Struggling Meppen cross their fingers to pull off a surprise victory when they host high-flying Freiburg II in the next league game. It’s 20th vs 4th and the home crowd will have low expectations.
- Meppen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Freiburg II have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in 3. Liga
This has all the signs of an action-packed fixture with lots of action and bustle as both sides are well rested since they last played a game. Game on!
Meppen form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the 3. Liga this season. Meppen have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Hänsch-Arena. With seven home 3. Liga games in a row without a win, the Meppen fans could feel they are not getting value for their money.
An away draw last time out for Meppen, facing Dynamo Dresden in a game that ended 1-1. The hometeam coach Krämer made a successful contribution in the game against Dynamo Dresden, bringing on Janssen who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
Before that game, the home loss against Osnabrück with the scoreline 0-3.This is expected to be a close game, with Meppen perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Meppen as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Meppen has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 5.
Meppen are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Meppen defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Freiburg II form and stats
Playing away, Freiburg II have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the 3. Liga this season.
Freiburg II played 1-1 against Verl in their previous match. The draw against Verl came from a losing position. The Freiburg manager Stamm brought on Breunig as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
A 0-3 defeat away at Elversberg before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Freiburg II in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Freiburg II, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
The visiting Freiburg have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 8 games. In the opposite end, Freiburg II have conceded 12 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Meppen victories, zero draws and two Freiburg II wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Vermeij 8 goals |   M. Pourié 6 goals |  S. Abifade 3 goals |
Meppen missing players
Freiburg II missing players
| Meppen | Freiburg II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 17 | 11 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 22 |
| 31 | 16 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 12 | 20 |
| 83% | 89% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 78% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 75% | 72% |
| 56% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 28% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 22% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 39% | 22% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 22% | 22% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 38% | 44% |
| 56% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 11% |
| 5.2 | 5.4 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3 | 4.7 |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 6.1 | 4.2 |
| 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9.7 | 11.2 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 7.2 | 10.8 |
| 3.6 | 4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.1 | 4.4 |
| 26% | 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 36% | 28% |
| 11.8 | 11.8 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 10.4 | 9.8 |
| 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
- Freiburg II have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Freiburg II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Freiburg II have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in 3. Liga
- Freiburg II have the most matches under the total-line (12) in 3. Liga
- Freiburg II have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Freiburg II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Meppen have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | +/- | P |
| 1 | Elversberg | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 27 | 41 |
| 2 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 34 |
| 3 | Saarbrucken | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 33 |
| 4 | Freiburg II | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 32 |
| 5 | Ingolstadt | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 31 |
| 6 | 1860 München | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 30 |
| 7 | Waldhof Mannheim | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 22 | -4 | 29 |
| 8 | Viktoria Koln | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 27 |
| 9 | Osnabrück | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | MSV Duisburg | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 25 |
| 11 | Dynamo Dresden | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| 12 | Verl | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -2 | 23 |
| 13 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | -3 | 23 |
| 14 | VfB Oldenburg | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -11 | 19 |
| 15 | Borussia Dortmund II | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -12 | 18 |
| 16 | Hallescher FC | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -2 | 17 |
| 17 | Erzgebirge Aue | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -9 | 17 |
| 18 | Zwickau | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | -13 | 16 |
| 19 | Bayreuth | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -16 | 16 |
| 20 | Meppen | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 | -14 | 14 |
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