Soccer betting preview: Meppen welcomes Verl in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 03.October
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hänsch-Arena (16500 seats)

The 3. Liga season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Meppen and Verl promises to be an interesting one.

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 home fans saw their team lose the first 3. Liga game of the season here at Hänsch-Arena. Last season these fans witnessed 8 wins, 2 draws and 9 losses from Meppen's 19 home games.

Ahead of that match, Meppen lost 1-3 at home to 1860 München.

This is expected to be a close game, with Meppen perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Meppen as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Meppen has won five of these, drawn two and lost four.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Meppen at home in the league. 1 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Verl form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their 3. Liga travels is 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Things are running smoothly for Verl who hasn't tasted defeat in their last twelve matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Homberg. Two points from the last two away games for Verl, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

180 minutes! That's how long the Verl goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Verl won their last game, 3-0 versus Bayern München II played at home. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Wehen Wiesbaden.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Verl in our archives, and the results are: one win for Verl, two draws and two defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Verl has managed 0 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Meppen victory, zero draws and one Verl win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

VerlZ. Janjić
Z. Janjić
2 goals
MeppenM. Piossek
M. Piossek
1 goals
MeppenV. Rama
V. Rama
1 goals

Meppen missing players

Verl missing players

Meppen Verl
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 1 2
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
3 1 1 Scored S 0 0 3
3 3 3 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 50%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.5 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 3.5
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5 2 2 Total Shots T S 0 5 18
4 1 1 Shots on Target S O 0 1 6
75% 100% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
Meppen Last season Verl
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   1 2
16 8   Won W   0 0
10 2   Drew D   1 2
12 9   Lost L   0 0
69 35   Scored S   2 3
57 32   Conceded C   2 3
89% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
84% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 100%
66% 68%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   100% 50%
39% 37%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   100% 50%
24% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
63% 63%   BTTS BTTS   100% 100%
26% 16%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 0%
21% 21%   Failed to Score F T   0% 0%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.1 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0 1.5
5 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
409 226   Total Shots T S   10 21
184 100   Shots on Target S O   7 11
36% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 27%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ingolstadt 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
2 Türkgücü-Ataspor 2 1 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 4
3 Verl 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 4
4 1860 München 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 4
5 Saarbrucken 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
6 Wehen Wiesbaden 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
7 Zwickau 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
8 Dynamo Dresden 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
9 Hansa Rostock 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
10 Meppen 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
11 Hallescher FC 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
12 Unterhaching 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
13 Waldhof Mannheim 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
14 VfB Lübeck 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
15 MSV Duisburg 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 1
16 Viktoria Köln 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 1
17 Magdeburg 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
18 Bayern München II 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
19 Uerdingen 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
20 Kaiserslautern 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München II 38 19 8 11 76 60 19 11 4 4 42 28 19 8 4 7 34 32 16 65
2 Wurzburger Kickers 38 19 7 12 71 60 19 11 2 6 36 26 19 8 5 6 35 34 11 64
3 Eintracht Braunschweig 38 18 10 10 64 53 19 10 5 4 35 26 19 8 5 6 29 27 11 64
4 Ingolstadt 38 17 12 9 61 40 19 7 7 5 32 24 19 10 5 4 29 16 21 63
5 MSV Duisburg 38 17 11 10 68 48 19 11 6 2 37 20 19 6 5 8 31 28 20 62
6 Hansa Rostock 38 17 8 13 54 43 19 11 4 4 31 16 19 6 4 9 23 27 11 59
7 Meppen 38 16 10 12 69 57 19 8 2 9 35 32 19 8 8 3 34 25 12 58
8 1860 München 38 16 10 12 63 54 19 9 6 4 35 22 19 7 4 8 28 32 9 58
9 Waldhof Mannheim 38 13 17 8 52 47 19 5 9 5 25 27 19 8 8 3 27 20 5 56
10 Kaiserslautern 38 14 13 11 59 54 19 7 9 3 27 18 19 7 4 8 32 36 5 55
11 Unterhaching 38 12 15 11 50 53 19 5 9 5 23 25 19 7 6 6 27 28 -3 51
12 Viktoria Köln 38 14 9 15 65 71 19 8 4 7 31 30 19 6 5 8 34 41 -6 51
13 Uerdingen 38 12 12 14 40 54 19 5 6 8 21 30 19 7 6 6 19 24 -14 48
14 Magdeburg 38 10 17 11 49 42 19 6 6 7 31 24 19 4 11 4 18 18 7 47
15 Hallescher FC 38 12 10 16 64 66 19 6 7 6 36 32 19 6 3 10 28 34 -2 46
16 Zwickau 38 11 11 16 56 61 19 8 5 6 38 29 19 3 6 10 18 32 -5 44
17 Chemnitzer FC 38 11 11 16 54 60 19 8 6 5 28 21 19 3 5 11 26 39 -6 44
18 Preuen Munster 38 9 13 16 49 62 19 7 6 6 27 30 19 2 7 10 22 32 -13 40
19 Sonnenhof Groaspach 38 8 8 22 33 67 19 3 4 12 17 41 19 5 4 10 16 26 -34 32
20 Carl Zeiss Jena 38 5 8 25 40 85 19 3 3 13 16 33 19 2 5 12 24 52 -45 23

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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.