Meppen have been superior to Zwickau this season, but every match opens at 0-0. Here's all the knowledge you need prior to kickoff:
- Meppen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Zwickau have won significantly less corners away then at home.
Both sides have had plenty of rest since their last match. Let's trust this will be an animated match!
Meppen form and stats
22 points is a decent return from 10 3. Liga games here at Hänsch-Arena for Meppen. The data says 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
A strong away win for Meppen against Kaiserslautern the last match. Meppen travelled for their previous game, a trip to Kaiserslautern that ended 0-4. Meppen are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-4 away versus Kaiserslautern.
In the game before, an away victory in the Club Friendlies 3 match versus Rot-Weiss Essen with a 2-1 scoreline. 2-1 away at Rot-Weiss Essen before that. Prior to that, an away loss at Rot-Weiss Essen in the Club Friendlies 3.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 nine games) they have won three times, drawn two and lost four.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Meppen as they are travelling to their away game against Verl in the 3. Liga. That match is three days after this one.
The Meppen fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 10 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Meppen are not conceding a lot of goals here at Hänsch-Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 10 matches.
Zwickau form and stats
Playing away, Zwickau have won 2 games, drawn 6 and suffered 2 defeats in the 3. Liga this season.
Two travels in a row for Zwickau, whose coach Enochs could celebrate last time after the win against Carl Zeiss Jena. It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Carl Zeiss Jena in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 3-2. Two away games in a row for Zwickau, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 3-2 versus Carl Zeiss Jena.
Prior to that result Zwickau won their away game at Borussia Dortmund II in the 3. Liga. The scoreline was 1-3. Before that, Zwickau travelled to Borussia Dortmund II and returned home with a draw after the 3. Liga game finished 1-3. Prior to that match, the Zwickau manager Enochs faced defeat when travelling to Borussia Dortmund II and losing 1-3.We have checked recent matches where Zwickau have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were two victories, five draws and five defeats.
A new game in only three days for Zwickau, the 3. Liga home match versus Eintracht Braunschweig. Busy days.
Zwickau have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 13 goals have been scored. 14 goals have been conceded by Zwickau in these games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Zwickau - Meppen 1-1 was the story when these two sides formerly played each other, some time ago this season. Stats for the former nine meetings featuring these two contenders are: three wins for Meppen, four draws and two wins for Zwickau. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  L. Tankulic 11 goals |  M. Schikora 5 goals |  D. Baumann 5 goals |
Meppen missing players
Zwickau missing players
| Meppen | Zwickau | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 11 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 32 | 20 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 31 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 67% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 52% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 40% | 45% |
| 48% | 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 40% | 35% |
| 24% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 38% | 30% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 70% | 75% |
| 38% | 60% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 24% | 10% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 10% | 10% |
| 6.3 | 5.3 | 8.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 4.8 | 5.9 |
| 5 | 3.7 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7.3 | 6 |
| 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.3 | 10.2 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9 | 11.2 |
| 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 33% | 44% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 30% | 29% |
| 9.4 | 7.2 | 2.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 10.1 | 9.6 |
| 4.2 | 2.6 | 1.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
- Meppen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Meppen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Zwickau have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Zwickau haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Magdeburg | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 44 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 24 | 47 |
| 2 | Kaiserslautern | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 19 | 36 |
| 3 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 36 |
| 4 | Meppen | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 1 | 36 |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund II | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 34 |
| 6 | Waldhof Mannheim | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 34 |
| 7 | Saarbrücken | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 34 |
| 8 | Osnabruck | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 32 |
| 9 | 1860 München | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 32 |
| 10 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 30 |
| 11 | Freiburg II | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 19 | -14 | 27 |
| 12 | Viktoria Berlin | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 26 |
| 13 | Zwickau | 20 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 14 | -2 | 23 |
| 14 | Hallescher FC | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 22 |
| 15 | Verl | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -8 | 22 |
| 16 | Viktoria Koln | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 22 | -14 | 22 |
| 17 | Turkgucu-Ataspor | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -9 | 21 |
| 18 | MSV Duisburg | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 22 | -9 | 20 |
| 19 | Wurzburger Kickers | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -16 | 17 |
| 20 | Havelse | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -26 | 13 |
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