Soccer fixture preview: Home crowds with big hopes before Osnabrück - Meppen

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sun 14.May
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bremer Brücke (16667 seats)

Only victory will be enough for the Osnabrück followers in this Bremer Brücke battle with Meppen, seeing as they have a solid lead on them in the 3. Liga table.

Insights:
  • Osnabrück have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Meppen have the fewest scored goals (13) away in 3. Liga

Osnabrück and Meppen 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.

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Osnabrück form and stats

35 points is a decent return from 17 3. Liga games here at Bremer Brücke for Osnabrück. The data says 11 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.

Happy days for Osnabrück in their previous game, a fixture away at Verl (placed 10th) that ended with a 1-0 victory.

Before that game, the 4-3 home victory against Zwickau.

Trouble hitting the net? Looking at this team's last 10 league games, 8 have had zero, one or two goals.

Osnabrück's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Meppen form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Meppen so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 1-9-7 (win-draw-lose).

Kleinsorge and Pourié scored in Meppen's previous match, the home game against Rot-Weiss Essen that ended 2-0. Which player has scored three games in a row for the away side? The answer is Pourié and that is solid stuff!

Prior to that result Meppen won their away game at Wehen Wiesbaden. The scoreline was 2-1.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Meppen as they have only managed to score 13 times from 17 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Meppen have conceded 29 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The last head-to-head encounter ended Meppen - Osnabrück 0-3, earlier this season. Osnabrück-Meppen H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Osnabrück five wins, Meppen two wins, one draw. three of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

OsnabrückB. Simakala
B. Simakala
18 goals
OsnabrückE. Engelhardt
E. Engelhardt
11 goals
MeppenM. Pourié
M. Pourié
11 goals

Osnabrück missing players

Meppen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Osnabrück Meppen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 4 17 35
19 11 4 Won W 1 1 7
6 2 0 Drew D 3 9 12
10 4 1 Lost L 0 7 16
64 34 12 Scored S 5 13 37
46 19 8 Conceded C 4 29 60
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 82% 89%
77% 71% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 76% 80%
54% 53% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 53% 60%
37% 47% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 35% 31%
29% 29% 60% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
60% 53% 60% BTTS BTTS 75% 59% 51%
26% 29% 40% Clean Sheets C S 25% 18% 20%
14% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 41% 40%
 
5.7 6.8 7.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.8 5.1
5.7 4.7 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 7.8 5.7 5.3
2.6 2.2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.8 2.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
10.9 12.6 13 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 9.1 10
4.7 5.5 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.2 3.6
39% 37% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 24% 29%
 
11.4 10.3 11.6 Shots against (avg) S A 17 14 12.8
4.4 3.7 4.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.4 5
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Meppen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Meppen have the fewest scored goals (13) away in 3. Liga
  • Osnabrück have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Meppen have scored away.
  • Osnabrück have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • 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 36 21 7 8 77 38 18 12 3 3 46 19 18 9 4 5 31 19 39 70
2 Freiburg II 36 19 10 7 50 33 18 12 5 1 30 13 18 7 5 6 20 20 17 67
3 Dynamo Dresden 36 19 9 8 62 39 18 9 5 4 36 21 18 10 4 4 26 18 23 66
4 Wehen Wiesbaden 36 20 6 10 69 50 18 11 3 4 36 21 18 9 3 6 33 29 19 66
5 Saarbrucken 36 19 8 9 60 36 18 10 4 4 34 21 18 9 4 5 26 15 24 65
6 Osnabrück 35 19 6 10 64 46 17 11 2 4 34 19 18 8 4 6 30 27 18 63
7 Waldhof Mannheim 36 18 3 15 59 61 18 14 1 3 34 20 18 4 2 12 25 41 -2 57
8 Viktoria Koln 36 14 13 9 57 49 18 8 5 5 26 25 18 6 8 4 31 24 8 55
9 1860 München 35 15 7 13 54 47 18 10 2 6 32 20 17 5 5 7 22 27 7 52
10 Verl 36 13 9 14 57 54 18 8 6 4 32 23 18 5 3 10 25 31 3 48
11 MSV Duisburg 36 11 12 13 51 53 18 4 9 5 26 26 18 7 3 8 25 27 -2 45
12 Ingolstadt 36 13 5 18 50 54 18 6 3 9 21 26 18 7 2 9 29 28 -4 44
13 Erzgebirge Aue 35 12 7 16 43 53 17 6 5 6 22 22 18 6 2 10 21 31 -10 43
14 Borussia Dortmund II 35 12 5 18 42 44 18 7 2 9 20 20 17 5 3 9 22 24 -2 41
15 Rot-Weiss Essen 35 9 13 13 39 50 17 5 8 4 18 22 18 4 5 9 21 28 -11 40
16 Hallescher FC 36 9 11 16 47 59 18 6 5 7 29 25 18 3 6 9 18 34 -12 38
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 35 7 12 16 37 60 18 6 3 9 24 31 17 1 9 7 13 29 -23 33
19 Zwickau 36 8 7 21 38 69 18 6 3 9 20 23 18 2 4 12 18 46 -31 31
20 Bayreuth 36 9 4 23 36 77 18 6 2 10 22 34 18 3 2 13 14 43 -41 31

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 Elversberg 36 21 7 8 77 38 18 12 3 3 46 19 18 9 4 5 31 19 39 70
2 Freiburg II 36 19 10 7 50 33 18 12 5 1 30 13 18 7 5 6 20 20 17 67
3 Dynamo Dresden 36 19 9 8 62 39 18 9 5 4 36 21 18 10 4 4 26 18 23 66
4 Wehen Wiesbaden 36 20 6 10 69 50 18 11 3 4 36 21 18 9 3 6 33 29 19 66
5 Saarbrucken 36 19 8 9 60 36 18 10 4 4 34 21 18 9 4 5 26 15 24 65
6 Osnabrück 35 19 6 10 64 46 17 11 2 4 34 19 18 8 4 6 30 27 18 63
7 Waldhof Mannheim 36 18 3 15 59 61 18 14 1 3 34 20 18 4 2 12 25 41 -2 57
8 Viktoria Koln 36 14 13 9 57 49 18 8 5 5 26 25 18 6 8 4 31 24 8 55
9 1860 München 35 15 7 13 54 47 18 10 2 6 32 20 17 5 5 7 22 27 7 52
10 Verl 36 13 9 14 57 54 18 8 6 4 32 23 18 5 3 10 25 31 3 48
11 MSV Duisburg 36 11 12 13 51 53 18 4 9 5 26 26 18 7 3 8 25 27 -2 45
12 Ingolstadt 36 13 5 18 50 54 18 6 3 9 21 26 18 7 2 9 29 28 -4 44
13 Erzgebirge Aue 35 12 7 16 43 53 17 6 5 6 22 22 18 6 2 10 21 31 -10 43
14 Borussia Dortmund II 35 12 5 18 42 44 18 7 2 9 20 20 17 5 3 9 22 24 -2 41
15 Rot-Weiss Essen 35 9 13 13 39 50 17 5 8 4 18 22 18 4 5 9 21 28 -11 40
16 Hallescher FC 36 9 11 16 47 59 18 6 5 7 29 25 18 3 6 9 18 34 -12 38
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 35 7 12 16 37 60 18 6 3 9 24 31 17 1 9 7 13 29 -23 33
19 Zwickau 36 8 7 21 38 69 18 6 3 9 20 23 18 2 4 12 18 46 -31 31
20 Bayreuth 36 9 4 23 36 77 18 6 2 10 22 34 18 3 2 13 14 43 -41 31

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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.