2. Bundesliga: Fortuna Düsseldorf thought to overcome Hannover 96

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 21.May
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Merkur Spiel-Arena (54600 seats)

The standings reveals that 11 points divide the two competitors in this 2. Bundesliga fixture. Fortuna Düsseldorf have both the points- and home stadium advantage.

Insights:
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

Hannover is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

Fortuna Düsseldorf 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.

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Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Merkur Spiel-Arena as Fortuna Düsseldorf have scored 35 goals to get 36 points from 16 games. The overall stats in the 2. Bundesliga are 11-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). It’s been three wins in a row for Fortuna Düsseldorf here at Merkur Spiel-Arena, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Florian Kastenmeier not having conceded a league goal in 204 minutes.

Fortuna Düsseldorf shared the glory with St. Pauli in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. The goalie Kastenmeier was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.65 out of ten. Kastenmeier topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Holstein Kiel.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Düsseldorf matches with similar probabilities have ended with 6 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from 7 games).

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (35 in 16 games), Fortuna Düsseldorf's attacking play is working.

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Hannover 96 form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Hannover 96 so far with only 16 points returning home. The records show 4-4-8 (win-draw-lose).

Impressive finishing from Teuchert and Nielsen secured the home win 2-1 against Darmstadt 98 in their previous game. Nielsen, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.12. Nielsen scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

A 1-2 defeat away at Karlsruher SC before that.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Hannover when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 0 and winning 0 games.

Sports betting fact: Both teams have scored goal(s) in 10 of this club's last 13 league games.

Hannover 96 find the net regularly in their away games. 20 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league. As for defending, Hannover rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 26 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Hannover 96 have avoided defeat in the last 4 fixtures (2-2-0) facing Fortuna Düsseldorf.

These competitors have met before this season: Hannover 96 - Fortuna Düsseldorf 2-0. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Hannover 96C. Teuchert
C. Teuchert
13 goals
DüsseldorfD. Kownacki
D. Kownacki
12 goals
Hannover 96H. Kallevik Nielsen
H. Kallevik Nielsen
8 goals

Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players

Hannover 96 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fortuna Düsseldorf Hannover 96
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
16 11 3 Won W 0 4 12
6 3 1 Drew D 0 4 7
10 2 1 Lost L 5 8 13
54 35 12 Scored S 4 20 46
40 16 8 Conceded C 15 26 47
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
78% 81% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 75% 81%
59% 69% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 50% 56%
38% 50% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 31% 28%
16% 19% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 19% 12%
56% 62% 80% BTTS BTTS 60% 62% 62%
25% 31% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 25%
22% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 25% 16%
 
4.7 5.3 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.2 4.4
4.9 3.7 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.4 6.2 5.9
2.3 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.3 2.3
2 0 0 Red cards R C 2 3 4
 
14 15.4 18.6 Shots (avg) S ( 10.6 11.2 11.9
5.2 6.1 6.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.9 4.7
33% 36% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 32% 31%
 
12.2 12.1 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 21.4 17.3 16.7
3.9 3.9 4.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.8 5.8 5.4
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Darmstadt 98 32 19 7 6 49 29 16 10 5 1 26 13 16 9 2 5 23 16 20 64
2 Heidenheim 32 17 10 5 63 34 16 11 4 1 40 16 16 6 6 4 23 18 29 61
3 Hamburger SV 32 18 6 8 67 44 16 10 3 3 36 19 16 8 3 5 31 25 23 60
4 Paderborn 32 16 6 10 66 41 16 12 0 4 46 19 16 4 6 6 20 22 25 54
5 St. Pauli 32 15 9 8 50 35 16 9 6 1 23 10 16 6 3 7 27 25 15 54
6 Fortuna Düsseldorf 32 16 6 10 54 40 16 11 3 2 35 16 16 5 3 8 19 24 14 54
7 Kaiserslautern 32 11 12 9 47 43 16 6 6 4 26 23 16 5 6 5 21 20 4 45
8 Hannover 96 32 12 7 13 46 47 16 8 3 5 26 21 16 4 4 8 20 26 -1 43
9 Holstein Kiel 32 11 10 11 50 56 16 6 4 6 26 25 16 5 6 5 24 31 -6 43
10 Karlsruher SC 32 12 6 14 53 52 16 8 3 5 30 25 16 4 3 9 23 27 1 42
11 Magdeburg 32 11 7 14 44 54 16 5 4 7 19 22 16 6 3 7 25 32 -10 40
12 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 32 9 11 12 42 48 16 7 7 2 24 19 16 2 4 10 18 29 -6 38
13 Hansa Rostock 32 11 4 17 30 47 16 5 1 10 16 24 16 6 3 7 14 23 -17 37
14 Eintracht Braunschweig 32 9 9 14 40 55 16 7 3 6 22 20 16 2 6 8 18 35 -15 36
15 Nürnberg 32 9 8 15 31 49 16 7 3 6 18 17 16 2 5 9 13 32 -18 35
16 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 32 9 6 17 48 56 16 5 3 8 26 27 16 4 3 9 22 29 -8 33
17 Jahn Regensburg 32 7 7 18 30 54 16 4 7 5 15 25 16 3 0 13 15 29 -24 28
18 Sandhausen 32 7 7 18 35 61 16 4 4 8 18 32 16 3 3 10 17 29 -26 28

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Table
  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 32 19 7 6 49 29 16 10 5 1 26 13 16 9 2 5 23 16 20 64
2 Heidenheim 32 17 10 5 63 34 16 11 4 1 40 16 16 6 6 4 23 18 29 61
3 Hamburger SV 32 18 6 8 67 44 16 10 3 3 36 19 16 8 3 5 31 25 23 60
4 Paderborn 32 16 6 10 66 41 16 12 0 4 46 19 16 4 6 6 20 22 25 54
5 St. Pauli 32 15 9 8 50 35 16 9 6 1 23 10 16 6 3 7 27 25 15 54
6 Fortuna Düsseldorf 32 16 6 10 54 40 16 11 3 2 35 16 16 5 3 8 19 24 14 54
7 Kaiserslautern 32 11 12 9 47 43 16 6 6 4 26 23 16 5 6 5 21 20 4 45
8 Hannover 96 32 12 7 13 46 47 16 8 3 5 26 21 16 4 4 8 20 26 -1 43
9 Holstein Kiel 32 11 10 11 50 56 16 6 4 6 26 25 16 5 6 5 24 31 -6 43
10 Karlsruher SC 32 12 6 14 53 52 16 8 3 5 30 25 16 4 3 9 23 27 1 42
11 Magdeburg 32 11 7 14 44 54 16 5 4 7 19 22 16 6 3 7 25 32 -10 40
12 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 32 9 11 12 42 48 16 7 7 2 24 19 16 2 4 10 18 29 -6 38
13 Hansa Rostock 32 11 4 17 30 47 16 5 1 10 16 24 16 6 3 7 14 23 -17 37
14 Eintracht Braunschweig 32 9 9 14 40 55 16 7 3 6 22 20 16 2 6 8 18 35 -15 36
15 Nürnberg 32 9 8 15 31 49 16 7 3 6 18 17 16 2 5 9 13 32 -18 35
16 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 32 9 6 17 48 56 16 5 3 8 26 27 16 4 3 9 22 29 -8 33
17 Jahn Regensburg 32 7 7 18 30 54 16 4 7 5 15 25 16 3 0 13 15 29 -24 28
18 Sandhausen 32 7 7 18 35 61 16 4 4 8 18 32 16 3 3 10 17 29 -26 28

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