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Hannover 96 v FC Koln : Bundesliga 2 match betting preview, prediction and odds

HDI Arena, Hannover

Sunday lunch time sees Andre Breitenreiter’s Hannover 96 and Gerhard Struber’s FC Koln go head to head in a Bundesliga 2 battle at the HDI Arena. Statistics drive the predictions below for all the markets, and changing between them will display bespoke analysis, including head-to-head, form and unique league tables. The best odds are also provided. Hit the tabs below to find out more.

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Hannover 96's next match is v Ulm at 12:00 on Saturday 3rd May
FC Koln's next match is v Regensburg at 19:30 on Saturday 3rd May
The last German Bundesliga 2 meeting between Hannover and Köln was on Sunday 27th April 2025
German Bundesliga 2
April 27th 2025
Hannover 1
0 Köln
 
L. Gindorf 57'
 
H96
KOE
Shots On
6
1
Shots Off
9
5
Corners
5
4
Possession
53%
47%
Fouls
16
15
Yellow/red cards
5/0
3/1
 
HannoverKöln
 
R. Zieler
B. Tomiak (J. Dehm 69')
P. Neumann
B. Ezeh (J. Knight 78')
M. Halstenberg
F. Kunze
E. Leopold
T. Momuluh (A. Voglsammer 87')
H. Lee (K. Oudenne 69')
L. Gindorffootball icon (H. Kallevik Nielsen 78')
N. Tresoldi
M. Schwäbe
J. Thielmann
L. Paqarada
D. Heintz
T. Hübers
(D. Huseinbasic 58') F. Kainz
T. Lemperle
D. Ljubicic
E. Martel
(M. Finkgräfe 53') G. Waldschmidt
(M. Uth 74') D. Downs

Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

We think it's fairly unlikely that this fixture will have 4 goals or more, and the odds and stats are in line with KO's predictive algorithm on this one. Hannover and Köln haven't typically been involved in thrillers of late, whether that be in Bundesliga 2 individually or in head-to-head clashes. So, in the absence of a compelling favourite win or double chance market, we're going for under 3.5 goals. That's available at a best price of 1.44.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 42% chance of Köln coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Hannover
31%
11/4
17%
-
Draw
27%
27/10
12%
-
Köln
42%
10/11
11%
-
Draw 1-1
13%
13/2
15%
-
Köln 1-0
11%
10/1
10%
-
Hannover 1-0
10%
14/1
15%
-
Köln 2-1
9%
8/1-
Draw 0-0
9%
16/1
31%
-
Köln 2-0
8%
10/1
8%
-
Hannover 2-1
7%
12/1
8%
-
Hannover 2-0
5%
20/1
11%
-
Draw 2-2
5%
11/1
9%
-
Köln 3-1
4%
12/1
24%
-
Köln 3-0
3%
16/1
19%
-
Hannover 3-1
3%
25/1
13%
-
Köln 3-2
2%
18/1
10%
-
Hannover 3-0
2%
40/1
21%
-
Hannover 3-2
2%
28/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
45%
8/15
10%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
55%
7/5
14%
-
Home 1st Goal
45%
7/5
7%
-
Away 1st Goal
49%
4/7
6%
-
No 1st Goal
5%
16/1
31%
-
BTTS - Yes
50%
1/2
4%
-
BTTS - No
50%
6/4
11%
-
BTTS - Home Win
14%
5/1
9%
-
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/3
8%
-
BTTS - Away Win
18%
9/4
19%
-
Home/draw
58%
5/6
10%
-
Away/draw
69%
1/4
8%
-
Home/away
73%
2/7
3%
-
Over 1.5 Goals
70%
1/6
3%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
30%
4/1
15%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
23%
5/4
14%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
77%
4/7
9%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
10%
3/1
20%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
90%
2/9
4%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
7/1
20%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/12
2%
-
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
1/40
2%
-
Under 0.5 Goals
9%
16/1
31%
-
Home DNB
50%
13/8
16%
-
Away DNB
61%
4/9
8%
-
Hannover win to nil
18%
7/1
23%
-
Köln win to nil
24%
3/1
8%
-
Hannover / Hannover
15%
9/2
10%
-
Hannover / Köln
4%
18/1
10%
-
Hannover / Draw
6%
14/1
15%
-
Draw / Hannover
10%
15/2
21%
-
Draw / Köln
15%
9/2-
Draw / Draw
13%
11/2
8%
-
Köln / Hannover
3%
25/1-
Köln / Köln
27%
2/1
14%
-
Köln / Draw
6%
12/1-
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Win / draw / win Bundesliga 2 table

Hannover have played 30 matches so far this season and are in 10th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

17 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 5 games, drawn 6 and won 6. Hannover have conceded 19 goals, scored 22, failed to score in 4 matches and kept 5 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Hannover have played 15 games at home, winning 7, drawing 6 and losing 2 fixtures. They have scored 21 goals, conceded 14 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Köln lay in 1st place on 54 points in the Bundesliga 2 league table having played 30 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 30 games against teams below them in the table, winning 16, drawing 6 and losing 8 games. They have scored 46 goals and kept 10 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Köln have conceded 35 goals and have failed to score in 4 matches.

