3. Liga preview: Can Eintracht Braunschweig edge out victory against Freiburg II?

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 12.February
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Eintracht-Stadion (23325 seats)

Eintracht Braunschweig are flying at 4th, while Freiburg II are loitering 9 points behind in the league standings. Can they cut the gap?

Insights:
  • Eintracht Braunschweig have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in 3. Liga
  • Freiburg II have the fewest scored goals (5) away in 3. Liga

Both teams have had plentiful rest since their last match. Let's wish for an active game!

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Eintracht Braunschweig form and stats

Eintracht Braunschweig have played 12 3. Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-5-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Eintracht Braunschweig travelled for their previous game, a trip to 1860 München that ended 2-2.

In the match before that, Braunschweig hosted Verl and drew the game 1-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Eintracht Braunschweig have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won five times, drawn two and lost three.

The manager Schiele will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Viktoria Berlin in only four days.

The Eintracht Braunschweig fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 12 league matches. On the other hand, Braunschweig have conceded 13 goals.

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Freiburg II form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Freiburg II so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-6 (win-draw-lose). Freiburg II has drawn their two previous away games.

Freiburg II's last game was the home draw against Viktoria Koln (1-1).

A 1-1 draw at Würzburger Kickers's stadium before that.

We have checked recent matches where Freiburg have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were three victories, three draws and four defeats.

Goals are few and far between in Freiburg II's away league games. Only 5 goals from 12 travels. In the opposite end, Freiburg have conceded 20 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Freiburg II - Eintracht Braunschweig 0-1 was the score in these teams' latest h2h match, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Eintracht BraunschweigL. Lauberbach
L. Lauberbach
9 goals
Freiburg IIV. Vermeij
V. Vermeij
5 goals
Eintracht BraunschweigB. Henning
B. Henning
4 goals

Eintracht Braunschweig missing players

Freiburg II missing players

Eintracht Braunschweig Freiburg II
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 12 5 Played P 4 12 25
11 5 3 Won W 1 2 8
8 5 1 Drew D 1 4 8
5 2 1 Lost L 2 6 9
40 20 13 Scored S 1 5 24
24 13 5 Conceded C 4 20 36
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 83% 84%
79% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 58% 60%
46% 42% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 33% 36%
33% 33% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 24%
12% 17% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 20%
42% 50% 60% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 40%
46% 42% 40% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 36%
21% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 58% 40%
 
5.5 4.8 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.7 4.6
5.1 5.5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 5.2 5.4
1.9 1.7 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.2 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.5 9.8 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7 6.5 8.6
5 4.8 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.4 3.5
33% 34% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 17% 28%
 
7.8 7.7 6.6 Shots against (avg) S A 9.8 9.6 9.2
3.8 3.8 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 5 4.3
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Eintracht Braunschweig have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Freiburg II have scored away.
  • Eintracht Braunschweig have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in 3. Liga
  • Eintracht Braunschweig have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in 3. Liga
  • Freiburg II have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Freiburg II have the fewest scored goals (5) away 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 25 18 3 4 55 23 13 10 2 1 24 7 12 8 1 3 31 16 32 57
2 Kaiserslautern 24 13 6 5 37 13 12 8 3 1 21 3 12 5 3 4 16 10 24 45
3 Saarbrucken 25 12 7 6 42 32 13 7 3 3 23 16 12 5 4 3 19 16 10 43
4 Eintracht Braunschweig 24 11 8 5 40 24 12 5 5 2 20 13 12 6 3 3 20 11 16 41
5 Osnabruck 25 11 8 6 38 26 13 6 3 4 14 8 12 5 5 2 24 18 12 41
6 Waldhof Mannheim 25 11 8 6 39 30 13 6 4 3 23 16 12 5 4 3 16 14 9 41
7 Meppen 25 12 4 9 35 38 12 7 2 3 22 11 13 5 2 6 13 27 -3 40
8 Borussia Dortmund II 25 11 5 9 38 30 12 3 5 4 13 12 13 8 0 5 25 18 8 38
9 1860 München 23 9 9 5 38 31 12 5 4 3 24 19 11 4 5 2 14 12 7 36
10 Wehen Wiesbaden 25 9 7 9 33 31 12 3 5 4 14 15 13 6 2 5 19 16 2 34
11 Zwickau 24 7 11 6 31 31 13 4 5 4 15 16 11 3 6 2 16 15 0 32
12 Freiburg II 25 8 8 9 24 36 13 6 4 3 19 16 12 2 4 6 5 20 -12 32
13 Viktoria Koln 25 8 5 12 29 41 12 5 3 4 21 17 13 3 2 8 8 24 -12 29
14 Viktoria Berlin 22 7 5 10 32 31 10 5 2 3 17 11 12 2 3 7 15 20 1 26
15 Hallescher FC 24 6 8 10 28 35 11 5 3 3 18 16 13 1 5 7 10 19 -7 26
16 Verl 25 5 9 11 35 47 13 3 4 6 17 23 12 2 5 5 18 24 -12 24
17 MSV Duisburg 25 7 2 16 32 51 13 4 2 7 20 29 12 3 0 9 12 22 -19 23
18 Türkgücü-Ataspor 24 5 7 12 24 37 11 4 3 4 15 15 13 1 4 8 9 22 -13 22
19 Havelse 25 5 5 15 22 45 13 3 0 10 10 26 12 2 5 5 12 19 -23 20
20 Würzburger Kickers 25 3 9 13 17 37 12 1 5 6 9 21 13 2 4 7 8 16 -20 18

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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.