Our prediction for this Bundesliga 2 match:
All eyes will be on Max-Morlock-Stadion when Nurnberg and Hannover square off against each other in a highly-anticipated 2. Bundesliga game. Nurnberg aim to recover from the Matchday 1 loss to Hansa Rostock and we are positive that the hosts will fight tooth and nail in the first home game of the campaign. Ivan Marquez has joined the likes of Jannik Hofmann, Florian Flick, and Erik Wekesser in the treatment room, with Florian Hubner likely to replace the Spaniard in the starting XI.
Die Roten, on the other hand, showed character in a come-from-behind draw (2-2) with Elversberg. Considering that both sides are eager to register their first triumph of the season, we are tempted to put our money on both teams to score. Both Havar Nielsen and Sei Muroya are out of contention through injuries, but there are no suspended players in the visiting team.
Highlighted Player (Ron-Robert Zieler):
Ron-Robert Zieler is a 188-cm-tall goalkeeper who plays for FC Koln as a goalkeeper. Zieler was born in Koln, Germany on February 12, 1989 and he began his career at his home-town club Viktoria Koln. German shoot-stopper moved to the youth team of FC Koln in 1999 and six years later he was spotted by Manchester United scouts.
In 2005 Ron-Robert Zieler signed for the famous Premier League club and it has to be noted that he made 22 appearances for Man Utd U18 team. He made his first team debut for the Red Devils in a League Cup win over Middlesbrough on September 23, 2008. Zieler moved to Germany in 2010, signing a two-year deal with Hannover 96. However, he spent six years at the club (2010-2016), making 185 appearances in the league for die Roten and in the summer of 2016 he returned to England.
The German goalkeeper signed a deal with Leicester City, but, after playing only nine games in the Premier League for the Foxes he moved to VfB Stuttgart on July 11, 2017.
Highlighted Team (Nurnberg):
FC Nurnberg are a German club which was founded back in May, 1900. Der Ruhmreiche play their home games at Max-Morlock-Stadion, which was both built and opened in 1928. The stadium can hold up to 50,000 spectators, but it has to be noted that the capacity of the venue is 44,308 for international matches.
Nurnberg were the dominant force in German football in 1920s, with the team clinching five trophies during that period (1919/1920, 1920/1921, 1923/1924, 1924/1925, 1926/1927).
The Ruhmreiche won the national championships in 1936, 1948, 1960 and 1968 as well, with the team finishing the season as runners-up on three occasions (1934, 1937, 1962). Speaking of the club’s recent history, Nurnberg did well to win the German Cup in 2007, with the team beating Stuttgart in the title game. Speaking of the club’s European success, it has to be noted that the Bavarians played in the European Cup quarter-finals in 1962. Schalke are considered one of the club’s main rivals.