3. Liga duel: Close contest expected between Aalen and Sportfreunde Lotte

Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Date: Sat 13.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Scholz Arena (14500 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 20th and the visitors in 14th place.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Aalen form and stats

Aalen's struggle is real here at Scholz Arena with only 14 points collected from 15 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 3-5-7. Two draws in a row at home now for Aalen.

A good away victory last time out for Aalen, who won 1-0 against Kaiserslautern. In the match before that, Aalen hosted Carl Zeiss Jena and drew the game 1-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Aalen perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Aalen as a small favourite), we find three games. Aalen has won 1 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.

The Aalen fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 15 matches. Aalen have conceded 26 from these games.

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Sportfreunde Lotte form and stats

Playing away, Sportfreunde Lotte have won 4 games, drawn 6 and suffered 6 defeats so far this season. It's looking increasingly bleak for Sportfreunde Lotte who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Carl Zeiss Jena was the last time a defeat was avoided.

The manager K. Bienemann was unhappy after their last game, a 3. Liga match played at their home ground Scholz Arena. Sportfreunde Lotte suffered a 1-3 loss to Uerdingen. Prior to that match, the Sportfreunde Lotte manager K. Bienemann faced defeat in their match when travelling to Osnabruck and losing 0-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 20 similar matches played by Sportfreunde Lotte in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Sportfreunde Lotte, 7 draws and 9 defeats.

Sportfreunde Lotte have scored 18 goals on their travels this season, 16 away games. Sportfreunde Lotte have conceded 22 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Sportfreunde Lotte - Aalen 1-1. Last five meetings between the teams: Aalen won 2, Sportfreunde Lotte won 1 and 2 draws.

Top Goalscorers

M. Morys
9 goals / 1 assists
M. Oesterhelweg
6 goals / 4 assists

Aalen missing players

Sportfreunde Lotte missing players

Aalen Sportfreunde Lotte
Total Home Statistic Away Total
32 15 Played 16 32
39 23 Scored 18 28
48 26 Conceded 22 36
94% 100% Over 0.5 94% 84%
78% 87% Over 1.5 75% 62%
50% 60% Over 2.5 38% 28%
28% 40% Over 3.5 31% 19%
19% 33% Over 4.5 6% 3%
69% 87% Both teams to score 50% 41%
12% 0% Clean Sheet 25% 34%
25% 13% Failed To Score 31% 41%
Key stats this season:
  • Aalen hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Sportfreunde Lotte is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Aalen is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.
  • Aalen has failed to keep a clean sheet in 15 home matches.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Osnabrück 31 18 10 3 46 22 15 12 1 2 27 10 16 6 9 1 19 12 24 64
2 Karlsruher SC 32 16 10 6 51 32 16 8 4 4 30 21 16 8 6 2 21 11 19 58
3 Wehen Wiesbaden 32 17 4 11 60 42 16 8 2 6 23 16 16 9 2 5 37 26 18 55
4 Hallescher FC 32 15 8 9 36 29 16 7 4 5 20 16 16 8 4 4 16 13 7 53
5 Hansa Rostock 31 12 9 10 39 40 16 7 5 4 24 22 15 5 4 6 15 18 -1 45
6 1860 München 31 11 11 9 43 34 16 8 3 5 25 17 15 3 8 4 18 17 9 44
7 Würzburger Kickers 32 12 8 12 46 39 16 7 3 6 25 23 16 5 5 6 21 16 7 44
8 Kaiserslautern 32 11 11 10 40 42 16 5 7 4 17 14 16 6 4 6 23 28 -2 44
9 Uerdingen 32 13 5 14 38 48 15 5 4 6 18 24 17 8 1 8 20 24 -10 44
10 Meppen 32 12 7 13 42 42 16 8 3 5 28 21 16 4 4 8 14 21 0 43
11 Preußen Münster 32 12 6 14 40 40 17 8 3 6 23 11 15 4 3 8 17 29 0 42
12 Unterhaching 32 9 14 9 45 38 16 5 8 3 24 8 16 4 6 6 21 30 7 41
13 Zwickau 32 10 10 12 37 38 16 7 5 4 23 16 16 3 5 8 14 22 -1 40
14 Sportfreunde Lotte 32 8 12 12 28 36 16 4 6 6 10 14 16 4 6 6 18 22 -8 36
15 Eintracht Braunschweig 31 8 12 11 37 46 16 4 6 6 23 25 15 4 6 5 14 21 -9 36
16 Fortuna Köln 31 9 9 13 33 51 15 3 6 6 13 23 16 6 3 7 20 28 -18 36
17 Sonnenhof Großaspach 31 6 16 9 27 32 16 4 9 3 17 15 15 2 7 6 10 17 -5 34
18 Energie Cottbus 32 9 7 16 41 52 16 5 4 7 24 24 16 4 3 9 17 28 -11 34
19 Carl Zeiss Jena 32 6 13 13 34 51 16 3 9 4 18 21 16 3 4 9 16 30 -17 31
20 Aalen 32 6 12 14 39 48 15 3 5 7 23 26 17 3 7 7 16 22 -9 30

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