Hannover 96 vs Heidenheim betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Fri 20.August
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: HDI-Arena (49000 seats)

Hannover 96 oppose Heidenheim for acclaim and football prosperity.

Insights:
  • Hannover 96 have the most conceded goals in the second half (5) in 2. Bundesliga

Both parties have had plentiful rest since their last match. Let's trust this will be an energetic fixture!

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Hannover 96 form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first 2. Bundesliga game of the season here at HDI-Arena. Last season these fans witnessed 7 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses from Hannover 96's 17 home games.

Hannover haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 215 minutes ago. M. Ducksch scored that one.

Hannover lost their last game at Dynamo Dresden (placed 2nd) after a 0-2 scoreline. Marcel Franke was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.15 out of 10. The defender Franke won 6 of 10 duels.

In the game before, an away victory in the DFB Pokal match versus Eintracht Norderstedt with a 4-0 scoreline.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Hannover 96 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won two, drawn two and lost four.

Early season league goal statistics from Hannover 96's 1 home game: 0 goals, 3 conceded.

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Heidenheim form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the 2. Bundesliga, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 5 wins, 3 draws and 9 defeats from 17 matches.

Heidenheim played 1-1 against Hansa Rostock in their previous match. Tim Kleindienst, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.75. Kleindienst scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 5 times.

Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Hansa Rostock (after extra-time)'s place.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Heidenheim playing away and similar expectations, we found 18 relevant matches. Results were three Heidenheim wins, eight draws and seven defeats.

It's early days yet, but Heidenheim has scored 2 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

As for the last six games between these two teams, there's three Hannover 96 victories, zero draws and three Heidenheim wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

HeidenheimT. Kleindienst
T. Kleindienst
2 goals
HannoverM. Ducksch
M. Ducksch
1 goals
HeidenheimP. Schmidt
P. Schmidt
1 goals

Hannover 96 missing players

Heidenheim missing players

Hannover 96 Heidenheim
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 1 Played P 1 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
2 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 2 2 3
6 3 3 Conceded C 1 1 2
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 67%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 67%
33% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
67% 100% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
5.3 5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 4.7
5.3 5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4 4
2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14 12 12 Shots (avg) S ( 13 13 13
3 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 3
11% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 50% 33%
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Hannover 96 have the most conceded goals in the second half (5) in 2. Bundesliga
Hannover 96 Last season Heidenheim
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
12 7   Won W   5 15
6 4   Drew D   3 6
16 6   Lost L   9 13
53 30   Scored S   21 49
51 22   Conceded C   33 49
91% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 94%
74% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 76%
65% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   71% 56%
35% 41%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   41% 32%
24% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 18%
59% 53%   BTTS BTTS   59% 50%
26% 41%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 29%
24% 18%   Failed to Score F T   29% 26%
 
4.9 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   5.6 5.6
4.4 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 4.4
1.9 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.7
2 2   Red cards R C   2 2
 
12.4 12.9   Shots (avg) S (   12 12.7
4.7 5.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.4
33% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 33%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Jahn Regensburg 3 3 0 0 8 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 5 0 8 9
2 Dynamo Dresden 3 2 1 0 6 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 5 7
3 Karlsruher SC 3 2 1 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 5 7
4 St. Pauli 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 7
5 Paderborn 3 1 2 0 6 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 3 5
6 Nurnberg 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 5
7 Heidenheim 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 5
8 Hamburger SV 3 1 1 1 6 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 4
9 Hansa Rostock 3 1 1 1 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 4
10 Schalke 04 3 1 1 1 5 4 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 4
11 Werder Bremen 3 1 1 1 5 7 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 1 0 0 3 2 -2 4
12 Darmstadt 98 3 1 0 2 6 6 2 1 0 1 6 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 3
13 Erzgebirge Aue 3 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 3
14 Fortuna Düsseldorf 3 1 0 2 4 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 -1 3
15 Hannover 96 3 0 1 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 -5 1
16 Sandhausen 3 0 1 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -5 1
17 Ingolstadt 3 0 0 3 2 11 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 9 -9 0
18 Holstein Kiel 3 0 0 3 0 9 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 -9 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 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 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 Düsseldorf 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 Osnabrück 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

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