Nürnberg 2-3 Fortuna Düsseldorf: result and report

2. Bundesliga · Sunday 13 May 2018

Result

Nürnberg 2-3 Fortuna Düsseldorf

2. Bundesliga · Sunday 13 May 2018, 13:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

Nürnberg · Fortuna Düsseldorf · 2. Bundesliga predictions

Nürnberg 2-3 Fortuna Düsseldorf: match report

Nürnberg lost to Fortuna Düsseldorf 2-3 in the 2. Bundesliga on Sunday 13 May 2018. The half-time score was 2-1.

Georg Margreitter opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Nürnberg's goals came from Georg Margreitter (6') and Tim Leibold (12'). Fortuna Düsseldorf scored through T. Usami (37'), Niko Gießelmann (59') and Kaan Ayhan (90+1').

Discipline: Nürnberg received 2 yellow cards; Fortuna Düsseldorf received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nürnberg were 1st on 60 points from 33 and Fortuna Düsseldorf 2nd on 60 points from 33. Nürnberg went on to finish that season 2nd with 60 points, and Fortuna Düsseldorf 1st with 63.

Nürnberg lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Fortuna Düsseldorf in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Niko Gießelmann of Fortuna Düsseldorf (8.2), ahead of Eduard Löwen (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Nürnberg wins, 1 draw and 2 for Fortuna Düsseldorf.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Georg MargreitterNürnberg · 1-0
  • 12'Goal · Tim LeiboldNürnberg · 2-0
  • 22'Yellow card · Tobias WernerNürnberg
  • 37'Goal · T. UsamiFortuna Düsseldorf · 2-1
  • 39'Yellow card · H. BehrensNürnberg
  • 59'Goal · Niko GießelmannFortuna Düsseldorf · 2-2
  • 86'Yellow card · Niko GießelmannFortuna Düsseldorf
  • 90+1'Goal · Kaan AyhanFortuna Düsseldorf · 2-3
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Kaan AyhanFortuna Düsseldorf

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Nürnberg 6, draws 1, Fortuna Düsseldorf 2.

Team news

Nürnberg line-up (4-1-4-1)

Fabian Bredlow, Ewerton, Enrico Valentini, Tim Leibold, Georg Margreitter, Tobias Werner, Kevin Möhwald, Hanno Behrens, Ondřej Petrák, Eduard Löwen, Mikael Ishak

Fortuna Düsseldorf line-up (4-2-3-1)

Raphael Wolf, Kaan Ayhan, Niko Gießelmann, Robin Bormuth, Jean Zimmer, Benito Raman, Adam Bodzek, Genki Haraguchi, M. Sobottka, Takashi Usami, Rouwen Hennings