Match Report
| FC Nürnberg | FC Nürnberg |  |  | VfL Bochum | VfL Bochum | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nicolas Seifert | N. Seifert |  | 57 | G |  | 1 | | G | 63 |  | Matt Mcallister | M. Mcallister | |||||||||
| Martin Geis | M. Geis | | 62 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 76 |  | Sherif Delmotte | S. Delmotte | |||||||||
| Simon Töpfer | S. Töpfer | | 62 | D | | 3 | | D | 73 | | Stefan Schönenborn | S. Schönenborn | |||||||||
| Spiros Moissidis | S. Moissidis |  | 58 | D | | 4 | | D | 72 |  | David Vreven | D. Vreven | |||||||||
| David Klimek | D. Klimek | | 58 | D | | 5 | | D | 68 |  | Fernando Lima | F. Lima | |||||||||
| Ernesto Herrera | E. Herrera |  | 66 | M | | 6 | | M | 70 | | Julian Müller | J. Müller | |||||||||
| Thomas Ziegenhagen | T. Ziegenhagen | | 57 | M | | 7 | | M | 65 | | Lennart Seeler | L. Seeler | |||||||||
| Joe Vierklau | J. Vierklau |  | 51 | M | | 8 | | M | 60 | | Steffen Brehme | S. Brehme | |||||||||
| James Eustace | J. Eustace |  | 49 | M | | 9 | | A | 70 | | Francisco Jardim | F. Jardim | |||||||||
| Alexander Köller | A. Köller | | 69 | A | | 10 | | A | 66 | | Alistair Cooke | A. Cooke | |||||||||
| Samir Heiser | S. Heiser | | 61 | A | | 11 | | A | 62 | | Kevin Dehm | K. Dehm | |||||||||
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Match Report
It's a clear sunny day here at Frankenstadion where FC Nürnberg play host to VfL Bochum. A crowd of 17,591 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
FC Nürnberg are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while VfL Bochum appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
FC Nürnberg are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while VfL Bochum appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
0.00
0-0FC Nürnberg kick off the first half!
4.10
0-0Julian Müller kicks a strong pass forward to Alistair Cooke. Alistair Cooke controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
6.35
0-0James Eustace makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Alexander Köller. Alexander Köller knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
8.06
Steffen Brehme makes a simple pass to Kevin Dehm. Kevin Dehm shoots from long range but it flies wide!
9.43
Stefan Schönenborn brings the ball forward. Stefan Schönenborn knocks the ball forward to Francisco Jardim. Francisco Jardim whips in a cross ball towards Alistair Cooke. Alistair Cooke is unmarked! He powers a header at goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
10.47
0-0Simon Töpfer comes in with a late challenge on Francisco Jardim. The referee calls over Simon Töpfer and warns him to calm down! Francisco Jardim runs off the knock.
14.25
Lennart Seeler advances with the ball. Lennart Seeler shoots from long range but it goes wide for a goal kick.
15.54
Julian Müller knocks the ball forward to Alistair Cooke. Alistair Cooke finds some space and shoots from distance but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
16.33
1-0Joe Vierklau makes a beautiful solo run. Joe Vierklau knocks in a cross ball towards Alexander Köller. Alexander Köller is unmarked! He powers a header at goal. It's a goal!! What a beauty!
20.16
1-0VfL Bochum are easily keeping FC Nürnberg at bay, but can't capitalise on it.
21.44
1-0Steffen Brehme deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Alistair Cooke. Alistair Cooke shoots from 25 yards. The ball dips but the keeper is a match for it. Saved!
34.59
Fernando Lima passes the ball forward to Julian Müller. Julian Müller deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Francisco Jardim. Francisco Jardim shoots from distance but it flies wide!
36.09
Julian Müller threads the ball through to Alistair Cooke. Alistair Cooke knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Nicolas Seifert who gathers it comfortably.
39.25
1-0Alistair Cooke barges into Spiros Moissidis. The referee calls over Alistair Cooke and shows him a yellow card! Spiros Moissidis carries on, but is struggling a bit.
42.07
VfL Bochum are easily keeping FC Nürnberg at bay, but can't capitalise on it.
44.34
1-0Spiros Moissidis comes in with a late challenge on Julian Müller. The referee calls over Spiros Moissidis and shows him a yellow card! Julian Müller stretches but gets up unharmed.
45.00
Lennart Seeler controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Alistair Cooke. Alistair Cooke knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
VfL Bochum kick off and get the second half underway!
49.29
Spiros Moissidis deftly passes the ball to his team mate, James Eustace. James Eustace makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Samir Heiser. Samir Heiser tries a spectacular long range effort but he balloons it over the crossbar!
54.02
Julian Müller flicks the ball to his team mate, Kevin Dehm. Kevin Dehm shoots from outside the area but somehow Nicolas Seifert manages to keep it out.
57.54
The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
63.25
Joe Vierklau threads the ball through to Alexander Köller. Alexander Köller knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
67.33
Thomas Ziegenhagen chips the ball to his team mate, Alexander Köller. Alexander Köller shoots from 20 yards but it curls horrendously wide!
75.42
Martin Geis makes a simple pass to James Eustace. James Eustace knocks the ball to his team mate, Alexander Köller. Alexander Köller knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
77.41
Thomas Ziegenhagen makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Samir Heiser. Samir Heiser knocks in a cross ball towards Alexander Köller. Alexander Köller heads the ball goalwards but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
78.25
Fernando Lima makes a simple pass to Julian Müller. Julian Müller kicks a strong pass forward to Francisco Jardim. Francisco Jardim knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
81.18
Martin Geis clumsily knocks into Alistair Cooke. Martin Geis is warned by the referee! Alistair Cooke carries on, but is struggling a bit.
83.52
David Klimek knocks the ball forward to James Eustace. James Eustace deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Samir Heiser. Samir Heiser shoots from 20 yards but he balloons it over the crossbar!
84.00
David Klimek knocks the ball forward to James Eustace. James Eustace sees a break and surges forward. James Eustace knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Stefan Schönenborn.
85.39
Martin Geis hacks Kevin Dehm from behind! Martin Geis is given another warning by the referee! Kevin Dehm runs off the knock.
87.42
Thomas Ziegenhagen brings the ball forward. Thomas Ziegenhagen knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by David Vreven.
90.00
David Vreven makes a probing pass to Lennart Seeler. Lennart Seeler flicks the ball to his team mate, Francisco Jardim. Francisco Jardim knocks in a cross ball towards Alistair Cooke. Alistair Cooke powers a header at goal but it curls horrendously wide!
90.00
The referee whistles full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
1
0
Shots on Target
1
2
Shots off Target
4
7
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
4
1
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
51.6%
48.4%
Play Area
31.9%
47.3%
20.9%
Scorers