Soccer betting preview: Energie Cottbus welcomes Osnabrück in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Date: Sat 27.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion der Freundschaft (22528 seats)

The visiting Osnabrück side should be favourites in this visit to Energie Cottbus, as the away team holds a 35 point advantage from their 34 league games this season.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Energie Cottbus form and stats

The story so far for Energie Cottbus at their home stadium (Stadion der Freundschaft) is 5 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats.

Happy days for Energie Cottbus in their previous game, a 3. Liga match away at Sportfreunde Lotte that ended with a 3-0 victory. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Kaiserslautern that ended 1-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Energie Cottbus perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Energie Cottbus as a small favourite), we find five games. Energie Cottbus has won 2 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.

The Energie Cottbus fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 25 in 17 matches. 25 goals have been conceded.

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Osnabrück form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (23) in 3. Liga, on their travels is 7 wins, 9 draws and 1 defeat. Impressively, the visitors are on a six-match winning run which they hope continue versus Energie Cottbus. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Osnabrück, as they have won on their previous two travels.

The supporters enjoyed Osnabrück's previous game versus Aalen, a 3. Liga 2-0 win played at home. Prior to that result Osnabrück won their away game at Uerdingen. The scoreline was 3-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Osnabrück playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were 5 Osnabrück wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Osnabrück find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 22 goals from 17 away fixtures. It's not easy to score on Osnabrück as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Osnabrück - Energie Cottbus 3-1, played this season. Energie Cottbus-Osnabrück H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Energie Cottbus 2 wins, Osnabrück 3 wins, 2 draws.

Top Goalscorers

M. Álvarez
11 goals / 4 assists
S. Mamba
10 goals / 2 assists
M. Heider
7 goals / 4 assists

Energie Cottbus missing players

Osnabrück missing players

Energie Cottbus Osnabrück
Total Home Statistic Away Total
34 17 Played 17 34
45 25 Scored 22 52
53 25 Conceded 13 23
91% 94% Over 0.5 71% 85%
88% 88% Over 1.5 65% 68%
62% 65% Over 2.5 35% 41%
26% 24% Over 3.5 18% 18%
12% 12% Over 4.5 6% 3%
53% 65% Both teams to score 59% 47%
26% 18% Clean Sheet 41% 47%
29% 24% Failed To Score 29% 21%
 
4.4 4.4 Corners For (avg) 5.2 5.4
4.3 4.2 Corners Against (avg) 5.2 4.6
2.5 2.1 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.1 1.9
3 2 Red Cards (total) 1 2
Key stats this season:
  • Energie Cottbus is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Osnabrück 34 21 10 3 52 23 17 14 1 2 30 10 17 7 9 1 22 13 29 73
2 Karlsruher SC 34 17 11 6 54 33 17 9 4 4 33 22 17 8 7 2 21 11 21 62
3 Hallescher FC 34 17 8 9 41 29 17 8 4 5 23 16 17 9 4 4 18 13 12 59
4 Wehen Wiesbaden 34 18 4 12 64 45 17 9 2 6 26 16 17 9 2 6 38 29 19 58
5 Hansa Rostock 34 13 10 11 43 43 17 7 5 5 25 24 17 6 5 6 18 19 0 49
6 Preußen Münster 34 14 6 14 42 40 18 9 3 6 24 11 16 5 3 8 18 29 2 48
7 Zwickau 34 12 10 12 40 38 17 8 5 4 25 16 17 4 5 8 15 22 2 46
8 Würzburger Kickers 34 12 9 13 46 41 17 7 4 6 25 23 17 5 5 7 21 18 5 45
9 Kaiserslautern 34 11 12 11 41 45 17 5 7 5 17 16 17 6 5 6 24 29 -4 45
10 1860 München 34 11 11 12 43 39 17 8 3 6 25 18 17 3 8 6 18 21 4 44
11 Uerdingen 33 13 5 15 39 51 16 5 4 7 19 27 17 8 1 8 20 24 -12 44
12 Meppen 34 12 7 15 43 47 17 8 3 6 28 23 17 4 4 9 15 24 -4 43
13 Unterhaching 34 9 15 10 46 40 17 5 8 4 24 9 17 4 7 6 22 31 6 42
14 Sportfreunde Lotte 34 9 12 13 30 40 17 4 6 7 10 17 17 5 6 6 20 23 -10 39
15 Sonnenhof Großaspach 34 7 17 10 29 34 17 5 9 3 18 15 17 2 8 7 11 19 -5 38
16 Energie Cottbus 34 10 8 16 45 53 17 5 5 7 25 25 17 5 3 9 20 28 -8 38
17 Fortuna Köln 34 9 11 14 35 56 17 3 8 6 15 25 17 6 3 8 20 31 -21 38
18 Eintracht Braunschweig 33 8 13 12 38 48 17 4 7 6 24 26 16 4 6 6 14 22 -10 37
19 Carl Zeiss Jena 34 8 13 13 39 53 17 4 9 4 21 22 17 4 4 9 18 31 -14 37
20 Aalen 34 6 12 16 40 52 16 3 5 8 24 28 18 3 7 8 16 24 -12 30

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