Important shoot-out in the bottom section of the 3. Liga, with both Bayreuth and Zwickau feeling more stress than happiness. This fixture is a typical "six-pointer" with the home side positioned 15th and the visiting team in 19th spot.
- Bayreuth have the the worst goal difference (-21) in 3. Liga
- Zwickau have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in 3. Liga
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.
Bayreuth form and stats
Bayreuth have collected 14 points from their 3. Liga home games so far after 4-2-5.
Bayreuth enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Osnabrück's place. The match ended 3-2 with Fenninger, Diawusie and Zejnullahu scoring. A very satisfying win for Bayreuth against Osnabrück last time out as a late comeback secured the victory after trailing 0-2. The win was secured through Diawusie's goal in the 90th minute. Manager Kleine felt very clever after Diawusie scored the winning goal against Osnabrück, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 65th minute.
Ahead of that match, Bayreuth lost 2-3 at home to Wehen Wiesbaden.Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.
Zwickau form and stats
Zwickau have only collected 9 points from their away games in the 3. Liga, after 2-3-7 (12 played). When Zwickau is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. VfB Oldenburg, Meppen, Borussia Dortmund II, Erzgebirge Aue, Hallescher FC and Zwickau is teams we like to compare Bayreuth with.
Zwickau are looking to quickly end their 203 minutes long goal drought in the 3. Liga.
Zwickau's previous game was their home loss versus Elversberg (0-2).
Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting MSV Duisburg's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Zwickau in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Zwickau, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.
Head 2 Head
Bayreuth and Zwickau have faced off already this season: Zwickau - Bayreuth 2-0. Head to head data (for the preceeding two meetings): Bayreuth won zero games, zero matches ended with a draw and Zwickau managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / one. One of the profiles has been Konig with 3 goals scored against Bayreuth in these 2 encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Nollenberger 7 goals |  M. Ziereis 5 goals |   D. Baumann 5 goals |
Bayreuth missing players
Zwickau missing players
| Bayreuth | Zwickau | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 20 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| 41 | 17 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 24 | 38 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 87% |
| 70% | 55% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 65% |
| 43% | 36% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 58% | 43% |
| 30% | 36% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 26% |
| 17% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 48% | 45% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 35% |
| 17% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 33% | 26% |
| 35% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 52% |
| 4.7 | 3.9 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.8 | 5.7 |
| 5 | 4.9 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5.9 | 5.4 |
| 2.7 | 2.5 | 5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8.8 | 8.8 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 9.4 | 9.8 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| 25% | 28% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 19% | 26% |
| 12.3 | 11.7 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 12.3 | 10.3 |
| 4.9 | 4.6 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.3 | 4 |
- Bayreuth have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Bayreuth have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in 3. Liga
- Bayreuth have the the worst goal difference (-21) in 3. Liga
- Bayreuth haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Zwickau have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Zwickau have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Zwickau have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in 3. Liga
- Zwickau have the the worst goal difference (-16) away in 3. Liga
| 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 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 58 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 40 | 56 |
| 2 | Freiburg II | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 45 |
| 3 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 43 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 44 |
| 4 | Saarbrucken | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 39 |
| 5 | Waldhof Mannheim | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 38 | 36 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 2 | 39 |
| 6 | Dynamo Dresden | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 37 |
| 7 | Osnabrück | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 45 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 10 | 37 |
| 8 | 1860 München | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 38 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 34 |
| 9 | Ingolstadt | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 34 |
| 10 | Viktoria Koln | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 32 |
| 11 | Verl | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 31 |
| 12 | MSV Duisburg | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -1 | 29 |
| 13 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 18 | -5 | 28 |
| 14 | Erzgebirge Aue | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | -5 | 27 |
| 15 | Bayreuth | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -21 | 22 |
| 16 | Borussia Dortmund II | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -16 | 21 |
| 17 | VfB Oldenburg | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -17 | 21 |
| 18 | Hallescher FC | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -12 | 20 |
| 19 | Zwickau | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 24 | -19 | 20 |
| 20 | Meppen | 23 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 19 | -16 | 19 |
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