After having impressed the season’s start, the hosts started to decline from the turn. Still, although they have not achieved any victory in the last three stages, they are still on the 5th place in the standings, a better than a good ranking for a newly-promoted band. In the previous round, Hannover recorded the first defeat after losing to M’Gladbach’s field, score 1-2. The defeat came in the 90 + 4 minute after Hazard turned a penalty. On the other side, the “eagles” oscillated the good evolutions with the least successful, adding up to 10 points so far. Paradoxically, they seem to feel much better when moving away from where they have managed to return with no less than 7 points! In the last direct confrontation, disputed in February 2017, in the finals of the Cup, Frankfurt beat 2-1. It was for the fourth time in the last six straight games when at least three goals scored