The league table in 3. Liga tells a story about these teams so far, with Hansa Rostock leading Meppen by 10 points. Match preview to follow:
- Hansa Rostock have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Meppen has the fewest points from losing position (0) in 3. Liga
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Hansa Rostock form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Ostseestadion as Hansa Rostock have scored 14 goals to get 14 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the 3. Liga are 4-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Ostseestadion.
No payout for Rostock in their previous match, an away game at Wehen Wiesbaden that ended in defeat 1-2. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Turkgucu-Ataspor.
Hansa Rostock are traveling soon after this match as the 3. Liga match at Ingolstadt awaits in three days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (14 in 7 games), Rostock's attacking play is working. Hansa Rostock have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Meppen form and stats
There's been little loot from Meppen's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the 3. Liga. Meppen only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Meppen goalkeeper Erik Domaschke is eager to challenge this, with his 288 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Magdeburg.
After this away game Meppen return home for a 3. Liga game against Zwickau. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Meppen as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Meppen have conceded 10 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: four - zero - two (Rostock wins - draws - Meppen wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Verhoek 5 goals |  B. Bahn 3 goals |  P. Breier 3 goals |
Hansa Rostock missing players
Meppen missing players
| Hansa Rostock | Meppen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 22 | 14 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 18 |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 75% |
| 43% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 29% | 43% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 64% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 29% | 43% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10.4 | 11.6 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 7.7 | 8.2 |
| 4.4 | 6 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| 36% | 33% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 19% | 30% |
- Hansa Rostock have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Hansa Rostock have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Meppen have scored away.
- Meppen has the fewest points from losing position (0) in 3. Liga
- Meppen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 | Dynamo Dresden | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 26 |
| 2 | Saarbrücken | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 25 |
| 3 | Ingolstadt | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 24 |
| 4 | Verl | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| 5 | Hansa Rostock | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 23 |
| 6 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 7 | Viktoria Koln | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | -3 | 21 |
| 8 | Hallescher FC | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 16 | -4 | 21 |
| 9 | 1860 München | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 20 |
| 10 | Waldhof Mannheim | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 11 | Turkgucu-Ataspor | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 18 |
| 12 | Uerdingen | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -4 | 16 |
| 13 | VfB Lubeck | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 | Kaiserslautern | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 15 |
| 15 | Meppen | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 13 |
| 16 | Unterhaching | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 13 |
| 17 | Magdeburg | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 13 |
| 18 | Zwickau | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
| 19 | Bayern München II | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -5 | 12 |
| 20 | MSV Duisburg | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -12 | 11 |
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