3. Liga duel: Close contest expected between Bayreuth and VfB Oldenburg

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 18.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hans-Walter-Wild-Stadion (21500 seats)

Develop their own game plan or switch tactics dependant on the opponent? Both Bayreuth and VfB Oldenburg must try something more fresh than in earlier matches. Read more!

Insights:
  • Bayreuth have the most conceded goals (54) in 3. Liga
  • VfB Oldenburg have the fewest clean sheets (2) in 3. Liga

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Bayreuth and VfB Oldenburg.

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Bayreuth form and stats

Bayreuth, who have the most conceded goals (54) in 3. Liga, have played 13 3. Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-6 (wins-draws-losses). When Bayreuth hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Meppen, Borussia Dortmund II, Hallescher FC, Bayreuth, Zwickau and Rot-Weiss Essen), they have won 2 of 3 matches! With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Bayreuth to get some points in this home game.

In their previous game, the manager Kleine led his Bayreuth to a defeat away at Saarbrücken (after extra-time). The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Hans-Walter-Wild-Stadion. As you see from the result above, Bayreuth suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

Before that game, the home loss against Waldhof Mannheim (after extra-time) with the scoreline 1-3.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Bayreuth have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 4 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 0 and lost 2.

Bayreuth has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 23 goals have been conceded.

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VfB Oldenburg form and stats

There's been little loot from VfB Oldenburg's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 13 away games in the 3. Liga. VfB Oldenburg only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 2 draws. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Oldenburg are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

VfB Oldenburg go into this game after a win, the home game against Borussia Dortmund II (after extra-time) that ended 2-1. Yippee; their first three points in the league after eight matches not winning. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Fossi when Adetula scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 85th minute.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Osnabrück (after extra-time)'s place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by VfB Oldenburg in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for VfB Oldenburg, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Oldenburg rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 21 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The former head to head game ended VfB Oldenburg - Bayreuth 1-1, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

BayreuthA. Nollenberger
A. Nollenberger
7 goals
BayreuthM. Ziereis
M. Ziereis
7 goals
VfB OldenburgM. Wegner
M. Wegner
6 goals

Bayreuth missing players

VfB Oldenburg missing players

Bayreuth VfB Oldenburg
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 4 13 27
7 5 2 Won W 2 3 6
4 2 1 Drew D 1 2 6
16 6 0 Lost L 1 8 15
26 17 9 Scored S 4 10 31
54 23 5 Conceded C 4 21 51
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
74% 62% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 77% 81%
48% 46% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 46% 56%
37% 46% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 33%
22% 23% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 15%
48% 54% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 54% 67%
15% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 8% 7%
37% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 38% 26%
 
4.4 3.8 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3.2 4.2
5.3 5.4 7.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 7.3 6.1
2.7 2.5 3.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.5 2.3
6 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.2 9.5 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 5.8 6.8 9
3.7 4 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.4 3.2
26% 33% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 32% 36%
 
12.9 12.4 18 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13.5 12.9
5.2 5.1 5.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 5.6 5.3
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Bayreuth have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Bayreuth have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in 3. Liga
  • Bayreuth have the most conceded goals (54) in 3. Liga
  • Bayreuth have the the worst goal difference (-28) in 3. Liga
  • Bayreuth haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • VfB Oldenburg have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • VfB Oldenburg have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • VfB Oldenburg have the fewest clean sheets (2) in 3. Liga
  • VfB Oldenburg have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • VfB Oldenburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Elversberg 27 18 5 4 63 24 14 10 2 2 37 13 13 8 3 2 26 11 39 59
2 Freiburg II 27 17 6 4 40 24 14 10 3 1 22 10 13 7 3 3 18 14 16 57
3 Waldhof Mannheim 27 15 3 9 46 44 14 12 1 1 27 13 13 3 2 8 19 31 2 48
4 Dynamo Dresden 27 13 8 6 48 29 14 6 5 3 28 16 13 7 3 3 20 13 19 47
5 Osnabrück 27 14 5 8 54 38 13 9 1 3 28 14 14 5 4 5 26 24 16 47
6 Wehen Wiesbaden 27 14 5 8 50 38 13 7 3 3 24 15 14 7 2 5 26 23 12 47
7 Saarbrücken 27 13 6 8 45 31 13 5 4 4 23 20 14 8 2 4 22 11 14 45
8 Viktoria Koln 28 10 10 8 39 38 14 6 3 5 18 20 14 4 7 3 21 18 1 40
9 Verl 27 10 8 9 41 37 14 6 6 2 25 18 13 4 2 7 16 19 4 38
10 1860 München 27 10 7 10 41 37 14 7 2 5 25 16 13 3 5 5 16 21 4 37
11 Erzgebirge Aue 27 10 6 11 33 35 13 5 4 4 17 15 14 5 2 7 16 20 -2 36
12 Ingolstadt 27 10 5 12 38 39 13 4 3 6 13 17 14 6 2 6 25 22 -1 35
13 MSV Duisburg 27 9 7 11 34 36 13 3 6 4 17 15 14 6 1 7 17 21 -2 34
14 Rot-Weiss Essen 27 7 12 8 33 37 13 4 7 2 15 16 14 3 5 6 18 21 -4 33
15 Hallescher FC 27 6 8 13 36 47 14 4 4 6 21 20 13 2 4 7 15 27 -11 26
16 Bayreuth 27 7 4 16 26 54 13 5 2 6 17 23 14 2 2 10 9 31 -28 25
17 Borussia Dortmund II 27 7 3 17 24 40 14 4 1 9 13 20 13 3 2 8 11 20 -16 24
18 VfB Oldenburg 27 6 6 15 31 51 14 3 4 7 21 30 13 3 2 8 10 21 -20 24
19 Zwickau 27 6 6 15 25 47 13 4 2 7 13 17 14 2 4 8 12 30 -22 24
20 Meppen 28 3 12 13 29 50 14 3 3 8 18 26 14 0 9 5 11 24 -21 21

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The 3. Liga (Dritte Liga) is the third division in German football. It consists of 20 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 380 fixtures. The two top teams of the final league table are promoted and number three can promote through a playoff. The bottom three teams are relegated.