Eintracht Braunschweig 0-1 VfL Bochum 1848 result, stats and report

Hannover 96 beat VfL Bochum 1848 2-1 at home despite being thoroughly outplayed for large stretches, with first-half goals from Stefán Teitur Thórdarson and Marcel Hartel proving enough to hold off a Bochum side that dominated the statistics but lacked the clinical edge to take anything from the game.

Eintracht Braunschweig dominated possession and territory but could not hold Dynamo Dresden, who levelled through a penalty from Mehmet Aydin and a Thomas Keller header to share the spoils in a chaotic 2-2 draw.

Two sides with more questions than answers meet at the Betzenberg on Saturday. Kaiserslautern need to prove last month's 0-3 hammering was a blip. Bochum need to prove they can keep a clean sheet away from home.

SpVgg Greuther Fürth and Eintracht Braunschweig meet on Saturday with neither side able to keep a clean sheet across their last five matches. Something has to give, and the evidence says it probably won't be quiet.

Two sides who cannot string results together meet in Hannover on Sunday. Something has to give, but neither team is giving much confidence right now.

Kaiserslautern have conceded just one goal in their last five 2. Bundesliga matches. Eintracht Braunschweig have shipped nine in their last five. Something has to give on Saturday.

Eintracht Braunschweig host Dynamo Dresden on Saturday in a 2. Bundesliga fixture that sets a defensively solid home side against visitors whose away form tells a very different story to their performances on home turf.

Osnabrück welcome Eintracht Braunschweig to the Bremer Brücke on Sunday without a point to their name after two matches, while their visitors arrive with genuine attacking momentum and a goal difference that flatters nobody who has watched them carefully.