Delightful dogfight as daring Meppen duel with determined Hallescher FC

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 18.December
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hänsch-Arena (16500 seats)

The 3. Liga overall standings tell a story about these teams so far, with Meppen leading Hallescher FC by 11 points. Get your full match preview:

Insights:
  • Meppen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

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

Meppen have performed here at Hänsch-Arena this season with 6 wins from 9 3. Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2. It’s been three wins in a row for Meppen here at Hänsch-Arena, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Meppen's last game was hosting Viktoria Berlin (placed 12th) and winning 3-0.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Eintracht Braunschweig (0-5).

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Meppen matches with similar probabilities have ended with zero wins, zero draws and three defeats (from three games).

A decent goal production from Meppen in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Meppen are not conceding a lot of goals here at Hänsch-Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 9 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Hallescher FC form and stats

Hallescher FC have only collected 7 points from their away games in the 3. Liga, after 1-4-4 (9 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Schnorrenberg, the Hallescher manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Two away games in a row for Hallescher, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Wehen Wiesbaden in the 3. Liga.

A draw for Hallescher before that, at their own venue hosting Wurzburger Kickers (0-0).

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Hallescher when being an outsider away as they are today, we find five matches with the visitors losing three times, drawing one and winning one game.

Hallescher FC are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 9 games (in the league). 13 goals have been conceded by Hallescher FC in these games.

Head 2 Head

Hallescher FC - Meppen 3-1 was the output when these two participants formerly played each other, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings involving these sides: Meppen won one, Hallescher FC were winners in seven and we saw two draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Hallescher FCM. Eberwein
M. Eberwein
11 goals
MeppenL. Tankulic
L. Tankulic
9 goals
Hallescher FCT. Boyd
T. Boyd
6 goals

Meppen missing players

Hallescher FC missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Meppen Hallescher FC
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 4 Played P 1 9 19
10 6 4 Won W 0 1 5
3 1 0 Drew D 0 4 7
6 2 0 Lost L 1 4 7
28 16 8 Scored S 1 9 26
26 6 0 Conceded C 2 13 29
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
63% 56% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 79%
47% 44% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 56% 58%
42% 33% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 32%
21% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 16%
37% 22% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 68%
42% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 21%
21% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 21%
 
6.5 5.8 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.4 5.5
4.8 3.2 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 9 5.6 5.7
2.8 2.4 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.4 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
9.3 10.2 11 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.3 9.1
4.6 4.4 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.9 4.1
32% 40% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 26% 34%
 
9.4 7.2 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13 12.9 11.3
4.2 2.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 5.7 4.9
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Meppen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Meppen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Magdeburg 18 13 1 4 37 17 9 7 1 1 15 4 9 6 0 3 22 13 20 40
2 Eintracht Braunschweig 19 10 5 4 35 19 9 4 3 2 17 11 10 6 2 2 18 8 16 35
3 Waldhof Mannheim 19 9 7 3 32 19 10 5 4 1 19 10 9 4 3 2 13 9 13 34
4 Saarbrücken 19 9 6 4 30 22 10 5 2 3 17 13 9 4 4 1 13 9 8 33
5 Meppen 19 10 3 6 28 26 9 6 1 2 16 6 10 4 2 4 12 20 2 33
6 Kaiserslautern 19 9 5 5 27 12 9 5 3 1 14 3 10 4 2 4 13 9 15 32
7 Osnabruck 19 8 5 6 25 19 10 4 2 4 9 6 9 4 3 2 16 13 6 29
8 Borussia Dortmund II 19 8 3 8 26 22 9 2 3 4 7 8 10 6 0 4 19 14 4 27
9 Wehen Wiesbaden 19 7 6 6 27 24 9 2 4 3 12 14 10 5 2 3 15 10 3 27
10 1860 München 19 6 8 5 29 27 10 4 3 3 19 15 9 2 5 2 10 12 2 26
11 Freiburg II 19 7 5 7 15 26 10 5 3 2 12 10 9 2 2 5 3 16 -11 26
12 Viktoria Berlin 19 6 5 8 26 25 10 5 2 3 17 11 9 1 3 5 9 14 1 23
13 Zwickau 18 4 10 4 24 24 9 2 4 3 12 13 9 2 6 1 12 11 0 22
14 Hallescher FC 19 5 7 7 26 29 10 4 3 3 17 16 9 1 4 4 9 13 -3 22
15 Viktoria Koln 19 6 4 9 21 32 9 4 3 2 15 10 10 2 1 7 6 22 -11 22
16 Türkgücü-Ataspor 19 5 5 9 19 28 9 4 2 3 13 12 10 1 3 6 6 16 -9 20
17 Verl 19 4 6 9 28 38 10 2 3 5 15 22 9 2 3 4 13 16 -10 18
18 MSV Duisburg 19 5 2 12 23 33 9 4 2 3 13 11 10 1 0 9 10 22 -10 17
19 Wurzburger Kickers 19 3 8 8 14 25 9 1 4 4 7 15 10 2 4 4 7 10 -11 17
20 Havelse 19 3 3 13 15 40 10 2 0 8 7 24 9 1 3 5 8 16 -25 12

