DSC Arminia Bielefeld want to sell many tickets for this game even though the season has been difficult up to now with 29 points and a 15th spot in the 2. Bundesliga table. Guests Hannover 96 hold 11th place with 34 pts.
- DSC Arminia Bielefeld have the fewest clean sheets (2) in 2. Bundesliga
DSC Arminia Bielefeld and Hannover 96 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
DSC Arminia Bielefeld form and stats
5-2-7 (win-draw-lost) are the 2. Bundesliga numbers at home for DSC Arminia Bielefeld so far this season. DSC Arminia Bielefeld have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Bielefeld lost their last game at Karlsruher SC (placed 9th) after a 2-4 scoreline. The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going unbeaten in five league games. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? DSC Arminia Bielefeld didn't have luck on their side in the loss against Karlsruher SC as they hit the post four times. The attacker Klos was named "man of the match" for Bielefeld with the rating of 7.44/10. Klos hit the woodwork once and hit three key passes.
In the match before that, DSC Arminia Bielefeld hosted Fortuna Düsseldorf and drew the game 2-2.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Bielefeld have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.
Some goal stats: A review of the 12 most recent league matches shows that 10 of them had at least one goal from each team.
A decent goal production from DSC Arminia Bielefeld in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 14 league matches. Bielefeld have conceded 23 from these games.
Hannover 96 form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Hannover 96 so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-7 (win-draw-lose). Hannover 96 has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Home advantage was not enough for Hannover in their previous game as they lost hosting Heidenheim, 0-3. Hannover 96 did not look prepared in the first half against Heidenheim and lost the game during the first 45 minutes. They need to evaluate their pre-match routine before this one. Köhn got a match rating of 8.14 in that game, top player of the team. Köhn hit the woodwork once, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times.
A 1-6 defeat away at Hamburger SV before that.Hannover are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.
Observe! Both sides have scored in 9 of this club's latest 12 league fixtures.
Hannover 96 are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 14 games (in the league). As for defending, Hannover 96 rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 23 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these sides meet on the pitch this season, as the results database show this recent match: Hannover 96 - DSC Arminia Bielefeld 2-0. Bielefeld-Hannover 96 H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: DSC Arminia Bielefeld four wins, Hannover 96 one win, five draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  R. Hack 10 goals |   C. Teuchert 10 goals |  H. Kallevik Nielsen 7 goals |
DSC Arminia Bielefeld missing players
Hannover 96 missing players
| DSC Arminia Bielefeld | Hannover 96 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 43 | 24 | 11 | Scored | S | 9 | 16 | 37 |
| 49 | 23 | 8 | Conceded | C | 3 | 23 | 43 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 93% | 96% |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 71% | 79% |
| 64% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 43% | 50% |
| 43% | 50% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 29% | 29% |
| 25% | 21% | 75% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 21% | 14% |
| 68% | 64% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 57% | 61% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 21% | 25% |
| 25% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 29% | 18% |
| 4 | 4.1 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 4.4 |
| 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.8 | 6.6 | 5.9 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13.2 | 13.2 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 11.1 | 11.8 |
| 4.8 | 5.1 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
| 32% | 33% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 30% | 29% |
| 15.1 | 13.9 | 16.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.2 | 18.1 | 17.3 |
| 5.5 | 5.6 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
- DSC Arminia Bielefeld have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- DSC Arminia Bielefeld have the fewest clean sheets (2) in 2. Bundesliga
- DSC Arminia Bielefeld 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 | Darmstadt 98 | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 43 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 20 | 58 |
| 2 | Heidenheim | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 56 | 31 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 25 | 54 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 54 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 53 |
| 4 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 48 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 12 | 47 |
| 5 | St. Pauli | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 42 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 47 |
| 6 | Paderborn | 28 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 54 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 46 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 43 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 43 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 48 | 46 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 25 | 2 | 40 |
| 9 | Karlsruher SC | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 47 | 44 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 3 | 39 |
| 10 | Greuther Furth | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 41 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 26 | -2 | 36 |
| 11 | Hannover 96 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -6 | 34 |
| 12 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 45 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 28 | -11 | 32 |
| 13 | Magdeburg | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 49 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 31 | -12 | 32 |
| 14 | Nürnberg | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 41 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 27 | -17 | 30 |
| 15 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 43 | 49 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 26 | -6 | 29 |
| 16 | Jahn Regensburg | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 28 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 25 | -17 | 27 |
| 17 | Hansa Rostock | 28 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 46 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -23 | 25 |
| 18 | Sandhausen | 28 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 29 | 54 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 27 | -25 | 24 |
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