Soccer match preview: Saarbrücken confident before travelling to Meppen

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sun 23.April
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hänsch-Arena (16500 seats)

The guesting Saarbrücken side are thought to be favourites at Meppen, as the guests enjoy a 32 point supremacy from their 32 league matches this season.

Insights:
  • Meppen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

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.

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Meppen form and stats

Meppen's results here at Hänsch-Arena in the 3. Liga have been very modest with 4 victories, 3 draws and 9 defeats.

Meppen haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 273 minutes ago. Pourié scored that one.

The spoils were shared in Meppen's previous game, also at home. Visiting Saarbrücken (placed 6th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Borussia Dortmund II (0-1).

Lots of goals? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 12 most recent league matches with this team has contained at least three goals.

Meppen are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 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. When Meppen hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like VfB Oldenburg, Borussia Dortmund II, Hallescher FC, Bayreuth, Zwickau and Rot-Weiss Essen), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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Saarbrücken form and stats

Playing away, Saarbrücken have won 8 games, drawn 4 and suffered 4 defeats in the 3. Liga this season. One point away has become something of a habit for Saarbrücken who have played out draws in their last three away games.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Meppen (placed 20th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Dynamo Dresden.

Saarbrücken are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 25 times in 16 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (14 so far).

Head 2 Head

Saarbrücken have won or drawn the last 4 games (2-2-0) facing Meppen.

This isn't the first time these parties meet this season, as the records show this recent game: Saarbrücken - Meppen 0-0.

Top Goalscorers

MeppenM. Pourié
M. Pourié
8 goals
SaarbrückenA. Grimaldi
A. Grimaldi
8 goals
SaarbrückenS. Jacob
S. Jacob
7 goals

Meppen missing players

Saarbrücken missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Meppen Saarbrücken
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 17 4 Played P 5 17 33
4 4 0 Won W 3 8 16
13 4 1 Drew D 1 5 9
16 9 3 Lost L 1 4 8
32 21 1 Scored S 12 25 55
59 31 8 Conceded C 5 14 35
85% 88% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 88%
79% 82% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 71% 73%
61% 71% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 41% 55%
33% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 18% 33%
9% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 15%
52% 47% 25% BTTS BTTS 60% 41% 45%
18% 18% 25% Clean Sheets C S 20% 41% 42%
45% 47% 75% Failed to Score F T 20% 29% 24%
 
5.2 5.4 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.4 4.9 5.7
5.3 5 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 5.1 5.1
2.4 2.1 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.9
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10.1 10.9 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.6 10.1 11.7
3.6 4 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.8 5.1 5.3
27% 31% 5% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 29% 31%
 
