None of these two teams can be satisfied with the previous period. Borussia not so much because of the championship, but because of the fact that they were eliminated from Europa League, although they were a big favourite against Salzburg, while Hannover had a number of bad results in Bundesliga and they are four rounds without a win. Borussia has not lost any matches in the second part of the championship, but they often play draws and are at the top of the table. After three consecutive defeats, Hannover is increasingly approaching the relegation zone from which they are seven points away before this round. In the first part of the season, Hannover defeated Borussia with 4-2 in a brilliant match.
As this season’s European adventure or Borussia has begun, it has ended in a similar way – unsuccessfully, because they were very bad in the Champions League, without any wins. They have eliminated Atalanta in Europa League, with a number of problems, and then in two duels they could not master Salzburg and they were eliminated. It was to be expected after the home defeat of 2-1, but they somehow secretly hoped that they could make up for that as guests, but despite the many opportunities, the nets did not shake.
In the previous qualifying round, Borussia also struggled with Eintracht on their field, but they celebrated and this was mostly thanks to striker Batshuayi, who came from the bench and scored two goals in a 3-2 win. Coach Stoger changed both center-backs and Sokratis and Zagadou were on those positions, with M.Gotze in midfield and Batshuayi was expectedly in the attack from the first minute. Now we expect new changes in all team lines.
Probable lineups Borussia Dortmund: Burki – Piszczek, Toprak, Akanji, Schmelzer – Weigl. Dahoud – Reus, M.Gotze, C.Pulisic – Batshuayi
Hannover's form is still on the downhill road, and luck for this team is that they played much better than their objective possibilities and they have won enough points, which is why they are still at a safe distance from the relegation zone. Still, it would be nice to break a series of four games without a win, or at least break a series of three matches without a win. This series started at home when they defeated Borussia M'gladbach with 1-0, but they were fully supervised just like two rounds ago against Eintracht in Frankfurt, though the result was the same.
The good opportunity to break the negative series was definitely a match against Augsburg, however, they did not manage to parry even the rival equal to them in strength and they lost with 3-1 at home. Coach Breitenreiter made a series of changes to the team after a defeat in Frankfurt and it did not turn out good. Now they certainly cannot count on Bebo due to suspension, but we also expect new changes in the team.
Probable lineups Hannover 96: Tschauner – Anton, S.Sane, Felipe – Korb, Ostrzolek – Schwegler, Bakalorz – Fossum – Fullkrug, Klaus
Borussia was eliminated from Europa League and now they can completely devote themselves to the championship, where they eventually want second place and they should not make the wrong step in this duel, especially because Hannover is much weaker and in pretty bad shape.
Pick: Asian Handicap -1
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