HANNOVER. Hannover 96 was in the end too much to handle for Nürnberg with the goal of Julian Börner (43′), Derrick Köhn (49′), Maximilian Beier (70′) and Havard Nielsen (90′). Nürnberg lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the HDI-Arena stadium in Hannover on Saturday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Richard Hempel assisted by Stefan Lupp and Christian Leicher. The 4th official was Konrad Oldhfer. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 9.2 degrees Celsius or 48.52 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Nürnberg was in firm control of the ball 57% while Hannover 96 was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Nürnberg was putting more pressure with 59 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyway, Hannover 96 was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Hannover 96 shot 12 times, 7 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Nürnberg shot 13 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Hannover 96 received 1 yellow card (Fabian Kunze). On the other side, Nürnberg received 1 yellow card (Jannes Horn).

Standings

After playing this match, Hannover 96 will have 40 points like Holstein Kiel to hold in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, Nürnberg will stay with 33 points to sit in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, Hannover 96 will host Darmstadt 98 on the 14th of May with a 7-1 head to head statistic in favor of Darmstadt 98 (2 draws).

Nürnberg will play away agasint Paderborn on the 28th of May with a 5-1 head to head stats in favor of Nürnberg (2 draws).

Hannover 96 – Formation

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

The manager Stefan Leitl decided to play with the following team: Ron-Robert Zieler (7.1), Phil Neumann (7.1), Julian Börner (7.8), Bright Arrey-Mbi (6.8), Jannik Dehm (7.9), Max Besuschkow (6.2), Fabian Kunze (7.1), Derrick Köhn (7.6), Louis Schaub (7.3), Maximilian Beier (7.1) and Cedric Teuchert (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Luka Krajnc, Sebastian Ernst (6.2), Enzo Leopold, Håvard Nielsen (7.1), Sei Muroya, Leo Weinkauf, Hendrik Weydandt, Ekin Çelebi and Antonio Foti.

Substitutions

Hannover 96 made 5 changes: Louis Schaub for Sebastian Ernst (71′), C. Teuchert for Håvard Nielsen (71′), Maximilian Beier for António Fóti (82′), Fabian Kunze for Enzo Leopold (88′) and Derrick Köhn for Ekin Celebi (88′).

Best player: Jannik Dehm​

The player that probably impressed the most for Hannover 96 was Jannik Dehm even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.9) with 37 passes (62% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.

Nürnberg – Formation

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

Dieter Hecking played with: Peter Vindahl Jensen (6.3), Enrico Valentini (6.4), Christopher Schindler (6.3), Jannes Horn (6.4), Nathaniel Brown (6.7), Lino Tempelmann (6.5), Florian Flick (7.0), Benjamin Goller (6.4), Mats Møller Dæhli (6.9), Lukas Schleimer (6.1) and Felix Lohkemper (6.2).

These were the players on the bench: Christoph Daferner, Erik Shuranov, Tim Handwerker, Carl Klaus, James Lawrence, Johannes Geis (6.8), Kwadwo Duah (7.1), Pascal Köpke (6.7) and Sadik Fofana.

Substitutions

Nürnberg made 3 changes: B. Goller for Kwadwo Duah (58′), Lukas Schleimer for Pascal Köpke (68′) and Florian Flick for Johannes Geis (68′).

Best player: Kwadwo Duah​

The player that probably impressed the most for Nürnberg was Kwadwo Duah.

His rating is (7.1) with 2 passes (100% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 4.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 58′.

Results of the day

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

• Magdeburg – Hamburger SV – 3-2
• St. Pauli – DSC Arminia Bielefeld – 2-1
• Kaiserslautern – Hansa Rostock – 0-1
• Hannover 96 – Nürnberg – 3-0