Football betting preview: Borussia Dortmund II vs Elversberg

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 29.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Rote Erde (25000 seats)

Match preview: 30 points are the diference between the squads before this game, Elversberg on top. Will Borussia Dortmund II pull off a surprise?

Insights:
  • Elversberg have the most scored goals (71) in 3. Liga

Elversberg could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a 3. Liga game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at MSV Duisburg. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Borussia Dortmund II form and stats

Borussia Dortmund II have played 17 3. Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-2-9 (wins-draws-losses).

Borussia Dortmund II lost their last game at Verl (placed 10th) after a 1-2 scoreline. The first loss after going undefeated in five league fixtures.

Before that, Borussia Dortmund II had a home game versus Meppen which ended with a victory 1-0.

The Borussia fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 17 matches. Borussia Dortmund II have conceded 20 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Elversberg form and stats

Playing away, Elversberg, who have the most scored goals (71) in 3. Liga, have won 9 games, drawn 4 and suffered 3 defeats in the 3. Liga this season.

Elversberg are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at MSV Duisburg (placed 12th).

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Erzgebirge Aue.

Take note! Both teams have scored at least one goal in 8 of this club's last 10 league games.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Elversberg manager Steffen as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Auersmacher.

The travelling fans enjoy Elversberg's attacking play in away games, having scored 30 goals in 16 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Elversberg as they have only conceded 15 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The two duelists also met each other earlier this match year: Elversberg - Borussia Dortmund II 3-1. Previous nine meetings featuring these sides: Borussia won six, Elversberg triumphed in two and we saw one draw. eight games with over 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

ElversbergL. Schnellbacher
L. Schnellbacher
13 goals
Borussia Dortmund IIJ. Njinmah
J. Njinmah
10 goals
ElversbergJ. Rochelt
J. Rochelt
10 goals

Borussia Dortmund II missing players

Elversberg missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Borussia Dortmund II Elversberg
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 17 5 Played P 6 16 33
11 6 1 Won W 5 9 20
4 2 0 Drew D 1 4 7
18 9 4 Lost L 0 3 6
39 18 6 Scored S 14 30 71
43 20 8 Conceded C 4 15 32
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 94% 97%
73% 65% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 82%
52% 41% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 61%
24% 24% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 39%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 19% 24%
42% 29% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 55%
30% 41% 20% Clean Sheets C S 50% 31% 33%
33% 35% 40% Failed to Score F T 17% 19% 15%
 
4.4 4.9 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 5.6 5.8
5.2 5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 5.1 4.8
2.2 2.3 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.9
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
10.7 11.6 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 11.3 12.9
3.6 3.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.8 5.2 5.8
33% 28% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 34% 36% 37%
 
