Hannover striker Mame Biram Diouf continues to wait for a start as Didier Ya Konan is once more preferred to him in attack for the trip to Bayer Leverkusen.

Ya Konan has Artur Sobiech alongside him in attack and Leonardo Bittencourt cutting in from the right flank.

For Leverkusen the front three once more remains consistent as five-goal striker Stefan Kiessling has Son Heung-Min and Sidney Sam offering the width.

Leverkusen: Leno; Hilbert, Spahic, Toprak, Boenisch; Bender, Reinartz, Rolfes; Sam, Kiessling, Son

Hannover: Zieler; Sakai, Marcelo, Sane, Pocognoli; Bittencourt, Stindl, Andreasen, Huszti; Ya Konan, Sobiech