This could be an engrossing game as MSV Duisburg have their presumed home advantage, while Saarbrücken have an edge of 20 points in the 3. Liga table.
- MSV Duisburg have the fewest dropped points from leading position (6) in 3. Liga
- Saarbrücken have the fewest conceded goals (15) away in 3. Liga
Duisburg can neither be promoted or relegated from 3. Liga. Saarbrücken are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
MSV Duisburg form and stats
MSV Duisburg have collected 21 points from their 3. Liga home games so far after 4-9-5.
No payout for Duisburg in their previous match, an away game at Ingolstadt that ended in defeat 0-2. The first setback in the shape of a loss after collecting points in five league rounds.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Erzgebirge Aue in a game that was won 3-0.Goals, goals, goals? Who knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 9 of the 12 latest league games with this club has seen three goals or more.
The MSV Duisburg fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 26 in 18 matches. MSV Duisburg's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 26 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Saarbrücken form and stats
The visitors are W9-D4-L5 on the road this term. That's in the 3. Liga.
Saarbrücken have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Daniel Batz. It's been 270 minutes since they last conceded in 3. Liga.
Çuni and Neudecker scored in Saarbrücken's previous match, the home game against Hallescher FC that ended 2-0.
Prior to that result Saarbrücken won their away game at VfB Oldenburg. The scoreline was 1-0.Few goals? 5 league fixtures in a row with this team have had zero, one or two goals.
The visiting Saarbrücken have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 26 goals from 18 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Saarbrücken as they have only conceded 15 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The fixture lists shows this result when the sides faced each other earlier this season; Saarbrücken - Duisburg 2-3. MSV Duisburg-Saarbrücken H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: MSV Duisburg two wins, Saarbrücken four wins, one draw. five of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
![]() M. Cuni 9 goals | ![]() A. Grimaldi 8 goals | ![]() M. Stoppelkamp 7 goals |
MSV Duisburg missing players
Saarbrücken missing players
| MSV Duisburg | Saarbrücken | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 36 | 18 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 18 | 36 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 12 | 9 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 51 | 26 | 7 | Scored | S | 5 | 26 | 60 |
| 53 | 26 | 7 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 36 |
| 97% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 94% | 92% |
| 81% | 78% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 72% |
| 53% | 56% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 39% | 50% |
| 42% | 44% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 31% |
| 14% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 14% |
| 50% | 61% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 39% | 42% |
| 22% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 39% | 44% |
| 31% | 22% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 28% | 22% |
| 4.8 | 5.5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.8 |
| 6.1 | 4.9 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5 | 5.1 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10.5 | 11.1 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 10.6 | 11.8 |
| 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
| 33% | 33% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 16% | 29% | 32% |
| 11.2 | 9.2 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.3 | 9.8 | 10.1 |
| 4 | 3.5 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
- MSV Duisburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- MSV Duisburg have the fewest dropped points from leading position (6) in 3. Liga
- Saarbrücken have the fewest conceded goals (15) away in 3. Liga
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Elversberg | 37 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 78 | 39 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 47 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 19 | 39 | 71 |
| 2 | Freiburg II | 37 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 52 | 34 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 70 |
| 3 | Osnabruck | 37 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 68 | 48 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 20 | 67 |
| 4 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 37 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 70 | 51 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 30 | 19 | 67 |
| 5 | Dynamo Dresden | 36 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 62 | 39 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 23 | 66 |
| 6 | Saarbrücken | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 60 | 36 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 15 | 24 | 65 |
| 7 | Waldhof Mannheim | 37 | 18 | 3 | 16 | 60 | 64 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 26 | 44 | -4 | 57 |
| 8 | 1860 München | 37 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 59 | 50 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 9 | 56 |
| 9 | Viktoria Koln | 37 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 57 | 51 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 6 | 55 |
| 10 | Verl | 37 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 58 | 56 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 31 | 2 | 48 |
| 11 | Ingolstadt | 37 | 14 | 5 | 18 | 53 | 54 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 28 | -1 | 47 |
| 12 | Borussia Dortmund II | 37 | 13 | 6 | 18 | 46 | 47 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 27 | -1 | 45 |
| 13 | MSV Duisburg | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 51 | 53 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 27 | -2 | 45 |
| 14 | Erzgebirge Aue | 37 | 12 | 8 | 17 | 46 | 59 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 31 | -13 | 44 |
| 15 | Hallescher FC | 37 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 49 | 59 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 34 | -10 | 41 |
| 16 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 37 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 41 | 54 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 30 | -13 | 41 |
| 17 | VfB Oldenburg | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 40 | 60 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 24 | -20 | 35 |
| 18 | Meppen | 36 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 39 | 62 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 31 | -23 | 34 |
| 19 | Zwickau | 36 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 38 | 69 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 46 | -31 | 31 |
| 20 | Bayreuth | 37 | 9 | 4 | 24 | 36 | 78 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 34 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 44 | -42 | 31 |
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