11.5 10.6 11.4 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 11.1 10.8
4.6 4.6 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 4 4
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Elversberg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Elversberg have the most points (31) away in 3. Liga
  • Elversberg have the most scored goals (71) in 3. Liga
  • Elversberg have the most scored goals in the first half (41) in 3. Liga
  • Elversberg have the the best goal difference (+15) away in 3. Liga
  • Elversberg have the the best goal difference (+39) 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 33 20 7 6 71 32 17 11 3 3 41 17 16 9 4 3 30 15 39 67
2 Wehen Wiesbaden 33 19 6 8 65 44 16 10 3 3 33 18 17 9 3 5 32 26 21 63
3 Freiburg II 33 18 9 6 47 30 16 11 4 1 27 11 17 7 5 5 20 19 17 63
4 Dynamo Dresden 33 17 8 8 57 37 17 8 5 4 33 20 16 9 3 4 24 17 20 59
5 Osnabruck 33 17 6 10 59 43 16 10 2 4 30 16 17 7 4 6 29 27 16 57
6 Waldhof Mannheim 34 18 3 13 57 55 17 14 1 2 33 17 17 4 2 11 24 38 2 57
7 Saarbrucken 33 16 8 9 55 36 16 8 4 4 30 21 17 8 4 5 25 15 19 56
8 Viktoria Köln 33 13 11 9 51 46 17 8 4 5 25 24 16 5 7 4 26 22 5 50
9 1860 München 33 14 7 12 53 45 17 9 2 6 31 20 16 5 5 6 22 25 8 49
10 Verl 33 13 9 11 55 48 17 8 6 3 32 22 16 5 3 8 23 26 7 48
11 Erzgebirge Aue 33 12 6 15 42 49 16 6 4 6 21 21 17 6 2 9 21 28 -7 42
12 MSV Duisburg 33 9 12 12 44 51 17 3 9 5 23 26 16 6 3 7 21 25 -7 39
13 Ingolstadt 33 11 5 17 45 52 16 4 3 9 16 25 17 7 2 8 29 27 -7 38
14 Borussia Dortmund II 33 11 4 18 39 43 17 6 2 9 18 20 16 5 2 9 21 23 -4 37
15 Rot-Weiss Essen 32 8 12 12 37 48 16 5 7 4 18 22 16 3 5 8 19 26 -11 36
16 Hallescher FC 34 8 11 15 46 57 17 5 5 7 28 25 17 3 6 8 18 32 -11 35
17 VfB Oldenburg 33 8 7 18 37 58 17 3 5 9 23 35 16 5 2 9 14 23 -21 31
18 Bayreuth 33 9 4 20 33 64 16 6 2 8 21 26 17 3 2 12 12 38 -31 31
19 Zwickau 32 7 7 18 32 61 15 5 3 7 17 19 17 2 4 11 15 42 -29 28
20 Meppen 33 5 12 16 33 59 17 5 3 9 22 31 16 0 9 7 11 28 -26 27

Germany:
Table
  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 33 20 7 6 71 32 17 11 3 3 41 17 16 9 4 3 30 15 39 67
2 Wehen Wiesbaden 33 19 6 8 65 44 16 10 3 3 33 18 17 9 3 5 32 26 21 63
3 Freiburg II 33 18 9 6 47 30 16 11 4 1 27 11 17 7 5 5 20 19 17 63
4 Dynamo Dresden 33 17 8 8 57 37 17 8 5 4 33 20 16 9 3 4 24 17 20 59
5 Osnabruck 33 17 6 10 59 43 16 10 2 4 30 16 17 7 4 6 29 27 16 57
6 Waldhof Mannheim 34 18 3 13 57 55 17 14 1 2 33 17 17 4 2 11 24 38 2 57
7 Saarbrucken 33 16 8 9 55 36 16 8 4 4 30 21 17 8 4 5 25 15 19 56
8 Viktoria Köln 33 13 11 9 51 46 17 8 4 5 25 24 16 5 7 4 26 22 5 50
9 1860 München 33 14 7 12 53 45 17 9 2 6 31 20 16 5 5 6 22 25 8 49
10 Verl 33 13 9 11 55 48 17 8 6 3 32 22 16 5 3 8 23 26 7 48
11 Erzgebirge Aue 33 12 6 15 42 49 16 6 4 6 21 21 17 6 2 9 21 28 -7 42
12 MSV Duisburg 33 9 12 12 44 51 17 3 9 5 23 26 16 6 3 7 21 25 -7 39
13 Ingolstadt 33 11 5 17 45 52 16 4 3 9 16 25 17 7 2 8 29 27 -7 38
14 Borussia Dortmund II 33 11 4 18 39 43 17 6 2 9 18 20 16 5 2 9 21 23 -4 37
15 Rot-Weiss Essen 32 8 12 12 37 48 16 5 7 4 18 22 16 3 5 8 19 26 -11 36
16 Hallescher FC 34 8 11 15 46 57 17 5 5 7 28 25 17 3 6 8 18 32 -11 35
17 VfB Oldenburg 33 8 7 18 37 58 17 3 5 9 23 35 16 5 2 9 14 23 -21 31
18 Bayreuth 33 9 4 20 33 64 16 6 2 8 21 26 17 3 2 12 12 38 -31 31
19 Zwickau 32 7 7 18 32 61 15 5 3 7 17 19 17 2 4 11 15 42 -29 28
20 Meppen 33 5 12 16 33 59 17 5 3 9 22 31 16 0 9 7 11 28 -26 27

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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.