One of the two derby matches in the 7th round of Bundesliga is played in Hannover, where the host which is on the last place on the table is welcoming Stuttgart, which is three points higher on the position that leads to the playoffs for survival. Hannover still has not celebrated in this championship and they have four defeats, while Stuttgart has just celebrated in the last round. Last season, both of mutual duels between these rivals ended with a score of 1-1.
It was not expected that Hannover would after the victory over Karlsruher in the first round of the Cup, have such a bad start of the championship. They played two draws in the first two rounds, and then they have suffered four defeats and that negative series is still on going. An additional problem for Hannover is that none of those opponents were from the strongest league, but it must be said that they played against three participants of European competition.
They were defeated as guests by Leipzig and Eintracht on their home field from Hoffenheim, and there is also a defeat from Nuremberg. Breitenreiter is still the coach of this team, who has the imperative in this duel and a new defeat could mean his dismissal. A series of changes was made in the team after a defeat from Hoffenheim, but it still did not help, because they were completely outplayed in Frankfurt. Now Wimmer should return to the final line of the team, Haraguchi in midfield and Asano in the attack.
Probable lineups Hannover 96: Esser – Sorg, Wimmer, Anton, Albornoz – Schwegler, Walace – Bebou, Haraguchi – Asano, Fullkrug
Unlike their host, Stuttgart has lost in the first round of the Cup, so they started the season with with six consecutive matches without a win, while they finally celebrated in the last round. In the first two rounds they did not score a goal and they were defeated, after which they draws, while they were scoring goals against Freiburg when it was 3-3. After that, they played a goalless draw with Fortuna and they suffered a new defeat at Leipzig, again without any goals scored. In the final round, they finally made a win, but it is a big question whether the guest team would celebrate that the guest team from Werder did not stay with one player less in the first half-time.
They have received only one goal in such a ratio of forces, thanks to the great negligence of goalkeeper Zieler, but Castro has managed to score a winning goal after that. Coach Korkut could not count on Maffe in this duel, so Beck was on the right-back, while Didai and Donis were given a chance, which proved to be a full hit, because they were assistant and a shooter. Donis is now injured, so Gonzalez should be on the field, as well as Insua and Castro.
Probable lineups VfB Stuttgart: Zieler – Beck, Baumgartl, Pavard, Insua – Castro – Ascacibar, Gentner – Didavi – Gomez, Gonzalez
This duel is the opportunity for both players to celebrate a valuable win and that is why we expect a completely open match and that both Hannover and Stuttgart will play for the victory. That is why we expect goals on both sides on the field.
Pick: both teams to score
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