Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Meppen welcomes Preußen Münster

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Date: Mon 09.December
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hänsch-Arena (16500 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Meppen are in the 9th position while the guests worry at 19th.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Meppen form and stats

The story so far in the 3. Liga for Meppen at their home stadium (Hänsch-Arena) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Meppen has recorded two wins in a row here at Hänsch-Arena, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Meppen drew their last game, 1-1 away at Ingolstadt (placed 3rd). Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Sonnenhof Großaspach.

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 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat (from three games).

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (19 in 8 games), Meppen's attacking play is working. Meppen have conceded 13 from these games.

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Preußen Münster form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Preußen Münster so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-5 (win-draw-lose). The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Preußen Münster, who have now gone 13 games without a victory. The Kaiserslautern game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Preußen Münster have lost on their last two travels.

The manager S. Hübscher was unhappy after their last game, a 3. Liga match played at their home ground Preußen-Stadion. Preußen Münster suffered a 1-3 loss to Waldhof Mannheim (placed 7th). Prior to that match, the Preußen Münster manager S. Hübscher faced defeat when travelling to Zwickau and losing 2-4.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Preußen Münster playing away, we found eight games. Results were 0 away wins, 1 draw and 7 home wins.

A quick return to home after this game, as Preußen Münster are hosting Magdeburg in the 3. Liga only four days away.

Preußen Münster have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. For Preußen Münster, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Meppen 1 win, 1 draw and Preußen Münster 2 victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MeppenD. Undav
D. Undav
9 goals
MeppenV. Rama
V. Rama
4 goals
Preußen MünsterH. Mörschel
H. Mörschel
4 goals

Meppen missing players

Preußen Münster missing players

Meppen Preußen Münster
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 4 Played P 3 8 17
6 4 3 Won W 0 0 2
6 1 1 Drew D 1 3 7
5 3 0 Lost L 2 5 8
33 19 11 Scored S 3 11 26
25 13 5 Conceded C 6 18 36
82% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 88% 94%
65% 75% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 62% 59%
41% 38% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 62% 59%
29% 25% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 38% 41%
71% 75% 75% BTTS BTTS 67% 75% 82%
24% 12% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 6%
24% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 12%
 
5.6 6.4 6.5 Corners For (avg) C F 5.3 4.9 5.4
5.5 5.8 4.2 Corners Against (avg) C A 8.3 7.5 6.6
2.2 2 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.4 2.9
4 1 1 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
190 98 56 Total Shots T S 24 71 178
81 45 29 Shots on Target S O 6 27 72
37% 42% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 41% 36%
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • All of Meppen's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Meppen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Meppen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Preußen Münster have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Preußen Münster have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Preußen Münster have yet to win a game away.
  • Preußen Münster 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 MSV Duisburg 17 11 1 5 35 22 8 7 0 1 19 8 9 4 1 4 16 14 13 34
2 Hallescher FC 17 9 4 4 32 15 9 4 3 2 16 10 8 5 1 2 16 5 17 31
3 Ingolstadt 17 8 6 3 33 20 9 4 4 1 19 13 8 4 2 2 14 7 13 30
4 Eintracht Braunschweig 16 8 4 4 26 20 8 3 2 3 11 13 8 5 2 1 15 7 6 28
5 Unterhaching 17 7 7 3 24 20 9 4 3 2 14 13 8 3 4 1 10 7 4 28
6 Magdeburg 17 6 8 3 25 15 8 4 2 2 16 8 9 2 6 1 9 7 10 26
7 Waldhof Mannheim 17 6 8 3 28 22 8 2 3 3 10 13 9 4 5 0 18 9 6 26
8 Hansa Rostock 17 7 4 6 20 21 9 5 2 2 13 10 8 2 2 4 7 11 -1 25
9 Meppen 17 6 6 5 33 25 8 4 1 3 19 13 9 2 5 2 14 12 8 24
10 1860 München 17 7 3 7 25 26 8 4 3 1 15 7 9 3 0 6 10 19 -1 24
11 Uerdingen 17 6 5 6 18 24 8 2 2 4 6 13 9 4 3 2 12 11 -6 23
12 Zwickau 16 6 4 6 26 22 8 4 1 3 17 10 8 2 3 3 9 12 4 22
13 Kaiserslautern 17 6 4 7 31 34 8 2 4 2 10 10 9 4 0 5 21 24 -3 22
14 Bayern München II 17 6 4 7 31 35 9 4 2 3 17 17 8 2 2 4 14 18 -4 22
15 Viktoria Koln 17 5 6 6 31 33 9 2 4 3 13 15 8 3 2 3 18 18 -2 21
16 Wurzburger Kickers 17 6 2 9 24 36 8 4 0 4 12 15 9 2 2 5 12 21 -12 20
17 Chemnitzer FC 17 3 7 7 24 29 9 3 4 2 13 11 8 0 3 5 11 18 -5 16
18 Sonnenhof Großaspach 17 4 3 10 18 36 9 1 2 6 10 23 8 3 1 4 8 13 -18 15
19 Preußen Münster 17 2 7 8 26 36 9 2 4 3 15 18 8 0 3 5 11 18 -10 13
20 Carl Zeiss Jena 17 2 3 12 17 36 8 1 2 5 8 14 9 1 1 7 9 22 -19 9

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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.