Match guide for 3. Liga: Osnabrück - Freiburg II at Bremer Brücke

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 18.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bremer Brücke (16667 seats)

A lot of action is likely at Bremer Brücke when Osnabrück challenge Freiburg II in what looks to be a grand game. Here's the preview!

Insights:
  • Osnabrück haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Freiburg II have the most clean sheets (14) in 3. Liga

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Osnabrück form and stats

28 points is a decent return from 13 3. Liga games here at Bremer Brücke for Osnabrück. The data says 9 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Osnabrück after consecutive victories at their own ground.

The Osnabrück coach Schweinsteiger and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Rot-Weiss Essen (after extra-time) (placed 14th).

Before that, Osnabrück had a home game versus VfB Oldenburg (after extra-time) which ended with a victory 2-0.

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 Osnabrück have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 1 and lost 5.

Some stats: A review of the 10 most recent league games highlights that 9 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.

Goals decide football matches and Osnabrück are scoring many of them at home; 28 on target from 13 league matches. Osnabrück's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Freiburg II form and stats

7 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Freiburg II playing as the away team in the 3. Liga this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Freiburg II as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

Impressive finishing from Stark, Guttau, Baur and Kehl secured the home win 4-2 against Wehen Wiesbaden (after extra-time) in their previous game. A crazy, crazy game with lots of goals last time out for Freiburg, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that fun game, will this fixture be as much fun?

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Ingolstadt (after extra-time).

We have checked recent matches where Freiburg II have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 1 victory, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

Freiburg II find the net regularly in their away games. 18 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. 14 goals have been conceded by Freiburg II in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The former H2H encounter ended Freiburg II - Osnabrück 1-1, earlier this season. Numbers for the preceeding three meetings between these two squads are: zero wins for Osnabrück, one draw and two wins for Freiburg II. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: two games. One of the stars has been Vermeij with 4 goals scored against Osnabrück in these 3 encounters.

Top Goalscorers

OsnabrückB. Simakala
B. Simakala
12 goals
Freiburg IIV. Vermeij
V. Vermeij
12 goals
OsnabrückE. Engelhardt
E. Engelhardt
11 goals

Osnabrück missing players

Freiburg II missing players

Osnabrück Freiburg II
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 2 Played P 3 13 27
14 9 2 Won W 0 7 17
5 1 0 Drew D 1 3 6
8 3 0 Lost L 2 3 4
54 28 9 Scored S 2 18 40
38 14 1 Conceded C 7 14 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
85% 77% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 69% 70%
63% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 54% 37%
44% 54% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 31% 22%
33% 31% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
70% 54% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 46% 41%
19% 31% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 46% 52%
11% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 15% 11%
 
5.7 6.6 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 1 4.2 5
5.5 4.4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.8 4.3
2.6 2.1 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
11.2 12.6 17.5 Shots (avg) S ( 5.3 8.5 11
5 5.6 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.5 4.3
40% 38% 56% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 40% 34%
 
11 9.7 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 9.6 9.1
4.5 3.5 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.5 3.8
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Freiburg II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Freiburg II have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in 3. Liga
  • Freiburg II have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in 3. Liga
  • Freiburg II have the most clean sheets (14) in 3. Liga
  • Freiburg II have the most matches under the total-line (17) in 3. Liga
  • Freiburg II is in the best form (6-0-0) in 3. Liga
  • Osnabrück 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 Elversberg 27 18 5 4 63 24 14 10 2 2 37 13 13 8 3 2 26 11 39 59
2 Freiburg II 27 17 6 4 40 24 14 10 3 1 22 10 13 7 3 3 18 14 16 57
3 Waldhof Mannheim 27 15 3 9 46 44 14 12 1 1 27 13 13 3 2 8 19 31 2 48
4 Dynamo Dresden 27 13 8 6 48 29 14 6 5 3 28 16 13 7 3 3 20 13 19 47
5 Osnabrück 27 14 5 8 54 38 13 9 1 3 28 14 14 5 4 5 26 24 16 47
6 Wehen Wiesbaden 27 14 5 8 50 38 13 7 3 3 24 15 14 7 2 5 26 23 12 47
7 Saarbrücken 27 13 6 8 45 31 13 5 4 4 23 20 14 8 2 4 22 11 14 45
8 Viktoria Koln 28 10 10 8 39 38 14 6 3 5 18 20 14 4 7 3 21 18 1 40
9 Verl 27 10 8 9 41 37 14 6 6 2 25 18 13 4 2 7 16 19 4 38
10 1860 München 27 10 7 10 41 37 14 7 2 5 25 16 13 3 5 5 16 21 4 37
11 Erzgebirge Aue 27 10 6 11 33 35 13 5 4 4 17 15 14 5 2 7 16 20 -2 36
12 Ingolstadt 27 10 5 12 38 39 13 4 3 6 13 17 14 6 2 6 25 22 -1 35
13 MSV Duisburg 27 9 7 11 34 36 13 3 6 4 17 15 14 6 1 7 17 21 -2 34
14 Rot-Weiss Essen 27 7 12 8 33 37 13 4 7 2 15 16 14 3 5 6 18 21 -4 33
15 Hallescher FC 27 6 8 13 36 47 14 4 4 6 21 20 13 2 4 7 15 27 -11 26
16 Bayreuth 27 7 4 16 26 54 13 5 2 6 17 23 14 2 2 10 9 31 -28 25
17 Borussia Dortmund II 27 7 3 17 24 40 14 4 1 9 13 20 13 3 2 8 11 20 -16 24
18 VfB Oldenburg 27 6 6 15 31 51 14 3 4 7 21 30 13 3 2 8 10 21 -20 24
19 Zwickau 27 6 6 15 25 47 13 4 2 7 13 17 14 2 4 8 12 30 -22 24
20 Meppen 28 3 12 13 29 50 14 3 3 8 18 26 14 0 9 5 11 24 -21 21

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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.