Hannover 96 will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 15 points behind Hamburger SV.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Hannover 96 form and stats
Hannover 96's results here at HDI-Arena in the 2. Bundesliga have been very modest with 1 victory, 6 draws and 3 defeats. Hannover 96 have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Hannover 96 are returning here after visiting Greuther Fürth in a 2. Bundesliga game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Cedric Teuchert, Genki Haraguchi and Simon Stehle scored the goal(s). Before that, Hannover 96 drew at home versus Wehen Wiesbaden.
Ron-Robert Zieler loved the game against Greuther Fürth. With a stunning seven saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 3-1 victory.
Hannover 96 are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 10 games. Hannover 96 have conceded 17 from these games.
Hamburger SV form and stats
3-6-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Hamburger SV, who have the most scored goals (45) in 2. Bundesliga, in their 2. Bundesliga matches away.
Hamburger SV go into this game after a win, the home game against Karlsruher SC that ended 2-0. Preceding that game was the away victory against Bochum with the score of 3-1.
The travelling fans enjoy Hamburger SV's attacking play in away games, having scored 20 goals in 11 league matches away. Hamburger SV have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Hamburger SV - Hannover 96 3-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Hannover 96, one draw and four wins for Hamburger SV. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  S. Kittel 11 goals |  L. Hinterseer 9 goals |   H. Weydandt 6 goals |
Hannover 96 missing players
Hamburger SV missing players
| Hannover 96 | Hamburger SV | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 21 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 27 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 20 | 45 |
| 34 | 17 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 15 | 21 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 62% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 55% | 52% |
| 33% | 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 45% | 38% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 57% | 70% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 82% | 62% |
| 19% | 10% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 29% |
| 29% | 30% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | 10% |
| 5.3 | 6.7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 6.1 | 6.6 |
| 4.7 | 3.9 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
| 2.6 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 308 | 176 | 44 | Total Shots | T S | 75 | 182 | 349 |
| 93 | 40 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 23 | 57 | 122 |
| 29% | 28% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 35% | 37% |
- All of Hamburger SV's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hamburger SV has the most scored goals (45)
- Hamburger SV has the most scored goals in the second half (30)
- Hamburger SV has the the best goal difference (+24)
- Hamburger SV have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hamburger SV have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Hamburger SV have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Hamburger SV haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hannover 96 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arminia Bielefeld | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 43 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 22 | 41 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 45 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 24 | 40 |
| 3 | Stuttgart | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 38 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 34 |
| 5 | Greuther Fürth | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 31 |
| 6 | Holstein Kiel | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 30 |
| 7 | Erzgebirge Aue | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -1 | 30 |
| 8 | Jahn Regensburg | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -3 | 29 |
| 9 | Osnabrück | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 27 |
| 10 | Sandhausen | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| 11 | Darmstadt 98 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 26 |
| 12 | Hannover 96 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | -7 | 25 |
| 13 | Nürnberg | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -8 | 25 |
| 14 | Bochum | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 34 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -5 | 23 |
| 15 | St. Pauli | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -3 | 22 |
| 16 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -14 | 21 |
| 17 | Karlsruher SC | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -12 | 20 |
| 18 | Dynamo Dresden | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -17 | 17 |
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