Hannover 96 : 1. FC Kaiserslautern

After attending the match VfL Wolfsburg : FC Augsburg in the afternoon, they travelled straight back to Hannover by train to watch the evening match between Hannover 96 and 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

The stadium was reached on foot from the train station in Hanover. Numerous people flocked towards the Heinz-von-Heiden-Arena to support the team in what was probably their last chance to catch up with the promotion places. The stadium stands on a small hill with the entrances at the foot of the hill. Unfortunately, these are completely undersized for the size of the stadium, resulting in long queues at the entrances. You also have to walk across the whole area inside the stadium and then take the same route back again to get to your seat. This has been seen better organised, but is probably also due to the age of the former Niedersachsenstadion.

Hannover's opponents are 1. FC Kaiserslautern, a team in the middle of the relegation battle. On paper, 96 were the clear favourites going into the game. But they had already been favourites the previous week in the match away against Wehen Wiesbaden - which only resulted in one point in the end.

At the start of the match, there was a proper choreo by the home block including fireworks - 70 years of championship titles were celebrated. 

Shortly afterwards, the away block also went all out and provided a pyrotechnics display. The stadium announcer then had his hands full trying to keep up with the subsequent stadium announcements...

The game was then unable to keep up with the fireworks in the stands for a long time. The game was at a modest level and there were not many chances to be seen. Only once was there a brief goal alert - but Nicolò Tresoldi was offside and the goal did not count.

The second half then started with attacks by the devils from Betzenberg, who were rewarded in the 53rd minute with the 1-0 lead through Kenny Prince Redondo. This was followed by a double substitution by Hannover - among others, the Austrian Louis Schaub came into the match. And these changes injected fresh impetus into Hannover's attacking play. In the 68th minute, Andreas Voglsammer equalised after a cross from Sebastian Ernst.

Hannover now naturally wanted the three-pointer and began to play more aggressively - but there were no real big chances. In stoppage time, Kaiserslautern almost struck a blow when they hit the crossbar. In the end, it remained a deserved draw, which did little to help either side in their current position in the table.