Werder Bremen – Hannover Prediction & Picks (25.08.2018)

Werder Bremen and Hannover 96 meet at Weserstadion, in a match for the 1st round of the Bundesliga. In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which records 3 wins and 1 draw in the last 4 matches. In fact, the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium was on 19-11-2017, in a match for the Bundesliga which ended with a Werder Bremen victory by (4-0). The goals of the match were scored by F. Bartels (39 ‘) and M. Kruse (55’, 59 ‘and 78’) for Werder Bremen. In this game the home factor may be decisive, since the Hannover 96 presents considerable differences in their results at home and as a visitor.

Werder Bremen:

This is the first match in this edition of the home team competition, which finished the previous edition in 11th position. This is a team that usually maintains its competitive levels in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses in away matches, with 23 goals scored and 21 conceded; against 6 wins, 7 draws and 2 losses at their stadium, with 21 goals scored and 12 conceded. In the last match they played, for DFB Pokal, they beat Wormatia Worms out by (1-6). Werder Bremen have won 3, tied 5 and lost 2 of the last 10 home matches. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches.

Werder Bremen started for this day motivated, after having managed to advance to the next phase of the German Cup, beating Wormatia away from home by 1-6. The maintenance will be one of the objectives to be guaranteed in this season of 2018/2019. Habitually the local trainer Florian Kohfeldt acts in a 4-3-3 classic, being Kruse the most offensive reference of the equipment. However, we highlight the speed of the counterattack of Werder Bremen, much because of Kainz and Osako: these players are very fast and have great technical quality. For this game against Hannover 96, the coach can not count on Drobny, Zetterer, Harnik and Kapino, all with physical problems.

Hannover 96:

This is the first match in this edition of the competition of the visiting team, which finished the previous edition in 13th position. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses in away matches, with 30 goals scored and 19 conceded; against 9 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses at their stadium, with 30 goals scored and 22 suffered. The team comes to this match after a away win with Karlsruher SC by (0-6). In the last 10 away matches Hannover 96 has won 5, tied 1 and lost 4. Their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in all of the last 10 matches. In their away matches there is a tendency for goals, since 45 of the last 52 matches have ended with Over 1,5 goals.

Hannover 96 also managed to enter with the right foot in the official season of 2018/2019, by beating Karlsruhe in the German Cup by 0-6. Just like the adversary, one of the primary objectives for this year is maintenance. In this game away from home, coach André Breitenreiter should opt for a more cautious strategy, looking for any space to apply the counterattack: Ihlas Bebou is very fast and competent in the offensive transition. On the other hand, forward Füllkrug is the great highlight of this Hannover 96, being very competent at the time of finishing. For this game the coach can not count on Bobby Wood and Ostrzolek, suspended, in addition to Felipe, Haraguchi, Prib and Timo Hubers, these by injury.