Football match preview: Borussia Dortmund II vs Verl

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Fri 06.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Signal-Iduna-Park (81365 seats)

The home supporters expect a victory in this match, and the home advantage should work versus a stumbling visitor. Borussia Dortmund II are in 8th place while the guesting Verl worry at 14th.

Insights:
  • Verl have the most dropped points from leading position (26) in 3. Liga

It's no vacation for neither Borussia Dortmund II nor Verl as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Borussia Dortmund II form and stats

Borussia Dortmund II's results here at Signal-Iduna-Park in the 3. Liga have been very modest with 4 victories, 6 draws and 8 defeats.

The Borussia Dortmund II club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Signal-Iduna-Park: A 1-2 defeat against Verl (placed 14th). The penalty miss from Pfanne in the defeat against Verl was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen.

Before that match, a win away at Kaiserslautern.

Borussia aren't scoring a lot here at Signal-Iduna-Park in the league, with only 17 goals from 18 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Borussia Dortmund II's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Verl form and stats

The visitors are W5-D5-L8 on the road this term. That's in the 3. Liga. Verl has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Verl play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Borussia Dortmund II (placed 8th).

Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Wehen Wiesbaden.

Verl has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 27 goals from 18 games. Verl's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 33 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Borussia - Verl 1-2 was the score in these sides' previous H2H game, played this season. The referee showed his red card when these teams last played each other, and the criminal was Tachie (Borussia Dortmund II). Stats for the previous ten meetings between these two contenders are: four wins for Borussia Dortmund II, three draws and three wins for Verl. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

VerlL. Petkov
L. Petkov
11 goals
BorussiaB. Taz
B. Taz
9 goals
VerlL. Putaro
L. Putaro
9 goals

Borussia Dortmund II missing players

Verl missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Borussia Dortmund II Verl
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 18 5 Played P 6 18 35
14 4 3 Won W 2 5 10
7 6 0 Drew D 2 5 9
14 8 2 Lost L 2 8 16
48 17 7 Scored S 11 27 55
42 19 3 Conceded C 11 33 65
91% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 94% 91%
71% 56% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 89% 86%
46% 28% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 61% 63%
29% 22% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 39% 40%
11% 11% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 22% 23%
51% 39% 20% BTTS BTTS 67% 72% 63%
26% 28% 40% Clean Sheets C S 17% 11% 17%
31% 50% 40% Failed to Score F T 33% 22% 29%
 
5.3 5.2 5.4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 5.1 5.1
5 5.2 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 5.8 5.6
2.2 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.8 2.6
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.3 9.7 11.4 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 9.1 9.8
4.8 4.3 5.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 4.4 4.6
29% 22% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 34% 34%
 
