Despite of numerous injuries coach Hecking is marking excellent results with Hannover in the finish and it would be no surprise if the team earn a place in UEFA Cup next season. Instead of the usual formation with only one forward, the lack of midfielders forced the coach field two forwards which will probably be Stajner and Hanke. Hannover marked a convincing win over Hansa in the first part of the season, so now they will play more confident than their rivals. Brdarić, Tarnat, Yankov, Jurić, Jensen and Hahne won’t be able to help their side due to injuries.
Hansa lost 3:1 to Hamburger at home in the last round and they can probably go the second league. Actually, Pagelsdorf’s line-up was so powerless that their rivals scored the only goal for Hansa.
Certainly the injury of keeper Stefan Watchter came at the worst possible moment for Hansa and in the very finish while they are struggling to survive. Coach Pagelsdorf has nothing to lose, besides his job, so he will field and extremely offensive line-up. Besides standard attackers Agali and Hahnge the coach will field recently recovered Dorn who played great on the start but missed the most of the season due to injuries. Gyaki, Lukimya Beinlich, Kronholm and Tuting won’t be able to play in this game.