Elversberg vs Rot-Weiss Essen preview: Away team will have a demanding 90 minutes at URSAPHARM-Arena an der Kaiserlinde

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Fri 27.January
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: URSAPHARM-Arena an der Kaiserlinde (8000 seats)

Elversberg are placed 1st, while Rot-Weiss Essen are loitering 20 points behind in the standings. Will they shorten the gap?

Insights:
  • Elversberg have the most scored goals (46) in 3. Liga
  • Rot-Weiss Essen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both sides have had enough days rest since their previous game. Let's aim for an in-your-face fixture!

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Elversberg form and stats

Elversberg are steadily winning 3. Liga games and points here at URSAPHARM-Arena an der Kaiserlinde. 8 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 10 games. After failing to beat Verl here at URSAPHARM-Arena an der Kaiserlinde, Elversberg has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.

Elversberg's previous game was also played at home, ending 4-3 versus Ingolstadt (placed 7th). The home side are looking to build on that result. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? What a game it was for Jacobsen when beating Ingolstadt, applying the finishing touch to three goals!

Prior to that, an away loss at Wehen Wiesbaden.

Goals are plentiful at URSAPHARM-Arena an der Kaiserlinde in the league this season as Elversberg has scored 28 goals here in 10 home games.

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Rot-Weiss Essen form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their 3. Liga travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. Rot-Weiss Essen has showed their ability to avoid defeat with four draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 82 days ago, in the VfB Oldenburg fixture.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Verl (placed 12th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Hallescher FC.

Rot-Weiss Essen has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 16 goals from 10 games. 14 goals have been conceded by Rot-Weiss Essen in these games.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have faced each other before in this season, with the match result Rot-Weiss Essen - Elversberg 1-5 entered in the official records. Elversberg-Rot-Weiss Essen H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Elversberg one win, Rot-Weiss Essen four wins, two draws. two of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ElversbergL. Schnellbacher
L. Schnellbacher
10 goals
ElversbergJ. Rochelt
J. Rochelt
8 goals
Rot-Weiss EssenF. Bastians
F. Bastians
6 goals

Elversberg missing players

Rot-Weiss Essen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Elversberg Rot-Weiss Essen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 10 4 Played P 4 10 19
14 8 3 Won W 2 3 5
2 0 0 Drew D 1 4 9
3 2 1 Lost L 1 3 5
46 28 12 Scored S 7 16 25
18 10 6 Conceded C 5 14 28
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
79% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 74%
63% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 50% 47%
47% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 30% 32%
37% 40% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 16%
53% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 70% 68%
37% 40% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 10% 21%
16% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 21%
 
5.5 6.3 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 3.6 3.5
5.4 5.1 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 5.2 4.6
1.8 1.6 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.5 2.2
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.9 14.5 14 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 11.1 10.2
6.4 6.8 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.8 4.4
38% 41% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 33% 30%
 
