3. Liga match preview: Meppen versus MSV Duisburg

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 22.May
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Hänsch-Arena (16500 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the 3. Liga, Meppen holding 17th place and MSV Duisburg lying 14th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Meppen have the fewest scored goals (35) in 3. Liga
  • MSV Duisburg have the most conceded goals (65) 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.

Relegation threatens Meppen who should definitely be looking for some points here. Duisburg is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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Meppen form and stats

Overall 3. Liga stats at home this season for Meppen, who have the fewest scored goals (35) in 3. Liga, are 7-0-11 (wins-draw-losses). It's been an uphill battle for Meppen in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Bayern München II game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 293 minutes without scoring a league goal. C. Hemlein was the last player to find the net.

Meppen lost their last game at Saarbrucken (placed 5th) after a 0-2 scoreline.

Ahead of that match, Meppen lost 0-2 at home to VfB Lubeck.

Meppen has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Meppen with 36 goals conceded in these matches.

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MSV Duisburg form and stats

5 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of MSV Duisburg, who have the most conceded goals (65) in 3. Liga, playing as the away team in the 3. Liga this season. Duisburg has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

The manager P. Dochev was unhappy after their last game, a 3. Liga match played at their home ground Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena. Duisburg suffered a 1-5 loss to Ingolstadt (placed 3rd). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Ingolstadt was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.

A 2-3 defeat away at Magdeburg before that.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Duisburg have scored 25 goals in 18 league games away. Duisburg have conceded 30 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result MSV Duisburg - Meppen 1-0 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Meppen won two games, zero matches ended with a draw and MSV Duisburg has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / two

Top Goalscorers

MSV DuisburgM. Stoppelkamp
M. Stoppelkamp
10 goals
MSV DuisburgV. Vermeij
V. Vermeij
8 goals
MSV DuisburgA. Bouhaddouz
A. Bouhaddouz
5 goals

Meppen missing players

MSV Duisburg missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Meppen MSV Duisburg
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
37 18 5 Played P 5 18 37
11 7 3 Won W 2 5 11
5 0 0 Drew D 3 5 10
21 11 2 Lost L 0 8 16
35 22 8 Scored S 7 25 51
60 36 11 Conceded C 5 30 65
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
76% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 89% 86%
49% 72% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 67% 68%
27% 39% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 39% 43%
14% 22% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 16%
41% 56% 60% BTTS BTTS 80% 78% 73%
27% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 17% 16%
41% 28% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 6% 14%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.6 2.5 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.2 2.3
4 3 1 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
8.2 8.6 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.6 9.2
3.3 3.8 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.6 4.4 4.2
29% 32% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 32% 33%
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • MSV Duisburg have the most conceded goals (65) in 3. Liga
  • MSV Duisburg have the most conceded goals in the second half (39) in 3. Liga
  • MSV Duisburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Meppen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Meppen have the fewest scored goals (35) in 3. Liga
  • Meppen have the fewest scored goals in the second half (17) in 3. Liga
  • Meppen have the most conceded goals (36) at home in 3. Liga
  • Meppen have the the worst goal difference (-25) in 3. Liga
  • Meppen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Meppen is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  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 37 22 6 9 60 29 19 12 5 2 35 14 18 10 1 7 25 15 31 72
2 Hansa Rostock 37 20 10 7 51 32 18 10 5 3 28 17 19 10 5 4 23 15 19 70
3 Ingolstadt 37 19 11 7 53 39 18 12 5 1 26 13 19 7 6 6 27 26 14 68
4 1860 München 37 18 12 7 68 32 19 8 8 3 36 19 18 10 4 4 32 13 36 66
5 Saarbrucken 37 16 11 10 66 49 19 9 5 5 39 26 18 7 6 5 27 23 17 59
6 Wehen Wiesbaden 37 15 11 11 57 52 18 8 6 4 29 24 19 7 5 7 28 28 5 56
7 Verl 37 14 12 11 65 54 19 6 7 6 30 24 18 8 5 5 35 30 11 54
8 Waldhof Mannheim 37 13 12 12 49 54 18 7 5 6 35 32 19 6 7 6 14 22 -5 51
9 Magdeburg 37 14 8 15 41 44 18 6 5 7 16 22 19 8 3 8 25 22 -3 50
10 Viktoria Koln 37 13 11 13 51 58 19 6 4 9 26 33 18 7 7 4 25 25 -7 50
11 Hallescher FC 37 13 10 14 50 58 19 8 6 5 27 24 18 5 4 9 23 34 -8 49
12 Turkgucu-Ataspor 37 12 10 15 44 54 18 6 6 6 18 22 19 6 4 9 26 32 -10 46
13 Zwickau 36 11 12 13 42 44 18 5 4 9 19 23 18 6 8 4 23 21 -2 45
14 MSV Duisburg 37 11 10 16 51 65 19 6 5 8 26 35 18 5 5 8 25 30 -14 43
15 Kaiserslautern 37 8 18 11 46 51 18 5 10 3 23 20 19 3 8 8 23 31 -5 42
16 Uerdingen 37 11 10 16 37 49 19 4 5 10 14 28 18 7 5 6 23 21 -12 40
17 Meppen 37 11 5 21 35 60 18 7 0 11 22 36 19 4 5 10 13 24 -25 38
18 Bayern München II 37 8 13 16 47 57 18 5 3 10 20 26 19 3 10 6 27 31 -10 37
19 VfB Lubeck 36 8 10 18 39 54 18 4 7 7 16 21 18 4 3 11 23 33 -15 34
20 Unterhaching 37 9 4 24 39 56 19 6 2 11 21 26 18 3 2 13 18 30 -17 31