Away league performance

Köln have played 15 away games, winning 8, drawing 3 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 1.2 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.2 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Hannover
Köln
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Köln Away3116691054 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
2-2F
-
-
2
Hamburg31141162653 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
2-2A
l
 
1-2A
l
 
1-0A
3
Magdeburg31131171650 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-3F
l
 
1-2F
l
 
3-0A
4
Elversberg31131082149 
l
 
1-3F
l
 
3-1A
w
 
1-0F
d
 
2-2F
5
Paderborn31131081049 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-1A
l
 
1-2F
w
 
1-2A
6
Dusseldorf3113108549 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1F
d
 
2-2F
7
Kaiserslautern3114710449 
w
 
3-1F
d
 
0-00-0
May 18
w
 
0-1F
8
Karlsruher3113810-147 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
d
 
4-4F
l
 
1-0A
9
Hannover Home3112109446 
-
-
d
 
2-2A
l
 
1-0A
10
Nurnberg3113612345 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-2A
w
 
3-1F
May 9
11
H.Berlin3111713-140 
d
 
0-00-0
May 18
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-1F
12
Darmstadt3110912439 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
3-1A
w
 
2-1F
l
 
5-1A
13
Schalke3110813-538 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2A
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-3F
14
Greuther319814-1435 
May 11
l
 
1-0A
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
15
E. Braun3181013-2034 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-0A
w
 
5-0F
w
 
1-2A
16
Ulm3161114-629 
w
 
3-2A
May 3
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-1F
17
Preussen Munster3161114-1029 
d
 
2-2A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
3-1F
w
 
0-1F
18
Regensburg316520-4623 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-1F
May 3
w
 
0-1F
Promotion
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Relegation Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
3
Hannover have lost 3 consecutive league games
7
Hannover have not won in 7 consecutive home league games
Hannover 9TH
20 league games
Home
7
Overall
3
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
8
Draw
8
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Hannover1 - 3Elversberg
Hannover0 - 0Magdeburg
Hannover1 - 1E. Braun
Hannover1 - 1Paderborn
Hannover1 - 1Dusseldorf
Hannover2 - 2Preussen Munster
Hannover0 - 0H.Berlin
Hannover3 - 2Ulm
Hannover1 - 2Darmstadt
Hannover2 - 1Karlsruher
Hannover1 - 0Schalke
Hannover2 - 0Nurnberg
Hannover3 - 1Kaiserslautern
Hannover1 - 0Hamburg
Hannover2 - 0Regensburg
Hannover1 - 2Holstein
Hannover3 - 2Paderborn
Hannover1 - 2St. Pauli
Hannover1 - 1Schalke
Hannover1 - 1Kaiserslautern
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
5
Draw
9
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AHannover1 - 3Darmstadt
HHannover1 - 3Elversberg
AHannover0 - 1Karlsruher
HHannover0 - 0Magdeburg
AHannover2 - 1Schalke
HHannover1 - 1E. Braun
AHannover2 - 1Nurnberg
HHannover1 - 1Paderborn
AHannover0 - 0Kaiserslautern
HHannover1 - 1Dusseldorf
AHannover2 - 2Hamburg
HHannover2 - 2Preussen Munster
AHannover1 - 0Regensburg
HHannover0 - 0H.Berlin
AHannover0 - 1Greuther
HHannover3 - 2Ulm
AHannover2 - 2Köln
HHannover1 - 2Darmstadt
AHannover1 - 3Elversberg
HHannover2 - 1Karlsruher
Köln 1ST
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Greuther1 - 1Köln
Paderborn1 - 2Köln
Ulm0 - 1Köln
Karlsruher1 - 0Köln
Magdeburg3 - 0Köln
E. Braun1 - 2Köln
Hamburg1 - 0Köln
Kaiserslautern0 - 1Köln
Regensburg0 - 1Köln
Preussen Munster0 - 1Köln
H.Berlin0 - 1Köln
Darmstadt5 - 1Köln
Dusseldorf2 - 2Köln
Schalke1 - 3Köln
Elversberg2 - 2Köln
Heidenheim4 - 1Köln
Mainz1 - 1Köln
Bayern2 - 0Köln
Augsburg1 - 1Köln
B. M'gladbach3 - 3Köln
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
15
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
13
D
3
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HKöln3 - 1Preussen Munster
AKöln1 - 1Greuther
HKöln0 - 1H.Berlin
AKöln2 - 1Paderborn
HKöln2 - 1Darmstadt
AKöln1 - 0Ulm
AKöln0 - 1Karlsruher
HKöln1 - 1Dusseldorf
AKöln0 - 3Magdeburg
HKöln1 - 0Schalke
AKöln2 - 1E. Braun
HKöln1 - 0Elversberg
AKöln0 - 1Hamburg
AKöln1 - 0Kaiserslautern
HKöln3 - 1Nurnberg
AKöln1 - 0Regensburg
HKöln2 - 2Hannover
AKöln1 - 0Preussen Munster
HKöln1 - 0Greuther
AKöln1 - 0H.Berlin
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Hannover have drawn with Köln in 3 consecutive league meetings
League games at Hannover since 2014
Hannover
Köln
Goals: Scored
1
2
Games: Scored
1 / 3
1 / 3
Clean sheets
2 / 3
2 / 3
H96
1
D
1
KOE
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Hannover
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 2Köln
Hannover1 - 0
League games at Köln since 2015
Köln
Hannover
Goals: Scored
4
5
Games: Scored
3 / 4
4 / 4
Clean sheets
0 / 4
1 / 4
H96
1
D
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Köln
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Hannover
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics

