3. Liga match prediction: Little separates Hansa Rostock and Ingolstadt in quality

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Tue 04.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ostseestadion (29000 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Hansa Rostock - Ingolstadt!

Insights:
  • Hansa Rostock have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in 3. Liga
  • Ingolstadt haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Hansa Rostock and Ingolstadt should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Hansa Rostock are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. Ingolstadt are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Hansa Rostock form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Ostseestadion as Hansa Rostock have scored 27 goals to get 33 points from 16 games. The overall stats in the 3. Liga are 10-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Before that, Rostock drew at home versus Wehen Wiesbaden.

World class coaching! That was the thoughts of J. Härtel when P. Türpitz scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 84th minute. A late climax in the match against Meppen as the winning goal came one minutes into overtime; scored by P. Türpitz.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Rostock have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won five, drawn two and lost zero.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the 3. Liga game versus Zwickau in only four days. This game is also played here at Ostseestadion.

A decent goal production from Rostock in their home games so far, with 27 goals from 16 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 16 goals have been conceded.

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Ingolstadt form and stats

6 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Ingolstadt playing as the away team in the 3. Liga this season.

Before that, Ingolstadt travelled to VfB Lübeck and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

D. Eckert came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Zwickau last time out, making the manager T. Oral feel like a tactical genius.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Ingolstadt in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Ingolstadt, four draws and seven defeats.

After this away game Ingolstadt return home for a 3. Liga game against Saarbrucken. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Ingolstadt find the net regularly in their away games. 21 goals from 17 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 24 goals have been conceded by Ingolstadt in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Ingolstadt - Rostock 1-0 earlier this season. Last seven meetings between the teams: Rostock won one, Ingolstadt won four and two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

RostockJ. Verhoek
J. Verhoek
11 goals
IngolstadtS. Kutschke
S. Kutschke
11 goals
IngolstadtD. Eckert Ayensa
D. Eckert Ayensa
7 goals

Hansa Rostock missing players

Ingolstadt missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Hansa Rostock Ingolstadt
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 16 4 Played P 4 17 34
19 10 1 Won W 1 6 18
8 3 2 Drew D 1 5 9
7 3 1 Lost L 2 6 7
49 27 7 Scored S 5 21 47
31 16 7 Conceded C 9 24 37
88% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
68% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 88% 74%
38% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 35% 41%
21% 31% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 24% 21%
15% 19% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 12% 12%
47% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 47% 53%
38% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 24% 29%
26% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 29% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.6 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.9 2.3
6 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
9.6 10.9 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 14.8 12.1 12.4
4 5.1 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 3.9 4.1
36% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 31% 34%
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Hansa Rostock have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in 3. Liga
  • Hansa Rostock have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in 3. Liga
  • Ingolstadt 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 Hansa Rostock 34 19 8 7 49 31 16 10 3 3 27 16 18 9 5 4 22 15 18 65
2 Ingolstadt 34 18 9 7 47 37 17 12 4 1 26 13 17 6 5 6 21 24 10 63
3 1860 München 34 17 10 7 62 29 17 7 7 3 31 17 17 10 3 4 31 12 33 61
4 Dynamo Dresden 32 18 5 9 51 29 16 9 5 2 28 14 16 9 0 7 23 15 22 59
5 Saarbrucken 34 15 10 9 64 46 17 8 5 4 37 23 17 7 5 5 27 23 18 55
6 Wehen Wiesbaden 34 14 10 10 53 47 17 8 5 4 28 23 17 6 5 6 25 24 6 52
7 Verl 34 13 11 10 63 52 17 6 6 5 30 23 17 7 5 5 33 29 11 50
8 Viktoria Koln 34 13 9 12 47 52 18 6 3 9 23 30 16 7 6 3 24 22 -5 48
9 Türkgücü-Ataspor 34 12 10 12 42 44 17 6 6 5 17 20 17 6 4 7 25 24 -2 46
10 Magdeburg 34 12 8 14 35 41 17 5 5 7 13 20 17 7 3 7 22 21 -6 44
11 Zwickau 34 11 10 13 42 44 17 5 3 9 19 23 17 6 7 4 23 21 -2 43
12 Hallescher FC 34 11 10 13 40 54 17 6 6 5 19 23 17 5 4 8 21 31 -14 43
13 MSV Duisburg 33 11 9 13 46 54 17 6 4 7 23 28 16 5 5 6 23 26 -8 42
14 Waldhof Mannheim 34 10 12 12 43 52 17 6 5 6 32 30 17 4 7 6 11 22 -9 42
15 Kaiserslautern 34 7 17 10 39 44 17 4 10 3 19 19 17 3 7 7 20 25 -5 38
16 Meppen 34 11 4 19 35 56 17 7 0 10 22 34 17 4 4 9 13 22 -21 37
17 Uerdingen 33 10 9 14 34 42 16 3 4 9 12 25 17 7 5 5 22 17 -8 36
18 Bayern München II 34 8 11 15 42 51 17 5 3 9 19 24 17 3 8 6 23 27 -9 35
19 VfB Lübeck 34 7 10 17 37 51 17 4 7 6 16 18 17 3 3 11 21 33 -14 31
20 Unterhaching 34 8 4 22 37 52 17 6 2 9 21 23 17 2 2 13 16 29 -15 28

