Meppen vs Hansa Rostock match preview

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 24.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hänsch-Arena (16500 seats)

The visiting Hansa Rostock side should be favourites in this visit to Meppen, as the away team holds a 25 point advantage from their 33 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Meppen have the the worst goal difference (-20) in 3. Liga
  • Hansa Rostock have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in 3. Liga

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.

Meppen are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Rostock are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Meppen form and stats

Meppen, who have the the worst goal difference (-20) in 3. Liga, have played 16 3. Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-0-9 (wins-draws-losses). Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Meppen, their manager B. Müller and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Meppen's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Magdeburg (placed 12th). A 0-0 draw away before that, with Ingolstadt the opponent.

Meppen are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 16 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Meppen defense is not exactly impregnable. 31 goals conceded from 16 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Hansa Rostock form and stats

8 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Hansa Rostock playing as the away team in the 3. Liga this season.

Rostock played 1-1 against Wehen Wiesbaden in their previous match. Preceding that game was the away victory against Bayern München II with the score of 1-0.

Hansa Rostock are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 17 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

Hansa RostockJ. Verhoek
J. Verhoek
10 goals
Hansa RostockB. Bahn
B. Bahn
6 goals
Hansa RostockP. Breier
P. Breier
5 goals

Meppen missing players

Hansa Rostock missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Meppen Hansa Rostock
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 17 33
11 7 2 Won W 3 8 18
4 0 0 Drew D 1 5 8
18 9 3 Lost L 1 4 7
33 20 4 Scored S 4 19 46
53 31 10 Conceded C 2 13 29
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 82% 88%
76% 88% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 20% 59% 67%
52% 75% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 35% 36%
27% 38% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 18%
12% 19% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 12%
42% 56% 20% BTTS BTTS 20% 41% 45%
27% 19% 40% Clean Sheets C S 60% 41% 39%
36% 25% 40% Failed to Score F T 40% 35% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 2.7 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.4 2.5
4 3 1 Red cards R C 2 4 6
 
8 8.7 6 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 8.3 9.5
3.4 3.9 2.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 2.9 4
30% 32% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 39% 35%
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Hansa Rostock have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in 3. Liga
  • Hansa Rostock have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in 3. Liga
  • Meppen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Meppen have the fewest scored goals in the second half (15) in 3. Liga
  • Meppen have the most conceded goals (31) at home in 3. Liga
  • Meppen have the the worst goal difference (-20) in 3. Liga
  • Meppen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hansa Rostock 33 18 8 7 46 29 16 10 3 3 27 16 17 8 5 4 19 13 17 62
2 Ingolstadt 33 17 9 7 44 35 16 11 4 1 23 11 17 6 5 6 21 24 9 60
3 Dynamo Dresden 31 18 5 8 51 26 15 9 5 1 28 11 16 9 0 7 23 15 25 59
4 1860 München 33 16 10 7 60 29 17 7 7 3 31 17 16 9 3 4 29 12 31 58
5 Saarbrücken 33 14 10 9 60 46 17 8 5 4 37 23 16 6 5 5 23 23 14 52
6 Wehen Wiesbaden 33 14 10 9 53 44 16 8 5 3 28 20 17 6 5 6 25 24 9 52
7 Verl 33 13 10 10 61 50 17 6 6 5 30 23 16 7 4 5 31 27 11 49
8 Viktoria Koln 33 13 8 12 45 50 17 6 2 9 21 28 16 7 6 3 24 22 -5 47
9 Türkgücü-Ataspor 33 12 10 11 42 42 16 6 6 4 17 18 17 6 4 7 25 24 0 46
10 Zwickau 33 11 10 12 40 41 17 5 3 9 19 23 16 6 7 3 21 18 -1 43
11 Waldhof Mannheim 33 10 12 11 43 50 16 6 5 5 32 28 17 4 7 6 11 22 -7 42
12 Magdeburg 33 11 8 14 34 41 16 4 5 7 12 20 17 7 3 7 22 21 -7 41
13 Hallescher FC 33 10 10 13 37 54 17 6 6 5 19 23 16 4 4 8 18 31 -17 40
14 MSV Duisburg 32 10 9 13 43 54 17 6 4 7 23 28 15 4 5 6 20 26 -11 39
15 Meppen 33 11 4 18 33 53 16 7 0 9 20 31 17 4 4 9 13 22 -20 37
16 Bayern München II 33 8 11 14 42 47 16 5 3 8 19 20 17 3 8 6 23 27 -5 35
17 Kaiserslautern 33 6 17 10 36 42 16 3 10 3 16 17 17 3 7 7 20 25 -6 35
18 Uerdingen 32 9 9 14 32 42 16 3 4 9 12 25 16 6 5 5 20 17 -10 33
19 VfB Lubeck 33 7 10 16 37 50 17 4 7 6 16 18 16 3 3 10 21 32 -13 31
20 Unterhaching 33 8 4 21 35 49 17 6 2 9 21 23 16 2 2 12 14 26 -14 28

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 Hansa Rostock 33 18 8 7 46 29 16 10 3 3 27 16 17 8 5 4 19 13 17 62
2 Ingolstadt 33 17 9 7 44 35 16 11 4 1 23 11 17 6 5 6 21 24 9 60
3 Dynamo Dresden 31 18 5 8 51 26 15 9 5 1 28 11 16 9 0 7 23 15 25 59
4 1860 München 33 16 10 7 60 29 17 7 7 3 31 17 16 9 3 4 29 12 31 58
5 Saarbrücken 33 14 10 9 60 46 17 8 5 4 37 23 16 6 5 5 23 23 14 52
6 Wehen Wiesbaden 33 14 10 9 53 44 16 8 5 3 28 20 17 6 5 6 25 24 9 52
7 Verl 33 13 10 10 61 50 17 6 6 5 30 23 16 7 4 5 31 27 11 49
8 Viktoria Koln 33 13 8 12 45 50 17 6 2 9 21 28 16 7 6 3 24 22 -5 47
9 Türkgücü-Ataspor 33 12 10 11 42 42 16 6 6 4 17 18 17 6 4 7 25 24 0 46
10 Zwickau 33 11 10 12 40 41 17 5 3 9 19 23 16 6 7 3 21 18 -1 43
11 Waldhof Mannheim 33 10 12 11 43 50 16 6 5 5 32 28 17 4 7 6 11 22 -7 42
12 Magdeburg 33 11 8 14 34 41 16 4 5 7 12 20 17 7 3 7 22 21 -7 41
13 Hallescher FC 33 10 10 13 37 54 17 6 6 5 19 23 16 4 4 8 18 31 -17 40
14 MSV Duisburg 32 10 9 13 43 54 17 6 4 7 23 28 15 4 5 6 20 26 -11 39
15 Meppen 33 11 4 18 33 53 16 7 0 9 20 31 17 4 4 9 13 22 -20 37
16 Bayern München II 33 8 11 14 42 47 16 5 3 8 19 20 17 3 8 6 23 27 -5 35
17 Kaiserslautern 33 6 17 10 36 42 16 3 10 3 16 17 17 3 7 7 20 25 -6 35
18 Uerdingen 32 9 9 14 32 42 16 3 4 9 12 25 16 6 5 5 20 17 -10 33
19 VfB Lubeck 33 7 10 16 37 50 17 4 7 6 16 18 16 3 3 10 21 32 -13 31
20 Unterhaching 33 8 4 21 35 49 17 6 2 9 21 23 16 2 2 12 14 26 -14 28

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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.