Christian Titz Tactics At Hannover 96 2025/2026: Possession With Purpose In 2. Bundesliga – Tactical Analysis

Hannover 96 have been in the news in Germany for many different reasons over the last couple of years.

Investor Kind attempted to undermine the 50+1 rule in German football, but the fans strongly opposed this move and began boycotting the club.

Since their relegation in 2019, the club has failed to secure promotion back to the Bundesliga every single season.

This term, the club actively wants to pursue more than just being close to success.

They have actively worked the market, signing 16 new players for the money they got for selling their talented striker Nicolò Tresoldi to Club Brugge.

But they didn’t just overhaul their squad randomly; they did it with a clear purpose in mind.

The most important signing the club made this summer transfer window was their new head coach, Christian Titz.

Titz had been the manager of 1. FC Magedburg for 4.5 years and got them promoted from 3. Liga to the 2. Bundesliga.

Last season, they managed to finish fifth in a highly competitive league, ahead of Hannover 96.

The experienced coach did not just have a lot of success with Magedeburg, he also has a clear style of approaching the game, centred around possession, positional rochades and a lot of passes.

In this tactical analysis, we will examine how Christian Titz managed his Magdeburg side, what we can expect him to bring to his new club, and how Hannover 96 will approach the new season.

Christian Titz Style Of Play

Movement In Attack

When considering what makes Christian Titzs tactics so special, we must first consider his teams play on the ball.

The manager wants his team to dominate possession, keep the ball moving within the team and attack out of long passing sequences with clear positional principles.

Last season, Magdeburg had one of the best attacks in the entire 2. Bundesliga, scoring 64 goals in 34 matches, so we will first examine that.

Titz prefers to progress the ball into the opposing half and then start an actual attacking phase in possession.

There are no fluent transitions between the build-up and further attacking phases for the coach.

Titzs teams try to pin their opponents into a deep block and keep them moving around for a while, tiring them out and forcing them into a passive mindset.

From there on out, the team uses its positional principles to create space in the block and attack quickly with runs behind the defensive line and aggressive wing play.

Here we can see Magdeburg attacking against Jahn Regensburg this past season, a game in which Christian Titz’s team was heavily favoured.

They keep possession for a long period of time, and Regensburg do not even try to press the Magdeburg defenders anymore when they are on the ball.

Christian Titz now has his