The league table in 3. Liga tells a story about these teams so far, with Ingolstadt leading Meppen by 22 points. Match preview to follow:
- Ingolstadt have the most points (36) at home in 3. Liga
- Meppen have the the worst goal difference (-19) in 3. Liga
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Ingolstadt form and stats
Ingolstadt, who have the most points (36) at home in 3. Liga, are steadily winning 3. Liga games and points here at Audi-Sportpark. 11 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 15 games. The Ingolstadt fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Audi-Sportpark and will expect new points from this game. Ingolstadt has played 13 games in a row here without a defeat.
The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Bayern München II in the 3. Liga last time out and are looking for a win here. Heartbreak before that as Ingolstadt lost 0-2 at Magdeburg's place.
The hometeam coach T. Oral made a successful contribution in the game against Bayern München II, bringing on F. Kaya who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.
Ingolstadt are traveling soon after this match as the 3. Liga match at VfB Lübeck awaits in three days.
The Ingolstadt fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 15 league matches. From these home matches, Ingolstadt have conceded only 11 goals.
Meppen form and stats
There's been little loot from Meppen's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 16 away games in the 3. Liga. Meppen, who have the the worst goal difference (-19) in 3. Liga, only have 4 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 3 draws.
The attacking players of Meppen have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 197 minutes.
Meppen's previous game was their home loss versus Wehen Wiesbaden (0-3). Prior to that match, the Meppen manager T. Frings faced defeat when travelling to Turkgucu-Ataspor and losing 0-2.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Magdeburg in just three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Meppen as they have only managed to score 13 times from 16 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 22 goals have been conceded by Meppen in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Meppen - Ingolstadt 2-0, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Ingolstadt one win, one draw and Meppen one victory. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
![]() S. Kutschke 11 goals | ![]() D. Eckert Ayensa 6 goals | ![]() C. Ginola Elva 5 goals |
Ingolstadt missing players
Meppen missing players
| Ingolstadt | Meppen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 31 |
| 17 | 11 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 43 | 23 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 32 |
| 34 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 22 | 51 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 97% |
| 74% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 69% | 77% |
| 42% | 47% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 31% | 52% |
| 19% | 13% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 19% | 29% |
| 10% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 13% |
| 52% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 31% | 42% |
| 29% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 31% | 26% |
| 19% | 7% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | 35% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | 12 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 7.4 | 8 |
| 4 | 4.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
| 34% | 37% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 28% | 31% |
- Ingolstadt have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ingolstadt have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Ingolstadt have the most points (36) at home in 3. Liga
- Ingolstadt haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Meppen have the fewest scored goals in the second half (14) in 3. Liga
- Meppen have the the worst goal difference (-19) in 3. Liga
| 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 | 31 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 51 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 15 | 25 | 59 |
| 2 | Hansa Rostock | 31 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 44 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 58 |
| 3 | Ingolstadt | 31 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 34 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 58 |
| 4 | 1860 München | 31 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 57 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 12 | 29 | 54 |
| 5 | Saarbrucken | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 54 | 44 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 49 |
| 6 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 31 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 51 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 48 |
| 7 | Verl | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 57 | 49 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 8 | 45 |
| 8 | Turkgucu-Ataspor | 31 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 40 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 0 | 43 |
| 9 | Viktoria Koln | 31 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 42 | 49 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 21 | -7 | 43 |
| 10 | Zwickau | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 40 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 18 | -1 | 41 |
| 11 | Waldhof Mannheim | 31 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 40 | 43 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 39 |
| 12 | Hallescher FC | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 51 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 29 | -15 | 39 |
| 13 | MSV Duisburg | 31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 41 | 52 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 26 | -11 | 38 |
| 14 | Magdeburg | 31 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 20 | -8 | 37 |
| 15 | Meppen | 31 | 11 | 3 | 17 | 32 | 51 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 29 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 22 | -19 | 36 |
| 16 | Bayern München II | 31 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 41 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 26 | -4 | 34 |
| 17 | Uerdingen | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 39 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 14 | -7 | 33 |
| 18 | Kaiserslautern | 31 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 32 | 39 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 23 | -7 | 31 |
| 19 | VfB Lübeck | 31 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 46 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 29 | -12 | 30 |
| 20 | Unterhaching | 31 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 35 | 46 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 25 | -11 | 28 |
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