Hannover 96 vs Heidenheim Predictions

• Hannover have drawn eight of their 14 home games this season.
• Heidenheim have picked up points in nine of their 14 away games.
• Hannover score an average of 1.36 goal and concede an average of 1.43 goals per home game.
• Both teams have scored in 71% of Hannover’s home games this season.

Hannover are the draw specialists at home this season

Hannover remain 9pts behind Sunday’s guests Heidenheim despite their convincing 3-0 win at home to Dynamo Dresden in midweek, as Heidenheim also claimed a 3-0 victory on their last league game at home to Erzgebirge Aue.

Heidenheim have already beaten Hannover this season, 4-0 in the pairs; reverse league fixture, but Sunday’s guests are draw specialists at home having seen eight of their 14 home games end in stalemates. The visitors have picked up points in nine of their 14 away trips so far this season and will be confident they can add to that tally this weekend.

Heidenheim sit 9pts ahead of Hannover in the 2. Bundesliga

The hosts average 1.21 points per home game and Heidenheim average 1.21 points per away game, which suggests that a draw might be the most likely result on Sunday. Hannover score an average of 1.36 goals per home game and concede an average of 1.43 goals and we have predicted a final scoreline between the two clubs of 1-1.

Heidenheim have more wins on the road than Hannover do in their own backyard, so you can see why we have backed the visitors with a double chance bet this weekend. Both teams have scored in 71% of Hannover’s home games this season but 57% of Heidenheim’s away games have produced under 2.5 goals, adding further weight to our prediction for a 1-1 this Sunday.

A close and competitive game is expected at the HDI-Arena

Hannover have only managed to keep clean sheets in 14% of their home games this season and we don’t see the hosts improving that statistic on Sunday. However, Heidenheim don’t score a lot of goals on their travels, 12 in 14 matches, and we feel that the visitors would likely need a clean sheet to stand any chance of winning this game.

Heidenheim have actually kept clean sheets in 36% of their away games but Hannover have only failed to score in 21% of their home games, which points towards a 1-1 draw being the more likely end results between the pair. A double chance bet covers both the away win or the draw this weekend and with Hannover being draw specialists at home this season, we are leaning more towards a Sunday stalemate.