Evenly matched teams: Meppen vs Uerdingen match preview

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Wed 17.March
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hänsch-Arena (16500 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the 3. Liga, with both Meppen and Uerdingen experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 14th and the visitors in 18th place.

Insights:
  • Meppen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Uerdingen have the fewest scored goals (22) in 3. Liga

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a 3. Liga match only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Waldhof Mannheim.

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Meppen form and stats

Meppen have played 12 3. Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-0-6 (wins-draws-losses).

Meppen enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Waldhof Mannheim's place. The match ended 1-0 with Y. Osée scoring. Heartbreak before that as Meppen lost 0-1 at Viktoria Koln's place.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Meppen have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won four, drawn one and lost seven.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Meppen as they have a new game in only four days, a 3. Liga match thankfully also at home. Bayern München II are visiting.

Meppen are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 12 games. Meppen have conceded 21 from these games.

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Uerdingen form and stats

4 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Uerdingen, who have the fewest scored goals (22) in 3. Liga, playing as the away team in the 3. Liga this season.

Uerdingen's last game was the home draw against VfB Lubeck (1-1). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Hansa Rostock.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Uerdingen playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were four Uerdingen wins, one draw and six defeats.

Uerdingen has another fixture away, a 3. Liga game, against Unterhaching in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Uerdingen find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far). It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Uerdingen - Meppen 0-2. Last five meetings between the teams: Meppen won two, Uerdingen won two and one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

UerdingenM. Kiprit
M. Kiprit
4 goals
MeppenL. Bünning
L. Bünning
3 goals
MeppenV. Rama
V. Rama
3 goals

Meppen missing players

Uerdingen missing players

Meppen Uerdingen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 12 2 Played P 3 12 26
10 6 2 Won W 1 4 7
3 0 0 Drew D 1 5 8
14 6 0 Lost L 1 3 11
30 17 6 Scored S 3 12 22
41 21 4 Conceded C 2 10 31
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 88%
74% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 58% 65%
48% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 35%
30% 42% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 15%
15% 25% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
44% 58% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 42% 42%
30% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 50% 31%
30% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 38%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.9 2.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.2
3 2 0 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
8.3 9.2 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 7.4 8.2
3.4 4.1 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3 3.2
32% 35% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 33% 27%
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Meppen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Meppen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Uerdingen have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in 3. Liga
  • Uerdingen have the fewest scored goals (22) in 3. Liga
  • Uerdingen have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) 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 Dynamo Dresden 27 17 4 6 50 23 13 8 4 1 27 11 14 9 0 5 23 12 27 55
2 Ingolstadt 27 16 5 6 39 29 13 10 2 1 20 9 14 6 3 5 19 20 10 53
3 Hansa Rostock 27 15 6 6 40 26 13 9 2 2 25 13 14 6 4 4 15 13 14 51
4 Saarbrucken 28 12 9 7 48 38 14 6 5 3 28 19 14 6 4 4 20 19 10 45
5 1860 München 27 12 8 7 50 25 14 5 6 3 26 14 13 7 2 4 24 11 25 44
6 Wehen Wiesbaden 27 12 8 7 45 38 14 7 4 3 25 18 13 5 4 4 20 20 7 44
7 Verl 27 12 7 8 51 41 14 5 5 4 25 20 13 7 2 4 26 21 10 43
8 Turkgucu-Ataspor 27 10 10 7 35 32 13 5 6 2 15 13 14 5 4 5 20 19 3 40
9 Zwickau 26 10 6 10 33 33 14 4 2 8 15 19 12 6 4 2 18 14 0 36
10 Viktoria Koln 28 10 6 12 36 45 15 5 1 9 18 27 13 5 5 3 18 18 -9 36
11 Waldhof Mannheim 28 8 11 9 38 41 14 4 5 5 28 26 14 4 6 4 10 15 -3 35
12 Hallescher FC 27 9 8 10 32 45 14 5 4 5 15 20 13 4 4 5 17 25 -13 35
13 Bayern München II 28 8 9 11 36 38 14 5 3 6 17 16 14 3 6 5 19 22 -2 33
14 Meppen 27 10 3 14 30 41 12 6 0 6 17 21 15 4 3 8 13 20 -11 33
15 MSV Duisburg 27 8 6 13 34 47 14 5 2 7 17 23 13 3 4 6 17 24 -13 30
16 Magdeburg 28 7 7 14 27 40 13 2 4 7 9 20 15 5 3 7 18 20 -13 28
17 Kaiserslautern 27 4 14 9 26 34 13 1 9 3 9 13 14 3 5 6 17 21 -8 26
18 Uerdingen 26 7 8 11 22 31 14 3 3 8 10 21 12 4 5 3 12 10 -9 26
19 Unterhaching 28 7 3 18 30 42 14 5 2 7 17 18 14 2 1 11 13 24 -12 24
20 VfB Lubeck 27 6 6 15 28 41 13 4 3 6 12 14 14 2 3 9 16 27 -13 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.