Match Report
10 points and 14 places separated them: Nürnberg II 15th with 7, Buchbach 1st with 17. Recent form flatters Nürnberg II's table spot — 9th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 15th. Scoring rates set the scale: Nürnberg II 1.83 scored and 1.83 conceded per game, Buchbach 2.43 and 0.86, with the league averaging 1.58.
Buchbach carried a 7-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 8 consecutive games. Over the last five, Nürnberg II had taken 5 of 15 points to Buchbach's 11.
10 meetings are on record — 5 won by Nürnberg II, 3 by Buchbach, 2 drawn, at 4.1 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 40% of the wins in this matchup. 80% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 80%.
The match was played at Max-Morlock-Stadion (capacity 50,000). With 9 matches recorded and 0.9 yellow cards per game, P. Krettek was the man in the middle. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 0-2.
Goal scorers
Buchbach: Dzemaili Faton (90'), Tobias Stoßberger (90')