Hannover 96 - Werder Bremen

When both north clubs Hannover and Bremen face each other today we can expect a very hard fight according to both actual form. Hannover was never in form this Season while Bremen had a good start but showed a lot of weakness lately. It would be very interesting which team get back on track or showed an up trend for the upcoming matches now.

The home fortress from recent years is past, this was one of the key factor for Hannover’s success and basis to go through the Season without problems. Time has changes above all from last Season on where they were very close to be relegated but Coach Frontzeck managed the last and important Points with his team in the end. He got the trust for this Season again after his excellent work to the end of last Season. But he has to work with a team who has not the strength for “Bundesliga” above all after important key player Stindl left to Gladbach. Also some other players left and none of them were replaced even therefore they have not the quality right now. The team is very scary and insecure at the moment and Coach Frontzeck has a lot to do to give them the self confidence they need. The play from them was more as harmless until now and they showed only good style of play if they play against better teams like Dortmund 2-4, Leverkusen 0-1 and Wolfsburg 1-1. If they play teams a bit above them or teams with the same level they have a lot of problems. This is according to their less creative offensive players, only Kiyotake is the man who can lead the offensive and he was not available some time, the last two matches he showed good form but also problems if he gets tackled as against Stuttgart. If a team allows him not much space it is done with Hannover. At home they are winless and they were not able to collect a single Point and conceded already 8 goals in 3 games. They have a lot of problems if they must to be active and control the game above all at home if they must what speaks against them to Bremen again.

Hannover’s opponent Bremen may have the same problems if they have to play at home but away from home they did a great job so far. They are much more dangerous and create much more due to more space they get. The team from Coach Skripnik is much more balanced although they had some problems in the past. Above all losing to both newcomer Ingolstadt and Darmstadt and also some periods of the game against Leverkusen make the Coach very angry. He wants to see a much more professional attitude and warned his players. But in these matches was clear seen that they are not a team who can be active and play with ball possession like Bayern Munich or Borussia Dortmund. They are more a team who like the fast breaks which were excellent to 1899 Hoffenheim. This is more the style of play from Bremen. Additional the young team maybe has to learn from match to match and they are not such strong as expected maybe. The potential is there of course above all the performances from some matches showed this already what let them hope to get the team back on track for the upcoming matches and the future.

To sum up we have two teams which are in an insecure position where both defensive lines allowing a lot. Both are not the safest anyway if Lukimya on Bremen’s side or Marcelo on Hannover’s side we have in each team player who are good for mistakes. This leads normally to goals and according to both they need results. Hannover is still winless and at the bottom right now while Bremen has not won the last three but have collected already 7 Points. We expect some goals here above all if the first goal come it can lead to a very open game with a lot of space for each team and the opportunity is getting higher to see some more.  

PICK: OVER 2,75 @ 2,01 (3 Units / Flat Stake)