Energie Cottbus 3-1 Hannover 96: result and report

2. Bundesliga · Sunday 9 August 2026

Result

Energie Cottbus 3-1 Hannover 96

2. Bundesliga · Sunday 9 August 2026, 11:30 UTC · Stadion der Freundschaft, Cottbus · half-time 1-1

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Energie Cottbus 3-1 Hannover 96: match report

Energie Cottbus beat Hannover 96 3-1 in the 2. Bundesliga on Sunday 9 August 2026 at Stadion der Freundschaft. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Tolcay Cigerci opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Energie Cottbus's goals came from Tolcay Cigerci (14'), Tolcay Cigerci (71', penalty) and Justin Butler (76'). Hannover 96 scored through Maurice Neubauer (28').

Discipline: Energie Cottbus received no yellow cards; Hannover 96 received 2 yellow cards.

In the current table Energie Cottbus are 14th on 10 points and Hannover 96 are 12th on 11 points.

Energie Cottbus lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Hannover 96 in a 3-3-1-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Tolcay Cigerci of Energie Cottbus (8.4), ahead of Marcel Lotka (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Energie Cottbus wins, 1 draw and 3 for Hannover 96.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Tolcay CigerciEnergie Cottbus · 1-0
  • 28'Goal · Maurice NeubauerHannover 96 · 1-1
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Boris TomiakHannover 96
  • 71'Penalty goal · Tolcay CigerciEnergie Cottbus · 2-1
  • 76'Goal · Justin ButlerEnergie Cottbus · 3-1
  • 86'Yellow card · Jean HugonetHannover 96

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
12Hannover 96103251016-611WLDLW
14Energie Cottbus102441820-210DLDDL

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Head-to-head

6 meetings: Energie Cottbus 2, draws 1, Hannover 96 3.

Team news

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Energie Cottbus line-up (4-2-3-1)

Marcel Lotka, Henry Rorig, King Manu, Luca Erlein, Jannis Zaydan, Lukas Michelbrink, Leonardo Bittencourt, Tolcay Cigerci, Jannis Boziaris, Lucas Copado, Erik Engelhardt

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

Pascal Loretz, Bastian Allgeier, Boris Tomiak, Jean Hugonet, Maurice Neubauer, Stefán Teitur Thórdarson, Kolja Oudenne, Waniss Taïbi, Mustapha Bundu, Benjamin Källman, Lars Gindorf

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