Only three points good enough for Hannover 96 in Hansa Rostock game

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 12.March
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: HDI-Arena (49000 seats)

In total; 23 fixtures have been played and Hannover 96 are 6 points in front of Hansa Rostock. Who wins the prize?

Insights:
  • Hannover 96 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hansa Rostock have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in 2. Bundesliga

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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Hannover 96 form and stats

When playing at home in the 2. Bundesliga, Hannover 96 have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 11 games. With Hannover 96 having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager Leitl.

Hannover drew their last game, 1-1 away at Greuther Furth (placed 11th). Weydandt, who plays in attack, was the best player for the side in that fixture, earning a rating of 8.15 (out of 10). Weydandt scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Ahead of that match, Hannover 96 lost 1-2 at home to Magdeburg.

Trouble hitting the net? In this team's last 12 league games, 9 have produced less than three goals (under 2.5).

The Hannover 96 fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 11 league matches. 15 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Hansa Rostock form and stats

The visitors are W4-D2-L5 on the road this term. That's in the 2. Bundesliga. Three has not been a lucky number for Rostock as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Arminia Bielefeld match.

Hansa Rostock aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 309 league minutes without a goal. Fröde was the last player to find the net.

Hansa Rostock failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Karlsruher SC (placed 9th) that ended with defeat 0-2. Midfielder Pröger was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.1. Pröger dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting St. Pauli's place.

A tale of few goals? 10 of this side's latest 11 league rounds have seen zero, one or two goals.

The attacking power of Rostock when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 11 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 15 goals have been conceded by Hansa Rostock in these games.

Head 2 Head

Hansa Rostock - Hannover 0-1 was the story when these contenders last did battle, some time ago this season. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: four - one - one (Hannover 96 wins - draws - Hansa Rostock wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Hannover 96C. Teuchert
C. Teuchert
10 goals
HannoverH. Kallevik Nielsen
H. Kallevik Nielsen
7 goals
Hansa RostockK. Pröger
K. Pröger
6 goals

Hannover 96 missing players

Hansa Rostock missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Hannover 96 Hansa Rostock
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 4 11 23
8 5 2 Won W 0 4 7
6 2 1 Drew D 2 2 3
9 4 0 Lost L 2 5 13
32 17 4 Scored S 3 10 18
31 15 1 Conceded C 6 15 31
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
78% 82% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 64% 65%
48% 55% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 36% 30%
26% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 27% 17%
13% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
61% 64% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 27% 26%
30% 36% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 36% 22%
13% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 36% 52%
 
4.3 4.5 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.5 4.7
5.6 4.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.1 6
2.6 2.5 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.5 3.2 2.7
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
12.3 12.5 13 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 10.5 12.7
4.6 5.1 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.6 3.1
30% 30% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 34% 25%
 
17.1 16.2 15 Shots against (avg) S A 19 16 14.9
5.6 5.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.2 5.4 4.9
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Hannover 96 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hannover 96 have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Hannover 96 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Hansa Rostock have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hansa Rostock have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Hansa Rostock have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Hansa Rostock have the most matches under the total-line (16) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Hansa Rostock have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Hansa Rostock haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 23 14 7 2 37 18 12 7 5 0 20 8 11 7 2 2 17 10 19 49
2 Hamburger SV 23 15 3 5 44 26 12 8 1 3 24 13 11 7 2 2 20 13 18 48
3 Heidenheim 23 13 7 3 45 25 12 9 3 0 32 13 11 4 4 3 13 12 20 46
4 Paderborn 23 12 3 8 47 29 12 8 0 4 32 14 11 4 3 4 15 15 18 39
5 Fortuna Dusseldorf 23 12 2 9 37 29 11 8 1 2 25 11 12 4 1 7 12 18 8 38
6 Kaiserslautern 23 10 8 5 37 30 11 5 4 2 19 16 12 5 4 3 18 14 7 38
7 St. Pauli 23 9 8 6 32 27 11 6 5 0 17 6 12 3 3 6 15 21 5 35
8 Holstein Kiel 23 8 9 6 40 38 11 4 4 3 19 15 12 4 5 3 21 23 2 33
9 Karlsruher SC 23 9 4 10 35 33 12 5 2 5 19 19 11 4 2 5 16 14 2 31
10 Hannover 96 23 8 6 9 32 31 11 5 2 4 17 15 12 3 4 5 15 16 1 30
11 Greuther Furth 23 6 9 8 29 35 12 5 6 1 17 14 11 1 3 7 12 21 -6 27
12 Magdeburg 23 8 3 12 31 42 11 3 2 6 10 16 12 5 1 6 21 26 -11 27
13 Nurnberg 23 7 4 12 18 35 11 5 1 5 10 12 12 2 3 7 8 23 -17 25
14 Hansa Rostock 23 7 3 13 18 31 12 3 1 8 8 16 11 4 2 5 10 15 -13 24
15 Eintracht Braunschweig 23 5 7 11 29 41 12 4 3 5 17 17 11 1 4 6 12 24 -12 22
16 Arminia Bielefeld 23 6 3 14 31 38 11 4 0 7 17 18 12 2 3 7 14 20 -7 21
17 Sandhausen 23 5 5 13 24 41 11 3 3 5 13 20 12 2 2 8 11 21 -17 20
18 Jahn Regensburg 23 5 5 13 22 39 12 3 5 4 11 18 11 2 0 9 11 21 -17 20

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  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 23 14 7 2 37 18 12 7 5 0 20 8 11 7 2 2 17 10 19 49
2 Hamburger SV 23 15 3 5 44 26 12 8 1 3 24 13 11 7 2 2 20 13 18 48
3 Heidenheim 23 13 7 3 45 25 12 9 3 0 32 13 11 4 4 3 13 12 20 46
4 Paderborn 23 12 3 8 47 29 12 8 0 4 32 14 11 4 3 4 15 15 18 39
5 Fortuna Dusseldorf 23 12 2 9 37 29 11 8 1 2 25 11 12 4 1 7 12 18 8 38
6 Kaiserslautern 23 10 8 5 37 30 11 5 4 2 19 16 12 5 4 3 18 14 7 38
7 St. Pauli 23 9 8 6 32 27 11 6 5 0 17 6 12 3 3 6 15 21 5 35
8 Holstein Kiel 23 8 9 6 40 38 11 4 4 3 19 15 12 4 5 3 21 23 2 33
9 Karlsruher SC 23 9 4 10 35 33 12 5 2 5 19 19 11 4 2 5 16 14 2 31
10 Hannover 96 23 8 6 9 32 31 11 5 2 4 17 15 12 3 4 5 15 16 1 30
11 Greuther Furth 23 6 9 8 29 35 12 5 6 1 17 14 11 1 3 7 12 21 -6 27
12 Magdeburg 23 8 3 12 31 42 11 3 2 6 10 16 12 5 1 6 21 26 -11 27
13 Nurnberg 23 7 4 12 18 35 11 5 1 5 10 12 12 2 3 7 8 23 -17 25
14 Hansa Rostock 23 7 3 13 18 31 12 3 1 8 8 16 11 4 2 5 10 15 -13 24
15 Eintracht Braunschweig 23 5 7 11 29 41 12 4 3 5 17 17 11 1 4 6 12 24 -12 22
16 Arminia Bielefeld 23 6 3 14 31 38 11 4 0 7 17 18 12 2 3 7 14 20 -7 21
17 Sandhausen 23 5 5 13 24 41 11 3 3 5 13 20 12 2 2 8 11 21 -17 20
18 Jahn Regensburg 23 5 5 13 22 39 12 3 5 4 11 18 11 2 0 9 11 21 -17 20

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