Stuttgart – Hannover Prediction & Picks (14.04.2018)

Stuttgart and Hannover 96 meet at Mercedes-Benz-Arena, in a match for the 30th round of the Bundesliga. In the last direct confrontation for this edition of the league, on 24-11-2017, both teams tied (1-1). In this situation, the history of direct confrontations indicates total balance between these two teams, since there were 2 victories for each team in the last 4 matches. However, the last time these two teams played a match at this stadium was on 12-12-2016, for the 2. Bundesliga, which ended with the victory of Hannover 96 by (1-2). The goals of the match were scored by S. Terodde (12 ‘), for Stuttgart, and M. Harnik (26’) and F. Klaus (87 ‘), for Hannover 96. Despite being a match between 9th and 13th of the table, in fact it is a confrontation between the º classified in games at home and the 13th as a visitor.

Stuttgart:

After 11 wins, 5 draws and 13 losses, the home team is currently in the 9 th position of the league, with 38 points won. In the last match, they have lost in an away match against Borussia Dortmund by (3-0), after in the previous match they have tied (1-1) at home, against Hamburger SV. This is a team that usually gets more positive results in away matches than at home, since it has won 11 points in away stadium and scored 13 goals and 26 conceded in away matches, against 13 goals scored and 8 conceded at home. For the championship, Stuttgart won 17 points out of 30 possible, after 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses in the last 10 matches they played in their stadium. In the matches played in their stadium there are some more frequent results: at the end of the first 45 ‘0-0 (5 in 14 matches) and at the end of the match 1-0 (5 in 14 matches). Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches for this competition there is a tendency for few goals, since 11 of the last 14 matches have ended with Under 2,5 goals. In 29 matches in this competition, they only got 1 comeback in the 15 matches in which they suffered the first goal. In the last 14 home matches for this competition there are 3 periods that stand out: they scored 5 of their 13 goals between minutes (31’-45 ‘); He suffered 3 of his 8 goals between the minutes (76’-90 ‘) and 3 of his 8 between (16′-30’).

The Stuttgart was going through a very positive phase of the season, but in the last game was crushed by Dortmund, when he lost away from home 3-0. In this home game, coach Tayfun Korkut must play with a very offensive team, taking advantage of the best form of insecurity that the opponent lives. The German Mario Gómez is the great highlight of this team, with 6 goals scored. We emphasize that the landlords present the sixth best performance at home in this league. For this game the coach does not have Ascacíbar, suspended, in addition to Baumgartl, Zimmermann and Carlos Mané, these by injury.

Hannover 96:

The away team is currently in the 13 th position of the league, with 35 points won, after 9 wins, 8 draws and 12 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in a home match against RB Leipzig, by (2-3). In the last match, they won in a home match against Werder Bremen, by (2-1). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, since they have won 11 points in away matches and 24 at their stadium, with 12 goals scored and 22 conceded at home, against 25 goals scored and 21 conceded at home. In the last away game in this competition, they have lost (1-0) to Borussia Dortmund. In the last 10 away league matches Hannover 96 has a record of 1 win, 3 draws and 6 losses, so they have won 6 points out of 30 possible.

For this competition, they have not won any of the last 9 away matches. In the matches that he played outside his stadium there are some results that have been repeated frequently: at halftime 1-0 (5 in 15 matches) and 0-0 (5 in 15 matches) and at the end of the match 1-1 (5 in 15 games). The team has not been very strong defensively, since it has suffered goals in the last 10 games which it disputed in this competition. In 29 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 18 times and only managed 2 comebacks. In the last 14 home matches for this competition there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 5 of their 12 goals between minutes (61′-75 ‘).

The Hannover 96 comes to this game motivated, after beating Bremen, by 2-1, however, has no great reason to be confident, as it added five defeats in a row in the championship. Because of this, we do not believe that coach André Breitenreiter opts for an offensive strategy, since he also acts in front of a very competent opponent in the different moments of the game. Surely the visiting coach will be more attentive to their defensive sector, which hurt the team in the previous days.