9.8 8.6 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 10.5 10.2
4.1 3.9 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.3 4.4
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Elversberg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Elversberg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Elversberg have the most scored goals (28) at home in 3. Liga
  • Elversberg have the most scored goals (46) in 3. Liga
  • Elversberg have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in 3. Liga
  • Elversberg have the the best goal difference (+18) at home in 3. Liga
  • Elversberg have the the best goal difference (+28) in 3. Liga
  • Elversberg haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Rot-Weiss Essen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rot-Weiss Essen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 19 14 2 3 46 18 10 8 0 2 28 10 9 6 2 1 18 8 28 44
2 Wehen Wiesbaden 19 11 4 4 37 22 9 6 2 1 18 9 10 5 2 3 19 13 15 37
3 Saarbrucken 19 10 6 3 31 16 9 4 4 1 14 10 10 6 2 2 17 6 15 36
4 Freiburg II 19 10 5 4 24 21 10 6 3 1 13 8 9 4 2 3 11 13 3 35
5 1860 München 19 10 3 6 34 24 10 7 1 2 23 9 9 3 2 4 11 15 10 33
6 Waldhof Mannheim 19 10 2 7 29 31 10 9 0 1 18 8 9 1 2 6 11 23 -2 32
7 Ingolstadt 19 9 4 6 28 20 9 4 2 3 10 9 10 5 2 3 18 11 8 31
8 Dynamo Dresden 19 7 6 6 28 22 10 3 4 3 17 14 9 4 2 3 11 8 6 27
9 Viktoria Koln 19 7 6 6 28 25 9 4 2 3 12 11 10 3 4 3 16 14 3 27
10 Osnabruck 18 7 4 7 32 28 9 6 1 2 17 9 9 1 3 5 15 19 4 25
11 MSV Duisburg 19 7 4 8 23 25 9 2 4 3 10 11 10 5 0 5 13 14 -2 25
12 Verl 19 6 6 7 25 27 10 4 5 1 17 12 9 2 1 6 8 15 -2 24
13 Rot-Weiss Essen 19 5 9 5 25 28 9 2 5 2 9 14 10 3 4 3 16 14 -3 24
14 Erzgebirge Aue 19 5 5 9 22 27 9 2 3 4 11 12 10 3 2 5 11 15 -5 20
15 VfB Oldenburg 19 5 4 10 23 36 10 2 3 5 15 23 9 3 1 5 8 13 -13 19
16 Borussia Dortmund II 18 5 3 10 14 26 9 3 1 5 6 12 9 2 2 5 8 14 -12 18
17 Hallescher FC 19 4 5 10 26 29 10 4 2 4 18 13 9 0 3 6 8 16 -3 17
18 Zwickau 19 4 4 11 16 31 9 3 1 5 10 11 10 1 3 6 6 20 -15 16
19 Bayreuth 19 4 4 11 14 34 9 3 2 4 8 14 10 1 2 7 6 20 -20 16
20 Meppen 19 2 8 9 18 33 10 2 2 6 12 18 9 0 6 3 6 15 -15 14

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 Elversberg 19 14 2 3 46 18 10 8 0 2 28 10 9 6 2 1 18 8 28 44
2 Wehen Wiesbaden 19 11 4 4 37 22 9 6 2 1 18 9 10 5 2 3 19 13 15 37
3 Saarbrucken 19 10 6 3 31 16 9 4 4 1 14 10 10 6 2 2 17 6 15 36
4 Freiburg II 19 10 5 4 24 21 10 6 3 1 13 8 9 4 2 3 11 13 3 35
5 1860 München 19 10 3 6 34 24 10 7 1 2 23 9 9 3 2 4 11 15 10 33
6 Waldhof Mannheim 19 10 2 7 29 31 10 9 0 1 18 8 9 1 2 6 11 23 -2 32
7 Ingolstadt 19 9 4 6 28 20 9 4 2 3 10 9 10 5 2 3 18 11 8 31
8 Dynamo Dresden 19 7 6 6 28 22 10 3 4 3 17 14 9 4 2 3 11 8 6 27
9 Viktoria Koln 19 7 6 6 28 25 9 4 2 3 12 11 10 3 4 3 16 14 3 27
10 Osnabruck 18 7 4 7 32 28 9 6 1 2 17 9 9 1 3 5 15 19 4 25
11 MSV Duisburg 19 7 4 8 23 25 9 2 4 3 10 11 10 5 0 5 13 14 -2 25
12 Verl 19 6 6 7 25 27 10 4 5 1 17 12 9 2 1 6 8 15 -2 24
13 Rot-Weiss Essen 19 5 9 5 25 28 9 2 5 2 9 14 10 3 4 3 16 14 -3 24
14 Erzgebirge Aue 19 5 5 9 22 27 9 2 3 4 11 12 10 3 2 5 11 15 -5 20
15 VfB Oldenburg 19 5 4 10 23 36 10 2 3 5 15 23 9 3 1 5 8 13 -13 19
16 Borussia Dortmund II 18 5 3 10 14 26 9 3 1 5 6 12 9 2 2 5 8 14 -12 18
17 Hallescher FC 19 4 5 10 26 29 10 4 2 4 18 13 9 0 3 6 8 16 -3 17
18 Zwickau 19 4 4 11 16 31 9 3 1 5 10 11 10 1 3 6 6 20 -15 16
19 Bayreuth 19 4 4 11 14 34 9 3 2 4 8 14 10 1 2 7 6 20 -20 16
20 Meppen 19 2 8 9 18 33 10 2 2 6 12 18 9 0 6 3 6 15 -15 14

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