Greuther Furth and Nuremberg played out a goalless draw as both sides were reduced to 10 men.

The opening half was notable more for its stop-start nature than any real chances, and indeed Zoltan Stieber had the first real effort after 29 minutes, however he shot wide.

Then the away side were reduced to 10 men, Markus Feulner seeing a straight red card for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

Gerald Asamoah had an excellent chance for the hosts on the stroke of half-time, but he could not hit the target.

The number of players on pitch was levelled up in the 61st minute when Sercan Sararer was dismissed for his second bookable offence.

Nuremberg came forward and Javier Pinola came close, but both sides were still cancelling each other out.

There were to be no goals and the two sides shared the points.