“Noel Futkeu opened the scoring for Nürnberg just 13 minutes in, converting to give the visitors an early advantage and setting the tone for what looked like it could be a controlled away win.”
Pivotal“Fabio Gruber equalised right on the stroke of half-time to completely reset the contest, denying Nürnberg the psychological advantage of a half-time lead and rewarding Fürth's persistence despite the statistics.”
Pivotal“Substitute Doni Arifi collected a yellow card in stoppage time for a foul, summing up a frustrated second half in which neither side could find a winner despite a flurry of late changes.”
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
Nürnberg
Outstanding performance
Nürnberg•DefenderNürnberg arrived at the Sportpark Ronhof with the superior ball and used it — 58% possession and 404 passes to Fürth's 289 — yet it was a spell of early clinical finishing rather than sustained dominance that gave them their lead. Noel Futkeu struck in the 13th minute to put the visitors ahead, but Fürth responded almost immediately before half-time, with Fabio Gruber levelling on 45 minutes to ensure parity at the break. The hosts were the more wasteful side, squandering four big chances from five created compared to Nürnberg's clean record on their one big chance, and that profligacy ultimately cost them a potential victory. The second half brought five yellow cards and a flurry of substitutions but little in the way of genuine quality, leaving both sides to settle for a point that does neither much good in the context of their respective campaigns.
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Tom Baack is substituted for Finn Ole Becker.
Marko Soldic comes on for Javier Fernandez.
Jomaine Consbruch is on, and Branimir Hrgota is off.
Sayfallah Ltaief replaces Paul Will.
Finn Ole Becker's left-footed shot is saved.
Julian Justvan takes a right-footed shot, but it's saved.
Berkay Yilmaz takes a right-footed shot, but it's blocked.
Felix Klaus takes a right-footed shot, but it's blocked.
Dennis Srbeny takes a right-footed shot, but it's saved.
Dennis Srbeny is on, and Jannik Dehm is off.
Javier FernandezYellow CardJavier Fernandez receives a yellow card.
Rabby Inzingoula comes on for Rafael Lubach.
Rafael Lubach takes a shot with his right foot but misses.
Berkay Yilmaz takes a left-footed shot, but it's saved.
Julian Justvan takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Felix Klaus takes a right-footed shot, but it's saved.
Felix Klaus takes a right-footed shot, but it's saved.
Felix Klaus takes a right-footed shot, but it's saved.
Luka Lochoshvili's header is saved.
Doni Arifi comes on for Felix Higl.
Piet Scobel is on, and Adriano Grimaldi is off.
Julian Justvan takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Finn Ole Becker takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Julian Justvan takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Rafael Lubach's right-footed shot is blocked.
Luka Lochoshvili takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Fabio GruberFabio Gruber scores with a right-footed shot.
Luka Lochoshvili's left-footed shot is saved.
The first half ends with a score of 1-1.
Julian Justvan takes a left-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Javier Fernandez takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Noel Futkeu takes a left-footed shot, but it's saved.
Phillip Ziereis takes a shot with his head, but it's saved.
Noel Futkeu takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Felix Klaus takes a left-footed shot, but it's blocked.
Fabio Gruber's left-footed shot is blocked.
Fabio Gruber's left-footed shot is blocked.
Branimir Hrgota takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Noel FutkeuNoel Futkeu scores with a right-footed shot.
Luka Lochoshvili's left-footed shot is blocked.
Felix Higl takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Jan Elvedi takes a shot, but it's blocked.
