3. Liga match prediction and preview for MSV Duisburg vs Ingolstadt clash

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Date: Sat 25.January
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena (31515 seats)

The MSV Duisburg & Ingolstadt managers T. Lieberknecht and J. Saibene are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the 3. Liga league table.

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MSV Duisburg form and stats

MSV Duisburg, who have the most points (24) at home in 3. Liga, have been outstanding at home so far in the 3. Liga with 8 wins, 0 draws and only 1 loss. Ever since the Meppen game MSV Duisburg has been unbeatable here at Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena producing four straight wins.

MSV Duisburg manager T. Lieberknecht and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Sonnenhof Groaspach (placed 18th) in the 3. Liga. Before that, MSV Duisburg played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Unterhaching.

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 MSV Duisburg have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won 8 times, drawn 0 and lost 2.

The MSV Duisburg manager T. Lieberknecht has got the team scoring with 22 from 9 home games in the league. MSV Duisburg's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Ingolstadt form and stats

As the visiting team in 3. Liga matches, Ingolstadt, who have the most scored goals (42) in 3. Liga, have produced an overall stat of 5-2-2 so far. Things are running smoothly for Ingolstadt who hasn't tasted defeat in their last eleven matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Bayern München II.

Ingolstadt won their last game, 5-1 versus Carl Zeiss Jena played at home. That result followed a home victory 5-1 versus Carl Zeiss Jena.

As mentioned above, Ingolstadt was the only team on the pitch versus Carl Zeiss Jena in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.

We have checked recent matches where Ingolstadt have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were W2-D1-L2.

Ingolstadt has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 16 goals from 9 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Ingolstadt - MSV Duisburg 3-2 entered in the official records. MSV Duisburg-Ingolstadt H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: MSV Duisburg 3 wins, Ingolstadt 3 wins, 4 draws. 5 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

MSV DuisburgM. Stoppelkamp
M. Stoppelkamp
13 goals
IngolstadtD. Eckert Ayensa
D. Eckert Ayensa
9 goals
MSV DuisburgL. Daschner
L. Daschner
8 goals

MSV Duisburg missing players

Ingolstadt missing players

MSV Duisburg Ingolstadt
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 9 0 Played P 2 9 20
12 8 0 Won W 1 5 10
3 0 0 Drew D 1 2 7
5 1 0 Lost L 0 2 3
41 22 0 Scored S 3 16 42
27 10 0 Conceded C 0 7 23
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 78% 85%
95% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 78% 85%
70% 78% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 70%
45% 56% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 40%
20% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 30%
75% 78% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 60%
20% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 56% 35%
5% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 20%
 
4.9 5.4 0 Corners For (avg) C F 4 4.6 5.1
4.8 4.1 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 5.6 5.5
1.6 0.9 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.9 1.8
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 3 4
 
207 112 0 Total Shots T S 19 88 226
96 53 0 Shots on Target S O 7 36 92
42% 40% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 44% 46%
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • All of MSV Duisburg's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Ingolstadt has the most scored goals (42)
  • Ingolstadt has the most scored goals in the first half (20)
  • Ingolstadt has the the best goal difference (+19)
  • Ingolstadt have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • MSV Duisburg has the most points (24) at home
  • MSV Duisburg has the the best goal difference (+12) at home
  • MSV Duisburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • MSV Duisburg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • MSV Duisburg have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • MSV Duisburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 MSV Duisburg 20 12 3 5 41 27 9 8 0 1 22 10 11 4 3 4 19 17 14 39
2 Ingolstadt 20 10 7 3 42 23 11 5 5 1 26 16 9 5 2 2 16 7 19 37
3 Waldhof Mannheim 20 8 9 3 33 25 10 3 4 3 14 16 10 5 5 0 19 9 8 33
4 Eintracht Braunschweig 20 9 6 5 32 25 11 4 3 4 17 18 9 5 3 1 15 7 7 33
5 Unterhaching 20 8 9 3 30 23 11 4 5 2 17 16 9 4 4 1 13 7 7 33
6 Hallescher FC 20 9 5 6 35 22 11 4 4 3 19 16 9 5 1 3 16 6 13 32
7 Meppen 20 8 7 5 40 29 9 5 1 3 22 14 11 3 6 2 18 15 11 31
8 Uerdingen 20 8 6 6 24 26 9 3 2 4 10 14 11 5 4 2 14 12 -2 30
9 Kaiserslautern 20 8 5 7 36 36 9 3 4 2 11 10 11 5 1 5 25 26 0 29
10 1860 München 20 8 5 7 29 29 9 4 4 1 16 8 11 4 1 6 13 21 0 29
11 Hansa Rostock 20 8 4 8 27 28 10 5 2 3 14 12 10 3 2 5 13 16 -1 28
12 Magdeburg 20 6 9 5 27 21 9 4 2 3 16 10 11 2 7 2 11 11 6 27
13 Würzburger Kickers 20 8 3 9 33 40 9 5 0 4 15 16 11 3 3 5 18 24 -7 27
14 Zwickau 20 6 6 8 31 30 10 4 2 4 19 13 10 2 4 4 12 17 1 24
15 Bayern München II 20 6 5 9 35 42 11 4 3 4 19 21 9 2 2 5 16 21 -7 23
16 Viktoria Köln 20 5 6 9 33 42 11 2 4 5 14 21 9 3 2 4 19 21 -9 21
17 Chemnitzer FC 20 4 8 8 31 36 10 3 5 2 15 13 10 1 3 6 16 23 -5 20
18 Sonnenhof Groaspach 20 4 5 11 21 40 11 1 3 7 12 26 9 3 2 4 9 14 -19 17
19 Preußen Münster 20 3 7 10 29 40 11 3 4 4 17 19 9 0 3 6 12 21 -11 16
20 Carl Zeiss Jena 20 3 3 14 20 45 9 1 2 6 8 17 11 2 1 8 12 28 -25 12

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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.