FüRTH. SpVgg Greuther Fürth managed to find the solution against Nürnberg to win 2-1. A. Sieb was the key player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Nürnberg to strike first with an early goal of Sebastian Andersson  at the 8′. Then it was a goal in the 27′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Armindo Sieb gave the win to SpVgg Greuther Fürth in the 56′ minute scoring a double. SpVgg Greuther Fürth was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (69%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer stadium in Fürth on Sunday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Robert Schröder with the assistance of Norbert Grudzinski and Jan Clemens Neitzel. The 4th official was Lars Erbst. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 9.65 degrees Celsius or 49.37 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 48%.​

Match Statistics​

SpVgg Greuther Fürth

2 - 1

Nürnberg

  • ! 69 Ball Possession 31
Shots
  • 19 Total 3
  • 9 On Target 2
  • 5 Off Target 1
  • 7 Shots blocked 1
  • 126 Attack 42
  • 80 Dangerous attack 14
  • 77 Ball safe 67
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 13 Corners 0
  • 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
  • 18 Total 11
  • 3 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 1
  • 0 Red Card 1
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

SpVgg Greuther Fürth was in firm control of the ball 69% while Nürnberg was struggling with a 31% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

SpVgg Greuther Fürth was more pushing with 80 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why SpVgg Greuther Fürth won the match​.

SpVgg Greuther Fürth shot 19 times, 9 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Nürnberg shot 3 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

SpVgg Greuther Fürth received 3 yellow cards (Damian Michalski, Simon Asta and Gideon Jung). On the opposite side, Nürnberg received 3 yellow cards (Erik Wekesser, Jannes Horn and Jens Castrop).

Match Timeline

8'
Sebastian Andersson(goal)
12'
J. Castrop- Yellow
A. Sieb(goal)
27'
31'
Jannes Horn- Yellow
G. Jung- Yellow
33'
34'
J. Castrop(yellowredcard)
46'
Johannes Geis- sub ->Can Uzun
Simon Asta- Yellow
53'
A. Sieb(goal)Branimir Hrgota
56'
66'
Kanji Okunuki- sub ->Benjamin Goller
Oussama Haddadi- sub ->Gian-Luca Itter
71'
72'
Lukas Schleimer- sub ->Sebastian Andersson
76'
E. Wekesser- Yellow
Marco Meyerhöfer- sub ->Simon Asta
79'
Dennis Srbeny- sub ->Armindo Sieb
79'
87'
Iván Márquez- sub ->Jannes Horn
88'
Joseph Hungbo- sub ->Erik Wekesser
Damian Michalski- Yellow
90'
Orestis Kiomourtzoglou- sub ->Tim Lemperle
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
St. Pauli
66
33
Holstein Kiel
65
33
Fortuna Düsseldorf
60
33
Hamburger SV
55
33
Karlsruher SC
52
33
Hannover 96
52
33
Paderborn
49
33
Hertha BSC
48
33
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
47
33
Schalke 04
43
33
Elversberg
43
33
Nürnberg
40
33
Magdeburg
38
33
Eintracht Braunschweig
38
33
Kaiserslautern
36
33
Wehen Wiesbaden
32
33
Hansa Rostock
31
33
Osnabrück
25
33

After this contest, SpVgg Greuther Fürth has 38 points to hold in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Nürnberg will stays with 30 points like Magdeburg to hold in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, SpVgg Greuther Fürth will play away against Karlsruher SC on the 2nd of March with a 12-8 head to head in favor of Karlsruher SC (6 draws).

Nürnberg will host Eintracht Braunschweig on the 2nd of March with a 6-5 head to head in favor of Nürnberg (4 draws).

