Hannover vs Bayern Munich PREVIEW & PREDICTION 15/12/2018

Hannover 96 and Bayern München meet in HDI-Arena, in a match for the 15th round of the Bundesliga. In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the visiting team, which records 4 victories in the last 4 matches. In fact, the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium was on 21-04-2018, for the Bundesliga, which ended with the victory of Bayern München by (0-3). The goals of the match were scored by T. Müller (57 ‘), R. Lewandowski (73’) and S. Rudy (89 ‘) for Bayern München. In this match the home factor may be decisive, since Bayern München presents considerable differences in their results at home and as a visitor.

Hannover 96:

The home team is currently in the 17 th position of the league, with 10 points won, after 2 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in a home match against Hertha BSC, by (0-2). In the last match, they tied in an away match against Mainz 05, by (1-1). 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 36 goals scored and 25 conceded; against 7 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses at their stadium, with 22 goals scored and 23 conceded. In the last 6 home league matches Hannover 96 has a record of 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, so they have won 7 points out of 18 possible. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-1 (3 out of 6 matches). They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 14 matches in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 7 games in which he suffered the first goal.

Hannover is making a terrible campaign in the Bundesliga, won only 1 of its last 7 games and is looking for a recovery to try to leave the relegation zone. The team has a low quality attack, which scored 16 goals and is the sixth worst among the 18 participants of the competition, but the biggest problem is their fragile defense, which has already suffered 29 goals and is the third weakest, so much that he suffered goals in his last 12 games. At home, as in this game, Hannover has the third worst advantage of the national championship, has the second worst attack, with only 7 goals scored in 6 games and suffered goals in the last 5 games in this type of situation, being that 3 of them suffered 2 or more goals, evidencing the difficulty of acting, even before their fans. For the match against the powerful Bayern Munich, coach Breitenreiter can not count on right-back Sorg, because of a suspension.

Bayern München:

The away team is currently in the 3 rd position, with 27 points won, after 8 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Werder Bremen, by (1-2). In the last match, they won in a home match against Nürnberg, by (3-0). This is a team that, oddly enough, has had better results than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 11 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses in away matches; against 8 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses at their stadium. The team comes to this match after a draw away with Ajax by (3-3). For the league, Bayern München won 15 points out of 21 possible points, after 5 wins and 2 losses in the last 7 away matches. The team has conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 matches, so it has not presented great defensive solidity, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for goals, since 42 of the last 61 matches have ended with Over 2,5 goals. This is a team that usually scores many times first: opened the scoring in 11 of its last 14 games for the Bundesliga, of these 11 came to the break in advantage in 8 and managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 ‘in 7.

Bayern Munich, despite being among the first classified, is doing a campaign below expectations, for the quality of its staff, but won 2 wins in the last 2 games and goes in search of another positive result to try to decrease the difference of 9 points for the leader and the biggest rival Borussia Dortmund. The team still needs to improve, both offensively and defensively, as they scored 28 goals, being only the fifth best attack of the national championship, and suffered 18 goals, having the sixth best defense, unsatisfactory numbers for a team of such quality.


PREDICTION: Over 3.5 goals @ 1.86

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