Nürnberg 2-0 Hertha BSC: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 21 January 2012

Result

Nürnberg 2-0 Hertha BSC

Bundesliga · Saturday 21 January 2012, 14:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Nürnberg 2-0 Hertha BSC: match report

Nürnberg won against Hertha BSC 2-0 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 21 January 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.

Alexander Esswein opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Nürnberg's goals came from Alexander Esswein (43') and Dominic Maroh (85'). Hertha BSC did not score.

Discipline: Nürnberg received 1 yellow card; Hertha BSC received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nürnberg were 15th on 18 points from 17 and Hertha BSC 11th on 20 points from 17. Nürnberg went on to finish that season 10th with 42 points, and Hertha BSC 16th with 31.

Nürnberg lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Hertha BSC in a 4-2-3-1.

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

Going into the match Nürnberg's last five read W-L-L-W-L and Hertha BSC's D-L-D-D-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Tomas PekhartNürnberg
  • 43'Goal · Alexander EssweinNürnberg · 1-0
  • 63'Yellow card · Peter NiemeyerHertha BSC
  • 72'Yellow card · Patrick EbertHertha BSC
  • 85'Goal · Dominic MarohNürnberg · 2-0

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Nürnberg 6, draws 1, Hertha BSC 2.

Team news

Nürnberg expected line-up (4-1-4-1)

Raphael Schäfer, Andreas Wolf, Dennis Diekmeier, Andreas Ottl, Mike Frantz, İlkay Gündoğan, Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting, Albert Bunjaku, Javier Pinola

Hertha BSC line-up (4-2-3-1)

Thomas Kraft, Christian Lell, Levan Kobiashvili, Christoph Janker, Andreas Ottl, Ronny, Peter Niemeyer, Adrián Ramos, Pierre-Michel Lasogga, Roman Hubník, Patrick Ebert