 33.3 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Hansa Rostock was in firm control of the ball 61% while Nürnberg was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Hansa Rostock was more aggressive with 56 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 2 were on target. Nonetheless, Nürnberg was capable to find the solution to win this contest.​

Nürnberg shot 7 times, 4 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Hansa Rostock shot 9 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

None of the teams received any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this match, Nürnberg has 27 points like Paderborn to sit in the 7th place. Talking about the opposition, Hansa Rostock will stays with 17 points like Eintracht Braunschweig to remain in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, Nürnberg will play away against Hannover 96 on the 27th of January with a 12-9 head to head record in favor of Hannover 96 (9 draws).

Hansa Rostock will host Elversberg on the 27th of January with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Hansa Rostock (0 draws).

Nürnberg – Formation

Nürnberg started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Cristian Ramon Fiél Casanova decided to play with the following team: Carl Klaus (7.3), Enrico Valentini (7.3), Iván Márquez (7.9), Jannes Horn (7.5), Nathaniel Brown (7.3), Jens Castrop (8.5), Florian Flick (7.9), Benjamin Goller (6.7), Can Uzun (8.8), Kanji Okunuki (7.5) and Sebastian Andersson  (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Ahmet Gürleyen, Johannes Geis (6.4), Taylan Duman, Daichi Hayashi (6.4), Erik Wekesser, Christian Mathenia, Lukas Schleimer (6.8), Jannik Hofmann and Finn Jeltsch.

Substitutions

Nürnberg made 3 changes: Sebastian Andersson  for Daichi Hayashi (70′), Can Uzun for Lukas Schleimer (79′) and Jens Castrop for Johannes Geis (85′).

Player of the match: Can Uzun​

The player that probably impressed the most for Nürnberg was Can Uzun.

His rating is 8.8 with 2 goals, 19 passes (89% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 8.

Hansa Rostock – Formation

Hansa Rostock started with a 4-2-2-2 line-up (4-2-2-2).

Mersad Selimbegovic played with: Nils-Jonathan Körber (6.4), Nico Neidhart (6.4), Jasper van der Werff (6.4), Damian Roßbach (6.4), Alexander Rossipal (6.3), Simon Rhein (6.8), Janik Bachmann (6.8), Christian Kinsombi (6.3), Svante Ingelsson (6.3), Sarpreet Singh (6.7) and Kai Pröger (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Oliver Hüsing, Dennis Dressel (7.1), Nils Fröling (6.4), Serhat-Semih Güler, Kevin Schumacher (6.4), Juan José Perea (6.8), Felix Ruschke, Max Hagemoser and Jannis Lang (6.8).

Substitutions

Hansa Rostock made 5 changes: Simon Rhein for Dennis Dressel (65′), Christian Kinsombi for Kevin Schumacher (64′), Svante Ingelsson for Juan José Perea (64′), Sarpreet Singh for Nils Fröling (81′) and Nico Neidhart for Jannis Lang (81′).

Player of the match: Dennis Dressel​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Hansa Rostock was Dennis Dressel.

His rating is 7.1 with 30 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 8.

His performance was fantastic also because he commenced the match from the bench before entering in the 65′.

Results of the day

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

• Schalke 04 – Hamburger SV – 0-2
• Elversberg – Hannover 96 – 2-2
• Nürnberg – Hansa Rostock – 3-0
• St. Pauli – Kaiserslautern – 2-0