Early betting action hint to Hamburger SV superiority versus Hannover 96

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 07.May
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Volksparkstadion (57000 seats)

The 2. Bundesliga standings tell a tale about these squads so far, with Hamburger SV in front of Hannover 96 by 15 points. Here's the Tipsway preview:

Insights:
  • Hamburger SV have the fewest conceded goals (32) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Hannover 96 have the most clean sheets (12) in 2. Bundesliga

The season is still full of potential for Hamburger as they can still win the whole 2. Bundesliga. Hannover 96 is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Hamburger SV form and stats

Hamburger SV have collected 30 points from their 2. Bundesliga home games so far after 8-6-2. Two home wins in a row for Hamburger bring valid hopes of a third.

A strong away win for Hamburger SV against Ingolstadt the last match, as Kittel, Kaufmann, Schonlau and Glatzel were on target. As mentioned above, Hamburger "killed" Ingolstadt in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. The talented striker Kittel outshone all the other players in that match and got a match rating of 8.83 out of 10. Kittel scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and had 42 successful passes (of 47 total).

Before that match, a win away at Jahn Regensburg.

Hamburger SV are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found seven matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won six, drew zero and lost one.

Goals decide football matches and Hamburger SV are scoring many of them at home; 34 on target from 16 league matches.

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Hannover 96 form and stats

5-3-8 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Hannover 96 in their 2. Bundesliga matches away.

Impressive finishing from Beier and Weydandt secured the home win 2-0 against Karlsruher SC in their previous game. Defender Ochs was the best team player with a rating of 8.14. Ochs hit four key passes and won 6 of 8 duels.

A 0-3 defeat away at Paderborn before that.

Hannover have scored 18 goals on their travels this season, from 16 away games in the league. As for defending, Hannover 96 rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 28 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The newest logged meeting featuring both these participants is the Hannover 96 - Hamburger 1-0 played not long ago this season. Head-to-head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Hamburger SV won three games, three matches ended with a draw and Hannover 96 managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

HamburgerR. Glatzel
R. Glatzel
19 goals
Hamburger SVS. Kittel
S. Kittel
9 goals
Hannover 96S. Kerk
S. Kerk
8 goals

Hamburger SV missing players

Hannover 96 missing players

Hamburger SV Hannover 96
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
14 8 4 Won W 1 5 10
12 6 1 Drew D 2 3 9
6 2 0 Lost L 2 8 13
62 34 13 Scored S 5 18 31
32 16 2 Conceded C 7 28 45
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 88%
91% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 88% 72%
56% 69% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 69% 50%
31% 31% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 38% 25%
16% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
66% 69% 40% BTTS BTTS 40% 50% 41%
28% 31% 60% Clean Sheets C S 40% 25% 38%
9% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 31% 34%
 
6.3 7.4 9.8 Corners for (avg) C F 7.2 5.6 5.3
4.6 4.1 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 5.9 5.5
2 1.7 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.6 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
15.2 16.9 18.6 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 12.6 13.2
5.7 7 8.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.4 3.9
34% 30% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 33% 25%
 
11.8 10.8 8.6 Shots against (avg) S A 14 14.1 14.2
4.1 3.6 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.2 4.6
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Hamburger SV's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Hamburger SV have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hamburger SV have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Hamburger SV have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Hamburger SV have the fewest conceded goals (16) at home in 2. Bundesliga
  • Hamburger SV have the fewest conceded goals (32) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Hamburger SV have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (16) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Hamburger SV have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Hamburger SV have the the best goal difference (+30) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Hamburger SV haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Hannover 96 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hannover 96 have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Hannover 96 have the most clean sheets (12) in 2. Bundesliga

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Schalke 04 32 18 5 9 67 41 16 9 2 5 37 25 16 9 3 4 30 16 26 59
2 Darmstadt 98 32 17 6 9 67 44 16 9 3 4 39 23 16 8 3 5 28 21 23 57
3 Werder Bremen 32 16 9 7 60 43 16 7 6 3 27 17 16 9 3 4 33 26 17 57
4 Hamburger SV 32 14 12 6 62 32 16 8 6 2 34 16 16 6 6 4 28 16 30 54
5 St. Pauli 32 15 9 8 57 43 16 10 4 2 35 17 16 5 5 6 22 26 14 54
6 Nurnberg 32 14 9 9 48 44 16 8 3 5 25 21 16 6 6 4 23 23 4 51
7 Paderborn 32 12 12 8 54 41 16 3 7 6 24 24 16 9 5 2 30 17 13 48
8 Heidenheim 32 13 7 12 39 45 16 9 4 3 25 18 16 4 3 9 14 27 -6 46
9 Holstein Kiel 32 11 9 12 42 51 16 7 3 6 20 23 16 4 6 6 22 28 -9 42
10 Fortuna Düsseldorf 32 10 11 11 43 39 16 5 6 5 26 20 16 5 5 6 17 19 4 41
11 Jahn Regensburg 32 10 10 12 50 47 16 6 4 6 31 27 16 4 6 6 19 20 3 40
12 Karlsruher SC 32 9 13 10 52 51 16 5 8 3 30 24 16 4 5 7 22 27 1 40
13 Hansa Rostock 32 10 10 12 39 49 16 4 5 7 15 22 16 6 5 5 24 27 -10 40
14 Hannover 96 32 10 9 13 31 45 16 5 6 5 13 17 16 5 3 8 18 28 -14 39
15 Sandhausen 32 9 11 12 39 51 16 3 5 8 16 28 16 6 6 4 23 23 -12 38
16 Dynamo Dresden 32 7 10 15 31 43 16 5 5 6 18 17 16 2 5 9 13 26 -12 31
17 Erzgebirge Aue 32 5 8 19 31 69 16 3 3 10 14 31 16 2 5 9 17 38 -38 23
18 Ingolstadt 32 4 8 20 28 62 16 2 4 10 12 29 16 2 4 10 16 33 -34 20

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