After the appointment of Miroslav Klose to the coaching post at Nuremberg, even neutral German fans have their eyes fixed on this team. The great forward of the German national team is expected to return the club to the elite of German football. However, to date, the result of Klose's work in Nuremberg was not a dramatic improvement in the position of the usual midfielder of the Second Bundesliga. The only notable success of the club is the play in the attacking line. Hard to believe, but for nineteen rounds of the championship Nuremberg scored two more goals than for the whole before last year's Second Bundesliga. Another thing is that the number of goals conceded by Nurnberg is also high. Darmstadt 98, after a painful return to the Second Bundesliga, played out of hand for a while. Somewhere between September and October last year, the Lilies came to their senses and played at a higher level. At the same time, the team has not overcome the element of instability that continues to affect the results of this team. Bookmakers have identified the home team as the favourites for the upcoming meeting, offering odds of 2.27 on their victory.

Nuremberg occupies eleventh place in the standings, but only five teams scored more than Klose's team in the championship. At the end of last year, Nuremberg broke a long unbeaten streak and started January with three points in a meeting with Karlsruhe. A mini-series of two wins encouraged the club's fans to build on the success and enter the fight for promotion. However, Nuremberg's last round ended with a defeat in Gelsenkirchen, so on Friday they will have to remind others of their ambitions once again.

Darmstadt 98 are in tenth place with the same number of points as their upcoming opponents. The Lilies' performance during the season has an extreme degree of instability. The team is smashing Cologne, Schalke and Kaiserslautern, scoring five goals each, and then losing to Regensburg, who are hopelessly bottom of the division standings. It seems that the more difficult the opponent, the easier it is for Darmstadt's players to tune in. We bet that the Lilies will gladly accept Klose's offer to compete in attack in the away game.