After three games we know a little more about the qualities of MSV Duisburg and Saarbrücken in this fresh 3. Liga season. Read our match preview!
MSV Duisburg and Saarbrücken should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
MSV Duisburg form and stats
A 3. Liga draw at home so far for MSV Duisburg. Last season their home statistics were 11 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats from 19 matches.
MSV Duisburg shared the glory with VfB Lubeck in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Before that, Duisburg drew at home versus Zwickau.
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 Duisburg have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won two, drawn three and lost one.
At Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena, MSV Duisburg has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Saarbrücken form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first 3. Liga away game of the season. During their previous season 11 away games resulted in 8 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
257 minutes! That's how long the Saarbrücken goalkeeper Daniel Batz and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Saarbrücken are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the 3. Liga against Hallescher FC (placed 15th). Before that, Saarbrücken secured a home win against Hansa Rostock with the score 2-0.
As you can tell from the results above, Saarbrücken was very dominant against Hallescher FC, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with M. Deville (2), N. Shipnoski and M. Mendler providing the goals.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Saarbrücken in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Saarbrücken, one draw and three defeats.
It's early days yet, but Saarbrücken has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: one win for MSV Duisburg, one draw and zero wins for Saarbrücken. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  N. Shipnoski 2 goals |  M. Deville 2 goals |   L. Scepanik 1 goals |
MSV Duisburg missing players
Saarbrücken missing players
| MSV Duisburg | Saarbrücken | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | 10 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 9 | 29 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 100% | 47% |
- Saarbrücken has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in 3. Liga
- Saarbrücken has the the best goal difference (+6) in 3. Liga
| MSV Duisburg | Last season | Saarbrücken | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 11 | 23 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Won | W | 8 | 18 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 68 | 37 | Scored | S | 21 | 52 | ||
| 48 | 20 | Conceded | C | 13 | 18 | ||
| 97% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 78% | ||
| 58% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 57% | ||
| 42% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 39% | ||
| 18% | 16% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 17% | ||
| 71% | 74% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 35% | ||
| 18% | 26% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 48% | ||
| 13% | 5% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 22% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 385 | 219 | Total Shots | T S | 87 | 216 | ||
| 169 | 93 | Shots on Target | S O | 35 | 95 | ||
| 40% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 51% | 52% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Saarbrücken | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Verl | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 1860 München | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Ingolstadt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Unterhaching | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Turkgucu-Ataspor | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Bayern München II | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Viktoria Koln | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Zwickau | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Hansa Rostock | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Dynamo Dresden | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | Waldhof Mannheim | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Meppen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 15 | Hallescher FC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 16 | VfB Lubeck | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 17 | MSV Duisburg | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 18 | Uerdingen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 19 | Kaiserslautern | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 20 | Magdeburg | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 1 |
| 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 Koln | 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 |
| 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 | Saarbrücken | 23 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 52 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 34 | 55 |
| 2 | Elversberg | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 24 | 49 |
| 3 | SV Steinbach | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 22 | 48 |
| 4 | Homburg | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 46 |
| 5 | Astoria Walldorf | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 37 |
| 6 | Mainz 05 II | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 37 |
| 7 | Ulm | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 38 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 35 |
| 8 | Kickers Offenbach | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 32 |
| 9 | Hoffenheim II | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 29 |
| 10 | Bayern Alzenau | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -3 | 28 |
| 11 | Bahlinger SC | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 26 | -5 | 28 |
| 12 | FSV Frankfurt | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | -6 | 28 |
| 13 | Freiburg II | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -7 | 28 |
| 14 | Aalen | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 26 |
| 15 | Teutonia WS | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | -17 | 25 |
| 16 | Pirmasens | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -16 | 18 |
| 17 | Balingen | 23 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 24 | 57 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 28 | -33 | 11 |
| 18 | TuS RW Koblenz | 22 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 55 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 30 | -43 | 5 |
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