Hannover 96 will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 12 points behind Heidenheim.
Hannover 96 have less rest than Heidenheim in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a 2. Bundesliga game only four days ago. This match was also played here at HDI-Arena. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Heidenheim have had more rest.
Heidenheim are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Hannover 96 form and stats
When playing at home in the 2. Bundesliga, Hannover 96 have managed 3 wins, 8 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 14 games.
The Hannover 96 supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Dynamo Dresden in 2. Bundesliga and win 3-0. Prior to that, an away loss at Sandhausen.
Hannover decided the match against Dynamo Dresden in the first half, and held firmly on to their lead (3-0) without using too much effort. The team showed great control while saving some energy.
Hannover are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 14 games. 20 goals have been conceded.
Heidenheim form and stats
Playing away, Heidenheim, who have the most clean sheets (14) in 2. Bundesliga, have won 4 games, drawn 5 and suffered 5 defeats in the 2. Bundesliga this season.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Heidenheim goalkeeper Kevin Muller is eager to challenge this, with his 296 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Stefan Schimmer and Konstantin Kerschbaumer scored in Heidenheim's previous match, the home game against Erzgebirge Aue that ended 3-0. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to St. Pauli.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Heidenheim as they have only managed to score 12 times from 14 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Heidenheim have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Heidenheim - Hannover 4-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Hannover won two games, zero matches ended with a draw and Heidenheim has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / oneTop Goalscorers
  T. Kleindienst 12 goals |   M. Ducksch 9 goals |  H. Weydandt 8 goals |
Hannover 96 missing players
Heidenheim missing players
| Hannover 96 | Heidenheim | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 29 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 43 | 19 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 38 |
| 43 | 20 | 7 | Conceded | C | 5 | 18 | 29 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 86% | 93% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | 62% |
| 62% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 43% | 48% |
| 34% | 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 21% | 31% |
| 10% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 59% | 71% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 38% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | 48% |
| 24% | 21% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 36% | 28% |
| 5.2 | 6 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.4 | 5.6 |
| 4.8 | 3.9 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 2 | 1.3 |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 410 | 231 | 61 | Total Shots | T S | 40 | 152 | 359 |
| 121 | 54 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 47 | 121 |
| 36% | 35% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 26% | 31% |
- Hannover 96 has the fewest matches under the total-line (11)
- Hannover 96 has the most matches over the total-line (17)
- Hannover 96 is in the best form (4-1-1)
- Heidenheim has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Heidenheim has the most clean sheets (14)
| 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 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 53 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 27 | 56 |
| 2 | Stuttgart | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 49 | 35 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 14 | 51 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 29 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 55 | 35 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 49 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 38 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 48 |
| 5 | Darmstadt 98 | 29 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 39 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 43 |
| 6 | Hannover 96 | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 43 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 39 |
| 7 | Greuther Fürth | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 40 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 38 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 45 | 46 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 25 | -1 | 38 |
| 9 | Erzgebirge Aue | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 39 | 42 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 27 | -3 | 38 |
| 10 | Bochum | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 45 | 46 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -1 | 36 |
| 11 | Sandhausen | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 35 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 19 | -2 | 36 |
| 12 | Jahn Regensburg | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 42 | 48 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 27 | -6 | 36 |
| 13 | St. Pauli | 29 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 35 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 25 | -2 | 35 |
| 14 | Osnabrück | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 39 | 42 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 34 |
| 15 | Nürnberg | 29 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 37 | 49 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 25 | -12 | 32 |
| 16 | Karlsruher SC | 29 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 37 | 48 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 25 | -11 | 30 |
| 17 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 35 | 49 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 23 | -14 | 28 |
| 18 | Dynamo Dresden | 27 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 46 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 26 | -21 | 24 |
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