This is the 3. Liga season opener for these squads, whom look forward to competing for points again. Will Osnabrück or MSV Duisburg get that highly important first victory?
Osnabrück form and stats
The previous season, Osnabrück's league results were 16 wins, 10 draws and 10 losses, resulting in 6th spot in the 3. Liga. Over these 36 matches they scored 56 goals and gave away 48. Performing as the host team in the last season Osnabrück produced 8-3-7 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 19 conceded.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Osnabrück friendly games in pre-season: Osnabrück played four friendlies, won 3, drew 0 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Osnabrück scored 14 goals and conceded 4 in these four games.
MSV Duisburg form and stats
Let's have a look at how MSV Duisburg performed last season in the 3. Liga: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 3 draws and 20 defeats. In total they scored 46 and conceded 71 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 1 and lost 11 with 21/34 goals scored/conceded.
It's a day of discovery for MSV Duisburg as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which MSV Duisburg have played two with the results W0-D0-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games MSV Duisburg has scored 3 goals and conceded 10 times.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Osnabrück one win, four draws and MSV Duisburg five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Osnabrück missing players
MSV Duisburg missing players
| Osnabrück | MSV Duisburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osnabrück | Last season | MSV Duisburg | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Lost | L | 11 | 20 | ||
| 56 | 22 | Scored | S | 21 | 46 | ||
| 48 | 19 | Conceded | C | 34 | 71 | ||
| 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 69% | 56% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 72% | 75% | ||
| 56% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 61% | 58% | ||
| 33% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 39% | ||
| 19% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 28% | 28% | ||
| 61% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | ||
| 22% | 28% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 25% | ||
| 25% | 39% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 19% | ||
| 6.3 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.9 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 10.5 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 33% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 33% | ||
| 9.1 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.4 | 10.9 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.2 | ||
| Last season | 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 | 36 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 83 | 39 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 49 | 29 | 44 | 78 |
| 2 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 61 | 36 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 15 | 25 | 64 |
| 3 | Kaiserslautern | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 56 | 27 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 16 | 29 | 63 |
| 4 | 1860 München | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 67 | 50 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 17 | 61 |
| 5 | Waldhof Mannheim | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 58 | 40 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 18 | 60 |
| 6 | Osnabrück | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 56 | 48 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 29 | 8 | 58 |
| 7 | Saarbrucken | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 50 | 44 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 6 | 53 |
| 8 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 44 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 5 | 51 |
| 9 | Borussia Dortmund II | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 51 | 48 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 3 | 49 |
| 10 | Zwickau | 36 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 46 | 44 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 2 | 47 |
| 11 | Freiburg II | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 34 | 42 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 24 | -8 | 47 |
| 12 | Meppen | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 47 | 60 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 34 | -13 | 47 |
| 13 | Viktoria Koln | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 39 | 52 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 30 | -13 | 45 |
| 14 | Hallescher FC | 36 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 46 | 48 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 23 | -2 | 43 |
| 15 | MSV Duisburg | 36 | 13 | 3 | 20 | 46 | 71 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 37 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 34 | -25 | 42 |
| 16 | Verl | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 56 | 66 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 33 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 33 | -10 | 40 |
| 17 | Viktoria Berlin | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 44 | 62 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 33 | -18 | 37 |
| 18 | Wurzburger Kickers | 36 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 34 | 59 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 32 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 27 | -25 | 30 |
| 19 | Havelse | 36 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 71 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 34 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 37 | -43 | 23 |
| 20 | Türkgücü-Ataspor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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