It's the DFB Pokal: Hannover 96 and RB Leipzig face off

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Competition: Germany DFB Pokal
Competition: Wed 02.March
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: HDI-Arena (49000 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hannover 96 or RB Leipzig that keep their silverware dream alive.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Bundesliga game only three days ago. That game was also an away game, at VfL Bochum 1848. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Hannover 96 form and stats

Hannover 96 was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the DFB Pokal.

4 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Hannover 96 have to build on here at HDI-Arena in the 2. Bundesliga.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler not having conceded a league goal in 209 minutes.

The Hannover 96 followers enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Holstein Kiel and win 2-0. Defender Hult got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.15/10. Hult scored one goal and won 4 of 6 duels.

In the game before, an away victory in the 2. Bundesliga match versus St. Pauli with a 3-0 scoreline.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Hannover 96 as they are travelling to their away game against Sandhausen in the 2. Bundesliga. That match is three days after this one.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Hannover here at HDI-Arena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 12 games). Hannover 96's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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RB Leipzig form and stats

They also participated in DFB Pokal last season. This ended in the final.

3 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of RB Leipzig playing as the away team in the Bundesliga this season.

Two away matches in a row for RB Leipzig, whose coach Tedesco could celebrate last time after the win against VfL Bochum 1848. Angeliño got a match rating of 7.85 in that game, top player of the team. Angeliño hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A quick return to home after this game, as Leipzig are hosting SC Freiburg in the Bundesliga only three days away.

RB Leipzig have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 16 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, RB Leipzig have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Hannover zero wins, zero draws and RB Leipzig four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

RB LeipzigC. Nkunku
C. Nkunku
14 goals
RB LeipzigA. Valente Silva
A. Valente Silva
9 goals
Hannover 96S. Kerk
S. Kerk
7 goals

Hannover 96 missing players

RB Leipzig missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Hannover 96 RB Leipzig
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   12 25
11 6   Won W   6 15
7 4   Drew D   2 4
7 3   Lost L   4 6
36 16   Scored S   25 55
31 10   Conceded C   14 30
88% 85%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
68% 54%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 92%
56% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 64%
32% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   42% 48%
12% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   33% 28%
40% 31%   BTTS BTTS   58% 68%
48% 62%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 24%
24% 23%   Failed to Score F T   8% 8%
 
5.4 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 4.8
5.1 5.2   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 4.4
1.8 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.6
1 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
13.1 14   Shots (avg) S (   13.6 13.8
4 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.7 5.7
31% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 39%
 