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 Hansa Rostock 34 19 8 7 49 31 16 10 3 3 27 16 18 9 5 4 22 15 18 65
2 Ingolstadt 34 18 9 7 47 37 17 12 4 1 26 13 17 6 5 6 21 24 10 63
3 1860 München 34 17 10 7 62 29 17 7 7 3 31 17 17 10 3 4 31 12 33 61
4 Dynamo Dresden 32 18 5 9 51 29 16 9 5 2 28 14 16 9 0 7 23 15 22 59
5 Saarbrucken 34 15 10 9 64 46 17 8 5 4 37 23 17 7 5 5 27 23 18 55
6 Wehen Wiesbaden 34 14 10 10 53 47 17 8 5 4 28 23 17 6 5 6 25 24 6 52
7 Verl 34 13 11 10 63 52 17 6 6 5 30 23 17 7 5 5 33 29 11 50
8 Viktoria Koln 34 13 9 12 47 52 18 6 3 9 23 30 16 7 6 3 24 22 -5 48
9 Türkgücü-Ataspor 34 12 10 12 42 44 17 6 6 5 17 20 17 6 4 7 25 24 -2 46
10 Magdeburg 34 12 8 14 35 41 17 5 5 7 13 20 17 7 3 7 22 21 -6 44
11 Zwickau 34 11 10 13 42 44 17 5 3 9 19 23 17 6 7 4 23 21 -2 43
12 Hallescher FC 34 11 10 13 40 54 17 6 6 5 19 23 17 5 4 8 21 31 -14 43
13 MSV Duisburg 33 11 9 13 46 54 17 6 4 7 23 28 16 5 5 6 23 26 -8 42
14 Waldhof Mannheim 34 10 12 12 43 52 17 6 5 6 32 30 17 4 7 6 11 22 -9 42
15 Kaiserslautern 34 7 17 10 39 44 17 4 10 3 19 19 17 3 7 7 20 25 -5 38
16 Meppen 34 11 4 19 35 56 17 7 0 10 22 34 17 4 4 9 13 22 -21 37
17 Uerdingen 33 10 9 14 34 42 16 3 4 9 12 25 17 7 5 5 22 17 -8 36
18 Bayern München II 34 8 11 15 42 51 17 5 3 9 19 24 17 3 8 6 23 27 -9 35
19 VfB Lübeck 34 7 10 17 37 51 17 4 7 6 16 18 17 3 3 11 21 33 -14 31
20 Unterhaching 34 8 4 22 37 52 17 6 2 9 21 23 17 2 2 13 16 29 -15 28

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