12.5 11.2 13.2 Shots against (avg) S A 8 9.5 10.2
5 4.8 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 3.8 3.9
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Meppen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 32 20 6 6 69 30 17 11 3 3 41 17 15 9 3 3 28 13 39 66
2 Wehen Wiesbaden 33 19 6 8 65 44 16 10 3 3 33 18 17 9 3 5 32 26 21 63
3 Freiburg II 33 18 9 6 47 30 16 11 4 1 27 11 17 7 5 5 20 19 17 63
4 Dynamo Dresden 33 17 8 8 57 37 17 8 5 4 33 20 16 9 3 4 24 17 20 59
5 Osnabruck 33 17 6 10 59 43 16 10 2 4 30 16 17 7 4 6 29 27 16 57
6 Saarbrücken 32 16 8 8 55 35 16 8 4 4 30 21 16 8 4 4 25 14 20 56
7 Waldhof Mannheim 33 17 3 13 53 54 16 13 1 2 29 16 17 4 2 11 24 38 -1 54
8 Viktoria Koln 33 13 11 9 51 46 17 8 4 5 25 24 16 5 7 4 26 22 5 50
9 1860 München 33 14 7 12 53 45 17 9 2 6 31 20 16 5 5 6 22 25 8 49
10 Verl 32 12 9 11 53 47 16 7 6 3 30 21 16 5 3 8 23 26 6 45
11 Erzgebirge Aue 33 12 6 15 42 49 16 6 4 6 21 21 17 6 2 9 21 28 -7 42
12 Ingolstadt 33 11 5 17 45 52 16 4 3 9 16 25 17 7 2 8 29 27 -7 38
13 MSV Duisburg 32 9 11 12 42 49 16 3 8 5 21 24 16 6 3 7 21 25 -7 38
14 Borussia Dortmund II 32 11 4 17 38 41 17 6 2 9 18 20 15 5 2 8 20 21 -3 37
15 Rot-Weiss Essen 32 8 12 12 37 48 16 5 7 4 18 22 16 3 5 8 19 26 -11 36
16 Hallescher FC 33 8 11 14 45 53 17 5 5 7 28 25 16 3 6 7 17 28 -8 35
17 VfB Oldenburg 33 8 7 18 37 58 17 3 5 9 23 35 16 5 2 9 14 23 -21 31
18 Bayreuth 33 9 4 20 33 64 16 6 2 8 21 26 17 3 2 12 12 38 -31 31
19 Zwickau 32 7 7 18 32 61 15 5 3 7 17 19 17 2 4 11 15 42 -29 28
20 Meppen 32 4 12 16 32 59 16 4 3 9 21 31 16 0 9 7 11 28 -27 24

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 Elversberg 32 20 6 6 69 30 17 11 3 3 41 17 15 9 3 3 28 13 39 66
2 Wehen Wiesbaden 33 19 6 8 65 44 16 10 3 3 33 18 17 9 3 5 32 26 21 63
3 Freiburg II 33 18 9 6 47 30 16 11 4 1 27 11 17 7 5 5 20 19 17 63
4 Dynamo Dresden 33 17 8 8 57 37 17 8 5 4 33 20 16 9 3 4 24 17 20 59
5 Osnabruck 33 17 6 10 59 43 16 10 2 4 30 16 17 7 4 6 29 27 16 57
6 Saarbrücken 32 16 8 8 55 35 16 8 4 4 30 21 16 8 4 4 25 14 20 56
7 Waldhof Mannheim 33 17 3 13 53 54 16 13 1 2 29 16 17 4 2 11 24 38 -1 54
8 Viktoria Koln 33 13 11 9 51 46 17 8 4 5 25 24 16 5 7 4 26 22 5 50
9 1860 München 33 14 7 12 53 45 17 9 2 6 31 20 16 5 5 6 22 25 8 49
10 Verl 32 12 9 11 53 47 16 7 6 3 30 21 16 5 3 8 23 26 6 45
11 Erzgebirge Aue 33 12 6 15 42 49 16 6 4 6 21 21 17 6 2 9 21 28 -7 42
12 Ingolstadt 33 11 5 17 45 52 16 4 3 9 16 25 17 7 2 8 29 27 -7 38
13 MSV Duisburg 32 9 11 12 42 49 16 3 8 5 21 24 16 6 3 7 21 25 -7 38
14 Borussia Dortmund II 32 11 4 17 38 41 17 6 2 9 18 20 15 5 2 8 20 21 -3 37
15 Rot-Weiss Essen 32 8 12 12 37 48 16 5 7 4 18 22 16 3 5 8 19 26 -11 36
16 Hallescher FC 33 8 11 14 45 53 17 5 5 7 28 25 16 3 6 7 17 28 -8 35
17 VfB Oldenburg 33 8 7 18 37 58 17 3 5 9 23 35 16 5 2 9 14 23 -21 31
18 Bayreuth 33 9 4 20 33 64 16 6 2 8 21 26 17 3 2 12 12 38 -31 31
19 Zwickau 32 7 7 18 32 61 15 5 3 7 17 19 17 2 4 11 15 42 -29 28
20 Meppen 32 4 12 16 32 59 16 4 3 9 21 31 16 0 9 7 11 28 -27 24

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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.