3. Liga preview: Can Rot-Weiss Essen edge out victory against VfB Oldenburg?

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sun 30.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Essen (20650 seats)

Rot-Weiss Essen are itching to get the points at their own arena in this fixture vs VfB Oldenburg.

Insights:
  • VfB Oldenburg have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.

The visiting VfB Oldenburg played their last game only four days ago, a Reg. Cup Niedersachsen match. That game, against Atlas Delmenhorst, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for VfB Oldenburg.

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Rot-Weiss Essen form and stats

When playing at home in the 3. Liga, Rot-Weiss Essen have managed 5 wins, 7 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 16 games. When Rot-Weiss Essen hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Meppen, Borussia Dortmund II, Hallescher FC, Bayreuth, Zwickau and Rot-Weiss Essen), they have won 2 of 5 matches!

Rot-Weiss Essen's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-3 versus Waldhof Mannheim (placed 6th).

Prior to that, an away loss at Dynamo Dresden.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Rot-Weiss Essen handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Rot-Weiss are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 16 games. Rot-Weiss Essen's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 22 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. Rot-Weiss Essen has at home met teams with this table position (low), five times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 5 of 5 times.

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VfB Oldenburg form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their 3. Liga travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 9 defeats.

Oldenburg have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Felix Dornebusch. It's been 225 minutes since they last conceded in 3. Liga.

Two away matches in a row for VfB Oldenburg, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Atlas Delmenhorst in the Reg. Cup Niedersachsen.

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Freiburg II in the 3. Liga.

We have checked recent matches where VfB Oldenburg have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 3 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Oldenburg as they have only managed to score 14 times from 16 away games in the league. VfB Oldenburg have conceded 23 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have fought previously this season: VfB Oldenburg - Rot-Weiss 3-5. One of the stars has been Starke with 2 goals scored against Rot-Weiss Essen in these 1 games.

Top Goalscorers

Rot-Weiss EssenR. Berlinski
R. Berlinski
7 goals
Rot-Weiss EssenF. Bastians
F. Bastians
6 goals
VfB OldenburgM. Wegner
M. Wegner
6 goals

Rot-Weiss Essen missing players

VfB Oldenburg missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rot-Weiss Essen VfB Oldenburg
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
8 5 2 Won W 3 5 8
12 7 3 Drew D 1 2 7
12 4 0 Lost L 1 9 18
37 18 5 Scored S 6 14 37
48 22 1 Conceded C 5 23 58
94% 88% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
81% 81% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 75% 79%
47% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 44% 55%
22% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 30%
9% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
59% 56% 20% BTTS BTTS 60% 50% 64%
22% 38% 80% Clean Sheets C S 20% 12% 12%
25% 19% 40% Failed to Score F T 20% 38% 27%
 
3.6 3.8 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.4 4.1
4.8 4.2 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 7.4 6.2
2.2 1.9 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.5 2.3
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.1 9.9 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 7.6 9.1
4.3 4.2 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.8 3.2
27% 26% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 31% 35%
 
