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FC Koln v FC Nurnberg : Bundesliga 2 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 15th Dec, 12:30 BST, RheinEnergieStadion, Köln

the RheinEnergieStadion plays host on Sunday lunch time, as Gerhard Struber's FC Koln are visited by Miroslav Klose's FC Nurnberg in the Bundesliga 2. The predictions for all the markets are based on the past 20 games each side has played (at home, away or overall) with extra weighting given to top teams. All the statistics and graphics are tailored for the selected market. Head-to-head statistics between the team are also given if there are are enough previous meetings. Odds are provided directly from from leading bookmakers.

Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

As loyal fans of Nurnberg get ready for this clash, they certainly have reason to expect an exciting match. After analysing the relevant stats and past head-to-head (H2H) fixture history, it looks as though over 2.5 goals will be a worthy bet, as both clubs know they have goals in them and either could ultimately get the win. The prediction and odds are aligned: over 2.5 goals is the bet to go for.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Köln are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 49% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.62.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Köln 50%	8/13 3%	3/5 2%
Draw 22%	3/1 3%	14/5 5%
Nurnberg 28%	4/1 5%	17/5 5%
Draw 1-1 10%	7/1 7%	13/2 6%
Köln 2-1 9%	15/2	13/2
Nurnberg 2-1 7%	16/1 13%	11/1
Köln 1-0 7%	17/2	7/1 6%
Draw 2-2 7%	12/1	11/1
Köln 2-0 7%	17/2	15/2
Köln 3-1 6%	11/1	9/1
Nurnberg 1-0 5%	18/1 12%	12/1
Köln 3-2 4%	20/1	14/1
Köln 3-0 4%	12/1	10/1
Nurnberg 2-0 3%	28/1	18/1
Draw 0-0 3%	14/1	11/1 8%
Nurnberg 3-1 3%	33/1	22/1
Nurnberg 3-2 3%	33/1	22/1
Köln 4-1 3%	20/1	16/1 13%
Over 2.5 Goals 66%	4/7	8/15 3%
Under 2.5 Goals 34%	27/20	5/4 5%
Home 1st Goal 52%	4/9	-
Away 1st Goal 46%	15/8 5%	-
No 1st Goal 2%	14/1	-
BTTS - Yes 65%	8/13 3%	8/13 1%
BTTS - No 35%	6/5 2%	23/20 2%
BTTS - Home Win 29%	2/1 3%	19/10 4%
BTTS - Draw 19%	15/4	19/5 4%
BTTS - Away Win 17%	7/1 7%	6/1
Home/draw 72%	1/6 1%	2/11
Away/draw 50%	5/4 5%	6/5 2%
Home/away 78%	2/9 2%	2/9 2%
Over 1.5 Goals 85%	1/6	1/6 3%
Under 1.5 Goals 15%	4/1	16/5 7%
Over 3.5 Goals 44%	11/8	13/10 5%
Under 3.5 Goals 56%	8/15	1/2 3%
Over 4.5 Goals 25%	10/3	14/5 6%
Under 4.5 Goals 75%	1/5	1/5 2%
Over 5.5 Goals 13%	7/1	6/1 8%
Under 5.5 Goals 87%	1/12	1/16 1%
Over 0.5 Goals 97%	1/33	1/150 1%
Under 0.5 Goals 3%	14/1	10/1 8%
Home DNB 65%	1/4 3%	1/4
Away DNB 43%	11/4 7%	5/2
Köln win to nil 21%	9/4 4%	-
Nurnberg win to nil 11%	9/1	-
Köln / Köln 32%	6/4 4%	29/20 2%
Köln / Nurnberg 3%	33/1	25/1
Köln / Draw 6%	14/1 15%	12/1
Draw / Köln 18%	15/4	17/5 2%
Draw / Nurnberg 8%	9/1	17/2
Draw / Draw 13%	11/2	5/1 8%
Nurnberg / Köln 4%	18/1	16/1 13%
Nurnberg / Nurnberg 10%	7/1 7%	13/2 7%
Nurnberg / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1

Win / draw / win Bundesliga 2 table

Köln have played 15 matches so far this season and lay in 6th place in the Bundesliga 2 league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 11 games against teams below in the table, having won 7, drawn 1 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 6 clean sheets and have scored in every game. They have been outscored by their opponents by 29 goals to 28 goals.

Home League Performance

Köln have played 8 games at home winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 3 games. They have scored 17 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 12 goals at home.

Nurnberg are in 12th position in the Bundesliga 2 on 19 points having played 15 matches so far this season. Nurnberg are winless in the 10 games they have played against teams above them in the table and have conceded in 9 of those games.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 13 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 13 goals in total and failed to score in 1 fixture.

