Expert analysis

Nurnberg Attack Faces Leaky Karlsruher Defense

Nurnberg have averaged three goals scored in their away fixtures this season while keeping their recent form strong with four wins from five. Karlsruher have allowed 2.2 goals per game on average and shown defensive issues in their mixed results. Previous encounters between the two clubs have delivered over 2.5 goals in eight of the last ten meetings. Nurnberg maintain a high scoring output even on the road with no failed attacks in recent matches. Karlsruher’s home form includes several low output games but their opponents have consistently found the net. The combination of Nurnberg’s forward momentum and Karlsruher’s backline exposure points toward an open game with multiple goals.

Analysis by AcePredictor 68% win rate

Result

0–1 MISSED

Our pick “Over 3.5 Goals” at odds 1.73 didn’t land — final score 0–1.

Match timeline

First half
Marcel Franke 21'
Mohamed Alì Zoma assist Javier Fernández 30'
Deniz Ofli 38'
Sandro Tremoulet ↓ Lilian Egloff 45'
Jason Ponente-Ramirez ↓ Louey Ben Farhat 45'
Second half
Adam Markhiev 67'
Rafael Lubach ↓ Finn Ole Becker 70'
William Bøving ↓ Julian Justvan 70'
Héliton ↓ Christoph Kobald 71'
Noel Eichinger ↓ Viktor Bergh 71'
Noel Eichinger 72'
Kristian Mandic ↓ Fynn Otto 79'
Santeri Väänänen ↓ Danyal Hakan Zor 86'
Sigurd Haugen ↓ Piet Scobel 90'
Rayan Ghrieb ↓ Mohamed Alì Zoma 90'

This season

	Karlsruher SC	1. FC Nürnberg
Over 2.5 goals	80%	100%
Clean sheet	20%	20%
Failed to score	40%	0%
Scored per game	1.2	3.0
Conceded per game	2.2	1.2
Scored home / away	1.3 / 1.0	3.0 / 3.0

Across 5 and 5 matches played this season.

League table position

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	HER Hertha BSC	5	5	0	0	15
2	FCN 1. FC Nürnberg ▲	5	4	1	0	13
3	FCH 1. FC Heidenheim	5	4	0	1	12
4	FCM 1. FC Magdeburg	5	3	0	2	9
5	VFL VfL Wolfsburg	5	2	2	1	8
6	FCK 1. FC Kaiserslautern	5	2	2	1	8
7	ENE Energie Cottbus	5	2	1	2	7
8	VFL VfL Bochum	5	2	1	2	7
9	FCS FC St. Pauli	5	1	3	1	6
10	VFL VfL Osnabrück	5	2	0	3	6
11	SPV SpVgg Greuther Fürth	5	1	2	2	5
12	KAR Karlsruher SC ▲	5	1	2	2	5
13	EIN Eintracht Braunschweig	5	1	1	3	4

Recent form · last 5 finished matches

Karlsruher SC DWLDL

D @ 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0–0 Aug 15

W @ Preußen Münster 2–1 Aug 21

L vs VfL Wolfsburg 2–5 Aug 29

D @ Hannover 96 2–2 Sep 4

L vs Energie Cottbus 0–3 Sep 13

1. FC Nürnberg WDWDW

W @ SpVgg Greuther Fürth 4–2 Aug 15

D @ FC Viktoria Köln 1–1 Aug 22

W vs Arminia Bielefeld 4–1 Aug 29

D @ Holstein Kiel 2–2 Sep 5

W vs Hannover 96 2–1 Sep 11

Goals trend · last 5 matches

Karlsruher SC

Scored 1.2 avg

0 2 2 2 0

Conceded 2.2 avg

0 1 5 2 3

1. FC Nürnberg

Scored 2.6 avg

4 1 4 2 2

Conceded 1.4 avg

2 1 1 2 1

Head-to-head · last meetings

7 Karlsruher SC

1 Draws

2 1. FC Nürnberg

Feb 2026 1. FC Nürnberg 5–1 Karlsruher SC 1. FC Nürnberg

Sep 2025 Karlsruher SC 2–1 1. FC Nürnberg Karlsruher SC

Jan 2025 1. FC Nürnberg 2–1 Karlsruher SC 1. FC Nürnberg

Aug 2024 Karlsruher SC 3–2 1. FC Nürnberg Karlsruher SC

Apr 2024 FC Nurnberg 0–1 Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC

Over 2.5 goals in 8 of the last 10 meetings.

Confirmed lineups

Karlsruher SC 4-4-2

1 H. Bernat G
33 V. Bergh D
28 M. Franke D
22 C. Kobald D
3 D. Ofli D
36 Rafael Pinto Pedrosa M
25 L. Egloff M
26 D. H. Zor M
10 M. Wanitzek M
13 S. Fukuda F
19 Louey Ben Farhat F

Bench R. Himmelmann, N. Eichinger, T. Civeja, J. D. Meyer, J. Ponente, Paul Scholl, S. Trémoulet, S. Väänänen, Héliton

M. Senft

1. FC Nürnberg 4-2-3-1

1 J. Reichert G
32 T. Janisch D
4 A. Kalogeropoulos D
20 F. Otto D
41 E. Porstner D
6 A. Marhiev M
8 J. Fernandez M
10 J. Justvan M
22 F. Becker M
23 M. Zoma M
19 P. Scobel F

Bench W. Bøving, andrea ceresoli, R. Ghrieb, S. Haugen, Robin Lisewski, Rafael Lubach, K. Mandic, Marko Soldic, T. Hess

M. Klose