Bundesliga
January 20, 2013
Nurnberg
1 - 1
Hamburg SV
Bundesliga
14:30 +00:00, January 20, 2013
easyCredit Stadion, Germany
Nurnberg 1-1 Hamburg SV
Scoring Summary
| Nurnberg | Hamburg SV |
|---|---|
| Tomas Pekhart (75') | Artjoms Rudnevs (70') |
Teams
| Nurnberg | Hamburg SV |
|---|---|
| 1 Raphael Schäfer | 15 René Adler |
| 5 Hanno Balitsch | 14 Milan Badelj |
| 25 Javier Horacio Pinola | 7 Marcell Jansen |
| 2 Timmy Simons | 4 Heiko Westermann |
| 26 Timothy Chandler | 3 Michael Mancienne |
| 14 Robert Mak | 2 Dennis Diekmeier |
| 15 Timm Klose | 10 Artjoms Rudnevs |
| 33 Alexander Esswein | 23 Rafael Van der Vaart |
| 9 Tomas Pekhart | 18 Tolgay-Ali Arslan |
| 10 Timo Gebhart | 6 Dennis Aogo |
| 18 Almog Cohen | 40 Heung-Min Son |
| Substitutes | |
| 7 Markus Feulner | Sven Neuhaus 30 |
| 13 Hiroshi Kiyotake | Per Skjelbred 25 |
| 17 Mike Frantz | Marcus Berg 16 |
| 8 Sebastian Polter | Ivo Ilicevic 11 |
| 21 Marvin Plattenhardt | Tomás Rincon 8 |
| 22 Peter Rakovsky | Maximilian Beister 21 |
| 19 Noah Korczowski | Jeffrey Bruma 5 |
| Substitutions | |
| Markus Feulner for Timothy Chandler (65) | Jeffrey Bruma for Michael Mancienne (14) |
| Hiroshi Kiyotake for Alexander Esswein (75) | Per Skjelbred for Tolgay-Ali Arslan (38) |
| Mike Frantz for Robert Mak (68) | |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Almog Cohen (47) | Tolgay-Ali Arslan (28) |
| Mike Frantz (85) | Marcell Jansen (36) |
| Dennis Diekmeier (85) | |
| · Squads: Nurnberg | Hamburg SV | |
Nurnberg denied Hamburg a place in the top six thanks to a Tomas Pekhart equaliser in a 1-1 draw at the Frankenstadion.
Hamburg were rewarded for raising their game in the second half when Arjoms Rudnevs' goal gave them the lead, but it was not enough for Thorsten Fink's side to take all three points in Bavaria.
Pekhart's goal earned Michael Wiesinger a point on his debut as Nurnberg coach, and it maintained the eight-point advantage Nurnberg had over 16th-placed Hoffenheim coming into the weekend's fixtures.
Hamburg's hopes received an early blow when Michael Mancienne landed awkwardly on his ankle and had to be replaced by Jeffrey Bruma in the 15th minute.
Bruma came in cold, but was fortunate that Nurnberg only started testing the Hamburg defence towards the end of the first half.
And they had chances to take the lead too.
Hanno Balitsch beat Bruma in the air in the 37th minute, but sent his header over the crossbar.
Balitsch then set up Robert Mak two minutes before the interval, but after doing the hard work in racing away from Marcell Jansen, he missed the target with his shot.
Hamburg started the second half better and started to ask a few questions of their own going forward.
Javier Pinola almost headed into his own goal, but the post came to the Nurnberg full-back's rescue in the 66th minute, four minutes before Fink's men took the lead.
Dennis Aogo was the provider with a cross which was headed in by Rudnevs at the far post, beating the pint-sized Pinola in the air.
Nurnberg responded well and levelled five minutes later through Pekhart, who volleyed the ball in from close range as he met Timo Gebhart's pull-back.
The Bavarians then opted to shut up shop and defend a point, which they only just managed with Heung-Min Son hitting the post with the last effort of the game.