Kaiserslautern are in a rough patch. They have lost most of their recent matches and haven't won in a while, and things aren't going much better for Hannover, who have also been losing more often than not. Both teams are struggling to find good results right now, so neither side comes into this looking especially sharp.

Recent meetings between these two have usually been tighter games with a few goals, and Hannover have had the upper hand in most of them. There isn't much separating the teams, and both have had trouble scoring consistently, so this looks like a close, cautious game that could easily end in a draw.