In this week 33 match, on Saturday May 7th, Ingolstadt will play 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 12 degrees, which is great football weather. 18th placed Ingolstadt is fresh off their 0-4 loss against Hamburger SV. Sonny Kittel struck first for Hamburger SV in the 27th minute, then Sebastian Schonlau added another in the 29th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Ingolstadt couldn’t manage to score, and Hamburger SV took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while 13th placed Hansa Rostock is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Paderborn. Neither Hansa Rostock nor Paderborn could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 14 and 12 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Hansa Rostock is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
Ingolstadt and Hansa Rostock last played eachother at the Ostseestadion on Dec 4th. Hansa Rostock and Ingolstadt battled to a 1-1 draw. Keller struck first for Ingolstadt in the 41st minute, but Verhoek got the equalizer for Hansa Rostock in the 49th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Hansa Rostock.
Hansa Rostock’s most prolific scorer has been John Verhoek. The Dutch attacker has netted two goals over the last five matches. Patrick Schmidt has been the most prolific scorer on Ingolstadt in his last five matches with two goals.