There was a time when Hannover 96 were good. And if you are a fan of this Hanover side looking to reminisce the days when your favourite German football team were crowned champions of the top flight, you would have to go as far back as 1954 when they captured the championship in the premier division of German football. Unfortunately, things haven’t been the same since as Bayern Munchen have become the standard of what it’s like to be the best in the sport. As for these footballers from Hanover? Well, let’s just say that they need to do something to impress their fans and give them hope for the brand new 2015-16 German Bundesliga title chase because playing second fiddle to all these big teams for years just have to be getting old.
Come August 22, the Die Roten would have an opportunity to give their supporters something to cheer about as they welcome the visiting Bayer Leverkusen side at the HDI Arena for their very first Bundesliga home fixture. Hannover, listed by SBOBET.com with the best football odds of *4.50 to beat Leverkusen, have been getting their you-know-what handed to them by the top football teams of the league that, more often than not, have always taken them out of the title picture, year after year. A positive result in their first match-up at home this season should at least put this German club on the right track early. Hopefully, it will be more impressive than the 2-2 draw that they had with Darmstadt to kick off their championship chase in the young 2015-16 Bundesliga campaign.
The only problem is, I don’t think Bayer Leverkusen will be willing to just allow the Reds to win their first home tiff at their expense on gameday because, although these guys have come close to winning it all back in 2011, they have yet to win a trophy in the premier division of German football in spite of the fact that they are considered to be one of the better sides in the top flight along with the likes of Bayern, Borussia Dortmund, and VfL Wolfsburg. Leverkusen would love to finally earn their first trophy this season, and although they still have a lot to work on for them to challenge Bayern for their throne, one thing is for certain – they won’t be able to get a fast start going if they lose to a squad that they are expected to beat in Hanover.
Bayer Leverkusen, listed by SBOBET.com with the best football odds of *1.82 to beat Hannover 96, head to the HDI Arena looking to spoil the Die Roten’s first home game of the current Bundesliga campaign, especially since they would want to follow up on their first win of the season after having recently beaten Hoffenheim 2-1. You see, these guys are trying to re-establish the tradition of consistency that they were able to build from their last three years in the league where they finish within the top four places of the Bundesliga table, and losing to a club like Hannover – a team that many pundits feel should have no business getting the better of Leverkusen, shouldn’t be in their itinerary.
This Leverkusen outfit have become probably the best Bundesliga squad without a Bundesliga trophy and I have a feeling that they’ll be determined to change their fortunes this year, especially after they added another piece to their already formidable roster of young footballers with the acquisition of Chilean midfielder Charles Aránguiz. Bayer head coach Roger Schmidt continues to be the perfect man in charge of this club and as long as they can keep their focus towards winning that elusive title, the only thing that they’ll need to worry about is overcoming the mystique of the mighty Bayern side.
Of course, they can’t take Hannover for granted and expect this German club to just lay down for them just because not many people are expecting the Hanover side to be in the middle of the title picture at the tail end of the 2015-16 German Bundesliga campaign. And with the addition of midfielder Felix Klaus, the guy that the Die Roten virtually saved from relegation after the rest of SC Freiburg were demoted to 2.Bundesliga following a disappointing title bid, I have a feeling that Klaus will be making the most of his second lease in life in the top flight – this time representing the Reds’ colours.
”Despite having other Bundesliga offers, Felix Klaus turned them all down and decided to pick Hannover 96 which makes us happy,” Hannover sporting director Dirk Dufner said. ”During our negotiations we showed him our perspective that he will be an important part of a young team. He is the right man for the job and will strengthen our team.”
The first couple of weeks of the 2015-16 German Bundesliga season should give us an idea which of these sides are going to have a crack at Bayern’s throne at the top of the pecking order. And as far as this match-up between Hannover and Bayer Leverkusen is concerned, both sides know how important it is to get positive results early into the campaign.
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