3. Liga duel: Close contest expected between Meppen and Hallescher FC

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 04.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Waldstadion Hauptplatz A (1000 seats)

Keep working on their own tactics or look more at the opponent? Both Meppen and Hallescher FC have to try something different than in earlier matches. Read more!

Insights:
  • Meppen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hallescher FC have the fewest points (6) away in 3. Liga

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Meppen form and stats

With 3 3. Liga wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Meppen are certainly not brimming with confidence.

The Meppen manager Krämer and his pawns return home after a 0-0 draw away versus MSV Duisburg (placed 12th).

Heartbreak before that as Meppen lost 1-3 at Waldhof Mannheim's place.

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 Meppen have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 2 and lost 4.

The Meppen fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 12 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 20 goals have been conceded. Meppen has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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Hallescher FC form and stats

Hallescher FC have only collected 6 points from their away games in the 3. Liga, after 1-3-7 (11 played).

198 minutes! That's how long the Hallescher FC goalkeeper Felix Gebhardt and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

There were no winners in Hallescher's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs 1860 München (placed 8th).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus VfB Oldenburg at their stadium, the result 1-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Hallescher FC in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Hallescher FC, 1 draw and 6 defeats.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Hallescher, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The two teams in this fixture also encountered each other before this season: Hallescher FC - Meppen 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Meppen two wins, three draws and Hallescher FC five victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MeppenM. Pourié
M. Pourié
7 goals
Hallescher FCT. Zimmerschied
T. Zimmerschied
7 goals
Hallescher FCJ. Nietfeld
J. Nietfeld
6 goals

Meppen missing players

Hallescher FC missing players

Meppen Hallescher FC
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 3 11 24
3 3 1 Won W 1 1 5
11 3 1 Drew D 1 3 6
10 6 2 Lost L 1 7 13
23 15 4 Scored S 3 10 29
39 20 4 Conceded C 3 23 41
83% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 91% 88%
79% 83% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 64% 75%
54% 67% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 45% 50%
25% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 45% 42%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 27% 21%
50% 42% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 55% 54%
21% 17% 25% Clean Sheets C S 67% 18% 25%
46% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 36% 33%
 
5.3 5.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 5
4.8 4.7 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.2 5.2
2.4 1.8 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 2.8 2.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 4 5
 
9.9 11.5 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 5 6.6 9.2
3.5 4.2 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.5 3.5
28% 30% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 36% 34%
 
12 11 6 Shots against (avg) S A 12.7 13.3 11.3
4.5 4.5 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 5.7 4.9
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Hallescher FC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Hallescher FC have the fewest points (6) away in 3. Liga
  • Hallescher FC have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • 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 24 18 3 3 59 19 13 10 1 2 35 11 11 8 2 1 24 8 40 57
2 Freiburg II 24 14 6 4 34 22 12 8 3 1 17 8 12 6 3 3 17 14 12 48
3 Wehen Wiesbaden 24 13 5 6 44 31 11 6 3 2 20 12 13 7 2 4 24 19 13 44
4 Osnabrück 24 12 4 8 49 36 12 8 1 3 26 14 12 4 3 5 23 22 13 40
5 Saarbrücken 24 11 6 7 37 29 11 4 4 3 17 18 13 7 2 4 20 11 8 39
6 Waldhof Mannheim 24 12 3 9 38 40 12 10 1 1 22 10 12 2 2 8 16 30 -2 39
7 Dynamo Dresden 24 10 8 6 42 28 12 4 5 3 25 16 12 6 3 3 17 12 14 38
8 1860 München 24 10 5 9 38 33 12 7 1 4 24 14 12 3 4 5 14 19 5 35
9 Ingolstadt 24 10 5 9 35 31 12 4 3 5 13 16 12 6 2 4 22 15 4 35
10 Verl 24 9 7 8 35 32 13 6 5 2 23 16 11 3 2 6 12 16 3 34
11 Viktoria Köln 24 8 8 8 32 34 12 5 2 5 14 18 12 3 6 3 18 16 -2 32
12 MSV Duisburg 24 8 6 10 29 30 12 3 5 4 15 13 12 5 1 6 14 17 -1 30
13 Erzgebirge Aue 24 8 6 10 29 33 12 4 4 4 15 14 12 4 2 6 14 19 -4 30
14 Rot-Weiss Essen 24 6 11 7 29 34 11 3 6 2 12 15 13 3 5 5 17 19 -5 29
15 Bayreuth 24 7 4 13 25 44 12 5 2 5 16 20 12 2 2 8 9 24 -19 25
16 Borussia Dortmund II 24 7 3 14 22 34 13 4 1 8 12 17 11 3 2 6 10 17 -12 24
17 Hallescher FC 24 5 6 13 29 41 13 4 3 6 19 18 11 1 3 7 10 23 -12 21
18 VfB Oldenburg 24 5 6 13 27 45 12 2 4 6 17 26 12 3 2 7 10 19 -18 21
19 Meppen 24 3 11 10 23 39 12 3 3 6 15 20 12 0 8 4 8 19 -16 20
20 Zwickau 24 5 5 14 22 43 11 3 2 6 11 14 13 2 3 8 11 29 -21 20

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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.