Ostseestadion: Hansa Rostock vs Saarbrücken 3. Liga preview

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Wed 27.January
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ostseestadion (29000 seats)

Hansa Rostock perform at a high level so far being 4th in the table. Saarbrücken can look both up and down from their 7th position.

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

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Saarbrücken have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Hansa Rostock form and stats

Hansa Rostock have collected 17 points from their 3. Liga home games so far after 5-2-2.

Rostock are returning here after visiting MSV Duisburg in a 3. Liga game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. M. Farrona Pulido (2) scored the goal(s). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Unterhaching in a game that was won 1-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Rostock handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eight wins, two draws and five defeats.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Rostock as they are travelling to their away game against Uerdingen in the 3. Liga. That match is three days after this one.

The Hansa Rostock fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 9 league matches. From these home matches, Hansa Rostock have conceded only 8 goals.

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Saarbrücken form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their 3. Liga travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Saarbrücken played 0-0 against VfB Lübeck in their previous match. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Magdeburg at their stadium, the result 2-1.

Saarbrücken are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, zero draws and zero defeats. From a total of one match.

The visiting Saarbrücken have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 9 games. Saarbrücken have conceded 12 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Saarbrücken - Rostock 2-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last nine meetings): Rostock won four games, two matches ended with a draw and Saarbrücken has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / five

Top Goalscorers

SaarbrückenN. Shipnoski
N. Shipnoski
9 goals
SaarbrückenS. Jacob
S. Jacob
8 goals
RostockJ. Verhoek
J. Verhoek
6 goals

Hansa Rostock missing players

Saarbrücken missing players

Hansa Rostock Saarbrücken
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 2 9 19
9 5 1 Won W 1 4 8
5 2 1 Drew D 1 2 6
5 2 1 Lost L 0 3 5
27 15 2 Scored S 3 12 31
19 8 2 Conceded C 2 12 25
89% 89% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
79% 78% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 84%
37% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 44% 58%
21% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 26%
11% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 21%
53% 44% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 68%
32% 44% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 21%
26% 22% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 16%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.2 1.5
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.8 11 8.7 Shots (avg) S ( 5 9 10.2
3.7 5.1 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.7 4.6
39% 33% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 36% 36%
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Hansa Rostock has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in 3. Liga
  • Hansa Rostock has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in 3. Liga
  • Saarbrücken 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 Dynamo Dresden 19 12 2 5 34 19 9 6 2 1 18 8 10 6 0 4 16 11 15 38
2 1860 München 20 9 7 4 39 20 11 4 5 2 23 12 9 5 2 2 16 8 19 34
3 Ingolstadt 19 10 4 5 27 21 9 7 1 1 14 6 10 3 3 4 13 15 6 34
4 Hansa Rostock 19 9 5 5 27 19 9 5 2 2 15 8 10 4 3 3 12 11 8 32
5 Turkgucu-Ataspor 20 8 8 4 28 23 10 4 5 1 12 9 10 4 3 3 16 14 5 32
6 Verl 20 8 7 5 37 29 11 3 5 3 19 15 9 5 2 2 18 14 8 31
7 Saarbrücken 19 8 6 5 31 25 10 4 4 2 19 13 9 4 2 3 12 12 6 30
8 Hallescher FC 20 8 5 7 25 31 11 4 3 4 12 14 9 4 2 3 13 17 -6 29
9 Wehen Wiesbaden 19 7 7 5 33 30 9 4 3 2 15 12 10 3 4 3 18 18 3 28
10 Waldhof Mannheim 20 6 9 5 32 33 9 3 4 2 25 20 11 3 5 3 7 13 -1 27
11 Bayern München II 19 6 6 7 26 26 8 3 3 2 11 8 11 3 3 5 15 18 0 24
12 Uerdingen 19 6 6 7 16 19 10 3 2 5 8 14 9 3 4 2 8 5 -3 24
13 Meppen 20 7 2 11 21 28 9 4 0 5 12 14 11 3 2 6 9 14 -7 23
14 Viktoria Koln 20 6 5 9 23 33 11 3 1 7 11 20 9 3 4 2 12 13 -10 23
15 Zwickau 18 6 4 8 19 23 10 2 1 7 7 14 8 4 3 1 12 9 -4 22
16 Unterhaching 20 6 3 11 22 29 11 4 2 5 14 16 9 2 1 6 8 13 -7 21
17 Magdeburg 20 5 6 9 19 26 9 2 3 4 8 11 11 3 3 5 11 15 -7 21
18 Kaiserslautern 20 3 11 6 20 27 9 1 6 2 6 9 11 2 5 4 14 18 -7 20
19 MSV Duisburg 20 4 6 10 23 34 11 2 2 7 11 21 9 2 4 3 12 13 -11 18
20 VfB Lübeck 19 4 5 10 21 28 9 2 3 4 9 10 10 2 2 6 12 18 -7 17

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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.