2. Bundesliga: What this fixture might not have in elegance it should pay back in energy and commitment. Let's go: Hannover 96 - Sandhausen!
- Hannover 96 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sandhausen have the most conceded goals (48) 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!
Hannover 96 form and stats
Hannover 96 have collected 18 points from their 2. Bundesliga home games so far after 5-3-4.
The fans are hoping that Hannover will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Eintracht Braunschweig (placed 16th). Zieler had a busy but productive day in the Eintracht Braunschweig match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Muroya was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.42 out of 10. The defender Muroya hit one key pass and won 6 of 12 duels.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Hansa Rostock.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 96 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.
Trench warfare? In this team's last 14 league games, 11 have produced zero, one or two goals.
The Hannover 96 fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 12 league matches. On the other hand, Hannover 96 have conceded 16 goals.
Sandhausen form and stats
There's been little loot from Sandhausen's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 13 away games in the 2. Bundesliga. Sandhausen only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws.
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus St. Pauli with 0-5 on the scoreboard. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against St. Pauli was particularly ugly (0-5). The humiliation is still top of mind. Zhirov, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.05. Zhirov hit one key pass and won 3 of 4 duels.
Before that, Sandhausen travelled to Kaiserslautern and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.We have checked recent matches where Sandhausen have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 17 games were 4 victories, 3 draws and 10 defeats.
Sandhausen have conceded 23 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date registered match between these contenders is the Sandhausen - Hannover 96 2-3 played not long ago this season. Last nine meetings featuring these teams: Hannover 96 won two, Sandhausen were winners in four and we saw three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Teuchert 10 goals |  H. Kallevik Nielsen 7 goals |   D. Kinsombi 6 goals |
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| Hannover 96 | Sandhausen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 25 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 33 | 18 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 33 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 8 | 23 | 48 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 76% | 83% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 77% | 76% |
| 44% | 50% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 54% | 60% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 23% | 32% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 15% | 20% |
| 60% | 67% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 62% | 56% |
| 28% | 33% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 16% |
| 16% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 31% | 32% |
| 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 6.6 | 6 |
| 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.9 | 12.3 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 8.2 | 10 |
| 4.5 | 5.2 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
| 29% | 29% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 35% | 32% |
| 17.4 | 16.6 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 16 | 14.7 |
| 5.7 | 5.7 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5 | 5 |
- 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.
- Sandhausen have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Sandhausen have the most conceded goals (48) in 2. Bundesliga
- Sandhausen have the most conceded goals in the second half (30) in 2. Bundesliga
- Sandhausen have the the worst goal difference (-22) in 2. Bundesliga
- Sandhausen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sandhausen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Sandhausen is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 40 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 19 | 52 |
| 2 | Heidenheim | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 51 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 23 | 50 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 46 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 49 |
| 4 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 25 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 43 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 42 |
| 5 | St. Pauli | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 41 |
| 6 | Paderborn | 25 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 47 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 40 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 39 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 39 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 41 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 23 | 1 | 34 |
| 9 | Karlsruher SC | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 41 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 34 |
| 10 | Hannover 96 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 31 |
| 11 | Greuther Furth | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 37 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -4 | 30 |
| 12 | Nurnberg | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -15 | 29 |
| 13 | Magdeburg | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 31 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 29 | -14 | 28 |
| 14 | Jahn Regensburg | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 22 | -15 | 26 |
| 15 | Arminia Bielefeld | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 36 | 41 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 20 | -5 | 25 |
| 16 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 26 | -13 | 25 |
| 17 | Hansa Rostock | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -16 | 25 |
| 18 | Sandhausen | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -22 | 21 |
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