Hannover 96 supporters put their faith in manager J. Zimmermann to deliver victory against Hansa Rostock

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 31.July
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: HDI-Arena (49000 seats)

It's game two of the 2. Bundesliga season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Hannover 96-Hansa Rostock!

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Hannover 96 form and stats

Last season, Hannover 96's league statistics were 12 wins, 6 draws and 16 losses, resulting in a 13th position in the 2. Bundesliga. Over these 34 matches they scored 53 goals and conceded 51. Playing at home last season Hannover 96 managed 7-4-6 (win-draw-lost) with 30 goals and 22 conceded.

Hannover 96 manager J. Zimmermann and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Werder Bremen (placed 7th) in the 2. Bundesliga. The attacker Marvin Ducksch was "man of the match" for Hannover 96 with a rating of 8.04/10. Ducksch scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and hit two key passes.

Preceding that match was the home game against Nurnberg that was lost 1-2.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Hannover have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won five times, drawn two and lost two.

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Hansa Rostock form and stats

Let's have a look at how Hansa Rostock performed last season in the 3. Liga: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 20 victories, 11 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 52 and conceded 33 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 10 - drew 5 and lost 4 with 23/15 goals scored/conceded. Rostock have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Hansa Rostock failed to get anything from their last game, a 2. Bundesliga home match vs Karlsruher SC (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 1-3. The attacker John Verhoek got a match rating of 7.32 in that game. Verhoek scored one goal and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs VfB Lubeck.

We have checked recent matches where Rostock have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were three victories, zero draws and two defeats.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Hannover 96 won two games, one match ended with a draw and Hansa Rostock has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / one

Top Goalscorers

HannoverM. Ducksch
M. Ducksch
1 goals
Hansa RostockJ. Verhoek
J. Verhoek
1 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 top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 3
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6
7 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 3
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 11
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 6
33% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 17%
Hannover 96 Last season Hansa Rostock
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   19 38
12 7   Won W   10 20
6 4   Drew D   5 11
16 6   Lost L   4 7
53 30   Scored S   23 52
51 22   Conceded C   15 33
91% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 87%
74% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   58% 66%
65% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   37% 34%
35% 41%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   11% 18%
24% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 13%
59% 53%   BTTS BTTS   42% 47%
26% 41%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 39%
24% 18%   Failed to Score F T   32% 26%
 
4.9 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 4.6
4.4 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.4 4.4
1.9 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.3
2 2   Red cards R C   4 6
 