10.4 9.4 6 Shots against (avg) S A 12.8 13.2 12.5
4.7 4.4 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 5.2 5
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • VfB Oldenburg have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • VfB Oldenburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 34 20 7 7 71 34 17 11 3 3 41 17 17 9 4 4 30 17 37 67
2 Freiburg II 34 18 10 6 48 31 17 11 5 1 28 12 17 7 5 5 20 19 17 64
3 Wehen Wiesbaden 34 19 6 9 66 46 17 10 3 4 34 20 17 9 3 5 32 26 20 63
4 Dynamo Dresden 34 17 9 8 58 38 17 8 5 4 33 20 17 9 4 4 25 18 20 60
5 Osnabrück 33 17 6 10 59 43 16 10 2 4 30 16 17 7 4 6 29 27 16 57
6 Waldhof Mannheim 34 18 3 13 57 55 17 14 1 2 33 17 17 4 2 11 24 38 2 57
7 Saarbrücken 33 16 8 9 55 36 16 8 4 4 30 21 17 8 4 5 25 15 19 56
8 Viktoria Koln 34 13 12 9 52 47 17 8 4 5 25 24 17 5 8 4 27 23 5 51
9 1860 München 33 14 7 12 53 45 17 9 2 6 31 20 16 5 5 6 22 25 8 49
10 Verl 34 13 9 12 56 51 17 8 6 3 32 22 17 5 3 9 24 29 5 48
11 Erzgebirge Aue 34 12 7 15 43 50 17 6 5 6 22 22 17 6 2 9 21 28 -7 43
12 MSV Duisburg 34 10 12 12 48 51 17 3 9 5 23 26 17 7 3 7 25 25 -3 42
13 Ingolstadt 34 12 5 17 48 53 17 5 3 9 19 26 17 7 2 8 29 27 -5 41
14 Borussia Dortmund II 34 12 4 18 41 43 18 7 2 9 20 20 16 5 2 9 21 23 -2 40
15 Rot-Weiss Essen 32 8 12 12 37 48 16 5 7 4 18 22 16 3 5 8 19 26 -11 36
16 Hallescher FC 34 8 11 15 46 57 17 5 5 7 28 25 17 3 6 8 18 32 -11 35
17 VfB Oldenburg 33 8 7 18 37 58 17 3 5 9 23 35 16 5 2 9 14 23 -21 31
18 Bayreuth 34 9 4 21 33 68 17 6 2 9 21 30 17 3 2 12 12 38 -35 31
19 Meppen 34 6 12 16 35 60 17 5 3 9 22 31 17 1 9 7 13 29 -25 30
20 Zwickau 32 7 7 18 32 61 15 5 3 7 17 19 17 2 4 11 15 42 -29 28

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 34 20 7 7 71 34 17 11 3 3 41 17 17 9 4 4 30 17 37 67
2 Freiburg II 34 18 10 6 48 31 17 11 5 1 28 12 17 7 5 5 20 19 17 64
3 Wehen Wiesbaden 34 19 6 9 66 46 17 10 3 4 34 20 17 9 3 5 32 26 20 63
4 Dynamo Dresden 34 17 9 8 58 38 17 8 5 4 33 20 17 9 4 4 25 18 20 60
5 Osnabrück 33 17 6 10 59 43 16 10 2 4 30 16 17 7 4 6 29 27 16 57
6 Waldhof Mannheim 34 18 3 13 57 55 17 14 1 2 33 17 17 4 2 11 24 38 2 57
7 Saarbrücken 33 16 8 9 55 36 16 8 4 4 30 21 17 8 4 5 25 15 19 56
8 Viktoria Koln 34 13 12 9 52 47 17 8 4 5 25 24 17 5 8 4 27 23 5 51
9 1860 München 33 14 7 12 53 45 17 9 2 6 31 20 16 5 5 6 22 25 8 49
10 Verl 34 13 9 12 56 51 17 8 6 3 32 22 17 5 3 9 24 29 5 48
11 Erzgebirge Aue 34 12 7 15 43 50 17 6 5 6 22 22 17 6 2 9 21 28 -7 43
12 MSV Duisburg 34 10 12 12 48 51 17 3 9 5 23 26 17 7 3 7 25 25 -3 42
13 Ingolstadt 34 12 5 17 48 53 17 5 3 9 19 26 17 7 2 8 29 27 -5 41
14 Borussia Dortmund II 34 12 4 18 41 43 18 7 2 9 20 20 16 5 2 9 21 23 -2 40
15 Rot-Weiss Essen 32 8 12 12 37 48 16 5 7 4 18 22 16 3 5 8 19 26 -11 36
16 Hallescher FC 34 8 11 15 46 57 17 5 5 7 28 25 17 3 6 8 18 32 -11 35
17 VfB Oldenburg 33 8 7 18 37 58 17 3 5 9 23 35 16 5 2 9 14 23 -21 31
18 Bayreuth 34 9 4 21 33 68 17 6 2 9 21 30 17 3 2 12 12 38 -35 31
19 Meppen 34 6 12 16 35 60 17 5 3 9 22 31 17 1 9 7 13 29 -25 30
20 Zwickau 32 7 7 18 32 61 15 5 3 7 17 19 17 2 4 11 15 42 -29 28

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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.