3. Liga: Osnabrück - Kaiserslautern pre-match thoughts and the hard facts

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bremer Brücke (16667 seats)

Osnabrück will want to employ their home advantage to help shorten the gap to today’s adversaries. The home side are currently 5 points behind Kaiserslautern.

Insights:
  • Kaiserslautern have the fewest conceded goals (18) in 3. Liga

Kaiserslautern could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a 3. Liga game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at 1860 München. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Osnabrück form and stats

The overall 3. Liga stats at home this season for Osnabrück are 6-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).

A strong away win for Osnabrück against Meppen the last match, as Beermann were on target.

Before that, Osnabrück played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Viktoria Köln.

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

The Osnabrück fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 13 matches. Osnabrück have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Kaiserslautern form and stats

5-4-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Kaiserslautern in their 3. Liga matches away.

Kaiserslautern lost away at 1860 München (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Verl.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Kaiserslautern playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were five Kaiserslautern wins, five draws and five defeats.

The visiting Kaiserslautern have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 14 games. It's not easy to score on Kaiserslautern as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams meet this season, as the history books show this recent fixture: Kaiserslautern - Osnabrück 2-0. Osnabrück-Kaiserslautern H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Osnabrück three wins, Kaiserslautern five wins, zero draws. three of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

OsnabrückM. Heider
M. Heider
8 goals
OsnabrückB. Simakala
B. Simakala
8 goals
OsnabrückS. Klaas
S. Klaas
6 goals

Osnabrück missing players

Kaiserslautern missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Osnabrück Kaiserslautern
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 2 Played P 3 14 28
12 6 2 Won W 0 5 14
9 3 0 Drew D 1 4 8
6 4 0 Lost L 2 5 6
40 14 5 Scored S 0 17 42
27 8 2 Conceded C 2 12 18
89% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 86% 86%
67% 46% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 64% 68%
48% 31% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 36%
19% 8% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 18%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 4%
52% 31% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 29% 25%
30% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 43% 57%
30% 46% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 43% 32%
 
6.5 7 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.3 4.6
4.8 5.1 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 5.4 4.8
2.2 2.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.9 2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
11.7 12.3 12 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 8.9 9.8
4.6 4.9 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4 4.2
33% 22% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 30% 35%
 
9.1 9.2 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 10 9.1
4.4 4.5 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 3.6 3.4
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Kaiserslautern have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Kaiserslautern have the fewest conceded goals (18) in 3. Liga
  • Kaiserslautern have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in 3. Liga
  • Kaiserslautern have the most clean sheets (16) 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 Magdeburg 28 20 4 4 63 27 14 11 2 1 26 7 14 9 2 3 37 20 36 64
2 Kaiserslautern 28 14 8 6 42 18 14 9 4 1 25 6 14 5 4 5 17 12 24 50
3 Eintracht Braunschweig 27 13 9 5 49 26 14 6 6 2 23 15 13 7 3 3 26 11 23 48
4 Saarbrucken 28 13 7 8 47 35 14 7 3 4 23 17 14 6 4 4 24 18 12 46
5 Waldhof Mannheim 28 12 10 6 41 31 14 6 5 3 23 16 14 6 5 3 18 15 10 46
6 1860 München 29 12 10 7 47 38 15 7 4 4 28 22 14 5 6 3 19 16 9 46
7 Osnabrück 27 12 9 6 40 27 13 6 3 4 14 8 14 6 6 2 26 19 13 45
8 Wehen Wiesbaden 28 12 7 9 39 33 14 5 5 4 17 15 14 7 2 5 22 18 6 43
9 Borussia Dortmund II 28 12 5 11 41 35 14 4 5 5 16 15 14 8 0 6 25 20 6 41
10 Meppen 28 12 5 11 36 42 14 7 3 4 23 13 14 5 2 7 13 29 -6 41
11 Freiburg II 28 10 9 9 29 37 14 7 4 3 21 16 14 3 5 6 8 21 -8 39
12 Hallescher FC 28 9 8 11 37 38 14 7 3 4 25 19 14 2 5 7 12 19 -1 35
13 Viktoria Köln 28 9 7 12 31 42 14 5 5 4 22 18 14 4 2 8 9 24 -11 34
14 Zwickau 26 7 11 8 32 36 14 4 5 5 16 19 12 3 6 3 16 17 -4 32
15 MSV Duisburg 28 9 2 17 37 54 14 5 2 7 22 29 14 4 0 10 15 25 -17 29
16 Viktoria Berlin 27 7 6 14 34 46 13 5 3 5 18 20 14 2 3 9 16 26 -12 27
17 Verl 28 5 10 13 37 52 13 3 4 6 17 23 15 2 6 7 20 29 -15 25
18 Würzburger Kickers 28 4 9 15 23 44 14 1 5 8 12 27 14 3 4 7 11 17 -21 21
19 Havelse 28 5 6 17 23 49 14 3 0 11 11 29 14 2 6 6 12 20 -26 21
20 Türkgücü-Ataspor 28 6 8 14 27 45 14 5 4 5 18 21 14 1 4 9 9 24 -18 15

Germany:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Magdeburg 28 20 4 4 63 27 14 11 2 1 26 7 14 9 2 3 37 20 36 64
2 Kaiserslautern 28 14 8 6 42 18 14 9 4 1 25 6 14 5 4 5 17 12 24 50
3 Eintracht Braunschweig 27 13 9 5 49 26 14 6 6 2 23 15 13 7 3 3 26 11 23 48
4 Saarbrucken 28 13 7 8 47 35 14 7 3 4 23 17 14 6 4 4 24 18 12 46
5 Waldhof Mannheim 28 12 10 6 41 31 14 6 5 3 23 16 14 6 5 3 18 15 10 46
6 1860 München 29 12 10 7 47 38 15 7 4 4 28 22 14 5 6 3 19 16 9 46
7 Osnabrück 27 12 9 6 40 27 13 6 3 4 14 8 14 6 6 2 26 19 13 45
8 Wehen Wiesbaden 28 12 7 9 39 33 14 5 5 4 17 15 14 7 2 5 22 18 6 43
9 Borussia Dortmund II 28 12 5 11 41 35 14 4 5 5 16 15 14 8 0 6 25 20 6 41
10 Meppen 28 12 5 11 36 42 14 7 3 4 23 13 14 5 2 7 13 29 -6 41
11 Freiburg II 28 10 9 9 29 37 14 7 4 3 21 16 14 3 5 6 8 21 -8 39
12 Hallescher FC 28 9 8 11 37 38 14 7 3 4 25 19 14 2 5 7 12 19 -1 35
13 Viktoria Köln 28 9 7 12 31 42 14 5 5 4 22 18 14 4 2 8 9 24 -11 34
14 Zwickau 26 7 11 8 32 36 14 4 5 5 16 19 12 3 6 3 16 17 -4 32
15 MSV Duisburg 28 9 2 17 37 54 14 5 2 7 22 29 14 4 0 10 15 25 -17 29
16 Viktoria Berlin 27 7 6 14 34 46 13 5 3 5 18 20 14 2 3 9 16 26 -12 27
17 Verl 28 5 10 13 37 52 13 3 4 6 17 23 15 2 6 7 20 29 -15 25
18 Würzburger Kickers 28 4 9 15 23 44 14 1 5 8 12 27 14 3 4 7 11 17 -21 21
19 Havelse 28 5 6 17 23 49 14 3 0 11 11 29 14 2 6 6 12 20 -26 21
20 Türkgücü-Ataspor 28 6 8 14 27 45 14 5 4 5 18 21 14 1 4 9 9 24 -18 15

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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.