Energie Cottbus vs 1. FC Nürnberg Prediction & Preview
- FC Nürnberg drew 4-4 at home to VfL Wolfsburg on 10 October, six days before this fixture, and Energie Cottbus had already produced the identical scoreline away to Wolfsburg on 5 September. Two clubs who can score four and still not win. They meet in the 2. Bundesliga at 17:30 BST on Friday, 16 October 2026, and our call on Energie Cottbus vs 1. FC Nürnberg is a 1-2 away win.
What time is kick-off for Energie Cottbus vs 1. FC Nürnberg?
Energie Cottbus vs 1. FC Nürnberg kicks off at 17:30 BST on Friday, 16 October 2026 at the LEAG Energie Stadion in Cottbus, Germany, in the 2. Bundesliga.
- Fixture: Energie Cottbus v 1. FC Nürnberg
- Competition: 2. Bundesliga
- Date: Friday, 16 October 2026
- Kick-off: 17:30 BST
- Venue: LEAG Energie Stadion, Cottbus
Form: Nürnberg unbeaten, Cottbus beaten at Darmstadt
That Wolfsburg draw was not a wobble in an otherwise tight run. Over their last six, Nürnberg have won 4, drawn 2 and lost 0 for 14 points, scoring 16 and conceding 9, with one of those wins a friendly against FC Ingolstadt 04 on 2 October. They have scored two or more in 5 of 6. They have also conceded two or more in 2 of 6, and in 5 of the six there were three or more goals in the game.
Miroslav Klose's side are not watertight, then. They are simply very hard to beat, and they keep the ball in the right half of the pitch long enough to win games they are not controlling. Away from home the record thins out: won 1 of 2, that one a 1-0 at Karlsruher SC on 19 September.
Cottbus went to Darmstadt 98 on 10 October and lost 1-3. Across their last six they have won 1, drawn 2 and lost 3 for 5 points, scoring 12 and conceding 14, and the home column is the problem - won 0 of 3. Their best football has come on the road, including a 3-0 at Karlsruher SC on 13 September. Both sides scored in 4 of their last 6, and Claus-Dieter Wollitz's side conceded two or more in 4 of 6.
Team news for Energie Cottbus vs 1. FC Nürnberg
Cottbus captain Axel Borgmann is doubtful with muscular problems traced back to inflammation in the summer, and the club signed defender Leon Guwara on Thursday with Wollitz conceding he lacks match sharpness after months without a competitive game, according to Sportschau, which also lists Erik Engelhardt and Julian Guttau among the unavailable along with Borgmann, as does FotMob; the same page lists Finn Becker, Kristian Mandic, Mikayil Faye and Styopa Mkrtchyan as out for Nürnberg. Klose, meanwhile, has talked the fixture up rather than down, calling Cottbus a good and purposeful team and saying he expects one of the hardest games of the run so far, per t-online.
Energie Cottbus vs 1. FC Nürnberg prediction
Our prediction is a 1-2 win for 1. FC Nürnberg away at Energie Cottbus in the 2. Bundesliga on Friday, 16 October 2026. Nürnberg's 14 points from their last six against Cottbus's 5 is the gap that matters, and the home side have not won any of their three most recent home games. Cottbus will get a goal - they have failed to score only once in six, and their forward play was good enough for a 3-0 at Karlsruher SC. It is the other end that decides this.
Our prediction: Energie Cottbus 1-2 1. FC Nürnberg
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