Hannover – RB Leipzig Prediction & Picks (31.03.2018)

Hannover 96 and RB Leipzig meet at HDI-Arena, in a match for the 28th round of the Bundesliga. In the last head-to-head for this edition of the league, played on 04-11-2017, RB Leipzig won home (2-1). The condition home / away deserves particular attention, because despite this being a match between 13th and 6th of the league table, it is actually a match between the 10th classified in home games and the 8th as a visitor.

Hannover 96:

The home team is currently in the 13 th position of the league, with 32 points won, after 8 wins, 8 draws and 11 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in a home match against Augsburg, by (1-3). In the last match, they lost in an away match against Borussia Dortmund, by (1-0). This is a stronger team in his stadium, where he has won 21 points, against only 11 in his away matches. For the league, Hannover 96 won 14 points out of 30 possible points, after 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses in the last 10 home matches. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (6 out of 13 matches). Their defense has not been very solid, since they suffered at least one goal in each of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 27 matches in the competition, he suffered the first goal 17 times and only managed 2 comebacks.

The Hannover 96 comes to this unmotivated match, after having added another defeat in the German championship, this time against Dortmund, 1-0. At this time the landlords are still at the bottom of the table, with 32 points won. In this home game, coach André Breitenreiter must play in 3-4-3, benefiting defensive organization and counterattacks: Klaus is a fast and competent player in the transport of the ball to the attack. On the other hand, Niclas Fullkrug is the best marker of Hannover 96 , with 10 goals and 2 assists. For this game the coach can not count on Harnik, Felipe and Edgar Prib, players recovering from injury.

RB Leipzig:

After 12 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses, the away team is currently in the 6 th position of the league, with 43 points won. In the last match, they have won at home against Bayern München by (2-1), after in the previous match they have tied tied in an away match against Stuttgart, by (0-0). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, since they have won 15 points in away matches and 28 at their stadium, with 13 goals scored and 19 conceded at home, against 27 goals scored and 16 conceded at home. In the last 10 away league matches RB Leipzig has a record of 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses, so they have won 12 points out of 30 possible. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 7 of 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 27 matches in this competition, they suffered the first goal 10 times, but got the comeback in 4.

The Leipzig comes to this game motivated, after beating Bayern Munich, 2-1, thus adding the fifth straight game without losing in several competitions: Keita and Werner scored the team’s goals. Despite playing away from home, coach Ralph Hasenhüttl must use a fairly offensive strategy to take advantage of his opponent’s defensive lapses. Timo Werner is the best Leipzig marker in the championship, with 11 goals scored. It is important to underline that Leipzig has enormous competence in the offensive transition. For this game the coach does not have Sabitzer, Ilsanker, Keita and Marcel Halstenberg, all injured.