Home advantage could prove decisive in Dynamo Dresden - Waldhof Mannheim battle

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 22.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion

The bragging rights belong to Dynamo Dresden so far this season, with their 4th position in the 3. Liga table and hosting Waldhof Mannheim (who are sitting at 7th).

Insights:
  • Dynamo Dresden have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (13) in 3. Liga
  • Waldhof Mannheim have the most points from losing position (21) in 3. Liga

It's no vacation for neither Dresden nor Waldhof Mannheim 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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Dynamo Dresden form and stats

All-inclusive 3. Liga stats playing at home this season for Dynamo Dresden are 8-5-4 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Dynamo Dresden after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Dresden's last game was hosting Waldhof Mannheim (placed 7th) and winning 2-1.

Prior to that, an away loss at Saarbrucken.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Dynamo Dresden handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

Take note that 19 of the latest 25 league games from this football club have seen goals scored by both sides.

The Dynamo Dresden fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 33 goals in 17 league matches. On the other hand, Dynamo Dresden have conceded 20 goals.

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Waldhof Mannheim form and stats

There's been little loot from Waldhof Mannheim's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 17 away games in the 3. Liga. Waldhof Mannheim only have 4 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 2 draws.

There might be some fixture complaints from Mannheim as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 1-2 against Dynamo Dresden.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Rot-Weiss Essen at their stadium, the result 3-0.

Waldhof Mannheim are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 11 of this club's 12 most recent league matches have ended with at least three goals.

The visiting Mannheim have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 24 goals from 17 games. The Waldhof Mannheim manager Neidhardt has some worries about the defense as 38 goals have been conceded in these travels. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest reported result featuring both these participants is the Dresden - Waldhof Mannheim 2-1 played not long ago this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Dynamo Dresden one win, one draw and Waldhof Mannheim two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last four duels.

Top Goalscorers

Dynamo DresdenA. Arslan
A. Arslan
20 goals
Waldhof MannheimD. Martinović
D. Martinović
10 goals
Dynamo DresdenS. Kutschke
S. Kutschke
9 goals

Dynamo Dresden missing players

Waldhof Mannheim missing players

Dynamo Dresden Waldhof Mannheim
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 17 6 Played P 5 17 33
17 8 3 Won W 0 4 17
8 5 2 Drew D 0 2 3
8 4 1 Lost L 5 11 13
57 33 10 Scored S 3 24 53
37 20 6 Conceded C 14 38 54
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 88% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 88% 85%
48% 53% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 82% 76%
24% 24% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 53% 39%
18% 24% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 24% 15%
67% 71% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 65% 70%
27% 29% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 6% 12%
9% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 29% 18%
 
5 5.8 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 4.5 5.1
4.3 3.2 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.6 5.2 4.5
2.9 2.6 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.8 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
11.8 13.4 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 9.8 10.8
4.8 5.7 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.8 4.4
36% 34% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 37% 37%
 
10.7 9 11.2 Shots against (avg) S A 12.6 10.5 9.4
3.6 3.3 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4.5 3.9
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Dynamo Dresden have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Dynamo Dresden have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (13) in 3. Liga
  • Waldhof Mannheim have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Waldhof Mannheim have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in 3. Liga
  • Waldhof Mannheim have the most matches over the total-line (25) in 3. Liga
  • Waldhof Mannheim have the most points from losing position (21) in 3. Liga
  • Waldhof Mannheim haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 32 20 6 6 69 30 17 11 3 3 41 17 15 9 3 3 28 13 39 66
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 Saarbrucken 32 16 8 8 55 35 16 8 4 4 30 21 16 8 4 4 25 14 20 56
7 Waldhof Mannheim 33 17 3 13 53 54 16 13 1 2 29 16 17 4 2 11 24 38 -1 54
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 32 12 9 11 53 47 16 7 6 3 30 21 16 5 3 8 23 26 6 45
11 Erzgebirge Aue 33 12 6 15 42 49 16 6 4 6 21 21 17 6 2 9 21 28 -7 42
12 Ingolstadt 33 11 5 17 45 52 16 4 3 9 16 25 17 7 2 8 29 27 -7 38
13 MSV Duisburg 32 9 11 12 42 49 16 3 8 5 21 24 16 6 3 7 21 25 -7 38
14 Borussia Dortmund II 32 11 4 17 38 41 17 6 2 9 18 20 15 5 2 8 20 21 -3 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 33 8 11 14 45 53 17 5 5 7 28 25 16 3 6 7 17 28 -8 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 32 4 12 16 32 59 16 4 3 9 21 31 16 0 9 7 11 28 -27 24

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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.