In this week 29 match, on Friday Apr 8th, Fortuna Düsseldorf plays host to Hansa Rostock in a clash of the 2. Bundesliga. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Fortuna Düsseldorf is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Karlsruher SC. Daniel Ginczek scored the first goal for Fortuna Düsseldorf in the 31st minute, then Rouwen Hennings added another in the 38th minute. Fortuna Düsseldorf is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 11th placed Hansa Rostock, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against St. Pauli. Neidhart struck first for Hansa Rostock in the 59th minute on a feed from Calogero Rizzuto, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, St. Pauli couldn’t muster any offence and Hansa Rostock ran away with the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Hansa Rostock should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On Sun Oct 31st, Hansa Rostock hosted Fortuna Düsseldorf at the Ostseestadion in their last match together. Hansa Rostock was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Hanno Behrens struck first for Hansa Rostock in the 20th minute on a feed from John Verhoek, then in the 57th minute, Marcel Sobottka sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Khaled Narey.
Hansa Rostock’s top weapon lately has been Verhoek, who has three goals in the last 5 matches. Daniel Ginczek has been the most effective weapon for Fortuna Düsseldorf lately. The German attacker has netted 2 goals in his last five matches.