German Second Division: Nuremberg is in poor form, can Cologne top the league? Nuremberg vs Cologne

Bundesliga: Nuremberg VS Cologne

Match time: 2025-05-10 00:30 Saturday

Team recent situation analysis:

Nuremberg is currently in a state of no desires. The team ranks tenth in the league with a record of 13 wins, 6 draws and 13 losses. With only two rounds left in the Bundesliga, it has long lost hope of competing for the promotion to the Bundesliga next season. Moreover, Nuremberg's overall strength is relatively limited, and the club cannot provide the team with too much recruitment funds. It can only continuously improve the team's competitiveness in the league by cultivating and training young players, which leads to young players being often poached by competitors, which is also a key factor that this team can only compete in the secondary league for a long time. In terms of the tactical board, Nuremberg's usual formation is a 3412 formation. The biggest feature of this tactical style is that it is relatively guaranteed with offensive ability. In other words, it is to sacrifice deep defense ability in exchange for more offensive opportunities. For example, in the first four rounds of leagues, Nuremberg averaged two goals per game, but after four games, the team only achieved a bleak record of one win and three losses. Obviously, offensive firepower cannot conceal the shortcomings of Nuremberg's defensive end. If this tactical style is still used next season, then this team will definitely not be able to make a strong enough impact on the promotion quota.

Of course, teams like Nuremberg will not have too much expectations for promotion quotas, and the club's senior management has not set too high season requirements for the team. On the basis of completing the relegation goal, trying to improve the league ranking as much as possible and cultivate more available young rookies is the main development concept of this team. Since the team has now entered the top ten leagues, the last two rounds of the league will most likely prepare for next season in advance. Through the main players' rest, they can screen out the marginal players who need to be cleaned out after the season, which may become Nuremberg's primary goal, and the team's fighting spirit will definitely be weakened.

Cologne's form has declined recently. After losing points in Hannover and Regensburg in succession, Cologne currently has a one-point score gap with the league leader Hamburg. However, after all, there are still two rounds of the league that have not been played in the Bundesliga. As long as Cologne players can recover their competitive state in time, this team is still very likely to win the Bundesliga championship trophy this season. After all, the main competitor Hamburg is not the type of team that is keen to advance to the Bundesliga, which will leave Cologne with the opportunity to overtake and reach the top. Moreover, Cologne is not opposed to promotion to the Bundesliga. It can even be said that promotion to the Bundesliga are the primary goal for which the team strives. Since the team's fighting spirit is guaranteed, I believe this team should also show a stronger desire to win.

It is worth mentioning that due to the failure to achieve good results in two consecutive games, Cologne coach Struber is about to be fired, and the team's sports director Keller is also leaving with Struber. Obviously, the club's senior management is quite dissatisfied with the team's current situation. However, publishing such news at such critical periods at the end of the season will not help Cologne to grab points, but will instead create additional psychological pressure for the players. If the team coach finds it difficult to let go, develop some tactical styles that are not conducive to the team, or performs some unreasonable player rotations during the game, then whether Cologne can get more points in the last two games will definitely need to be questioned.

Event analysis:

For the first time this season, Nuremberg lost 1-3 to Cologne away. Although the game data between the two sides are almost the same, Cologne's offensive efficiency is obviously more than one level higher than Nuremberg. Moreover, Cologne's overall strength is already stronger than its opponents, and the gap in league rankings between the two sides is also clear at a glance. Moreover, Nuremberg does not really have any demand for points. Whether it can win points in the last two games will not have any impact on Nuremberg. However, there are indeed some unstable factors in Cologne now, and the contradiction between the management and the head coach has been concrete. Under this circumstance, there is obviously no guarantee whether Cologne can show its due competitiveness. In addition, the Bundesliga team seems to be consciously giving way to the Hamburg team this season. I believe that Cologne needs to go through a hard battle before it can get the key three-pointer as she wishes from Nuremberg.