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Fortuna Düsseldorf edges out Hannover 96 in a yellow-card-ridden match
Düsseldorf, Germany – Fortuna Düsseldorf emerged victorious over Hannover 96 with a 1-0 win in a 2. Bundesliga match played at the Merkur Spiel-Arena. The lone goal of the game came in the 59th minute through D. Schmidt, who finished off a well-worked assist to beat the Hannover goalkeeper.
The match was characterized by disciplinary issues, with a total of 7 yellow cards issued. Hannover 96 displayed a more aggressive approach in the first half, picking up three yellow cards in the 33rd, 43rd, and 47th minutes. Fortuna Düsseldorf responded with a yellow card in the 55th minute, before scoring the only goal of the game. The second half saw heightened tension, with yellow cards awarded to both teams in the 62nd, 66th, 81st, and 90th minutes.
Despite the victory, Fortuna Düsseldorf failed to dominate the possession battle, recording 49% compared to Hannover 96’s 51%. However, the visitors were more potent in attack, registering 22 shots, 5 of which were on target. Hannover 96, in contrast, managed 12 shots, two of which found the target.
The match was officiated by Florian Heft.
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Substitutions hannover 96: at minute 62 L. Gindorf came in and H. Lee went out., at minute 62 N. Tresoldi came in and J. Rochelt went out., at minute 69 B. Wdowik came in and B. Ezeh went out., at minute 69 A. Voglsammer came in and J. Ngankam went out., at minute 90 J. Dehm came in and S. Muroya went out.
Substitutions fortuna düsseldorf: at minute 78 J. Niemiec came in and F. Klaus went out., at minute 78 D. Pejcinovic came in and D. Kownacki went out., at minute 87 M. Sobottka came in and D. Schmidt went out., at minute 90 N. Mbamba came in and T. Rossmann went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Fortuna Düsseldorf
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