Top-ranking Nürnberg land at Hannover 96 after their 2-1-result against Hamburger SV. Check out our full preview!
- Hannover 96 have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in 2. Bundesliga
Hannover 96 and Nürnberg should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Hannover 96 form and stats
Hannover 96 have played 12 2. Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-4-4 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager Dabrowski led his Hannover 96 to a defeat away at Sandhausen. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at HDI-Arena.
This is expected to be a close game, with Hannover 96 perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hannover 96 as a small favourite), we find seven games. Hannover 96 has won two of these, drawn two and lost three.
Hannover aren't scoring a lot here at HDI-Arena in the league, with only 10 goals from 12 games. Hannover 96's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Nürnberg form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their 2. Bundesliga travels is 5 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
The club members enjoyed Nürnberg's previous match versus Hamburger SV (placed 5th), a 2-1 win played at home. Handwerker was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.62. The defender Handwerker scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 6 of 12 duels.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Hansa Rostock with the score of 2-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Nürnberg in our archives, and the results are: seven wins for Nürnberg, one draw and four defeats.
The visiting Nürnberg have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 12 games. Nürnberg's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 18 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Nürnberg - Hannover 96 0-0 was the story when these contenders formerly played each other, some time ago this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Hannover wins - draws - Nürnberg wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Kerk 7 goals |   N. Dovedan 5 goals |  E. Shuranov 5 goals |
Hannover 96 missing players
Nürnberg missing players
| Hannover 96 | Nürnberg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 24 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 17 | 36 |
| 35 | 13 | 7 | Conceded | C | 8 | 18 | 33 |
| 88% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 88% |
| 68% | 50% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 76% |
| 48% | 33% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 58% | 60% |
| 28% | 17% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 36% |
| 4% | 8% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 17% | 16% |
| 40% | 33% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 58% | 52% |
| 40% | 50% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 32% | 33% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 20% |
| 5.6 | 5.5 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5 | 5.1 |
| 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.1 |
| 2 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.9 | 13.7 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.7 | 13.5 | 13.9 |
| 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 26% | 19% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 30% | 30% |
| 14 | 14.6 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 15.8 | 15.2 |
| 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
- Hannover 96 have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in 2. Bundesliga
- Hannover 96 have the most matches under the total-line (12) in 2. Bundesliga
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Werder Bremen | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 49 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 22 | 15 | 48 |
| 2 | Darmstadt 98 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 52 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 20 | 47 |
| 3 | St. Pauli | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 51 | 36 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 47 |
| 4 | Nürnberg | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 42 |
| 5 | Hamburger SV | 25 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 45 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 19 | 41 |
| 6 | Schalke 04 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 49 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 41 |
| 7 | Heidenheim | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -1 | 39 |
| 8 | Paderborn | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 45 | 36 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 36 |
| 9 | Karlsruher SC | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 42 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 33 |
| 10 | Jahn Regensburg | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 32 |
| 11 | Holstein Kiel | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 20 | -9 | 31 |
| 12 | Hannover 96 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -11 | 31 |
| 13 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -1 | 30 |
| 14 | Sandhausen | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | -13 | 29 |
| 15 | Hansa Rostock | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 22 | -10 | 28 |
| 16 | Dynamo Dresden | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -10 | 26 |
| 17 | Erzgebirge Aue | 25 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 48 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 25 | -24 | 19 |
| 18 | Ingolstadt | 25 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 29 | -26 | 15 |
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