Performance against teams above them in the league

10 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 4 and won zero. Nurnberg have conceded 20 goals, scored 9, failed to score in 4 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Köln Nurnberg
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Paderborn	15	7	6	2	6	27	l 1-2F	Mar 29	Apr 19	l 3-2A
2	Kaiserslautern	15	7	5	3	8	26	May 18	Dec 22	d 0-00-0	Apr 12
3	Hannover	15	8	2	5	6	26	d 2-2A	Apr 26	Mar 1	l 2-0A
4	Elversberg	15	7	4	4	9	25	Jan 25	d 2-2F	May 3	l 2-1F
5	Dusseldorf	15	7	4	4	8	25	Feb 22	d 2-2F	d 2-2F	Apr 26
6	Köln Home	15	7	4	4	6	25	-	-	May 10	Dec 15
7	Hamburg	15	6	6	3	11	24	l 1-2A	Jan 18	Apr 5	d 1-1A
8	Magdeburg	15	6	6	3	3	24	l 1-2F	Feb 15	l 0-4A	Feb 8
9	Karlsruher	15	6	5	4	0	23	d 4-4F	Mar 1	Jan 19	l 3-2F
10	Darmstadt	15	5	6	4	4	21	Mar 15	l 5-1A	Feb 1	d 1-1A
11	H.Berlin	15	6	3	6	1	21	Apr 5	w 0-1F	l 0-2A	Feb 22
12	Nurnberg Away	15	5	4	6	2	19	Dec 15	May 10	-	-
13	Greuther	15	4	5	6	-5	17	w 1-0F	Apr 12	Mar 15	w 0-4F
14	Schalke	15	4	4	7	-4	16	Feb 8	w 1-3F	w 3-1A	Jan 25
15	E. Braun	15	3	4	8	-16	13	w 5-0F	Feb 1	Dec 21	May 18
16	Ulm	15	2	6	7	-4	12	w 2-0F	Mar 8	Feb 15	w 1-2A
17	Preussen Munster	15	2	6	7	-6	12	Apr 19	w 0-1F	w 3-2F	Mar 8
18	Regensburg	15	2	2	11	-29	8	May 3	w 0-1F	w 8-3F	Mar 29

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Win / draw / win form

Köln have not lost in 5 consecutive league games

Nurnberg have not won in 5 consecutive league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Köln	2 - 2	Hannover
Köln	1 - 0	Greuther
Köln	1 - 2	Paderborn
Köln	2 - 0	Ulm
Köln	4 - 4	Karlsruher
Köln	1 - 2	Magdeburg
Köln	5 - 0	E. Braun
Köln	1 - 2	Hamburg
Köln	3 - 2	Union Berlin
Köln	0 - 0	Freiburg
Köln	0 - 2	Darmstadt
Köln	2 - 1	VfL Bochum
Köln	1 - 5	RB Leipzig
Köln	0 - 2	Leverkusen
Köln	0 - 1	W.Bremen
Köln	2 - 0	E.Frankfurt
Köln	0 - 4	Dortmund
Köln	1 - 1	Heidenheim
Köln	0 - 0	Mainz
Köln	0 - 1	Bayern

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Köln	1 - 0	Regensburg
H	Köln	2 - 2	Hannover
A	Köln	1 - 0	Preussen Munster
H	Köln	1 - 0	Greuther
A	Köln	1 - 0	H.Berlin
H	Köln	1 - 2	Paderborn
A	Köln	1 - 5	Darmstadt
H	Köln	2 - 0	Ulm
H	Köln	4 - 4	Karlsruher
A	Köln	2 - 2	Dusseldorf
H	Köln	1 - 2	Magdeburg
A	Köln	3 - 1	Schalke
H	Köln	5 - 0	E. Braun
A	Köln	2 - 2	Elversberg
H	Köln	1 - 2	Hamburg
A	Köln	1 - 4	Heidenheim
H	Köln	3 - 2	Union Berlin
H	Köln	0 - 0	Freiburg
A	Köln	1 - 1	Mainz
H	Köln	0 - 2	Darmstadt

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Elversberg	2 - 1	Nurnberg
Paderborn	3 - 2	Nurnberg
Hamburg	1 - 1	Nurnberg
Greuther	0 - 4	Nurnberg
Hannover	2 - 0	Nurnberg
Ulm	1 - 2	Nurnberg
Darmstadt	1 - 1	Nurnberg
Karlsruher	3 - 2	Nurnberg
Hamburg	4 - 1	Nurnberg
Dusseldorf	3 - 1	Nurnberg
Schalke	2 - 0	Nurnberg
H.Berlin	3 - 3	Nurnberg
Magdeburg	0 - 1	Nurnberg
Greuther	2 - 1	Nurnberg
Wiesbaden	1 - 1	Nurnberg
Hannover	3 - 0	Nurnberg
Elversberg	0 - 1	Nurnberg
Karlsruher	4 - 1	Nurnberg
Paderborn	1 - 3	Nurnberg
Holstein	0 - 2	Nurnberg

