1. FC Nürnberg has established itself with its highest win of the season in the promotion region of the 2nd Bundesliga.
Driven by double assists Lino Tempelmann, the Franconians defeated 1. FC Heidenheim impressively 4-0 (1-0) in front of 23,056 spectators on Saturday and had no conceding goals for the seventh time this season.
Nuremberg - Mats Möller Daehli punished the guests for the first time in the 45th minute.
A cracker by Erik Schuranow (52nd), a wonderful free kick by Johannes Geis (66th) and an own goal by Maurice Malone (89th) gave the unbeaten FCN their fifth three.
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1. FC Nürnberg has missed its fourth home win in a row in the 2nd Bundesliga.
Later on, the Franks avoided their first defeat of the season in the 0-0 draw on Saturday evening against Hannover 96.
The team of coach Robert Klauß remains the only undefeated second division team.
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A season record crowd of 30,000 spectators drove Werder Bremen to an important home win in the 2nd Bundesliga.
The Hamburger SV, however, scratched the Erzgebirge Aue wafer-thinly past another bankruptcy.
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Hamburger SV suffered another point loss in the fight to return to the Bundesliga.
Coach Tim Walter's team only scored 1-1 (0-1) at Erzgebirge Aue on the ninth matchday of the second division, despite having a majority, and missed a win for the second time in a row.
In front of 7750 fans, Antonio Jonjic (23rd minute) scored the surprising lead for Aue, Dirk Carlson (90th minute) on Friday evening.
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Things really started in Nuremberg only at the end of the first half.
First Schuranow aimed past the right post after Nikola Dovedan's skilfully put down, but then Möller Daehli caused the first Franconian jubilation.
Tempelmann served the Norwegian who was lurking in the back area and scored from 17 meters.
Just seconds before half-time, “Club” keeper Christian Mathenia reacted to Tim Kleindienst's header in dire need.
With the 2-0 win by Schuranow, who once again benefited from Tempelmann's preparatory work with his remarkable right-footed shot in the penalty area, the self-confidence of the Nuremberg grew further.
The gaps in the Heidenheim defense became bigger and bigger.
Geis's standard goal and Malone's own goal rounded off the successful afternoon of football for the “club”.
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