Our prediction for this Bundesliga 2 match:
Hannover and Hamburger SV go head to head at HDI-Arena in the 2. Bundesliga round 16. Die Roten suffered a heavy 4-0 loss to Karlsruher at the weekend, and as a result, they remained in the relegation zone. Hannover are eager to put an end to their eight-game winless run, but they will have a big fish to fry in Sunday’s football match. Both Kaiser and Weydandt are pushing for a start, while goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler remains in the recovery room.
HSV, on the other hand, aim to build on back-to-back wins over Regensburg and Ingolstadt. The visitors are eager to climb to automatic promotion places, and they should take advantage of Hannover’s shaky defence. A man to watch in the away team will be pacey winger Faride Alidou, who has found his goal-scoring touch of late.
Highlighted Player (Simon Falette):
Simon Falette is a professional footballer who was born in Le Mans, France on February 19, 1992, but he was eligible to play for both France and French Guiana at senior level. Falette decided to represent French Guiana on the international stage, but he has yet to make his debut for the national team.
The 184-cm-tall defender started his club career at Lorient, but he made only one appearance for the first team. After playing 41 games for Lorient B Simon Falette joined Laval on loan in 2012 and in 2013 he signed a loan deal with Brest.
At the end of the 2013/2014 season Simon Falette signed a permanent deal with the Stade Francis-Le Ble outfit and, after making 66 appearances in the league for the club, he moved to Ligue 1 side Metz. The defender scored three goals in 35 appearances for Les Grenats in the 2016/2017 Ligue 1 campaign. His main position is centre-back, whilst his preferred foot is left.
Highlighted Team (Hamburg):
Hamburg was founded in 1919 out of a fusion of 3 different football clubs from Hamburg. Because of the fusion the Hamburg SV have 4 official club colours which all are in the current home kit of the club. Hamburg SV is playing in the Bundesliga since the national league officialy started. Hamburg SV never played in another league than the Bundesliga. The best results of Hamburg SV were in the eighties where the club won the national league 2 times and the Europa Cup 1 once.
Since 1963 Hamburg is playing their home games in the Volksparstadium. In 1998 Hamburg SV changed to a new venue where the capacity 57 000 is. This is the venue where Hamburg SV is playing right now and is called the Imtech Arena. Because of international legislation the capacity in European games is 51500.
Known former players that played for Hamburg SV are: Van der Vaart, Beckenbauer, Ze Roberto, Guerrero and Felix Magath.