Soccer betting preview: Borussia Dortmund II welcomes Osnabrück in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 29.January
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Rote Erde (25000 seats)

Borussia Dortmund II are psyched for a new task after their 0-2 against Saarbrücken in the previous match. Osnabrück are coming to visit!

Insights:
  • Osnabrück have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Borussia Dortmund II form and stats

Borussia Dortmund II have played 11 3. Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-4-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Borussia Dortmund II lost their last game at Saarbrücken (placed 2nd) after a 0-2 scoreline.

In the match before that, Borussia Dortmund II hosted Freiburg II and drew the game 1-1.

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

From these home matches, Borussia Dortmund II have conceded only 10 goals.

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Osnabrück form and stats

4 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Osnabrück playing as the away team in the 3. Liga this season.

Osnabrück had fun at their own home (Stadion Rote Erde) last time out, beating Wurzburger Kickers 2-0. Opoku and Heider scored.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Wehen Wiesbaden that ended 0-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Osnabrück in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Osnabrück, seven draws and three defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Osnabrück manager Scherning as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against MSV Duisburg.

The travelling fans enjoy Osnabrück's attacking play in away games, having scored 16 goals in 10 league matches away. Osnabrück have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Here's the final score when the squads met previously this season; Osnabrück - Borussia Dortmund II null. Borussia Dortmund II-Osnabrück H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Borussia Dortmund II zero wins, Osnabrück seven wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

BorussiaB. Taz
B. Taz
7 goals
OsnabrückM. Heider
M. Heider
7 goals
Borussia Dortmund IIM. Pherai
M. Pherai
5 goals

Borussia Dortmund II missing players

Osnabrück missing players

Borussia Dortmund II Osnabrück
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 1 10 22
10 3 1 Won W 0 4 10
4 4 1 Drew D 1 4 6
9 4 2 Lost L 0 2 6
33 11 4 Scored S 0 16 29
27 10 5 Conceded C 0 13 20
91% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 90% 86%
74% 64% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 90% 64%
48% 18% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 70% 50%
22% 18% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 14%
13% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
52% 36% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 70% 45%
26% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 20% 32%
30% 55% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 20% 36%
 
5.4 4.7 5 Corners for (avg) C F 10 5.6 6.3
4.8 5.3 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4.7 4.9
2.2 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.7 2.5
4 2 2 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.3 10.2 8.2 Shots (avg) S ( 13 10.7 11.5
4.8 4.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.7 4.2
30% 22% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 43% 32%
 
9.5 8.5 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9 9.7 9.3
3.7 3.6 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.6 4.5
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Osnabrück have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Magdeburg 23 16 3 4 50 21 11 8 2 1 19 5 12 8 1 3 31 16 29 51
2 Saarbrücken 23 11 7 5 39 29 12 6 3 3 21 15 11 5 4 2 18 14 10 40
3 Kaiserslautern 22 11 6 5 34 13 11 7 3 1 20 3 11 4 3 4 14 10 21 39
4 Eintracht Braunschweig 22 11 6 5 37 21 11 5 4 2 19 12 11 6 2 3 18 9 16 39
5 Meppen 23 12 3 8 34 34 11 7 1 3 21 10 12 5 2 5 13 24 0 39
6 Waldhof Mannheim 23 10 7 6 35 27 12 5 4 3 20 14 11 5 3 3 15 13 8 37
7 Osnabrück 22 10 6 6 29 20 12 6 2 4 13 7 10 4 4 2 16 13 9 36
8 Borussia Dortmund II 23 10 4 9 33 27 11 3 4 4 11 10 12 7 0 5 22 17 6 34
9 Wehen Wiesbaden 23 9 7 7 32 27 11 3 5 3 14 14 12 6 2 4 18 13 5 34
10 1860 München 21 8 8 5 35 29 11 5 3 3 22 17 10 3 5 2 13 12 6 32
11 Freiburg II 23 8 6 9 22 34 12 6 3 3 18 15 11 2 3 6 4 19 -12 30
12 Zwickau 22 6 11 5 30 29 11 3 5 3 14 14 11 3 6 2 16 15 1 29
13 Viktoria Koln 22 8 4 10 28 38 11 5 3 3 21 16 11 3 1 7 7 22 -10 28
14 Viktoria Berlin 21 7 5 9 30 28 10 5 2 3 17 11 11 2 3 6 13 17 2 26
15 Hallescher FC 21 5 7 9 27 34 10 4 3 3 17 16 11 1 4 6 10 18 -7 22
16 Verl 23 5 7 11 34 46 12 3 3 6 17 23 11 2 4 5 17 23 -12 22
17 Türkgücü-Ataspor 21 5 6 10 23 34 10 4 3 3 15 14 11 1 3 7 8 20 -11 21
18 MSV Duisburg 22 6 2 14 27 42 11 4 2 5 16 20 11 2 0 9 11 22 -15 20
19 Wurzburger Kickers 23 3 8 12 15 34 11 1 4 6 8 20 12 2 4 6 7 14 -19 17
20 Havelse 23 3 5 15 18 45 12 2 0 10 7 26 11 1 5 5 11 19 -27 14

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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.