2. Bundesliga: A pair of contenders who have done superbly so far. Get to know Fortuna Düsseldorf - Hannover 96 with this thorough preview!
- Fortuna Düsseldorf is in the best form (4-1-1) in 2. Bundesliga
- Hannover 96 have not yet lost a game away.
Both participants have had adequate rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's look for an active fixture!
Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats
Fortuna Düsseldorf must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three 2. Bundesliga games here at Merkur Spiel-Arena.
Fortuna Düsseldorf enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Hansa Rostock's place. The match ended 3-1 with Tzolis, Niemiec and Hoffmann scoring. The home team have an in-form goalscorer in Tzolis, having scored in three consecutive games. Jóhannesson (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.62/10. Jóhannesson signed up for two assists, hit five key passes and had 35 successful passes (of 41 total).
Before that, Fortuna Düsseldorf had a home game versus Karlsruher SC which ended with a victory 3-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Düsseldorf handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
A decent goal production from Fortuna Düsseldorf in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches.
Hannover 96 form and stats
Hannover 96 are happy with their away performances in the 2. Bundesliga so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.
Hannover 96 go into this game after a win, the home game against Osnabrück that ended 7-0. As mentioned above, Hannover 96 was the only team on the pitch versus Osnabrück in their previous game, winning 7-0. This could be a tougher task. The attacker Teuchert got a match rating of 9.15 in that game. Teuchert scored two goals, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Prior to that result Hannover won their away game at Greuther Furth. The scoreline was 3-1.We have checked recent matches where Hannover 96 have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 4 victories, 6 draws and 3 defeats.
The Hannover 96 manager Leitl has got the team scoring on the road, with 7 away goals in 3 league matches. As opposed to that, Hannover have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Hannover 96 have pulled off a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without losing (2-3-0) when facing Fortuna Düsseldorf.Top Goalscorers
  C. Teuchert 6 goals |   C. Tzolis 4 goals |  J. de Wijs 2 goals |
Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players
Hannover 96 missing players
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Hannover 96 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 8 | 8.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
| 6.3 | 5.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| 1.7 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17.2 | 18.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.3 | 14 |
| 5 | 4.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 5.8 |
| 43% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 58% | 46% |
| 12.8 | 10.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13.7 | 13.5 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
- All of Hannover 96's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in 2. Bundesliga
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have the most clean sheets (3) in 2. Bundesliga
- Fortuna Düsseldorf is in the best form (4-1-1) in 2. Bundesliga
- Hannover 96 have not yet lost a game away.
- Hannover 96 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Hannover 96 have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Hannover 96 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Holstein Kiel | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 4 | Hannover 96 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 11 |
| 5 | Magdeburg | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | St. Pauli | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Hansa Rostock | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 9 | Karlsruher SC | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Nürnberg | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 12 | Schalke 04 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 7 |
| 13 | Elversberg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -5 | 7 |
| 14 | Paderborn | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 6 |
| 16 | Greuther Furth | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 5 |
| 17 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 18 | Osnabrück | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -11 | 1 |
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