Fortuna Düsseldorf will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 0 points behind Hannover 96.
- Hannover 96 has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in 2. Bundesliga
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Merkur Spiel-Arena as Fortuna Düsseldorf have scored 16 goals to get 21 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the 2. Bundesliga are 6-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Fortuna Düsseldorf shared the glory with Jahn Regensburg in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Preceding that match was the home game against Holstein Kiel that was lost 0-2.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Fortuna Düsseldorf have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won six, drawn two and lost four.
The Düsseldorf fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 10 league matches. 10 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Hannover 96 form and stats
4-1-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Hannover 96 in their 2. Bundesliga matches away.
Hannover 96's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Paderborn that finished 0-0. Prior to that result Hannover won their away game at Eintracht Braunschweig. The scoreline was 2-1.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Hannover in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Hannover 96, zero draws and four defeats.
Hannover are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 11 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Hannover have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Hannover 96 - Fortuna Düsseldorf 3-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last eight meetings between the teams: Düsseldorf won three, Hannover 96 won four and one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Ducksch 10 goals |   K. Karaman 7 goals |  R. Hennings 7 goals |
Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players
Hannover 96 missing players
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Hannover 96 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 21 |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 29 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 31 |
| 27 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 22 |
| 90% | 90% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 91% | 86% |
| 76% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 55% | 62% |
| 62% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 55% | 52% |
| 19% | 30% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 24% |
| 14% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 19% |
| 48% | 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 55% | 38% |
| 38% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 18% | 43% |
| 24% | 20% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 36% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 12.1 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 11 | 12.6 |
| 3.9 | 4.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3.1 | 4.5 |
| 35% | 37% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | 33% |
- Hannover 96 has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in 2. Bundesliga
- Hannover 96 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hamburger SV | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 21 | 42 |
| 2 | Bochum | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 42 |
| 3 | Holstein Kiel | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 42 |
| 4 | Greuther Furth | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 17 | 39 |
| 5 | Karlsruher SC | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 36 |
| 6 | Hannover 96 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 33 |
| 7 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 33 |
| 8 | Heidenheim | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 29 |
| 9 | Erzgebirge Aue | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 29 |
| 10 | Paderborn | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 27 |
| 11 | Jahn Regensburg | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 26 |
| 12 | Darmstadt 98 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 21 | -4 | 25 |
| 13 | St. Pauli | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | -5 | 25 |
| 14 | Nürnberg | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -6 | 23 |
| 15 | Osnabrück | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -11 | 22 |
| 16 | Sandhausen | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 24 | -18 | 18 |
| 17 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 25 | -24 | 17 |
| 18 | Würzburger Kickers | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 22 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 24 | -22 | 12 |
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