Osnabrück supporters put their faith in manager D. Scherning to deliver victory against Meppen

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 18.September
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bremer Brücke (16667 seats)

Osnabrück are enjoying their 3rd, while Meppen are loitering 3 points behind in the standings. Can they reduce the gap?

Insights:
  • Osnabrück haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Meppen have yet to win a game 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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Osnabrück form and stats

The story so far in the 3. Liga for Osnabrück at their home stadium (Bremer Brücke) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Osnabrück after consecutive victories at their own ground.

An away draw last time out for Osnabrück, facing Eintracht Braunschweig in a game that ended 2-2.

Before that, Osnabrück had a home game versus Viktoria Koln which ended with a victory 3-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Osnabrück handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, zero draws and four defeats.

Osnabrück are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 4 games. Osnabrück are not conceding a lot of goals here at Bremer Brücke in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.

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Meppen form and stats

0 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Meppen playing as the away team in the 3. Liga this season.

Meppen might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Freiburg II proved too strong as Meppen slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Hänsch-Arena.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to 1860 München.

Meppen are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, six draws and ten defeats. From a total of 20 matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Meppen as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league. Meppen are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 3 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last four games between these two teams, there's two Osnabrück victories, one draw and one Meppen win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

OsnabrückM. Heider
M. Heider
5 goals
OsnabrückS. Klaas
S. Klaas
3 goals
MeppenL. Tankulic
L. Tankulic
2 goals

Osnabrück missing players

Meppen missing players

Osnabrück Meppen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 4 0 Played P 1 4 8
4 2 0 Won W 0 0 3
2 0 0 Drew D 0 2 2
2 2 0 Lost L 1 2 3
13 5 0 Scored S 0 3 7
7 3 0 Conceded C 5 10 11
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 62%
62% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 25%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 25% 12%
50% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 75% 38%
25% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 38%
25% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 25% 25%
 
4.5 4.8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6 7 5.8
4.9 5.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7 5.4
2.2 2.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3.8 3.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
9.4 9.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7.2 7.6
3.6 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.5 3.8
45% 31% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 23%
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • All of Meppen's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Meppen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Meppen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Meppen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Meppen have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Meppen have yet to win a game away.
  • Meppen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • 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 Magdeburg 8 6 1 1 15 6 3 2 1 0 3 1 5 4 0 1 12 5 9 19
2 Viktoria Berlin 8 5 2 1 18 7 5 4 0 1 10 3 3 1 2 0 8 4 11 17
3 Osnabrück 8 4 2 2 13 7 4 2 0 2 5 3 4 2 2 0 8 4 6 14
4 Borussia Dortmund II 8 4 2 2 14 9 4 1 2 1 5 4 4 3 0 1 9 5 5 14
5 Wehen Wiesbaden 8 4 2 2 12 11 3 1 1 1 4 5 5 3 1 1 8 6 1 14
6 Waldhof Mannheim 8 3 3 2 13 7 4 2 1 1 9 3 4 1 2 1 4 4 6 12
7 Eintracht Braunschweig 7 3 3 1 10 7 4 1 2 1 5 7 3 2 1 0 5 0 3 12
8 Hallescher FC 7 3 3 1 12 10 5 2 2 1 9 8 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 12
9 Saarbrücken 8 3 3 2 10 8 4 2 0 2 8 7 4 1 3 0 2 1 2 12
10 Türkgücü-Ataspor 8 3 3 2 10 9 4 2 1 1 6 5 4 1 2 1 4 4 1 12
11 Verl 8 3 3 2 14 14 4 1 2 1 6 7 4 2 1 1 8 7 0 12
12 1860 München 8 2 5 1 8 7 4 2 2 0 6 2 4 0 3 1 2 5 1 11
13 Meppen 8 3 2 3 7 11 4 3 0 1 4 1 4 0 2 2 3 10 -4 11
14 MSV Duisburg 8 3 0 5 8 11 3 2 0 1 5 2 5 1 0 4 3 9 -3 9
15 Freiburg II 7 2 2 3 5 11 3 1 1 1 3 5 4 1 1 2 2 6 -6 8
16 Kaiserslautern 8 1 3 4 4 8 4 1 3 0 4 1 4 0 0 4 0 7 -4 6
17 Viktoria Koln 8 1 2 5 8 16 4 1 2 1 6 5 4 0 0 4 2 11 -8 5
18 Zwickau 7 0 4 3 6 11 4 0 2 2 4 7 3 0 2 1 2 4 -5 4
19 Würzburger Kickers 8 0 4 4 3 8 4 0 3 1 2 3 4 0 1 3 1 5 -5 4
20 Havelse 8 0 1 7 2 14 4 0 0 4 1 8 4 0 1 3 1 6 -12 1

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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.