An important duel in the bottom section of the 3. Liga, with both Meppen and Zwickau experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 14th and the visitors in 20th place.
- Meppen has the fewest points from losing position (0) in 3. Liga
- Zwickau is in the worst form (0-2-4)
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 Hansa Rostock.
Meppen form and stats
When playing at home in the 3. Liga, Meppen have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 6 games. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Meppen, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Erik Domaschke not having conceded a league goal in 378 minutes.
Meppen are returning here after visiting Hansa Rostock in a 3. Liga game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. V. Rama and Hassan Amin scored the goal(s). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Waldhof Mannheim in a game that was won 2-0.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Meppen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won four times, drawn two and lost four.
The manager C. Neidhardt will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to VfB Lubeck in only three days.
The Meppen fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. On the other hand, Meppen have conceded 8 goals.
Zwickau form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Zwickau playing as the away team in the 3. Liga this season.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a 3. Liga home defeat versus Magdeburg with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Viktoria Koln.
We have checked recent matches where Zwickau have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were three victories, two draws and seven defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Zwickau are hosting Hansa Rostock in the 3. Liga only four days away.
The visiting Zwickau have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 5 games. 6 goals have been conceded by Zwickau in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last six meetings between the teams: Meppen won three, Zwickau won one and two draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Rama 3 goals |   R. König 3 goals | L. Tankulic 2 goals |
Meppen missing players
Zwickau missing players
| Meppen | Zwickau | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 15 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 77% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 46% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 23% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 8% |
| 15% | 17% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 67% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 6 | 3.8 | 2.7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.2 | 8.8 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10.8 | 9.8 |
| 3.6 | 3.8 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 32% | 39% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 37% | 28% |
- All of Zwickau's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Meppen has the fewest points from losing position (0) in 3. Liga
- Meppen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Meppen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Zwickau has the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in 3. Liga
- Zwickau have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Zwickau haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Zwickau is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 29 |
| 2 | Saarbrücken | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 25 |
| 3 | Verl | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 24 |
| 4 | Ingolstadt | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 24 |
| 5 | 1860 München | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 23 |
| 6 | Hansa Rostock | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 23 |
| 7 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 22 |
| 8 | Viktoria Koln | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | -3 | 22 |
| 9 | Hallescher FC | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 16 | -6 | 21 |
| 10 | Uerdingen | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 19 |
| 11 | Turkgucu-Ataspor | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 18 |
| 12 | Waldhof Mannheim | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 18 |
| 13 | VfB Lubeck | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 16 |
| 14 | Meppen | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 15 | Unterhaching | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 16 |
| 16 | Bayern München II | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 15 |
| 17 | Kaiserslautern | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 15 |
| 18 | Magdeburg | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 14 |
| 19 | MSV Duisburg | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -9 | 14 |
| 20 | Zwickau | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
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