9.6 8.9 7 Shots against (avg) S A 14.7 13.4 12.3
4 3.9 2.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 5 5.1
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Verl have the most dropped points from leading position (26) in 3. Liga
  • Verl have the most points from losing position (23) 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 Magdeburg 34 22 6 6 74 38 17 12 4 1 30 10 17 10 2 5 44 28 36 72
2 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 18 10 6 59 32 17 8 6 3 27 20 17 10 4 3 32 12 27 64
3 Kaiserslautern 35 18 9 8 56 25 18 12 4 2 37 11 17 6 5 6 19 14 31 63
4 1860 München 34 16 10 8 61 43 17 8 4 5 33 25 17 8 6 3 28 18 18 58
5 Waldhof Mannheim 34 15 11 8 50 39 17 7 5 5 26 21 17 8 6 3 24 18 11 56
6 Osnabruck 34 15 10 9 54 43 17 8 3 6 21 14 17 7 7 3 33 29 11 55
7 Saarbrucken 34 14 9 11 48 42 17 8 4 5 24 19 17 6 5 6 24 23 6 51
8 Borussia Dortmund II 35 14 7 14 48 42 18 4 6 8 17 19 17 10 1 6 31 23 6 49
9 Wehen Wiesbaden 34 14 7 13 47 42 17 6 5 6 19 18 17 8 2 7 28 24 5 49
10 Freiburg II 34 12 10 12 33 40 17 8 5 4 23 17 17 4 5 8 10 23 -7 46
11 Zwickau 34 10 13 11 38 43 17 5 6 6 20 24 17 5 7 5 18 19 -5 43
12 Meppen 34 11 8 15 40 55 17 6 4 7 26 24 17 5 4 8 14 31 -15 41
13 Hallescher FC 34 9 12 13 43 46 17 7 6 4 30 24 17 2 6 9 13 22 -3 39
14 Verl 35 10 9 16 55 65 17 5 4 8 28 32 18 5 5 8 27 33 -10 39
15 Viktoria Koln 34 10 9 15 36 52 17 6 6 5 25 22 17 4 3 10 11 30 -16 39
16 MSV Duisburg 34 12 2 20 44 70 17 6 2 9 24 37 17 6 0 11 20 33 -26 38
17 Viktoria Berlin 35 10 7 18 41 58 17 7 3 7 22 25 18 3 4 11 19 33 -17 37
18 Wurzburger Kickers 34 7 9 18 33 50 17 2 5 10 17 30 17 5 4 8 16 20 -17 30
19 Havelse 34 5 8 21 28 63 17 4 1 12 14 33 17 1 7 9 14 30 -35 23
20 Turkgucu-Ataspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 Magdeburg 34 22 6 6 74 38 17 12 4 1 30 10 17 10 2 5 44 28 36 72
2 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 18 10 6 59 32 17 8 6 3 27 20 17 10 4 3 32 12 27 64
3 Kaiserslautern 35 18 9 8 56 25 18 12 4 2 37 11 17 6 5 6 19 14 31 63
4 1860 München 34 16 10 8 61 43 17 8 4 5 33 25 17 8 6 3 28 18 18 58
5 Waldhof Mannheim 34 15 11 8 50 39 17 7 5 5 26 21 17 8 6 3 24 18 11 56
6 Osnabruck 34 15 10 9 54 43 17 8 3 6 21 14 17 7 7 3 33 29 11 55
7 Saarbrucken 34 14 9 11 48 42 17 8 4 5 24 19 17 6 5 6 24 23 6 51
8 Borussia Dortmund II 35 14 7 14 48 42 18 4 6 8 17 19 17 10 1 6 31 23 6 49
9 Wehen Wiesbaden 34 14 7 13 47 42 17 6 5 6 19 18 17 8 2 7 28 24 5 49
10 Freiburg II 34 12 10 12 33 40 17 8 5 4 23 17 17 4 5 8 10 23 -7 46
11 Zwickau 34 10 13 11 38 43 17 5 6 6 20 24 17 5 7 5 18 19 -5 43
12 Meppen 34 11 8 15 40 55 17 6 4 7 26 24 17 5 4 8 14 31 -15 41
13 Hallescher FC 34 9 12 13 43 46 17 7 6 4 30 24 17 2 6 9 13 22 -3 39
14 Verl 35 10 9 16 55 65 17 5 4 8 28 32 18 5 5 8 27 33 -10 39
15 Viktoria Koln 34 10 9 15 36 52 17 6 6 5 25 22 17 4 3 10 11 30 -16 39
16 MSV Duisburg 34 12 2 20 44 70 17 6 2 9 24 37 17 6 0 11 20 33 -26 38
17 Viktoria Berlin 35 10 7 18 41 58 17 7 3 7 22 25 18 3 4 11 19 33 -17 37
18 Wurzburger Kickers 34 7 9 18 33 50 17 2 5 10 17 30 17 5 4 8 16 20 -17 30
19 Havelse 34 5 8 21 28 63 17 4 1 12 14 33 17 1 7 9 14 30 -35 23
20 Turkgucu-Ataspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.