14.2 15   Shots against (avg) S A   13.2 10.3
4.3 4.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.1 3.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Werder Bremen 24 13 6 5 47 33 11 5 4 2 20 11 13 8 2 3 27 22 14 45
2 Darmstadt 98 24 13 5 6 49 30 11 6 2 3 24 14 13 7 3 3 25 16 19 44
3 St. Pauli 24 13 5 6 48 35 11 8 2 1 28 12 13 5 3 5 20 23 13 44
4 Hamburger SV 24 10 11 3 44 24 13 6 6 1 26 14 11 4 5 2 18 10 20 41
5 Schalke 04 24 12 5 7 46 28 12 7 2 3 28 16 12 5 3 4 18 12 18 41
6 Nurnberg 24 11 6 7 34 32 12 6 2 4 17 14 12 5 4 3 17 18 2 39
7 Heidenheim 24 11 6 7 30 30 12 7 4 1 19 11 12 4 2 6 11 19 0 39
8 Paderborn 24 8 9 7 41 33 13 2 5 6 18 21 11 6 4 1 23 12 8 33
9 Karlsruher SC 24 8 9 7 41 36 13 5 5 3 25 19 11 3 4 4 16 17 5 33
10 Jahn Regensburg 24 9 5 10 42 37 13 5 3 5 27 22 11 4 2 5 15 15 5 32
11 Holstein Kiel 24 8 7 9 30 38 12 5 2 5 14 18 12 3 5 4 16 20 -8 31
12 Hannover 96 24 8 7 9 23 32 12 4 4 4 10 13 12 4 3 5 13 19 -9 31
13 Fortuna Dusseldorf 24 7 6 11 28 32 12 3 4 5 17 17 12 4 2 6 11 15 -4 27
14 Dynamo Dresden 24 7 5 12 23 32 12 5 2 5 15 13 12 2 3 7 8 19 -9 26
15 Sandhausen 24 6 8 10 26 41 11 1 4 6 9 22 13 5 4 4 17 19 -15 26
16 Hansa Rostock 24 6 7 11 27 38 12 2 3 7 10 19 12 4 4 4 17 19 -11 25
17 Erzgebirge Aue 24 3 7 14 23 48 12 2 2 8 10 23 12 1 5 6 13 25 -25 16
18 Ingolstadt 24 3 6 15 22 45 12 1 4 7 9 19 12 2 2 8 13 26 -23 15
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 24 19 1 4 75 26 12 10 0 2 37 11 12 9 1 2 38 15 49 58
2 Borussia Dortmund 24 16 2 6 64 37 12 10 0 2 39 18 12 6 2 4 25 19 27 50
3 Bayer Leverkusen 24 13 5 6 63 39 12 7 2 3 33 19 12 6 3 3 30 20 24 44
4 RB Leipzig 24 12 4 8 50 28 12 9 0 3 34 14 12 3 4 5 16 14 22 40
5 SC Freiburg 24 11 7 6 39 26 12 6 4 2 21 12 12 5 3 4 18 14 13 40
6 Hoffenheim 24 12 4 8 47 36 12 8 2 2 27 13 12 4 2 6 20 23 11 40
7 FC Union Berlin 24 10 7 7 32 32 12 7 3 2 17 13 12 3 4 5 15 19 0 37
8 Köln 24 9 9 6 36 38 12 7 3 2 20 15 12 2 6 4 16 23 -2 36
9 Mainz 05 24 10 4 10 35 29 12 8 3 1 24 7 12 2 1 9 11 22 6 34
10 Eintracht Frankfurt 24 8 7 9 33 36 12 3 4 5 14 16 12 5 3 4 19 20 -3 31
11 VfL Bochum 1848 24 8 5 11 25 34 12 6 3 3 17 11 12 2 2 8 8 23 -9 29
12 Wolfsburg 24 8 4 12 26 37 12 4 2 6 13 17 12 4 2 6 13 20 -11 28
13 Borussia M'gladbach 24 7 6 11 32 48 12 5 3 4 21 21 12 2 3 7 11 27 -16 27
14 Arminia Bielefeld 24 5 10 9 22 32 12 2 7 3 12 16 12 3 3 6 10 16 -10 25
15 Augsburg 24 5 8 11 26 41 12 4 4 4 17 19 12 1 4 7 9 22 -15 23
16 Hertha BSC 24 6 5 13 25 54 12 4 3 5 16 23 12 2 2 8 9 31 -29 23
17 Stuttgart 24 4 7 13 28 45 12 3 3 6 19 24 12 1 4 7 9 21 -17 19
18 Greuther Furth 24 3 5 16 22 62 12 3 4 5 12 18 12 0 1 11 10 44 -40 14

RB Leipzig:
Germany:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 24 19 1 4 75 26 12 10 0 2 37 11 12 9 1 2 38 15 49 58
2 Borussia Dortmund 24 16 2 6 64 37 12 10 0 2 39 18 12 6 2 4 25 19 27 50
3 Bayer Leverkusen 24 13 5 6 63 39 12 7 2 3 33 19 12 6 3 3 30 20 24 44
4 RB Leipzig 24 12 4 8 50 28 12 9 0 3 34 14 12 3 4 5 16 14 22 40
5 SC Freiburg 24 11 7 6 39 26 12 6 4 2 21 12 12 5 3 4 18 14 13 40
6 Hoffenheim 24 12 4 8 47 36 12 8 2 2 27 13 12 4 2 6 20 23 11 40
7 FC Union Berlin 24 10 7 7 32 32 12 7 3 2 17 13 12 3 4 5 15 19 0 37
8 Köln 24 9 9 6 36 38 12 7 3 2 20 15 12 2 6 4 16 23 -2 36
9 Mainz 05 24 10 4 10 35 29 12 8 3 1 24 7 12 2 1 9 11 22 6 34
10 Eintracht Frankfurt 24 8 7 9 33 36 12 3 4 5 14 16 12 5 3 4 19 20 -3 31
11 VfL Bochum 1848 24 8 5 11 25 34 12 6 3 3 17 11 12 2 2 8 8 23 -9 29
12 Wolfsburg 24 8 4 12 26 37 12 4 2 6 13 17 12 4 2 6 13 20 -11 28
13 Borussia M'gladbach 24 7 6 11 32 48 12 5 3 4 21 21 12 2 3 7 11 27 -16 27
14 Arminia Bielefeld 24 5 10 9 22 32 12 2 7 3 12 16 12 3 3 6 10 16 -10 25
15 Augsburg 24 5 8 11 26 41 12 4 4 4 17 19 12 1 4 7 9 22 -15 23
16 Hertha BSC 24 6 5 13 25 54 12 4 3 5 16 23 12 2 2 8 9 31 -29 23
17 Stuttgart 24 4 7 13 28 45 12 3 3 6 19 24 12 1 4 7 9 21 -17 19
18 Greuther Furth 24 3 5 16 22 62 12 3 4 5 12 18 12 0 1 11 10 44 -40 14

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