Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Hannover 96 & Werder Bremen face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the DFB Pokal. All the pre-match information is available here!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Bundesliga game only four days ago. That game, against Mainz 05, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Werder Bremen.
Hannover 96 form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the DFB Pokal for Hannover, as the manager K. Kocak led his troops to eliminate Wurzburger Kickers, and reach the 2nd Round. Last season, Hannover's DFB Pokal journey ended in the 1st round.13 points is a decent return from 6 2. Bundesliga games here at HDI-Arena for Hannover 96. The data says 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Hannover are confident in defense, having played 250 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Before that, Hannover had a 2. Bundesliga home game versus Bochum which ended with a victory 2-0.
Hannover have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at HDI-Arena with 11 goals in 6 league matches. Hannover have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Werder Bremen form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Carl Zeiss Jena in order to reach 2nd Round of DFB Pokal. They also participated in DFB Pokal last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.Playing away, Werder Bremen have won 2 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the Bundesliga this season.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Borussia Dortmund.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager F. Kohfeldt when Eren Dinkci scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 86th minute.
The visiting Werder have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 7 games. In the opposite end, Werder have conceded 11 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Hannover won two games, three matches ended with a draw and Werder Bremen has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveHannover 96 missing players
Werder Bremen missing players
| Hannover 96 | Werder Bremen | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 39 | 22 | Scored | S | 23 | 49 | ||
| 33 | 6 | Conceded | C | 19 | 35 | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.6 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.6 | 11.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.1 | ||
| 38% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 48% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Holstein Kiel | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | Greuther Furth | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 24 |
| 3 | Bochum | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 23 |
| 4 | Hamburger SV | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 23 |
| 5 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -2 | 20 |
| 6 | Erzgebirge Aue | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 19 |
| 7 | Heidenheim | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 19 |
| 8 | Osnabruck | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | -1 | 19 |
| 9 | Darmstadt 98 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 18 |
| 10 | Paderborn | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 11 | Hannover 96 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 17 |
| 12 | Jahn Regensburg | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 13 | Nurnberg | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 16 |
| 14 | Karlsruher SC | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 16 |
| 15 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | -16 | 12 |
| 16 | Sandhausen | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -13 | 11 |
| 17 | St. Pauli | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 8 |
| 18 | Wurzburger Kickers | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -16 | 4 |
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 20 | 30 |
| 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 16 | 28 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 28 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | Union Berlin | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 21 |
| 6 | Wolfsburg | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 21 |
| 7 | Stuttgart | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 18 |
| 8 | Borussia M'gladbach | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 18 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 17 |
| 10 | Augsburg | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 16 |
| 11 | Hoffenheim | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 15 |
| 12 | Werder Bremen | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -5 | 14 |
| 13 | Freiburg | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 15 | Köln | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -8 | 11 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -14 | 10 |
| 17 | Mainz 05 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -14 | 6 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 23 | -28 | 4 |