Hertha with point to prove against Hannover
Hertha Berlin will be keen to put last weekend's emphatic home defeat to Borussia Mönchengladbach behind them when they travel to improving Hannover 96 on Friday night (kick-off 20:30CET/19:30GMT).
History
Top facts
- Hannover have already suffered as many home defeats (four) after 11 matches as they have in seven of the last ten seasons.Hertha are winless in their last six against Hannover.Hannover have climbed from 18th to 14th after winning three of their last four Bundesliga outings.Reds' goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler has conceded just three goals in his last six games against Hertha and has never lost to the capital club.Hannover and Hertha have had the least shots on goal of all teams in the Bundesliga this season.
Possible line-ups
Hertha: Jarstein - Weiser, Hegeler, Lustenberger, Plattenhardt - Skjelbred, Darida, Haraguchi, Cigerci - Baumjohann, Kalou
Hannover: Zieler - Sakai, Marcelo, Schulz, Albornoz - Schmiedebach, Sane - Andreasen, Kiyotake, Klaus - Sobiech