Fortuna Dusseldorf vs Hannover Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Fortuna Dusseldorf

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Fortuna Dusseldorf prepare for this match coming off the back of a 0-0 Bundesliga 2 stalemate versus St. Pauli.

In that game, Fortuna Dusseldorf managed 46% possession and 3 shots at goal with 0 of them on target. For their opponents, St. Pauli had 21 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

Over their prior 6 games, Daniel Thioune's Fortuna Dusseldorf have scored 9 times resulting in an average number of goals scored per match equal to 1.5.

Their prior results show that Fortuna Dusseldorf:

• have not won against Hannover in their last 3 league matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 8 home league matches. It's been impressive.

Hannover

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Hannover go into this game following a 2-1 Bundesliga 2 win over Darmstadt in their previous match.

In that game, Hannover had 48% possession and 12 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. For Hannover, the goalscorers were Håvard Nielsen (10') and Cedric Teuchert (31'). Darmstadt 98 got 12 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. Phillip Tietz (43') was the scorer for Darmstadt.

In as many as 6 out of the previous 6 games involving Hannover, a minimum of three goals have been struck. The overall average number of goals per game during that time is 3.83, with the number of goals averaged by Hannover standing at 1.67. We will see whether or not that trend can be sustained in this game.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 24/10/2020 tells us that Fortuna Dusseldorf have won 1 of these games and Hannover 3, with the number of drawn results being 2.

An aggregate of 15 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 4 for Fortuna and 11 being from Hannover. That is an average goals per game value of 2.5.

The previous league meeting between these sides was Bundesliga 2 match day 16 on 08/11/2022 which finished with the scoreline of Hannover 2-0 Fortuna Dusseldorf.

On that occasion, Hannover managed 47% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 6 on target. The scorers were Håvard Nielsen (34') and Cedric Teuchert (43').

Fortuna Dusseldorf got 22 shots at goal with 10 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Florian Exner.

📰 Team News: Fortuna Dusseldorf

The Fortuna Dusseldorf manager Daniel Thioune doesn’t have any fitness worries to speak of ahead of this game with a fully healthy group available to choose from.

📋 Team News: Hannover

Owing to a fully injury-free squad ready to go, the Hannover manager Stefan Leitl doesn’t have any fitness worries to report before this match. Phil Neumann will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

🧠 Prediction

Our thinking is that Hannover must be fancied to break down this Fortuna Dusseldorf lineup, although it may not be as many as they will have scored against them.

We’re expecting a 2-1 winning margin for Fortuna Dusseldorf at the end of the 90 minutes. It’s a very tough call.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 00:52 17/05/2023