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 Dynamo Dresden 37 22 6 9 60 29 19 12 5 2 35 14 18 10 1 7 25 15 31 72
2 Hansa Rostock 37 20 10 7 51 32 18 10 5 3 28 17 19 10 5 4 23 15 19 70
3 Ingolstadt 37 19 11 7 53 39 18 12 5 1 26 13 19 7 6 6 27 26 14 68
4 1860 München 37 18 12 7 68 32 19 8 8 3 36 19 18 10 4 4 32 13 36 66
5 Saarbrucken 37 16 11 10 66 49 19 9 5 5 39 26 18 7 6 5 27 23 17 59
6 Wehen Wiesbaden 37 15 11 11 57 52 18 8 6 4 29 24 19 7 5 7 28 28 5 56
7 Verl 37 14 12 11 65 54 19 6 7 6 30 24 18 8 5 5 35 30 11 54
8 Waldhof Mannheim 37 13 12 12 49 54 18 7 5 6 35 32 19 6 7 6 14 22 -5 51
9 Magdeburg 37 14 8 15 41 44 18 6 5 7 16 22 19 8 3 8 25 22 -3 50
10 Viktoria Koln 37 13 11 13 51 58 19 6 4 9 26 33 18 7 7 4 25 25 -7 50
11 Hallescher FC 37 13 10 14 50 58 19 8 6 5 27 24 18 5 4 9 23 34 -8 49
12 Turkgucu-Ataspor 37 12 10 15 44 54 18 6 6 6 18 22 19 6 4 9 26 32 -10 46
13 Zwickau 36 11 12 13 42 44 18 5 4 9 19 23 18 6 8 4 23 21 -2 45
14 MSV Duisburg 37 11 10 16 51 65 19 6 5 8 26 35 18 5 5 8 25 30 -14 43
15 Kaiserslautern 37 8 18 11 46 51 18 5 10 3 23 20 19 3 8 8 23 31 -5 42
16 Uerdingen 37 11 10 16 37 49 19 4 5 10 14 28 18 7 5 6 23 21 -12 40
17 Meppen 37 11 5 21 35 60 18 7 0 11 22 36 19 4 5 10 13 24 -25 38
18 Bayern München II 37 8 13 16 47 57 18 5 3 10 20 26 19 3 10 6 27 31 -10 37
19 VfB Lubeck 36 8 10 18 39 54 18 4 7 7 16 21 18 4 3 11 23 33 -15 34
20 Unterhaching 37 9 4 24 39 56 19 6 2 11 21 26 18 3 2 13 18 30 -17 31

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