Holstein Kiel 2-2 Nurnberg: Leaders Held | Live Soccer on TV
Nurnberg dropped their first points of the season in a 2-2 draw at Holstein Kiel after a four-goal burst around half-time. Recap and live soccer on TV notes.
Published 5 Sept 20262 min read
Nurnberg arrived with three wins and a promotion seat. They left with their first dropped points of the season — and no clear answer for how a 15-minute spell around half-time turned a control job into a 2-2.
Holstein Kiel and Nurnberg drew 2-2 in 2. Bundesliga Round 4. Ablay Markhiev opened on 41 minutes from Julian Fernandez. Phil Harres leveled on 45 from Adriel Kapralik. Kapralik then put Kiel ahead on 50 from Jonas Meffert. Piet Scobel, fed by Markhiev, made it 2-2 on 56. Nothing after that broke the deadlock.
Key Moments
The first half-hour was all cards: Kapralik, Danilo Zec and Giuliano Balzi for Kiel, Eliano Porstner for Nurnberg. Then the goals arrived in a cluster. Markhiev's opener lasted four minutes. Harres answered before the whistle. Kapralik's fifth-minute second-half strike flipped the lead. Scobel needed only six more minutes to restore parity.
Both benches emptied from the 63rd minute. Kiel posted 14 shots and 0.68 expected goals. Nurnberg had 19 shots, 1.84 xG and four big chances. Miroslav Klose's visitors owned 56 percent of the ball and still needed a late scramble to stay unbeaten.
Why it matters
Nurnberg remain first on seven points from three matches, now with 10 scored and five conceded, still in the automatic promotion band. Holstein Kiel sit 14th on two points. For a side that had won three from three, this was the first night the table stopped moving upward.
How to watch / Viewing notes
Catalog rights for this fixture were empty, so no channel can be named. Check official 2. Bundesliga and live soccer on TV listings before the next Kiel or Nurnberg kickoff.
One-line stat: Nurnberg created four big chances and 1.84 xG and still dropped two points.