Meppen played 0-1 result versus Osnabruck in their previous game, a fixture to learn from. The next task is this formidable Saarbrücken team.
- Meppen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Saarbrücken have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in 3. Liga
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Meppen form and stats
When playing at home in the 3. Liga, Meppen have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 252 minutes without scoring a league goal. R. Guder was the last player to find the net.
The fans are hoping that Meppen will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the 3. Liga game against Osnabruck (placed 3rd).
Preceding that match was a defeat to Freiburg II (0-1).Meppen has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Meppen have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Saarbrücken form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their 3. Liga travels is 1 win, 3 draws and 0 defeats. It's three draws from Saarbrücken's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
The supporters enjoyed Saarbrücken's previous game versus Turkgucu-Ataspor (placed 11th), a 3. Liga 3-1 win played at home.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Viktoria Köln.There's been a serious shortage of goals from Saarbrücken's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches. Saarbrücken's manager U. Koschinat has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 1 conceded goal. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Meppen one win, zero draws and Saarbrücken one victory. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Gouras 4 goals |  L. Tankulic 2 goals | J. Günther-Schmidt 2 goals |
Meppen missing players
Saarbrücken missing players
| Meppen | Saarbrücken | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 12 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 50% | 78% |
| 56% | 25% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 25% | 67% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 44% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 25% | 56% |
| 33% | 75% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 75% | 44% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 22% |
| 6 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 6 | 5.8 |
| 5.7 | 3.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 6 | 5 |
| 3.2 | 2.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.3 | 8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.7 | 5 | 8 |
| 4.1 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 19% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 22% | 41% |
- Meppen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Meppen have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Meppen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Saarbrücken have not yet lost a game away.
- Saarbrücken have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in 3. Liga
- Saarbrücken have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in 3. Liga
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Magdeburg | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 19 |
| 2 | Viktoria Berlin | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 17 |
| 3 | Osnabruck | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Waldhof Mannheim | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | Saarbrücken | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | Borussia Dortmund II | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| 7 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Hallescher FC | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 9 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 | Verl | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Turkgucu-Ataspor | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 12 |
| 12 | MSV Duisburg | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -2 | 12 |
| 13 | 1860 München | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 14 | Meppen | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 11 |
| 15 | Zwickau | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 8 |
| 16 | Freiburg II | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 8 |
| 17 | Wurzburger Kickers | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 18 | Kaiserslautern | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 19 | Viktoria Köln | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -9 | 5 |
| 20 | Havelse | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -11 | 4 |
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