Nuernberg vs Freiburg ( Lost )

Team News

Nuernberg

• Ewerton challenges Lukas Mühl for a spot at centre-back.
• Captain Hanno Behrens might return from a muscle injury to start in central midfield.
• Adam Zrelák could get a chance up if Mikael Ishak does not recover from a thigh injury in time.

Missing Players

Player	Reason	Status	Rating
Dennis Lippert		Out	N/A
Christian Mathenia		Out	6.43
Enrico Valentini		Out	6.67
Eduard Löwen		Out	6.46
Robert Bauer		Doubtful	6.31
Mikael Ishak		Doubtful	6.5
Hanno Behrens		Doubtful	6.65

Team News

Freiburg

• Manager Christian Streich could also switch to a back-three, with Robin Koch switching to a centre-back role.
• Lukas Kübler challenges Pascal Stenzel for the spot at right-back.
• Florian Niederlechner provides a further alternative up front.

Missing Players

Player	Reason	Status	Rating
Amir Abrashi		Out	N/A
Nicolas Höfler		Out	6.68
Florian Kath		Out	N/A
Tim Kleindienst		Out	6.24
Brandon Borrello		Out	N/A
Roland Sallai		Doubtful	6.77

Top Players

Nuernberg	Freiburg
Ratings
G. Margreitter 6.73 H. Behrens 6.65 O. Petrák 6.59	J. Haberer 6.88 N. Petersen 6.85 A. Schwolow 6.85
Goals
H. Behrens 2 M. Ishak 2 A. Zrelák 2	G. Waldschmidt 5 N. Petersen 3 M. Frantz 2
Assists
H. Behrens 1 M. Ishak 1 V. Misidjan 1	L. Kübler 2 M. Frantz 1 D. Heintz 1

• Nürnberg sit at the bottom of the table having only picked up a single point from their last six matches. They are winless in their last five home games and desperately need to improve in attack and defence.
• Freiburg have only won one of their last seven matches and are in danger of getting drawn into the battle against relegation. Having only picked up two points from their last five away matches, manager Christian Streich will hope for a result to ease the pressure in front of the winter break.
• Expect this to be a hard-fought and intense game from the outset.