1. FC Nürnberg go into Matchday 5 of the 2. Bundesliga as one of the form sides in the table. Unbeaten through their opening four matches, they sit second with ten points from a possible twelve, having won three and drawn one. Their goals record reads 13 scored and five conceded across those four fixtures.
Hannover 96 arrive in a markedly different position. Thirteenth in the 18-team table after four matches, they have collected four points from a single win, a draw and two defeats. Their goals record stands at four scored and six conceded, and the fact sheet places them in the bottom third of the table.
The points gap between the two sides heading into this fixture is six. That figure gives a clear sense of where each club stands in the 2. Bundesliga at this early stage of the regular season.
Recent form underlines the contrast. Nürnberg have taken 11 points from their last five matches, a run that includes three wins and a draw alongside a 2-2 draw at Holstein Kiel. Hannover have gathered five points from their last five, with wins over SV Darmstadt 98 sitting alongside defeats to VfL Wolfsburg and Energie Cottbus and draws with Karlsruher SC and Preußen Münster.
The most recent meeting between these two clubs ended 1. FC Nürnberg 2-1 Hannover 96 on 21 December 2025. Friday's match kicks off at 16:30 UTC at the Max-Morlock-Stadion.