Stumbling Hannover 96 will hope to pull off a small shock when they welcome high-flying Darmstadt 98 in the next league fixture. It’s 14th vs 1st and the home supporters will have not-so-high expectations.
- Hannover 96 have the fewest scored goals (16) in 2. Bundesliga
- Darmstadt 98 have the most scored goals (45) in 2. Bundesliga
Hannover 96 and Darmstadt 98 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.
Hannover 96 form and stats
Hannover 96 have played 10 2. Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-4 (wins-draws-losses). When Hannover 96 hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like St. Pauli, Schalke 04, Heidenheim, Werder Bremen and Hamburger SV), they have won 3 of 5 matches!
Hannover are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Heidenheim. Midfielder Beier was the best player on the team with a rating of 6.83 (out of ten) in that game. Beier scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Dynamo Dresden that ended 0-0.Hannover 96 aren't scoring a lot here at HDI-Arena in the league, with only 6 goals from 10 games. Hannover 96 have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Darmstadt 98 form and stats
6-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Darmstadt 98, who have the most scored goals (45) in 2. Bundesliga, in their 2. Bundesliga matches away. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Heidenheim game have they lost an away game, meaning Darmstadt has taken points from seven away matches in a row.
Darmstadt 98 failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Hamburger SV (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 0-5. Midfielder Kempe was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 6.83. Kempe hit five key passes and had 29 successful passes (of 36 total).
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Karlsruher SC.As opposed to that, Darmstadt 98 have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
This was the end result when the teams faced each other previously this campaign; Darmstadt 98 - Hannover 96 4-0. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's one Hannover victories, one draw and six Darmstadt 98 wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Tietz 12 goals | L. Pfeiffer 12 goals |   S. Kerk 5 goals |
Hannover 96 missing players
Darmstadt 98 missing players
| Hannover 96 | Darmstadt 98 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 16 | 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 10 | 22 | 45 |
| 30 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 27 |
| 86% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 40% | 20% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 90% |
| 43% | 30% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | 67% |
| 24% | 10% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | 43% |
| 5% | 10% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 18% | 19% |
| 38% | 30% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | 48% |
| 38% | 50% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 38% |
| 38% | 40% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| 2 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.2 | 12.4 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 20.7 | 15.4 | 15.2 |
| 3.5 | 4.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
| 22% | 14% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 36% | 38% |
| 13.6 | 13.6 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 14.4 | 13.2 |
| 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.9 | 4.3 |
- Darmstadt 98 have scored more than double the goals of Hannover 96.
- Darmstadt 98 have the most scored goals (45) in 2. Bundesliga
- Darmstadt 98 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hannover 96 have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in 2. Bundesliga
- Hannover 96 have the fewest scored goals (16) in 2. Bundesliga
- Hannover 96 have the fewest scored goals (6) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- Hannover 96 have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in 2. Bundesliga
- Hannover 96 have the most matches under the total-line (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 | Darmstadt 98 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 18 | 39 |
| 2 | St. Pauli | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 29 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 13 | 38 |
| 3 | Werder Bremen | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 38 |
| 4 | Hamburger SV | 21 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 39 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 19 | 37 |
| 5 | Schalke 04 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 37 |
| 6 | Heidenheim | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 37 |
| 7 | Nurnberg | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 33 |
| 8 | Paderborn | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 31 |
| 9 | Jahn Regensburg | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 31 |
| 10 | Holstein Kiel | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -5 | 28 |
| 11 | Karlsruher SC | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 26 |
| 12 | Hansa Rostock | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -8 | 24 |
| 13 | Dynamo Dresden | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -8 | 24 |
| 14 | Hannover 96 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -14 | 24 |
| 15 | Sandhausen | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -15 | 23 |
| 16 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 20 |
| 17 | Erzgebirge Aue | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -22 | 15 |
| 18 | Ingolstadt | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -21 | 13 |
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