With their 4 point advantage in the league table, Hannover 96 fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against St. Pauli.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Hannover are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Pauli are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.
Hannover 96 form and stats
Overall 2. Bundesliga stats at home this season for Hannover 96 are 4-8-3 (wins-draw-losses). Hannover has recorded two wins in a row here at HDI-Arena, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
In their previous game, the manager K. Kocak led his Hannover 96 to a defeat in the 2. Bundesliga match away at Darmstadt 98. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at HDI-Arena. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Heidenheim in a game that was won 2-1.
Heartbreak for Hannover 96 in their last match as Darmstadt 98's P. Pfeiffer scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
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 seven games) they have won three times, drawn two and lost two.
There will be little rest for Hannover after this match as they are travelling to Erzgebirge Aue for a 2. Bundesliga game in only four days.
The Hannover fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 21 in 15 matches. Hannover 96's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
St. Pauli form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for St. Pauli so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 1-6-8 (win-draw-lose).
Pauli go into this game after a win, the home game against Erzgebirge Aue that ended 2-1. Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Bochum's place.
We have checked recent matches where St. Pauli have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were two victories, three draws and eight defeats.
After this away game St. Pauli return home for a 2. Bundesliga game against Jahn Regensburg. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 14 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Pauli have conceded 27 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: St. Pauli - Hannover 0-1. Hannover 96-St. Pauli H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Hannover three wins, St. Pauli one win, one draw. zero of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Ducksch 11 goals |   D. Diamantakos 10 goals |  H. Veerman 9 goals |
Hannover 96 missing players
St. Pauli missing players
| Hannover 96 | St. Pauli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 31 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | 11 |
| 47 | 21 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | 37 |
| 47 | 21 | 7 | Conceded | C | 11 | 27 | 40 |
| 97% | 93% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 87% | 93% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 87% | 77% |
| 65% | 53% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 47% | 45% |
| 35% | 33% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 27% | 26% |
| 13% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 3% |
| 61% | 73% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 60% | 55% |
| 19% | 13% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 23% |
| 23% | 20% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 33% | 29% |
| 5.2 | 5.9 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.8 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| 4.8 | 4 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.1 | 5.3 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 441 | 247 | 78 | Total Shots | T S | 56 | 152 | 371 |
| 131 | 58 | 19 | Shots on Target | S O | 20 | 50 | 123 |
| 36% | 36% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 28% | 30% |
- Hannover 96 has the fewest matches under the total-line (11)
- Hannover 96 has the most matches over the total-line (19)
- St. Pauli has the fewest points from losing position (3)
- St. Pauli has the fewest scored goals in the second half (15)
- St. Pauli have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- St. Pauli haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 30 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 54 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 27 | 58 | ||||
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 31 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 59 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 53 | ||||
| top | Away | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 28 | 14 | 4 | 4 | Heidenheim | 31 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 43 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 51 | |
| 5 | Darmstadt 98 | 31 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 42 | 40 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 26 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 2 | 46 | ||||
| 6 | Bochum | 31 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 49 | 46 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 42 | ||||
| 7 | Greuther Furth | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 42 | ||||
| 8 | Hannover 96 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 47 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 42 | ||||
| 9 | Erzgebirge Aue | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 41 | 44 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 29 | -3 | 41 | ||||
| 10 | Sandhausen | 31 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 37 | 38 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 20 | -1 | 40 | ||||
| 11 | Holstein Kiel | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 49 | 51 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 28 | -2 | 39 | ||||
| 12 | Jahn Regensburg | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 52 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 31 | -6 | 39 | ||||
| 13 | St. Pauli | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 37 | 40 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -3 | 38 | ||||
| 14 | Osnabruck | 31 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 39 | 44 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -5 | 35 | ||||
| 15 | Karlsruher SC | 31 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 39 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 26 | -11 | 33 | ||||
| 16 | Nurnberg | 31 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 38 | 51 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 26 | -13 | 33 | ||||
| 17 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 31 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 39 | 53 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 24 | -14 | 31 | ||||
| 18 | Dynamo Dresden | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 28 | -21 | 28 | ||||
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