FC Koln's defensive record is very strong, Gerhard Struber's men having conceded 1 or less in 8 consecutive Bundesliga 2 games. An average PG rating of 1.1 for Hannover 96 makes sense in this context.

Hannover 9th Köln 1st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.1
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
33%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 70% probability that Hannover will score no more than 1 goal
0
26%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 61% probability that Köln will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-20
Hannover have scored 20% fewer goals at home than predicted
-19
Köln have scored 19% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.4
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Bundesliga 2 - 2024/2025 season
https://api.kickoff.co.uk/v1/fixture/283969/accaPanel/formStats/marketCode/FULL
Hannover
PG (predicted goals)
Köln
1.1
1.3
Attack rating
H96
KOE
25%
better
view stats
Games scored22
26
Failed to score8
4
Scored first10
20
Goals scored36
46
Avg. goals scored1.2
1.5
Avg. shots per game10
11
Avg. shots per goal9
7
Conversion rate for12
13
Avg. XG for1.6
1.9
KickOff rating
+25%
Defence rating
H96
KOE
1%
better
view stats
Games conceded20
20
Clean sheets10
10
Conceded first16
10
Goals conceded33
35
Avg. goals conceded1.1
1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded9
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
7
Conversion rate against12%
14%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.2
KickOff rating
+1%

Hannover v Köln Bundesliga 2 lLine ups will show here when available.

Hannover Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
316410
R ZielerN TresoldiE LeopoldF Kunze
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Zieler GLK31
4
-
P Neumann DEF301
6
-
B Tomiak DEF10
3
-
M Halstenberg DEF2632
5
-
B Ezeh DEF91
1
-
E Leopold MID3024
5
-
F Kunze MID2711
9
1
T Momuluh MID1821
3
-
H. Lee MID2131
2
-
L. Gindorf FWD2011
2
-
N Tresoldi FWD3161
1
-
Subs
L Weinkauf GLK
-
J Knight DEF212
4
-
J Dehm DEF1811
2
1
J Rochelt MID2624
1
-
N. Aséko Nkili MID
-
K. Oudenne MID9
1
-
H Nielsen FWD2923
2
-
A Voglsammer FWD2532
1
-
R Matondo FWD101
1
-
Köln Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
281067
L PaqaradaD DownsL PaqaradaJ Thielmann
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Schwäbe GLK21
3
-
J Thielmann DEF2723
7
-
T Hübers DEF2631
6
-
D Heintz DEF252
7
-
L Paqarada DEF296
6
1
D Ljubicic MID2643
6
-
E Martel MID282
4
-
F Kainz MID2422
3
-
L Waldschmidt MID2772
4
-
D Downs FWD27103
2
-
T Lemperle FWD2294
4
-
Subs
P Pentke GLK
-
J Schmied DEF10
2
-
J. Pauli DEF17
2
-
M Finkgräfe DEF13
4
-
M Olesen MID17
1
-
D Huseinbašić MID2831
2
-
M Uth  FWD9
1
-
S Tigges FWD16
-
I Rondic FWD81
-