HANNOVER. Hannover 96 and Erzgebirge Aue draw 1-1. S. Kerk scored the first goal (4′) for Hannover 96. D. Nazarov settled the score 1-1 (45′). Erzgebirge Aue was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%)

The match was played at the HDI-Arena stadium in Hannover on Saturday and it started at 11:30 am local time. The referee was Michael Bacher who had the assistance of Tobias Fritsch and Johannes Huber. The 4th official was Florian Exner. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold at 13.6 degrees Celsius or 56.44 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Erzgebirge Aue had a strong ball possession 56% while Hannover 96 was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Erzgebirge Aue was more aggressive with 55 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 2 were on target. However, that was not enough Erzgebirge Aue to win the encounter​.

Hannover 96 shot 12 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Erzgebirge Aue shot 19 times, 2 on target, 17 off target.

Cards

Hannover 96 received 4 yellow cards (T. Trybull, S. Stolze, S. Muroya and S. Ernst). On the opposite side, Erzgebirge Aue received 2 yellow cards (O. Sijaric and D. Carlson).

Standings

After playing this match, Hannover 96 will have 12 points like Sandhausen to stay in the 13th place. On the opposite side, Erzgebirge Aue will have 8 points to stay in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, Hannover 96 will play away against Fortuna Düsseldorf on the 6th of November with a 5-4 head to head record in favor of Hannover 96 (1 draw).

Erzgebirge Aue will host Heidenheim on the 7th of November with a 7-2 head to head record in favor of Heidenheim (4 draws).

Hannover 96 – Formation

Hannover 96 started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Jan Zimmermann decided to play with the following team: Martin Hansen (6.5), Sei Muroya (6.4), Marcel Franke (6.9), Julian Börner (6.4), Niklas Hult (7.1), Dominik Kaiser (7.0), Gaël Ondoua (6.3), Sebastian Stolze (6.4), Sebastian Kerk (8.8), Linton Maina (6.7) and Maximilian Beier (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Marlon Sündermann, Jannik Dehm, Luka Krajnc (6.2), Lawrence Ennali, Sebastian Ernst (6.5), Mike Frantz, Florent Muslija (6.8), Tom Trybull (6.8) and Hendrik Weydandt (7.2).

Hannover 96 could not rely on the presence of L. Krajnc (injured).

Substitutions

Hannover 96 made 5 changes: J. Borner for L. Krajnc (19′), D. Kaiser for S. Ernst (55′), L. Maina for H. Weydandt (55′), G. Ondoua for T. Trybull (71′) and S. Stolze for F. Muslija (71′).

Best player: Sebastian Kerk​

The most impressive player for Hannover 96 was Sebastian Kerk.

His rating is (8.8) with 1 goal, 19 passes (63% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 7 crosses.

Erzgebirge Aue – Formation

Erzgebirge Aue started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Regarding the opposition, Carsten Müller played with: Martin Männel (7.2), John-Patrick Strauss (6.4), Anthony Barylla (6.1), Sören Gonther (6.8), Dirk Carlson (6.4), Nicolas-Gerrit Kuhn (7.1), Sam Schreck (6.4), Jan Hochscheidt (7.0), Omar Sijaric (7.0), Antonio Jonjic (6.9) and Dimitriy Nazarov (7.8).

These were the players on the bench: Tim Kips, Philipp Mickel Klewin, Franco Schädlich, Tom Baumgart, Sascha Härtel, Erik Majetschak, Babacar Guèye (6.7), Antonio Mance and Nikola Trujić (7.1).

Substitutions

Erzgebirge Aue made 3 changes: A. Jonjic for N. Trujic (68′), D. Nazarov for B. Gueye (78′) and O. Sijaric for T. Baumgart (90′).

Best player: Dimitriy Nazarov​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Erzgebirge Aue was Dimitriy Nazarov.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 20 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 14.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the 2. Bundesliga.​

• Werder Bremen – St. Pauli – 1-1
• Hannover 96 – Erzgebirge Aue – 1-1
• Dynamo Dresden – Sandhausen – 0-1
• Hamburger SV – Holstein Kiel – 1-1