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Nurnberg	1 - 2	Elversberg
H	Nurnberg	2 - 2	Dusseldorf
A	Nurnberg	2 - 3	Paderborn
H	Nurnberg	0 - 0	Kaiserslautern
A	Nurnberg	1 - 1	Hamburg
H	Nurnberg	8 - 3	Regensburg
A	Nurnberg	4 - 0	Greuther
H	Nurnberg	3 - 2	Preussen Munster
A	Nurnberg	0 - 2	Hannover
H	Nurnberg	0 - 2	H.Berlin
A	Nurnberg	2 - 1	Ulm
H	Nurnberg	0 - 4	Magdeburg
A	Nurnberg	1 - 1	Darmstadt
H	Nurnberg	3 - 1	Schalke
A	Nurnberg	2 - 3	Karlsruher
A	Nurnberg	1 - 4	Hamburg
H	Nurnberg	3 - 0	Elversberg
A	Nurnberg	1 - 3	Dusseldorf
H	Nurnberg	0 - 1	Karlsruher
H	Nurnberg	0 - 2	Paderborn

Goal Statistics

FC Nurnberg have been dreadful at the back of late, conceding 2 or more goals in 3 consecutive Bundesliga 2 outings. This run could continue, with FC Koln's PG an impressive 2.0.

	Köln 6th	Nurnberg 12th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	2.0 goals	1.4 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 14% 1 28% 2 27% 3 18% 4+ 13% There is a 86% probability that Köln will score 1 or more goals	0 24% 1 34% 2 24% 3 12% 4+ There is a 76% probability that Nurnberg will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-24 Köln have scored 24% fewer goals at home than predicted	+11 Nurnberg have scored 11% more goals when away than predicted
	1.3 average goals scored	1.4 average goals scored
	1.6 conceded	1.8 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Bundesliga 2 - 2024/2025 season

21%

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KOE

NUR

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Games scored	15		11
Failed to score	0		4
Scored first	12		6
Goals scored	28		29
Avg. goals scored	1.9		1.9
Avg. shots per game	13		10
Avg. shots per goal	7		5
Conversion rate for	15		19
Avg. XG for	2.1		1.5
KickOff rating		+21%

24%

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KOE

NUR

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Games conceded	9		13
Clean sheets	6		2
Conceded first	3		8
Goals conceded	22		27
Avg. goals conceded	1.5		1.8
Avg. shots/game conceded	7		12
Avg. shots/goal conceded	5		7
Conversion rate against	20%		15%
Avg. XG against	1.1		1.6
KickOff rating		+24%

Köln v Nurnberg Bundesliga 2 lLine ups will show here when available.

Köln Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
15	8	6	4
L Paqarada	T Lemperle	L Paqarada	E Martel

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
L Paqarada DEF	15		6	3 -
T Lemperle MID	15	8	4	2 -
D Huseinbašić MID	15	1	1	1 -
E Martel MID	15	1		4 -
L Maina FWD	15	3	6	1 -
J. Pauli DEF	14			2 -
T Hübers DEF	14	3		2 -
L Waldschmidt FWD	14	3		3 -
D Downs FWD	14	6	1	1 -
J Thielmann DEF	13	1	1	3 -
D Heintz DEF	12		1	4 -
D Ljubicic MID	11	2	3	2 -
J Urbig GLK	10			-
M Olesen MID	8			-
F Kainz MID	8		2	1 -
S Tigges FWD	7			-
S Adamyan FWD	6			-
M Schwäbe GLK	5			1 -
R Carstensen DEF	3			1 -
M Finkgräfe DEF	3			1 -
M Obuz FWD	3			-
M Uth FWD	3			-
F Dietz FWD	3			-
E Bakatukanda DEF	1			1 -
J. Potočnik FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	22	6	25
T Lemperle	T Lemperle	L Paqarada	L Maina

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
T Lemperle MID	8	22	4	18
D Downs FWD	6	14	1	3
T Hübers DEF	3	5		8
L Maina FWD	3	11	6	25
L Waldschmidt FWD	3	12		7
D Ljubicic MID	2	7	3	11
D Huseinbašić MID	1	4	1	7
E Martel MID	1	7		10
J Thielmann DEF	1	1	1	9
L Paqarada DEF		1	6	24
R Carstensen DEF				1
S Adamyan FWD				4
S Tigges FWD		2
F Kainz MID		1	2	4
M Olesen MID		1		1
D Heintz DEF		1	1	4
J. Pauli DEF				1
J. Potočnik FWD				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
941	41	104
T Hübers	E Martel	E Martel

