Read up on this engrossing match in the 3. Liga. Saarbrücken is in the 5th place after playing two games. They welcome Borussia Dortmund II who are placed 17th after two fixtures.
It's no vacation for neither Saarbrücken nor Borussia Dortmund II as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Saarbrücken form and stats
The hosts won their first 3. Liga game here at Hermann-Neuberger-Stadion, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Saarbrücken last season were 8 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses from 18 games.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Saarbrücken, as their goalkeeper Daniel Batz has completely shut out the opponents for 251 minutes in the 3. Liga.
A strong away win for Saarbrücken against Elversberg the last match, as Günther-Schmidt and Krätschmer were on target.
Ahead of that match, Saarbrücken won a home game hosting Verl (1-0).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Saarbrücken handle that role? We have found 19 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 9 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.
The manager Koschinat will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Ingolstadt in only three days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Saarbrücken at home in the league. 1 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Borussia Dortmund II form and stats
One match played away so far in the 3. Liga for Borussia Dortmund II and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 10 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses from 18 games.
Home advantage was not enough for Borussia Dortmund II in their previous game as they lost hosting Ingolstadt, 0-4. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Ingolstadt was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
A 1-1 draw at Wehen Wiesbaden's stadium before that.We have checked recent matches where Borussia Dortmund II have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 4 victories, 2 draws and 0 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Borussia are hosting Rot-Weiss Essen in the 3. Liga only three days away.
1 goal so far away for Borussia Dortmund II, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Saarbrücken two wins, three draws and Borussia Dortmund II one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Krätschmer 1 goals | J. Günther-Schmidt 1 goals |  A. Grimaldi 1 goals |
Saarbrücken missing players
Borussia Dortmund II missing players
| Saarbrücken | Borussia Dortmund II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 6.5 | 7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 6.5 |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| 0.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 10 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 8 |
| 7.5 | 7 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| 20% | 14% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 12% |
| 12 | 10 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 17 | 15 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Saarbrücken | Last season | Borussia Dortmund II | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 10 | 14 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 15 | ||
| 50 | 25 | Scored | S | 34 | 51 | ||
| 44 | 20 | Conceded | C | 29 | 48 | ||
| 92% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 75% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 72% | ||
| 47% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 47% | ||
| 22% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 39% | 31% | ||
| 11% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 14% | ||
| 61% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 53% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 25% | ||
| 19% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 31% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.1 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9.5 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 10.3 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 34% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 29% | ||
| 9.1 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | 1860 München | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Freiburg II | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Ingolstadt | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Elversberg | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Saarbrücken | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Viktoria Koln | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Waldhof Mannheim | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Osnabrück | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | MSV Duisburg | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Meppen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | Dynamo Dresden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Zwickau | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 13 | Erzgebirge Aue | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Verl | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 16 | VfB Oldenburg | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 17 | Borussia Dortmund II | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 1 |
| 18 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -7 | 1 |
| 19 | Bayreuth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Hallescher FC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
| 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 | Saarbrücken | 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 | Turkgucu-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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