Hannover – Hertha Berlin SOCCER PICKS
Hannover 96 and Hertha BSC meet at HDI-Arena, in a match for the 13th round of the Bundesliga. The record of direct matches played in this stadium indicates total balance between these two teams, since there was 1 draw and 1 win for each team in the last 3 matches. But the last time these two teams met at this stadium was on 05-05-2018, for the Bundesliga, which ended with the victory of Hannover 96 by (3-1). M. Harnik (4 ‘), S. Sané (40’) and N. Füllkrug (42 ‘) scored the goals of the match, for Hannover 96, and D. Selke (73’), for Hertha BSC.
Hannover 96:
The home team is currently in the 15 th position of the league, with 10 points won, after 2 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in a home match against Wolfsburg, by (2-1). In the last match, they lost in an away match against Borussia M’gladbach, by (4-1). In the last 5 home league matches Hannover 96 has a record of 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, so they have won 7 points out of 15 possible. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 12 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 6 times and never got the comeback.
Hannover is making a terrible campaign in the Bundesliga, won only 1 of its last 5 games and is looking for a recovery to try to get out of the last positions. The team presents serious problems, both in the offensive and defensive sector, as it scored 15 goals, being the sixth worst attack of the competition, and suffered 26, having the third weakest defense, so much that it suffered 12 goals in the last 5 rounds, a team that leaves many spaces and takes a long time to rebuild back, being easily beaten in the counterattacks. Playing home, like this Saturday’s game, Hannover has alternated good and bad results and needs to be more regular, it is worth noting that he won 2 of his last 3 games and in the last 4 games, all of both teams scored goals. For the game against Hertha Berlin, coach Breitenreiter will not be able to count on midfielder Sareren-Bazee on account of injury.
Hertha BSC:
The away team is currently in the 8 th position of the league, with 17 points won, after 4 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Fortuna Düsseldorf, by (4-1). In the last match, they tied in a home match against Hoffenheim, by (3-3). In the last 6 away league matches Hertha BSC has a record of 1 win, 3 draws and 2 losses, so they have won 6 points out of 18 possible.
For this competition, they have not won any of the last 5 away matches. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 12 matches in this tournament, they have conceded the first goal 6 times and have only won 1 result.
The Hertha Berlin fell a lot of performance in the last rounds, crosses a terrible moment where it comes from 2 losses and 4 draws and needs to find the way of the victories, since it is falling in the qualifying table. The team has the biggest problem the defensive sector, which suffered 20 goals and is the seventh weakest in the national championship, but the attack also leaves to desire, scored 19 goals and is only the ninth most effective, needing to go up production in both sectors. As a visitor, as in Saturday’s match, Hertha Berlin comes from 3 draws and 2 losses and usually plays open matches, so much so that in 4 of their last 5 games there were at least 4 goals and in all those matches both teams scored . For the game against Hannover, coach Dárdai must maintain the alignment of the last day, since his injured players will not recover in time to enter the field.
