2. Bundesliga: The mid-table spots tell a story of the journey Hansa Rostock and Hannover 96 have undertaken uptil now. Both contenders are set to play; bring it!
- Hansa Rostock haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hannover 96 have scored more than double the goals of Hansa Rostock.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Hansa Rostock form and stats
Hansa Rostock have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the 2. Bundesliga. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. Rostock has recorded two wins in a row here at Ostseestadion, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
No payout for Hansa Rostock in their previous match, an away game at Karlsruher SC that ended in defeat 0-2. Kolke had a busy but productive day in the Karlsruher SC match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented.
Ahead of that match, Hansa Rostock won a home game hosting St. Pauli (2-0).This is expected to be a close game, with Rostock perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hansa Rostock as a small favourite), we find 11 games. Hansa Rostock has won 5 of these, drawn 2 and lost 4.
The Hansa Rostock fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. From these home matches, Rostock have conceded only 2 goals.
Hannover 96 form and stats
Hannover 96 are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the 2. Bundesliga, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).
The supporters enjoyed Hannover 96's previous game versus Greuther Furth (placed 17th), a 2-1 win played at home. Leopold got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, top player of the team. Leopold served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 33 successful passes (of 37 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 4-0 at Magdeburg.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hannover 96 playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were {5 Hannover 96 wins}, 1 draw and 7 defeats.
Hannover have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 7 goals from 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Hansa Rostock-Hannover 96 H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Hansa Rostock one win, Hannover 96 three wins, one draw. three of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  H. Kallevik Nielsen 3 goals |   K. Pröger 2 goals |  M. Beier 2 goals |
Hansa Rostock missing players
Hannover 96 missing players
| Hansa Rostock | Hannover 96 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.8 | 4 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
| 5.7 | 6 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.5 | 13.7 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14.3 | 13.8 |
| 2.8 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6.3 | 6 |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 37% | 33% |
| 14.3 | 12.3 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 20 | 18 |
| 4.7 | 3 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 7.3 | 5.2 |
- All of Hannover 96's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Hannover 96 have scored in all their matches so far.
- Hannover 96 have scored more than double the goals of Hansa Rostock.
- Hannover 96 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hansa Rostock haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 |
| 2 | Darmstadt 98 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | Kaiserslautern | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | Holstein Kiel | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | Hannover 96 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| 10 | Hansa Rostock | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 11 | St. Pauli | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 12 | Nurnberg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 13 | Jahn Regensburg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 7 |
| 14 | Sandhausen | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 6 |
| 15 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 16 | Magdeburg | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -8 | 4 |
| 17 | Greuther Furth | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| 18 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | -12 | 1 |
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