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
T Hübers DEF	941	18	86
D Huseinbašić MID	924	34	73
L Paqarada DEF	848	26	58
E Martel MID	758	41	104
J. Pauli DEF	728	22	47
L Maina FWD	553	5	26
D Heintz DEF	493	11	37
J Thielmann DEF	380	9	33
D Ljubicic MID	364	15	33
T Lemperle MID	315	15	52
J Urbig GLK	288		7
L Waldschmidt FWD	225	6	23
M Schwäbe GLK	158		1
F Kainz MID	108	1	6
M Olesen MID	101	4	11
D Downs FWD	95	4	28
R Carstensen DEF	63		7
M Finkgräfe DEF	41	2	4
S Adamyan FWD	39	3	12
S Tigges FWD	30	1	18
M Obuz FWD	13	1	2
M Uth FWD	12	1	3
F Dietz FWD	6	1	3
E Bakatukanda DEF	6	1	2
J. Potočnik FWD	5

Nurnberg Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
15	7	6	6
J Reichert	S Tzimas	J Justvan	J Castrop

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Reichert GLK	15			-
R Knoche DEF	15		1	-
D Soares DEF	15	1	2	2 -
O Karafiat DEF	14	1		1 -
C. Jander MID	14	2	3	4 1
L Schleimer FWD	14	3	1	-
F. Jeltsch DEF	13	1	1	3 -
J Justvan MID	13	3	6	1 -
J Castrop MID	13	2	1	6 -
O Villadsen DEF	12		1	1 -
S Tzimas FWD	12	7	1	2 1
R. Lubach MID	11	1		-
M Emreli FWD	10	3	1	4 -
F Flick MID	9			3 -
B. Yilmaz DEF	7			1 -
F Pick MID	7	1	1	-
B Goller FWD	7			-
T Duman MID	5	1		1 -
K Okunuki FWD	5	1	1	2 -
N. Seidel DEF	4			-
J Hofmann DEF	3			-
T. Janisch FWD	3			-
D. Forkel FWD	3			-
J Serra FWD	3			1 -
E Valentini DEF	2		1	-
M Ševčík MID	2	1		1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	25	6	21
S Tzimas	S Tzimas	J Justvan	J Justvan

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
S Tzimas FWD	7	25	1	4
L Schleimer FWD	3	7	1	6
M Emreli FWD	3	15	1	7
J Justvan MID	3	9	6	21
C. Jander MID	2	3	3	10
J Castrop MID	2	6	1	8
M Ševčík MID	1	1
T Duman MID	1	3		1
F Pick MID	1	3	1	3
R. Lubach MID	1	3		2
K Okunuki FWD	1	1	1
F. Jeltsch DEF	1	6	1	2
O Karafiat DEF	1	2		3
D Soares DEF	1	1	2	9
D. Forkel FWD		2		1
E Valentini DEF			1	2
B Goller FWD				3
B. Yilmaz DEF				2
R Knoche DEF		3	1	1
O Villadsen DEF		1	1	9
F Flick MID				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
930	45	94
R Knoche	C. Jander	C. Jander

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
R Knoche DEF	930	20	60
C. Jander MID	603	45	94
F. Jeltsch DEF	561	26	65
O Karafiat DEF	533	22	38
D Soares DEF	520	36	63
J Reichert GLK	474	1	9
J Castrop MID	459	29	63
O Villadsen DEF	425	21	51
J Justvan MID	375	12	53
F Flick MID	302	14	27
M Emreli FWD	174	6	26
R. Lubach MID	139	12	20
N. Seidel DEF	135	3	18
L Schleimer FWD	123	6	36
S Tzimas FWD	115	9	54
F Pick MID	98	4	17
J Hofmann DEF	80	4	13
B. Yilmaz DEF	72	1	10
E Valentini DEF	40	3	7
B Goller FWD	40	3	9
K Okunuki FWD	34	2	11
T Duman MID	30	1	6
M Ševčík MID	19	2	2
T. Janisch FWD	18	2	4
D. Forkel FWD	17	5	8
J Serra FWD	10	1	3

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FC Koln v FC Nurnberg : Bundesliga 2 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Köln have played 15 matches so far this season and lay in 6th place in the Bundesliga 2 league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Nurnberg are in 12th position in the Bundesliga 2 on 19 points having played 15 matches so far this season. Nurnberg are winless in the 10 games they have played against teams above them in the table and have conceded in 9 of those games.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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