2. Bundesliga (Week 26) : Nürnberg beats Karlsruhe 2-1
GERMANY, Mar. 31, 2017 (AMP) — 2. Bundesliga / Match day 26: After losing 1-0 to Union Berlin on March 20, FC Nürnberg bounced back with a 2-1 victory over Karlsruher SC this Friday.
Tobias Kempe scored dual goals
Karlsruher SC had started off well by taking the lead in the 24th minute with a goal by Austrian defender Ylli Sallahi. Trailing 1-0 at half time, FC Nürnberg players nonetheless manage to reverse the direction of the game by scoring twice in the second period (Kempe '65 on penalty, '70 on penalty).
1. FC Nürnberg climbed to 8th place with 35 points from 26 games, tie on points with 1. FC Heidenheim 1846, which has a game in hand.
View : Full 2. Bundesliga table (as of March 31, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Union Berlin | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 24 | 16 | 50 |
| 2 | Stuttgart | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 26 | 15 | 49 |
| 3 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 40 | 27 | 13 | 47 |
| 4 | Hannover 96 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 40 | 29 | 11 | 46 |
| 5 | Dynamo Dresden | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 29 | 10 | 41 |
| 6 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 32 | -5 | 36 |
| 7 | FC Heidenheim | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 27 | 9 | 35 |
| 8 | FC Nürnberg | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 38 | 40 | -2 | 35 |
| 9 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 33 |
| 10 | SV Sandhausen | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 28 | 4 | 32 |
| 11 | 1860 Munich | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 31 | 35 | -4 | 31 |
| 12 | VfL Bochum | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 38 | -5 | 31 |
| 13 | Würzburger Kickers | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 28 | -2 | 29 |
| 14 | FC Kaiserslautern | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 20 | 25 | -5 | 28 |
| 15 | Erzgebirge Aue | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 43 | -17 | 26 |
| 16 | FC St. Pauli | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 31 | -7 | 25 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 25 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 43 | -12 | 23 |
| 18 | Karlsruher SC | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 39 | -19 | 21 |
Fixtures and Results : 2. Bundesliga 2016-2017
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Overview
1. FC Nürnberg
- Position: 8 +2
- Best performance of the season:Karlsruher SC 0-3 FC Nürnberg (16 Oct.)
- Previous game:Union Berlin 1-0 FC Nürnberg (20 Mar.)
- Next game:Hannover 96 - FC Nürnberg (4 Apr.)
Karlsruher SC
- Position: 18
- Best performance of the season:Karlsruher SC 2-0 Hannover 96 (4 Mar.)
- Previous game:Karlsruher SC 0-3 Fortuna Düsseldorf (19 Mar.)
- Next game:Karlsruher SC - Würzburger Kickers (4 Apr.)
FC Nürnberg
2:1
Karlsruher SC
2:1 (0:1)
- 31 March 2017
- 18:30
- Nuremberg
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Union Berlin | 50 |
| 2 |  Stuttgart | 49 |
| 3 |  Eintracht Braunschweig | 47 |
| 4 |  Hannover 96 | 46 |
| 5 | Dynamo Dresden | 41 |
Week 26 Results
| Friday 31 March 2017 | ||||
 | Erzgebirge Aue | 1-0 | FC St. Pauli |  |
 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 0-1 | 1860 Munich |  |
| FC Nürnberg | 2-1 | Karlsruher SC | |
| Saturday 1 April 2017 | ||||
 | SV Sandhausen | 13:00 | VfL Bochum |  |
| Würzburger Kickers | 13:00 | Arminia Bielefeld | ||
| Hannover 96 | 13:00 | Union Berlin | |
| Sunday 2 April 2017 | ||||
 | FC Kaiserslautern | 13:30 | Eintracht Braunschweig | |
| Stuttgart | 13:30 | Dynamo Dresden | |
 | FC Heidenheim | 13:30 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth |  |