Germany:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Magdeburg 18 13 1 4 37 17 9 7 1 1 15 4 9 6 0 3 22 13 20 40
2 Eintracht Braunschweig 19 10 5 4 35 19 9 4 3 2 17 11 10 6 2 2 18 8 16 35
3 Waldhof Mannheim 19 9 7 3 32 19 10 5 4 1 19 10 9 4 3 2 13 9 13 34
4 Saarbrücken 19 9 6 4 30 22 10 5 2 3 17 13 9 4 4 1 13 9 8 33
5 Meppen 19 10 3 6 28 26 9 6 1 2 16 6 10 4 2 4 12 20 2 33
6 Kaiserslautern 19 9 5 5 27 12 9 5 3 1 14 3 10 4 2 4 13 9 15 32
7 Osnabruck 19 8 5 6 25 19 10 4 2 4 9 6 9 4 3 2 16 13 6 29
8 Borussia Dortmund II 19 8 3 8 26 22 9 2 3 4 7 8 10 6 0 4 19 14 4 27
9 Wehen Wiesbaden 19 7 6 6 27 24 9 2 4 3 12 14 10 5 2 3 15 10 3 27
10 1860 München 19 6 8 5 29 27 10 4 3 3 19 15 9 2 5 2 10 12 2 26
11 Freiburg II 19 7 5 7 15 26 10 5 3 2 12 10 9 2 2 5 3 16 -11 26
12 Viktoria Berlin 19 6 5 8 26 25 10 5 2 3 17 11 9 1 3 5 9 14 1 23
13 Zwickau 18 4 10 4 24 24 9 2 4 3 12 13 9 2 6 1 12 11 0 22
14 Hallescher FC 19 5 7 7 26 29 10 4 3 3 17 16 9 1 4 4 9 13 -3 22
15 Viktoria Koln 19 6 4 9 21 32 9 4 3 2 15 10 10 2 1 7 6 22 -11 22
16 Türkgücü-Ataspor 19 5 5 9 19 28 9 4 2 3 13 12 10 1 3 6 6 16 -9 20
17 Verl 19 4 6 9 28 38 10 2 3 5 15 22 9 2 3 4 13 16 -10 18
18 MSV Duisburg 19 5 2 12 23 33 9 4 2 3 13 11 10 1 0 9 10 22 -10 17
19 Wurzburger Kickers 19 3 8 8 14 25 9 1 4 4 7 15 10 2 4 4 7 10 -11 17
20 Havelse 19 3 3 13 15 40 10 2 0 8 7 24 9 1 3 5 8 16 -25 12

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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.