Hannover 96 vs St Pauli Predictions

• Hannover finished 2021/22 with four consecutive unbeaten home games.
• St Pauli were amongst the worst performing away sides last season.
• Hannover won three of the last four home H2H clashes

Hannover can get their campaign up and running

After falling to a 2-1 defeat in their season opening clash with Kaiserslautern, Hannover now look to get their campaign off the ground in their home opener against typical away strugglers St Pauli.

Hannover boss Stefan Leitl has never drawn a game across his eight personal clashes with St Pauli (W5, L3) and with wins in four of thge last five, he knows what it takes to notch a positive result against this opposition.

Such a result would carry on the positive momentum that Hannover built up towards the back end of last season as they went four consecutive home league games unbeaten to end the campaign (W2, D2).

No home comforts for St Pauli

While St Pauli put in a typically strong home performance to win 3-2 on the opening day, there are still questions around their credentials in a game like this. The visitors picked up more home points than any other side last term yet finished in the bottom-half of the away league table, suggesting that this won’t be so straightforward.

Combine that poor travelling record with St Pauli’s questionable recent record away to Hannover (W1, L3) and this could be yet another long evening for the visitors.

We predict that the home side will win this game, with a smaller stakes selection going the way of a 2-1 scoreline.

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