Our prediction for this Bundesliga 2 match:
Schalke will look to stay in automatic promotion race when they face Hannover in the 2. Bundesliga round 27. Die Knappen are four points behind top three, meaning that this game could be crucial for the home side in their fight for promotion. Uruguay international Rodrigo Zalazar, who scored the opener in a 3-0 win over Ingolstadt, is pushing for a start, while all Lee, Vindheim, Can Aydin, and Langer are out of contention with injuries.
Die Roten, on the other hand, suffered yet another dip in form, and given their shaky defence, we predict that the hosts will emerge triumphant in Saturday’s clash. As for the visiting side, both Luka Krajnc and Maximilian Beier are major doubts following their recent positive tests for COVID-19, while Sebastian Ernst misses out with injury. In the first half of the season Schalke defeated Hannover thanks to Marcin Kaminski’s stoppage-time goal.
Highlighted Player (Ron-Robert Zieler):
Ron-Robert Zieler is a 188-cm-tall goalkeeper who plays for FC Koln as a goalkeeper. Zieler was born in Koln, Germany on February 12, 1989 and he began his career at his home-town club Viktoria Koln. German shoot-stopper moved to the youth team of FC Koln in 1999 and six years later he was spotted by Manchester United scouts.
In 2005 Ron-Robert Zieler signed for the famous Premier League club and it has to be noted that he made 22 appearances for Man Utd U18 team. He made his first team debut for the Red Devils in a League Cup win over Middlesbrough on September 23, 2008. Zieler moved to Germany in 2010, signing a two-year deal with Hannover 96. However, he spent six years at the club (2010-2016), making 185 appearances in the league for die Roten and in the summer of 2016 he returned to England.
The German goalkeeper signed a deal with Leicester City, but, after playing only nine games in the Premier League for the Foxes he moved to VfB Stuttgart on July 11, 2017.
Highlighted Team (Hannover):
Hannover 96 is a German football club from the city Hannover. The club is currently active in the highest German football division the Bundesliga. Hannover 96 hosts it’s home games in the HDI Arena which holds the capacity of 49 000 seats. The current manager of Hannover 96 is Thomas Doll. The main club colors are Red, Blackand White. The club was founded in 1896 and is called Die Roten by its supporters.
Unlike the form of Hannover 96 in the last 20/30 years the club had several big succeses in their history winning the Bundesliga twice (in 1938 and 1954) and the DFB Pokal once in 1992. Hannover 96 got into the news on 10 november 2009 when goalkeeper Robert Enke decided to commit suicide. Other known players that wore the Hannover 96 kit are: Bobic, Asamoah, Mertesacker, Popescu, Heynckes and Xavier.