Crucial face-off in the cellar of the 2. Bundesliga, with both Hansa Rostock and Hannover 96 undergoing more concern than glee. This game is a typical "six-pointer" with the hosting team at 14th and the away team in 15th position.
- Hansa Rostock have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hannover 96 have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in 2. Bundesliga
Hansa Rostock form and stats
With 2 2. Bundesliga wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Hansa Rostock are certainly not brimming with confidence.
An away draw last time out for Rostock, facing Karlsruher SC in a game that ended 2-2. Midfield player Breier got a match rating of 8.55 in that game, the max score being 10. Breier scored two goals, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that, an away loss at Hamburger SV.This is expected to be a close game, with Hansa 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 seven games. Rostock has won five of these, drawn one and lost one.
The Rostock fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 14 goals have been conceded.
Hannover 96 form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Hannover 96 so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose).
The manager Dabrowski was unhappy after their last game, a 2. Bundesliga match played at their home ground HDI-Arena. Hannover 96 suffered a 1-4 loss to Werder Bremen (placed 7th). Attacker Kerk got a player rating of 7.23 in the game. "Man of the match" Kerk scored one goal.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Ingolstadt.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Hannover 96 in our archives, and the results are: seven wins for Hannover, one draw and six defeats.
The attacking power of Hannover 96 when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Hannover have conceded 16 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have played each other previously this season, with the final score Hannover 96 - Rostock 0-3 logged in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Rostock one win, one draw and Hannover 96 two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Verhoek 10 goals |   S. Kerk 5 goals |  H. Behrens 3 goals |
Hansa Rostock missing players
Hannover 96 missing players
| Hansa Rostock | Hannover 96 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 21 | 9 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 31 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 16 | 27 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 67% |
| 61% | 62% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 44% |
| 28% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 22% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 61% | 88% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 44% | 39% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 33% |
| 28% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 44% | 39% |
| 4.6 | 6.1 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| 4.5 | 2.5 | 1.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.6 | 15.2 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 13.3 | 12.6 |
| 4.4 | 5.4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | 3.6 |
| 27% | 21% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 30% | 22% |
| 12.4 | 9.8 | 6.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 13 | 13.6 |
| 4.7 | 3.8 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
- All of Hansa Rostock's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hannover 96 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hannover 96 have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in 2. Bundesliga
- Hannover 96 have the most matches under the total-line (10) in 2. Bundesliga
- Hansa Rostock have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Hansa Rostock have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Hansa Rostock have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Hansa Rostock have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | St. Pauli | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 36 |
| 2 | Darmstadt 98 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 21 | 35 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 30 |
| 4 | Schalke 04 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 30 |
| 5 | Nurnberg | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 30 |
| 6 | Heidenheim | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -1 | 30 |
| 7 | Werder Bremen | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 29 |
| 8 | Jahn Regensburg | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 28 |
| 9 | Paderborn | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| 10 | Karlsruher SC | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 25 |
| 11 | Dynamo Dresden | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -5 | 22 |
| 12 | Holstein Kiel | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -7 | 21 |
| 13 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | -2 | 20 |
| 14 | Hansa Rostock | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -10 | 20 |
| 15 | Hannover 96 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -13 | 20 |
| 16 | Sandhausen | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -16 | 17 |
| 17 | Erzgebirge Aue | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -15 | 14 |
| 18 | Ingolstadt | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 23 | -23 | 10 |
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