Confirmed lineups: 1. FC Nürnberg vs SV Darmstadt | OneFootball

Nürnberg and Darmstadt got off to contrasting starts on the opening weekend of the 2025/26 2. Bundesliga campaign.

Tonight's hosts fell to a narrow defeat on their travels against last term's promotion hopefuls, Elversberg.

While Darmstadt sensationally opened their campaign, beating relegated Bochum 4-1 on home soil.

The head-to-head record between these two sides is evenly matched, with two wins apiece and a draw in the last five meetings.

As Nürnberg aim to pick up their first three points of the campaign, the lineups for tonight's clash have been announced.

Nürnberg vs Darmstadt confirmed lineups

1. FC Nürnberg (3-3-3-2): Reichert (GK) - Lochoshvili, Knoche, Gruber - Soares, Lubach, Janisch - Yilmaz, Justvan - Biron, Stepanov

SV Darmstadt (4-2-3-1): Schuhen (GK) - Nürnberger, Vukotić, Pfeiffer, Riedel - Akiyama, Klefisch - Richter, Hornby, Marseiler - Lidberg