Meppen vs Osnabrück: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 12.November
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hänsch-Arena (16500 seats)

Meppen have some work to do from their 19th place, and they have a chance versus Osnabrück. Read more!

Insights:
  • Meppen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Osnabrück have yet to win a game away.

It's no vacation for neither Meppen nor Osnabrück as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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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 4 losses from their games here at Hänsch-Arena. Three consecutive losses here at Hänsch-Arena is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.

Pourie was the last player to score a league goal for Meppen and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Meppen haven't scored in 420 minutes.

Meppen drew their last game, 0-0 away at Rot-Weiss Essen (placed 12th).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Wehen Wiesbaden (0-3).

The Meppen fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Meppen have conceded 13 from these games.

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Osnabrück form and stats

Osnabrück have only collected 3 points from their away games in the 3. Liga, after 0-3-5 (8 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Schweinsteiger, the Osnabrück manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Impressive finishing from Engelhardt and Traore secured the home win 2-1 against Verl in their previous game. Engelhardt has scored for the away side four matches in a row. The know-how!

Preceding that game, the 3-4 loss visiting Zwickau's place.

Sports betting fact: Both sides have scored in 9 of this club's latest 12 league games.

Osnabrück has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Osnabrück have conceded 19 goals in these games. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's two Meppen victories, one draw and four Osnabrück wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MeppenM. Pourié
M. Pourié
6 goals
OsnabrückB. Simakala
B. Simakala
6 goals
OsnabrückM. Heider
M. Heider
4 goals

Meppen missing players

Osnabrück missing players

Meppen Osnabrück
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 4 8 16
2 2 1 Won W 0 0 5
7 2 1 Drew D 1 3 4
7 4 1 Lost L 3 5 7
16 11 8 Scored S 7 12 26
27 13 7 Conceded C 10 19 27
81% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 88% 75%
56% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 50%
31% 25% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 44%
6% 12% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 50% 38%
38% 25% 67% BTTS BTTS 75% 88% 62%
25% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 19%
56% 62% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 12% 19%
 
5.1 5.2 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 4.4 6
4.1 4.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 5.6 4.9
2.6 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3.1 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.4 11.2 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 9.6 11.1
3.6 4 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.6 4.6
28% 34% 62% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 41% 36%
 
10.9 10.9 13 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 11.8 9.9
4.7 4.5 5.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 6.1 4.4
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Meppen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Osnabrück have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Osnabrück have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Osnabrück have yet to win a game away.
  • Osnabrück 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 Elversberg 16 12 2 2 39 14 8 6 0 2 21 7 8 6 2 0 18 7 25 38
2 Freiburg II 16 9 4 3 21 16 9 6 2 1 12 7 7 3 2 2 9 9 5 31
3 Wehen Wiesbaden 16 9 3 4 32 19 8 5 2 1 17 9 8 4 1 3 15 10 13 30
4 Saarbrücken 16 8 6 2 25 12 8 4 4 0 12 7 8 4 2 2 13 5 13 30
5 1860 München 16 9 2 5 29 19 8 6 0 2 19 7 8 3 2 3 10 12 10 29
6 Ingolstadt 16 8 4 4 23 14 8 4 2 2 9 7 8 4 2 2 14 7 9 28
7 Waldhof Mannheim 16 8 1 7 22 28 9 8 0 1 15 7 7 0 1 6 7 21 -6 25
8 Viktoria Koln 16 6 6 4 25 19 7 3 2 2 10 8 9 3 4 2 15 11 6 24
9 Dynamo Dresden 16 6 4 6 24 20 8 3 2 3 16 13 8 3 2 3 8 7 4 22
10 MSV Duisburg 16 6 4 6 19 19 7 2 4 1 9 7 9 4 0 5 10 12 0 22
11 Verl 16 6 3 7 22 24 8 4 3 1 15 10 8 2 0 6 7 14 -2 21
12 Rot-Weiss Essen 16 5 6 5 23 26 8 2 4 2 9 14 8 3 2 3 14 12 -3 21
13 Osnabrück 16 5 4 7 26 27 8 5 1 2 14 8 8 0 3 5 12 19 -1 19
14 Borussia Dortmund II 17 5 3 9 13 23 9 3 1 5 6 12 8 2 2 4 7 11 -10 18
15 Hallescher FC 16 4 4 8 23 24 8 4 2 2 15 8 8 0 2 6 8 16 -1 16
16 VfB Oldenburg 16 4 3 9 20 32 8 2 2 4 13 19 8 2 1 5 7 13 -12 15
17 Zwickau 16 4 3 9 15 27 8 3 1 4 10 10 8 1 2 5 5 17 -12 15
18 Erzgebirge Aue 17 3 5 9 16 26 8 1 3 4 7 12 9 2 2 5 9 14 -10 14
19 Meppen 16 2 7 7 16 27 8 2 2 4 11 13 8 0 5 3 5 14 -11 13
20 Bayreuth 16 3 4 9 10 27 8 2 2 4 5 13 8 1 2 5 5 14 -17 13

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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.