SpVgg Greuther Fürth – Formation

SpVgg Greuther Fürth
G
J. Urbig 40.Germany
6.6
D
Damian Michalski 4.Poland
7.0
90'
D
G. Jung 23.Germany
7.1
33'
D
M. Dietz 33.Germany
7.1
M
Simon Asta 2.Germany
6.4
79' 53'
M
Branimir Hrgota 10.Sweden
7.5
M
R. Wagner 22.Germany
7.3
M
Luca Itter 27.Germany
6.7
71'
M
Julian Green 37.United States
7.7
F
Tim Lemperle 19.Germany
7.0
90'
F
A. Sieb 30.Germany
8.4
79' 27', 56'
Substitutes
G
N. Körber 1.Germany
D
Oussama Haddadi 5.Tunisia
6.4
71'
D
Marco Meyerhöfer 18.Germany
6.3
79'
D
K. Çalhanoğlu 21.Germany
M
Orestis Kiomourtzoglou 13.Germany
90'
M
Jomaine Consbruch 14.Germany
M
Lukas Petkov 16.Bulgaria
M
D. Pfaffenrot 34.Germany
F
Dennis Srbeny 7.Germany
7.0
79'

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: Jonas Urbig (6.6), Gideon Jung (7.1), Damian Michalski (7.0), Maximilian Dietz (7.1), Simon Asta (6.4), Robert Wagner (7.3), Julian Green (7.7), Gian-Luca Itter (6.7), Branimir Hrgota (7.5), Armindo Sieb (8.4) and Tim Lemperle (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Nils-Jonathan Körber, Oussama Haddadi (6.4), Dennis Srbeny (7.0), Orestis Kiomourtzoglou, Jomaine Consbruch, Lukas Petkov, Marco Meyerhofer (6.3), Kerim Çalhanoğlu and Denis Pfaffenrot.

Substitutions

SpVgg Greuther Fürth made 4 changes: Gian-Luca Itter for Oussama Haddadi (71′), Simon Asta for Marco Meyerhofer (79′), Armindo Sieb for Dennis Srbeny (79′) and Tim Lemperle for Orestis Kiomourtzoglou (90′).

Player of the match: Armindo Sieb​

The most impressive player for SpVgg Greuther Fürth was Armindo Sieb.

His rating is 8.4 with 2 goals, 16 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 6.

Nürnberg – Formation

Nürnberg
G
Carl Klaus 1.Germany
7.5
D
Enrico Valentini 22.Germany
6.7
D
N. Brown 27.Germany
7.3
D
Jannes Horn 38.Germany
6.8
87' 31'
D
F. Jeltsch 44.Germany
7.0
M
F. Flick 6.Germany
7.5
M
E. Wekesser 13.Germany
6.3
88' 76'
M
Benjamin Goller 14.Germany
6.8
66'
M
J. Castrop 17.Germany
5.8
12'
M
Can Uzun 42.Turkey
6.6
46'
F
Sebastian Andersson 20.Sweden
7.5
72' 8'
Substitutes
G
Christian Mathenia 26.Germany
D
Ahmet Gürleyen 3.Germany
D
Iván Márquez 15.Spain
6.8
87'
M
Johannes Geis 5.Germany
6.8
46'
M
Taylan Duman 8.Germany
F
Kanji Okunuki 11.Japan
6.6
66'
F
Joseph Hungbo 23.England
6.4
88'
F
Lukas Schleimer 36.Germany
6.6
72'
F
J. Kania 46.Germany

Nürnberg started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Cristian Ramon Fiél Casanova played with: Carl Klaus (7.5), Enrico Valentini (6.7), Finn Jeltsch (7.0), Jannes Horn (6.8), Nathaniel Brown (7.3), Florian Flick (7.5), Benjamin Goller (6.8), Jens Castrop (5.8), Can Uzun (6.6), Erik Wekesser (6.3) and Sebastian Andersson  (7.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Ahmet Gürleyen, Johannes Geis (6.8), Taylan Duman, Kanji Okunuki (6.6), Iván Márquez (6.8), Joseph Hungbo (6.4), Christian Mathenia, Lukas Schleimer (6.6) and Julian Kania.

Nürnberg could not rely on the presence of Iván Márquez (injured).

Substitutions

Nürnberg made 5 changes: Can Uzun for Johannes Geis (46′), Benjamin Goller for Kanji Okunuki (66′), Sebastian Andersson  for Lukas Schleimer (72′), Jannes Horn for Iván Márquez (87′) and Erik Wekesser for Joseph Hungbo (88′).

Player of the match: Carl Klaus​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Nürnberg was the goalkeeper: Carl Klaus. His rating is 7.45. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

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