SpVgg Greuther Fürth have travelled here for an exciting battle against the hosts Hannover 96. Get smart on the game with this in-depth 2. Bundesliga preview!
- Hannover 96 have not yet lost a game at home.
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in 2. Bundesliga
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Hannover 96 form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Hannover 96's two home games in the 2. Bundesliga so far this season, having collected 4 points here at HDI-Arena.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler not having conceded a league goal in 181 minutes.
A strong away win for Hannover against Magdeburg the last match, as Beier, Teuchert, Krajnc and Muroya were on target. As mentioned above, Hannover 96 "killed" Magdeburg in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Goalkeeper Zieler got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.25 out of ten. Zieler topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Hannover had a home game versus Jahn Regensburg which ended with a victory 1-0.Hannover 96 has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
SpVgg Greuther Fürth form and stats
The 2. Bundesliga season is young and SpVgg Greuther Fürth have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.
SpVgg Greuther Fürth might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Kaiserslautern proved too strong as SpVgg Greuther Fürth slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer. Asta, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.62. Asta hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and won 2 of 8 duels.
Before that, SpVgg Greuther Fürth travelled to Fortuna Dusseldorf and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the goal stats of 2-4 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: four - two - two (Hannover 96 wins - draws - SpVgg Greuther Fürth wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Teuchert 2 goals |  H. Kallevik Nielsen 2 goals |   B. Hrgota 2 goals |
Hannover 96 missing players
SpVgg Greuther Fürth missing players
| Hannover 96 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 60% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 60% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 80% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 20% |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 4.4 | 4.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3.6 |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.4 | 14.5 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 8.5 | 14.8 |
| 6.2 | 6 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
| 32% | 25% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 22% | 22% |
| 18.4 | 16 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 15.5 | 11 |
| 5.2 | 2 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 |
- All of SpVgg Greuther Fürth's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hannover 96 have not yet lost a game at home.
- Hannover 96 have scored in all their matches so far.
- Hannover 96 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have created more than twice as many corners as Hannover 96.
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in 2. Bundesliga
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth have yet to win a game.
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Hannover 96 | Last season | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Lost | L | 13 | 22 | ||
| 35 | 16 | Scored | S | 13 | 28 | ||
| 49 | 19 | Conceded | C | 49 | 82 | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 85% | ||
| 74% | 59% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 79% | ||
| 53% | 35% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 65% | ||
| 26% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 53% | 41% | ||
| 6% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 35% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 65% | ||
| 35% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 18% | ||
| 32% | 35% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 32% | ||
| 5.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.1 | 13.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 9.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3 | ||
| 27% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 27% | ||
| 14.7 | 14.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.9 | 15.2 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 5.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Paderborn | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 |
| 2 | Darmstadt 98 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | Heidenheim | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | Kaiserslautern | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Hamburger SV | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Hansa Rostock | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 7 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 8 |
| 9 | Hannover 96 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | Karlsruher SC | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | St. Pauli | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 12 | Nurnberg | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 13 | Jahn Regensburg | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Sandhausen | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 15 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 16 | Magdeburg | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 3 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 1 |
| 18 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -9 | 1 |
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