Week 20 brings us a match on Jan 23rd, where Dynamo Dresden will travel to Hannover to battle Hannover 96 in a meeting of these two 2. Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 3 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Hannover 96 is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Hansa Rostock. Linton Maina scored the first goal for Hannover 96 in the 58th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Hansa Rostock couldn’t manage to score, and Hannover 96 took the shutout win. Hannover 96 is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while dynamo Dresden is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Hamburger SV. Robert Glatzel scored the first goal for Hamburger SV in the 37th minute, then Christoph Daferner tied it up for Dynamo Dresden in the 61st minute earning Dynamo Dresden at least a draw. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Aug 14th, Dynamo Dresden was victorious by a score of 2 to 0 in front of almost 14000 spectators. Christoph Daferner struck first for Dynamo Dresden in the 47th minute, then Sebastian Mai added another in the 82nd minute In the end, Hannover 96 was frustrated by Dynamo Dresden’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Dynamo Dresden ended the match with the shutout victory.
Dynamo Dresden is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Ransford Konigsdorffer and Christoph Daferner each having 3 goals in their last five. Hannover 96’s most prolific scorer has been Linton Maina. The German midfielder has netted 3 goals over the last five matches.