VfB Stuttgart vs 1. FC Nurnberg, Bundesliga 2018-19 REGULAR SEASON
-
Overview
Match Preview
VfB Stuttgart vs 1. FC Nurnberg — Bundesliga at Mercedes-Benz Arena.
- VfB Stuttgart 34 games · 62 pts (2025/26)
- 1. FC Nurnberg 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Harm Osmers
- Referee Aarne Aarnink
- Referee Norbert Grudzinski
- Referee Frank Willenborg
- Referee Holger Henschel
21 games this season 🟨 0.8/game ⚽ 5.0 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 FC Bayern Munchen 34 89 2 Borussia Dortmund 34 73 3 RB Leipzig 34 65 4 VfB Stuttgart 34 62 5 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 34 61 6 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 34 59 7 SC Freiburg 34 47 8 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 44 9 FC Augsburg 34 43 10 1. FSV Mainz 05 34 40 11 1. FC Union Berlin 34 39 12 Borussia Monchengladbach 34 38 13 Hamburger SV 34 38 14 1. FC Koln 34 32 15 SV Werder Bremen 34 32 16 VfL Wolfsburg 34 29 17 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 34 26 18 FC St. Pauli 1910 34 26 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 06 Apr 1. FC Nurnberg H 1–1 D 31 Mar Eintracht Frankfurt A 0–3 L 16 Mar TSG 1899 Hoffenheim H 1–1 D 09 Mar Borussia Dortmund A 1–3 L 03 Mar Hannover 96 H 5–1 W 22 Feb SV Werder Bremen A 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 06 Apr VfB Stuttgart A 1–1 D 30 Mar FC Augsburg H 3–0 W 17 Mar Eintracht Frankfurt A 0–1 L 10 Mar TSG 1899 Hoffenheim A 1–2 L 02 Mar RB Leipzig H 0–1 L 23 Feb TSV Fortuna 95 Dusseldorf A 1–2 L Key Stats
33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (9 games)33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history32% Clean Sheets
VfB Stuttgart this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
VfB Stuttgart0-152/216-303/231-453/346-602/261-752/176+3/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at Mercedes-Benz Arena. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' 1. FC Nurnberg is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 10' VfB Stuttgart is showing some good football. However, VfB Stuttgart are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 15' It looks surprising VfB Stuttgart does not make any changes. Emiliano Insua has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 20' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 20 minutes.
- 25' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 26' The supporters are chanting for Yuya Kubo. He replaces Sebastian Kerk on 26 minute.
- 31' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering VfB Stuttgart that had 426 games and scored 330 goals.
- 36' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 41' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 42' Goal! Matheus Pereira scores his 30 goal in 292 matches.
- 46' Time for substitution for VfB Stuttgart. Andreas Beck is replaced by Daniel Didavi.
- 51' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 56' It’s high time Markus Weinzierl made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 60' Another change for VfB Stuttgart made on 60 minute. Alexander Esswein leaves to be changed by Nicolas Gonzalez.
- 65' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 68' Another substitution for 1. FC Nurnberg to replace Mikael Ishak by Virgil Misidjan on 68 minute.
- 73' It looks like no one’s ball. VfB Stuttgart is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 75' GOAL! Ozan Kabak scores on 75. Assisted by Tasos Donis
- 78' Borna Sosa is replacing Emiliano Insua for the VfB Stuttgart side.
- 79' Tim Leibold was booked on 79.
- 81' It’s a booking for 1. FC Nurnberg player. Virgil Misidjan gets a Yellow card.
- 82' 1. FC Nurnberg receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 82.
- 87' VfB Stuttgart receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 87.
- 88' Time for substitution for 1. FC Nurnberg. Yuya Kubo is replaced by Ondrej Petrak.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-1.
-
Lineups
VfB Stuttgart Lineups
Starting XI
- 9
- 14
- 27
- 21
- 1
-
2
Emiliano Insua ↓ Borna Sosa 78'
-
32
Andreas Beck ↓ Daniel Didavi 46'
- 11
- 6
- 4
- 18
Bench
- 13
- 5
- 28
- 17
-
10
Daniel Didavi ↑ 46'
-
24
Borna Sosa ↑ 78'
-
22
Nicolas Gonzalez ↑ 60'
Coach Markus Weinzierl1. FC Nurnberg Lineups
Starting XI
- 18
-
9
Mikael Ishak ↓ Virgil Misidjan 68'
- 29
- 17
- 28
- 26
- 23
- 4
-
10
Sebastian Kerk ↓ Yuya Kubo 26'
- 8
- 27
Bench
- 33
- 31
- 37
-
14
Yuya Kubo ↑ 26'
- 1
- 35
-
24
Virgil Misidjan ↑ 68'
Coach Boris Schommers -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Timo Baumgartl 1 Erik Thommy 1 Matheus Pereira 1 Ozan Kabak 1 Enzo Millot 1 Head to Head
VfB Stuttgart Form
1. FC Nurnberg Form
-
Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 41.42 VfB Stuttgart xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.97 1. FC Nurnberg xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 58%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.39Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 89% 11% ± 1.5 69% 31% ± 2.5 42% 58% ± 3.5 22% 78% ± 4.5 10% 90% Double Chance
VfB Stuttgart or Draw 76%Draw or 1. FC Nurnberg 52%VfB Stuttgart or 1. FC Nurnberg 72%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: 1. FC Nurnberg win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual1 – 0 12%0 – 0 11.3%2 – 0 9%2 – 1 8.7%0 – 1 7.7%1 – 2 5.9%2 – 2 4.3%3 – 0 4.2%3 – 1 4.2%0 – 2 4.1%3 – 2 2.1%Asian Handicap — VfB Stuttgart
Handicap VfB Stuttgart covers Push 1. FC Nurnberg covers -2.5 9% — 91% -2 9% 14% 77% -1.5 23% — 77% -1 23% 23% 54% -0.5 46% — 54% +0.5 76% — 24% +1 76% 15% 9% +1.5 91% — 9% +2 91% 6% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
VfB Stuttgart keeps clean sheet 39% ✓1. FC Nurnberg keeps clean sheet 25% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

