Midfielder Robert Mak has returned to the Nuremberg starting lineup against Freiburg in their Bundesliga encounter this afternoon.

Mak was left out of the lineup against Stuttgart last weekend, but has been recalled for their match at the Mage Solar Stadion.

Hiroshi Kiyotake retains his place in the Nuremberg team, while Max Kruse and Erik Jendrisek will be the two forwards for Freiburg.

Freiburg: Baumann, Diagne, Mujdza, Sorg, Ginter, Makiadi, Schmid, Schuster, Caligiuri, Kruse, Jendrisek

Nurnberg: Schafer, Simons, Klose, Pinola, Chandler, Balitsch, Polter, Mak, Cohen, Pekhart, Kiyotake