The defeat at bottom of the table SSV Jahn Regensburg is followed today by SV 07 Elversberg’s duel with the current league leaders of the 2nd Bundesliga. Hannover 96 is a guest at the Kaiserlinde and wants to collect more points in Elversberg for their promotion ambitions. The SVE, on the other hand, is striving for reparations.
Kirsten Pfister
After what coach Horst Steffens sees as “unnecessary” 0-1 defeat at SSV Jahn Regensburg Last weekend, SV 07 Elversberg hosted Hannover 96 at Kaiserlinde today.
The SVE has a special memory associated with the upcoming opponent: 16 months ago, the Elversbergers played their first ever second division game in Hanover. Both this first and second leg last season between the two teams ended in a 2-2 draw.
Information about the game
If: Today, November 10th, 2024, 1:30 p.m
Wo: Stadium at the Kaiserlinde, Elversberg
Stream: Audio stream at sportschau.de
Hannover’s race to catch up to the top of the table
Elversberger’s upcoming opponent is in a real high form. After the start of the current season was initially rather average, the Hanoverians are currently really taking off.
With four wins from the last five games, Hannover 96 have stormed to the top of the 2nd Bundesliga table and are underpinning their long-standing promotion ambitions in these weeks.
reparation after an “unnecessary” defeat against Regensburg
The team’s great strength is its defense: with only seven goals conceded, Stefan Leitl’s team has the best defense in the league. A real task for an Elversberg team that had a hard time against Regensburg’s defensively stable team the previous week.
“They make few mistakes that lead to opportunities for the opposition,” analyzed Steffen. “So we have to work really hard on Sunday to close gaps and uncover mistakes.”
Away weakness meets home strength
The Saarlanders should avoid falling behind against the defensively strong league leaders today. Because finding gaps for your own opportunities is likely to be difficult.
“We have the leader in front of us, so we know what to expect,” said Steffen at the press conference. “We have the opportunity to prove ourselves and want to get a good result again at home.”
However, Hannover has had a relatively difficult time away from home. Although Lower Saxony still has an impeccable home record after six games, things are still bumping up a lot away from home. Just two weeks ago, the 96ers celebrated their first and so far only away win – on matchday 10!
Hannover’s away weakness meets Saarland’s home strength. The SVE suffered its only defeat so far at the Kaiserlinde Accept against Ulm at the end of September. Can Elversberg build on the 4-2 home win against Hamburger SV against Hannover?
Steffen’s personnel concerns increase
Coach Horst Steffen’s team is still weakened in terms of personnel. After Semih Sahin and Robin Fellhauer, the next top performer, Luca Schnellbacher, is now out. The center forward injured his knee and ankle in the game against Regensburg and will be out for a few weeks.
“Now we have to act as a unit,” said central defender Lukas Pinckert in response to the failures. Even before Schnellbacher’s injury, coach Horst Steffen had repeatedly and seemingly calmly emphasized that he had a broad squad available and that many players were waiting on the bench to play.
A detailed review of the game will be available on SR TV in the sportarena on Sunday from 10:15 p.m.
The SR info news also reports on this topic on November 10, 2024.
