FC Köln vs Nürnberg betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the 2. Bundesliga match on December 15th, 2024

FC Köln and Nürnberg will face each other in a 2. Bundesliga game in Germany on Sunday, December 15th, 2024, at 12:30h (UTC), check the FC Köln vs Nürnberg betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where FC Köln vs Nürnberg will occur

The game will be played in the well-known RheinEnergieStadion stadium, in the city of Cologne, with a capacity for 50000 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

Including statistics, events and odds, you can follow the match live with access to all the information to help with your sports betting on Betarena.

Introduction to the FC Köln vs Nürnberg betting tip 2024/2025

FC Köln last match

In the last match played, FC Köln met Jahn Regensburg, in a match valid for the 2. Bundesliga. The match ended in a win by 0-1. The coach G. Struber's on that occasion lined the team up with a 3-4-2-1 formation.

This positive result confirmed their favoritism before the game, which had odds of 1.50.

In a contest without major individual highlights, the performance of Tim Lemperle drew attention. Even without offering a fantastic exhibition, he was instrumental in FC Köln victory in this last match.

Nürnberg last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for 2. Bundesliga, Nürnberg, who used a 3-5-2 formation, faced the Elversberg team with a final score of 2-1.

The odds for the defeat of the home team before the match were 2.40, so it was expected to be a fairly even match.

FC Köln vs Nürnberg h2h

The last preceding match between these two teams was from 18-02-2012. The match was valid for the 2011/2012 season of the Bundesliga, and it ended with a 2-1 win for Nürnberg.

The previous match between these teams was a cliffhanger.

The FC Köln team in their last five matches has produced solid performances, while Nürnberg has been more irregular.

FC Köln

2. Bundesliga leaderboard now

Considering the home team FC Köln, standing in 6th place with 25 points in the 2. Bundesliga competition in Germany. Their performance statistics have been such as 7 wins, 4 losses and, 4 draws.

In the 16th round, the team holds the same number of points as opposed to Fortuna Düsseldorf team which is just above, in the 5th place.

FC Köln analysis

Currently, FC Köln has a tally of 28 goals scored and 22 goals against, at the end of round 15 of 2. Bundesliga.

FC Köln has been in impressive form lately, winning 4 out of their last 5 matches, and drawing 1. They have been showing great resilience and determination, and it seems that they are on track to achieve their goals this season.

Teams typically have some control over the opponents if they had ball possession above 50%. Thus, the FC Köln team usually tries for an average ball possession of 55.33% to control the game.

Best goalscorer from FC Köln

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Tim Lemperle. FC Köln owes some of their triumphs to the Midfielder who scored 8 goals in this season.

Historical data FC Köln

The FC Köln team is one of the leading names in the sport, with 4 titles won in the history of the tournament. The record of the team will impact the final outcome of the match and it will not be the first time the team has managed to impress their opponents with a win at a time when they are in bad shape.

Nürnberg

2. Bundesliga leaderboard now

Nürnberg arrives in this game with 19 points, and in 12th place in the 2. Bundesliga, having won 5 games in total and lost 6 times, making a total of 4 draws.

Nürnberg analysis

Nürnberg shows a very satisfactory ratio of goals scored to goals conceded. The team after 15 games has only conceded goals on 27 occasions, and has scored in 29.

Best goalscorer from Nürnberg

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Stefanos Tzimas. With 7 goals on his own, the Attacker has been instrumental in helping the Nürnberg team achieving several victories this season.

For bettors some entries may be interesting for this match, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of FC Köln is Tim Lemperle, who has already scored 8 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Nürnberg is Stefanos Tzimas, he has scored in 7 opportunities.

For those following the live game, it has been known that between 75-90 minutes is a period where most goals are scored making this a good time to bet.

Taking into consideration that Nürnberg scores an average of 1.63 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.35.

Corners Top Betting Tips

Something to explore in order to get favorable betting results is noting the average of 6.4 corners per game which one can get by combining the number of corners of both teams.

FC Köln is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.93 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of FC Köln in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

FC Köln has an average of 2.1 yellow cards per game over the 15 rounds, while Nürnberg has an average of 2.2. In other words, these teams together are averaging 4.6 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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