HANNOVER. Hannover 96 beats Karlsruher SC 1-0 after H. Weydandt scored just 1 goal (57′).

J. Gondorf received a red card (62′)​. This double yellow card was one of the reason why Karlsruher SC lost the match.

The match was played at the HDI-Arena stadium in Hannover on Sunday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Sven Waschitzki with the collaboration of Martin Speckner and Fabian Maibaum. The 4th official was Eric Müller. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 22.3 degrees Celsius or 72.19 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Hannover 96 was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Karlsruher SC that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Hannover 96 was putting more pressure with 43 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Hannover 96 won the match​.

Hannover 96 shot 17 times, 7 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Karlsruher SC shot 18 times, 4 on target, 14 off target.

Cards

Hannover 96 received 1 yellow card (R. Zieler). On the opposite side, Karlsruher SC received 2 yellow cards (J. Gondorf and M. Franke).

Also, Karlsruher SC didn’t end the match with 11 players after J. Gondorf (Karlsruher SC) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (62′).

Standings

After this match, Hannover 96 will have 24 points like Heidenheim to sit in the 5th place. Regarding the opposition, Karlsruher SC will stay with 17 points like Eintracht Braunschweig and Hansa Rostock to hold in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, Hannover 96 will play away against Darmstadt 98 on the 4th of November with a 6-1 head to head statistic in favor of Darmstadt 98 (2 draws).

Karlsruher SC will play away agasint St. Pauli on the 28th of May with a 8-5 head to head in favor of St. Pauli (5 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 (6.9), Phil Neumann (6.8), Julian Börner (7.0), Bright Arrey-Mbi (6.8), Sei Muroya (7.1), Fabian Kunze (7.3), Max Besuschkow (7.4), Derrick Köhn (7.4), Håvard Nielsen (6.0), Hendrik Weydandt (7.9) and Maximilian Beier (6.2).

The home team had on the bench: Sebastian Ernst, Jannik Dehm, Sebastian Kerk, Leo Weinkauf, Sebastian Stolze, Nicolò Tresoldi (6.5), Enzo Leopold, Antonio Foti and Louis Schaub (6.6).

Substitutions

Hannover 96 made 2 changes: M. Beier for L. Schaub (70′) and H. Weydandt for N. Tresoldi (75′).

Best player: Hendrik Weydandt​

The most impressive player for Hannover 96 was Hendrik Weydandt.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 20 passes (60% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.

Karlsruher SC – Formation

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

Christian Eichner played with: Marius Gersbeck (8.4), Sebastian Jung (6.9), Stephan Ambrosius (6.6), Marcel Franke (6.3), Philip Heise (7.1), Jérôme Gondorf (7.4), Leon Jensen (6.2), Tim Breithaupt (7.4), Marvin Wanitzek (6.6), Kyoung-Rok Choi (7.0) and Fabian Schleusener (6.1).

These were the players on the bench: Marco Thiede, Simone Rapp, Paul Nebel (6.4), Florian Ballas, Kai Eisele, Christoph Kobald, Tim Rossmann (6.2), Lucas Cueto (6.4) and Kelvin Arase.

Substitutions

Karlsruher SC made 5 changes: L. Jensen for P. Nebel (19′), F. Schleusener for L. Cueto (70′), Choi Kyoung-Rok for T. Rossmann (70′), P. Nebel for S. Rapp (82′) and S. Ambrosius for F. Ballas (82′).

Best player: Marius Gersbeck​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Karlsruher SC was the goalkeeper: Marius Gersbeck. His rating is 8.35. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Hannover 96 – Karlsruher SC – 1-0
• Paderborn – Hamburger SV – 2-3
• Sandhausen – Eintracht Braunschweig – 2-2