On Wed Oct 19th, Hannover 96 plays host to Borussia Dortmund in a clash of the DFB Pokal. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Hannover 96 is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Arminia Bielefeld. Cedric Teuchert struck first for Hannover 96 in the 4th minute on a feed from Håvard Nielsen, then Håvard Nielsen added another in the 86th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Arminia Bielefeld couldn’t manage to score, and Hannover 96 took the shutout win. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Hannover 96 should be reasonably happy with their performance, while borussia Dortmund is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Sevilla. Nianzou Kouassi scored the first goal for Sevilla in the 18th minute, then Jude Bellingham got the equalizer for Borussia Dortmund in the 35th minute on a feed from Thomas Meunier squeezing out at least the one point for Borussia Dortmund. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Borussia Dortmund should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Both Julian Brandt and Moukoko have been the hottest scorers for Borussia Dortmund in the last five each having scored 2 goals. For Hannover 96, their top scorers are Håvard Nielsen and Cedric Teuchert, each having 3 goals in their last five matches.