Match preview: 15 points are between the participants so far, Saarbrücken the sharpest side. Can Borussia Dortmund II pull off a surprise?
- Borussia Dortmund II have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in 3. Liga
- Saarbrücken have the most clean sheets (5) away in 3. Liga
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Borussia Dortmund II form and stats
Borussia Dortmund II's results here at Stadion Rote Erde in the 3. Liga have been very modest with 3 victories, 1 draw and 7 defeats. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Stadion Rote Erde, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Verl game.
Borussia Dortmund II enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Ingolstadt's place. The match ended 2-1 with Dams and Njinmah scoring. A huge relief, as that was the first league victory after going winless in six consecutive fixtures.
Before that game, the home loss against Wehen Wiesbaden with the scoreline 0-1.Borussia have scored {7 league goals} here from 11 matches, not a lot. Borussia Dortmund II's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Saarbrücken form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their 3. Liga travels is 6 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
The attacking players of Saarbrücken have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 216 minutes.
The manager Ziehl was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Hermann-Neuberger-Stadion. Saarbrücken suffered a 0-4 loss to Elversberg (placed 1st). Saarbrücken lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
A 0-2 defeat away at Verl before that.Saarbrücken has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 11 games. Saarbrücken are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The participants have met each other previously this season, with the match result Saarbrücken - Borussia Dortmund II 1-0 entered in the official records. Last seven meetings involving these contenders: Borussia Dortmund II won one, Saarbrücken triumphed in three and we saw three draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Jacob 7 goals |  M. Cuni 5 goals |   M. Pasalic 3 goals |
Borussia Dortmund II missing players
Saarbrücken missing players
| Borussia Dortmund II | Saarbrücken | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 8 | 17 | 31 |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 22 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 86% |
| 71% | 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 64% | 62% |
| 43% | 27% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 36% | 48% |
| 14% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 18% | 38% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 9% | 14% |
| 43% | 27% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 27% | 38% |
| 24% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 45% | 43% |
| 38% | 45% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 36% | 33% |
| 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.6 | 5.7 |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.5 | 9.9 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 9.5 | 11.1 |
| 2.8 | 3 | 1.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| 29% | 21% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 30% | 29% |
| 11.2 | 10.4 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 9.3 | 10.6 |
| 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
- Borussia Dortmund II have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Borussia Dortmund II have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in 3. Liga
- Borussia Dortmund II haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Saarbrücken have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Saarbrücken have scored at least twice as many goals away as Borussia Dortmund II have scored home.
- Saarbrücken have the most clean sheets (5) away in 3. Liga
- Saarbrücken have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | Elversberg | 21 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 53 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 35 | 50 |
| 2 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 41 |
| 3 | Freiburg II | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 39 |
| 4 | Saarbrücken | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 36 |
| 5 | Waldhof Mannheim | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 33 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 1 | 36 |
| 6 | 1860 München | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 34 |
| 7 | Osnabruck | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 34 |
| 8 | Dynamo Dresden | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 33 |
| 9 | Ingolstadt | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 31 |
| 10 | Viktoria Koln | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 28 |
| 11 | Verl | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 28 |
| 12 | MSV Duisburg | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | -3 | 26 |
| 13 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | -6 | 25 |
| 14 | Erzgebirge Aue | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -7 | 21 |
| 15 | VfB Oldenburg | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -13 | 21 |
| 16 | Borussia Dortmund II | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -13 | 21 |
| 17 | Zwickau | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -13 | 20 |
| 18 | Bayreuth | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 22 | -21 | 19 |
| 19 | Hallescher FC | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -11 | 17 |
| 20 | Meppen | 21 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 20 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 16 | -15 | 16 |
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