12.4 12.9   Shots (avg) S (   8.5 9.4
4.7 5.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3 3.8
33% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   40% 36%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dynamo Dresden 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Hamburger SV 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Karlsruher SC 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Fortuna Dusseldorf 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Jahn Regensburg 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
6 Hannover 96 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
7 Werder Bremen 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Heidenheim 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Paderborn 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 St. Pauli 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
11 Erzgebirge Aue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Nurnberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Hansa Rostock 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
14 Schalke 04 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
15 Darmstadt 98 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Sandhausen 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Holstein Kiel 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
18 Ingolstadt 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bochum 34 21 4 9 66 39 17 12 2 3 40 16 17 9 2 6 26 23 27 67
2 Greuther Furth 34 18 10 6 69 44 17 9 4 4 34 23 17 9 6 2 35 21 25 64
3 Holstein Kiel 34 18 8 8 57 35 17 11 2 4 31 19 17 7 6 4 26 16 22 62
4 Hamburger SV 34 16 10 8 71 44 17 10 4 3 40 16 17 6 6 5 31 28 27 58
5 Fortuna Dusseldorf 34 16 8 10 55 46 17 11 4 2 32 20 17 5 4 8 23 26 9 56
6 Karlsruher SC 34 14 10 10 51 44 17 5 6 6 19 18 17 9 4 4 32 26 7 52
7 Darmstadt 98 34 15 6 13 63 55 17 7 3 7 29 23 17 8 3 6 34 32 8 51
8 Heidenheim 34 15 6 13 49 49 17 10 3 4 28 16 17 5 3 9 21 33 0 51
9 Paderborn 34 12 11 11 53 45 17 8 5 4 32 26 17 4 6 7 21 19 8 47
10 St. Pauli 34 13 8 13 51 56 17 8 3 6 28 25 17 5 5 7 23 31 -5 47
11 Nurnberg 34 11 11 12 46 51 17 5 7 5 22 23 17 6 4 7 24 28 -5 44
12 Erzgebirge Aue 34 12 8 14 44 53 17 8 4 5 29 28 17 4 4 9 15 25 -9 44
13 Hannover 96 34 12 6 16 53 51 17 7 4 6 30 22 17 5 2 10 23 29 2 42
14 Jahn Regensburg 34 9 11 14 37 50 17 6 6 5 23 21 17 3 5 9 14 29 -13 38
15 Sandhausen 34 10 4 20 41 60 17 9 4 4 29 21 17 1 0 16 12 39 -19 34
16 Osnabruck 34 9 6 19 35 58 17 3 1 13 16 34 17 6 5 6 19 24 -23 33
17 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 7 10 17 30 59 17 6 4 7 17 23 17 1 6 10 13 36 -29 31
18 Wurzburger Kickers 34 6 7 21 37 69 17 3 6 8 22 33 17 3 1 13 15 36 -32 25
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dynamo Dresden 38 23 6 9 61 29 19 12 5 2 35 14 19 11 1 7 26 15 32 75
2 Hansa Rostock 38 20 11 7 52 33 19 10 6 3 29 18 19 10 5 4 23 15 19 71
3 Ingolstadt 38 20 11 7 56 40 19 13 5 1 29 14 19 7 6 6 27 26 16 71
4 1860 München 38 18 12 8 69 35 19 8 8 3 36 19 19 10 4 5 33 16 34 66
5 Saarbrucken 38 16 11 11 66 51 19 9 5 5 39 26 19 7 6 6 27 25 15 59
6 Wehen Wiesbaden 38 15 11 12 57 53 19 8 6 5 29 25 19 7 5 7 28 28 4 56
7 Verl 38 14 13 11 66 55 19 6 7 6 30 24 19 8 6 5 36 31 11 55
8 Waldhof Mannheim 38 13 13 12 50 55 19 7 6 6 36 33 19 6 7 6 14 22 -5 52
9 Hallescher FC 38 14 10 14 51 58 19 8 6 5 27 24 19 6 4 9 24 34 -7 52
10 Zwickau 38 13 12 13 46 45 19 6 4 9 21 23 19 7 8 4 25 22 1 51
11 Magdeburg 38 14 9 15 42 45 19 6 6 7 17 23 19 8 3 8 25 22 -3 51
12 Viktoria Koln 38 13 12 13 52 59 19 6 4 9 26 33 19 7 8 4 26 26 -7 51
13 Turkgucu-Ataspor 38 12 11 15 45 55 19 6 7 6 19 23 19 6 4 9 26 32 -10 47
14 Kaiserslautern 38 8 19 11 47 52 19 5 11 3 24 21 19 3 8 8 23 31 -5 43
15 MSV Duisburg 38 11 10 17 52 67 19 6 5 8 26 35 19 5 5 9 26 32 -15 43
16 Uerdingen 38 11 11 16 38 50 19 4 5 10 14 28 19 7 6 6 24 22 -12 41
17 Meppen 38 12 5 21 37 61 19 8 0 11 24 37 19 4 5 10 13 24 -24 41
18 Bayern München II 38 8 13 17 47 58 19 5 3 11 20 27 19 3 10 6 27 31 -11 37
19 VfB Lubeck 38 8 11 19 41 57 19 4 7 8 17 23 19 4 4 11 24 34 -16 35
20 Unterhaching 38 9 5 24 40 57 19 6 2 11 21 26 19 3 3 13 19 31 -17 32

2. Bundesliga:
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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 Dynamo Dresden 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Hamburger SV 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Karlsruher SC 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Fortuna Dusseldorf 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Jahn Regensburg 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
6 Hannover 96 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
7 Werder Bremen 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Heidenheim 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Paderborn 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 St. Pauli 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
11 Erzgebirge Aue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Nurnberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Hansa Rostock 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
14 Schalke 04 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
15 Darmstadt 98 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Sandhausen 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Holstein Kiel 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
18 Ingolstadt 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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