Will the club remain unbeaten?
As the only one of the 18 second division clubs, 1. FC Nürnberg is still unbeaten after six matchdays of the 2021/22 season. Nevertheless, the team from central Franconia is only in sixth place in the table. With four draws, only two of the six league games have been won
Two wins are also on the record for promoted Hansa Rostock. However, the Kogge already has three defeats on the debit side and can therefore only be found in the lower third of the table. Against this background, the bookmakers’ odds in the run-up to the match between Nuremberg and Rostock are also in favour of the club.
The fact that the Ostseestädter basically have what it takes to re-establish themselves in the second division after their promotion was evident in their two wins in Hannover (3:0) and most recently on Sunday against Darmstadt (2:1). With a view to the many draws of the Central Franconians, it is correspondingly difficult to give a tip on the outcome of the match between Nuremberg and Rostock.
Therefore, we would prefer to bet on a maximum of two goals being scored in this match. After all, the club has the second-best defence in the 2nd division. But whether the Red and Whites will be able to compete at the top of the table is the subject of our 2. Bundesliga promotion forecast.
Germany Nürnberg – Statistics & current form
1. FC Nürnberg are nine-time German champions and four-time DFB Pokal winners. In the 1960s, the Central Franconians also reached the quarter-finals of the European Champion Clubs’ Cup and the semi-finals of the European Cup Winners’ Cup.
Nevertheless, the traditional club only played in the 2nd Bundesliga in six of the last seven years and was only able to avoid falling into the 3rd league in the relegation in the summer of 2020, literally at the last second.
The only second-division team still completely unbeaten
After an overall solid transition year under Robert Klauß, which saw the club finish in eleventh place, the aim this year is to look back up a bit.
It is still unclear how the start of the season should be assessed.
While the Franconians entered the second round of the cup with a 1-0 win in Ulm, they are the only second-division team still unbeaten. However, with four draws already, the club still has “only” ten points out of a possible 18which puts them sixth in the table going into matchday seven.
The second best defence in the 2. Bundesliga
At any rate, it is clear that Mittelfranken must defeat a promoted team like Hansa Rostock, who have lost half of all their league games so far, if the top third of the table is to be further consolidated.
The key to success could still lie in the stable defence, which has only conceded five goals. The fact that Pascal Köpke, one of the strikers, is missing due to injury and Manuel Schäffler is serving a suspension after being sent off could also ensure that not too much happens in the forward play. Accordingly, the value for Nuremberg vs. Rostock is under 2.5 goals.
Predicted line-up of Nürnberg:
Mathenia – Handwerker – Sörensen – Schindler – Valentini – Tempelmann – Geis – Krauß – Möller-Daehli – Dovedan – Shuranov
Last matches played by Nürnberg:
Germany Rostock – Statistics & current form
Fc Hansa Rostock were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga this summer after nine consecutive years of belonging to the 3. Liga in Jens Härtel’s fourth year in charge. The last time the Kogge were promoted was in 2011, but they immediately dropped down to the bottom of the table.
Now, the first step towards re-establishing the four-time GDR champions in Germany’s second-highest division is to stay in the league. With seven points from the first six games, the Baltic city team is already on the right track.
New defensive order after the international break
Half of the six league games so far have been lost, however, which is primarily due to a defence that is too full of holes and has yet to adapt to the 2nd division. However, after two defeats in a row before the international break, each with three goals conceded, Jens Härtel’s changes bore fruit in the two-week preparation period for Darmstadt.
Although the team from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern had an extremely offensively strong opponent as guests, a 2-1 victory was recorded in the end. With renewed self-confidence, the Kogge will now embark on the long journey to Mittelfranken.
For 18 years without a win in Nuremberg
However, Hansa will be up against an opponent against whom none of the last seven compulsory games could be won Consequently, in the run-up to the match between Nuremberg and Rostock, the odds are in favour of Jens Härtel’s side.
Predicted Rostock line-up:
Kolke – Meier – Roßbach – Meißner – Rizzuto – Behrens – Fröde – Omladic – Baxter Bahn – Mamba – Verhoek
Last matches played by Rostock:
Nuremberg – Rostock Direct comparison / H2H-Balance
Head to head: 7 – 5 – 6
The two teams have faced each other a total of 18 times so far and the record actually looks quite even. At least in the recent past, however, this duel has clearly been in the hands of the Central Franconians, who have not lost any of their last seven competitive games against the Kogge (five wins, two draws).
United Kingdom Nürnberg – Rostock United Kingdom Tip
When it comes to Nürnberg against Rostock, predicting the outcome of the match is not exactly easy. It is true that the club brings a lot of momentum as the only unbeaten second division team. However, in four of their six league games, the team from central Franconia has not managed to get beyond a draw The risk that the draw will throw a spanner in the works of a three-way bet is correspondingly high in this duel as well.
Betting on a low-scoring match is much more sustainable. After all, the club has the second-best defence in the 2nd Bundesliga, but also has to compensate for absences in attack. In addition, the Kogge presented themselves much more stable after the international break.
