Possible nail-biting contest in MSV Duisburg - Zwickau game

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 11.February
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena (31515 seats)

Get ready for 3. Liga and MSV Duisburg - Zwickau. In this super-preview you'll get statistics, results, numbercrunching, tendencies and news!

Insights:
  • MSV Duisburg have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in 3. Liga
  • Zwickau have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

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!

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MSV Duisburg form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the 3. Liga this season. MSV Duisburg have only managed 2 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena. Game days at Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Duisburg as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

MSV Duisburg drew their last game, 1-1 away at Rot-Weiss Essen (placed 13th).

Ahead of that match, Duisburg lost 1-2 at home to Osnabruck.

This is expected to be a close game, with MSV Duisburg perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with MSV Duisburg as a small favourite), we find 12 games. MSV Duisburg has won 7 of these, drawn 2 and lost 3.

MSV Duisburg are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 10 games. Duisburg have conceded 13 in these home matches.

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Zwickau form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Zwickau so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-6 (win-draw-lose).

Zwickau's last game was the home draw against Meppen (1-1).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Hallescher FC with the score of 2-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Zwickau playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 5 Zwickau wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

The attacking power of Zwickau when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 11 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Zwickau have conceded 20 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

MSV Duisburg and Zwickau have faced off already this season: Zwickau - MSV Duisburg 0-1. Duisburg-Zwickau H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: MSV Duisburg three wins, Zwickau four wins, two draws. four of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

MSV DuisburgM. Stoppelkamp
M. Stoppelkamp
6 goals
ZwickauD. Baumann
D. Baumann
5 goals
ZwickauJ. Gomez
J. Gomez
3 goals

MSV Duisburg missing players

Zwickau missing players

MSV Duisburg Zwickau
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 4 11 21
7 2 1 Won W 0 2 5
5 4 2 Drew D 3 3 5
9 4 0 Lost L 1 6 11
25 11 3 Scored S 1 8 19
28 13 2 Conceded C 4 20 32
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 82% 86%
71% 70% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 73% 62%
43% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 55% 43%
29% 30% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 24%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 19%
52% 70% 67% BTTS BTTS 25% 36% 38%
19% 10% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 36% 29%
29% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 45% 48%
 
5.1 6 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 5.6 5.7
6.3 3.4 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 6.3 5.5
2.5 2.2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.5 2.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
9.8 9.8 11 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.5 10
4 3.9 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.5 3.3
30% 28% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 21% 28%
 
10.9 8.3 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 12.6 10.5
4 3.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 5.3 3.8
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • MSV Duisburg have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in 3. Liga
  • MSV Duisburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Zwickau have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Zwickau have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 21 16 2 3 53 18 11 9 0 2 31 10 10 7 2 1 22 8 35 50
2 Wehen Wiesbaden 21 12 5 4 39 23 10 6 3 1 19 10 11 6 2 3 20 13 16 41
3 Freiburg II 21 11 6 4 26 21 11 7 3 1 15 8 10 4 3 3 11 13 5 39
4 Saarbrücken 21 10 6 5 31 22 10 4 4 2 14 14 11 6 2 3 17 8 9 36
5 Waldhof Mannheim 21 11 3 7 34 33 11 9 1 1 19 9 10 2 2 6 15 24 1 36
6 1860 München 21 10 4 7 37 28 11 7 1 3 24 11 10 3 3 4 13 17 9 34
7 Osnabruck 21 10 4 7 39 31 10 7 1 2 20 10 11 3 3 5 19 21 8 34
8 Dynamo Dresden 21 9 6 6 37 24 11 4 4 3 24 15 10 5 2 3 13 9 13 33
9 Ingolstadt 21 9 4 8 29 23 10 4 2 4 11 11 11 5 2 4 18 12 6 31
10 Viktoria Koln 21 7 7 7 30 30 10 4 2 4 13 15 11 3 5 3 17 15 0 28
11 Verl 21 7 7 7 28 28 11 5 5 1 19 12 10 2 2 6 9 16 0 28
12 MSV Duisburg 21 7 5 9 25 28 10 2 4 4 11 13 11 5 1 5 14 15 -3 26
13 Rot-Weiss Essen 21 5 10 6 26 32 10 2 6 2 10 15 11 3 4 4 16 17 -6 25
14 Erzgebirge Aue 21 5 6 10 23 30 10 2 4 4 11 12 11 3 2 6 12 18 -7 21
15 VfB Oldenburg 21 5 6 10 26 39 11 2 4 5 17 25 10 3 2 5 9 14 -13 21
16 Borussia Dortmund II 21 6 3 12 17 30 11 3 1 7 7 15 10 3 2 5 10 15 -13 21
17 Zwickau 21 5 5 11 19 32 10 3 2 5 11 12 11 2 3 6 8 20 -13 20
18 Bayreuth 21 5 4 12 15 36 10 4 2 4 9 14 11 1 2 8 6 22 -21 19
19 Hallescher FC 21 4 5 12 27 38 11 4 2 5 18 15 10 0 3 7 9 23 -11 17
20 Meppen 21 2 10 9 20 35 11 2 3 6 13 19 10 0 7 3 7 16 -15 16

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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.