Kaiserslautern 3-1 Hannover 96: result and report

2. Bundesliga · Friday 6 October 2023

Result

Kaiserslautern 3-1 Hannover 96

2. Bundesliga · Friday 6 October 2023, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

Kaiserslautern · Hannover 96 · 2. Bundesliga predictions

Kaiserslautern 3-1 Hannover 96: match report

Kaiserslautern won against Hannover 96 3-1 in the 2. Bundesliga on Friday 6 October 2023. The half-time score was 1-1.

Håvard Nielsen opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Kaiserslautern's goals came from Boris Tomiak (45+5', penalty), Aaron Opoku (79') and Boris Tomiak (90+10', penalty). Hannover 96 scored through Håvard Nielsen (17').

Discipline: Kaiserslautern received 5 yellow cards; Hannover 96 received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Kaiserslautern were 6th on 14 points from 8 and Hannover 96 3rd on 15 points from 8. Kaiserslautern went on to finish that season 13th with 39 points, and Hannover 96 6th with 52.

Kaiserslautern lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Hannover 96 in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Boris Tomiak of Kaiserslautern (8.9), ahead of Ron-Robert Zieler (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Kaiserslautern win, 1 draw and 4 for Hannover 96.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

2'Yellow card · Julian NiehuesKaiserslautern
7'Yellow card · Tymoteusz PuchaczKaiserslautern
17'Goal · Håvard NielsenHannover 96 · 0-1
45+3'Yellow card · Marcel HalstenbergHannover 96
45+5'Penalty goal · Boris TomiakKaiserslautern · 1-1
79'Goal · Aaron OpokuKaiserslautern · 2-1
83'Yellow card · Marlon RitterKaiserslautern
90+2'Red card · Håvard NielsenHannover 96
90+3'Yellow card · Jan ElvediKaiserslautern
90+4'Yellow card · Ron-Robert ZielerHannover 96
90+8'Yellow card · Daniel HanslikKaiserslautern
90+10'Penalty goal · Boris TomiakKaiserslautern · 3-1

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Kaiserslautern 1, draws 1, Hannover 96 4.

Hannover 96 2-1 KaiserslauternBundesliga · 5 May 2012
Kaiserslautern 1-1 Hannover 96Bundesliga · 18 Dec 2011
Hannover 96 3-0 KaiserslauternBundesliga · 19 Feb 2011
Kaiserslautern 0-1 Hannover 96Bundesliga · 26 Sep 2010
Kaiserslautern 1-0 Hannover 96Bundesliga · 22 Apr 2006
Hannover 96 5-1 KaiserslauternBundesliga · 26 Nov 2005

Team news

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Max BesuschkowHannover 96 · injury (Heel Pain)
Max ChristiansenHannover 96 · injury (Back Trouble)
Erik DurmKaiserslautern · injury (Hip problems)
Afeez AremuKaiserslautern · injury (Thigh Problems)

Kaiserslautern line-up (3-4-2-1)

Julian Krahl, Jan Elvedi, Boris Tomiak, Nikola Soldo, Jean Zimmer, Julian Niehues, Tobias Raschl, Tymoteusz Puchacz, Richmond Tachie, Marlon Ritter, Ragnar Ache

Hannover 96 line-up (3-4-2-1)

Ron-Robert Zieler, Phil Neumann, Marcel Halstenberg, Bright Arrey-Mbi, Jannik Dehm, Fabian Kunze, Enzo Leopold, Derrick Köhn, Andreas Voglsammer, Cedric Teuchert, Havard Nielsen