Preview: Saarbrücken favourite to triumph over Hallescher FC at Stadion Ludwigspark

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 13.May
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Ludwigspark (8644 seats)

A victory to the home team is anticipated from this game if the league standings is anything to judge by. The Saarbrücken club members are confident that the difference between 6th and Hallescher FC's 16th place in the table will show on the playing field.

Insights:
  • Saarbrücken have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Saarbrücken form and stats

The complete 3. Liga results playing at home this season for Saarbrücken are 9-4-4 (wins-draws-losses). After failing to beat Osnabruck here at Stadion Ludwigspark, Saarbrücken has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Daniel Batz not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.

A good away victory last time out for Saarbrücken, who won 1-0 against VfB Oldenburg (placed 18th). World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Ziehl when Çuni scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 58th minute.

Ahead of that match, Saarbrücken won a home game hosting 1860 München (2-0).

The Saarbrücken fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 32 goals in 17 league matches. Saarbrücken have conceded 21 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Hallescher FC form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Hallescher FC so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 3-6-8 (win-draw-lose).

Hallescher FC had fun at their own home (Stadion Ludwigspark) last time out, beating Ingolstadt 1-0.

Ahead of that, the Reg. Cup Sachsan-Anhalt win away at 1. FC Merseburg.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Hallescher manager Ristic as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Westerhausen.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Hallescher FC have scored 18 goals in 17 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Hallescher FC struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 32 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Saarbrücken have won at least one point in the last 7 fixtures (5-2-0) versus Hallescher FC.

Hallescher FC - Saarbrücken 1-2 was the score in these participants' previous H2H game, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Hallescher FCT. Zimmerschied
T. Zimmerschied
10 goals
SaarbrückenA. Grimaldi
A. Grimaldi
8 goals
SaarbrückenM. Cuni
M. Cuni
8 goals

Saarbrücken missing players

Hallescher FC missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Saarbrücken Hallescher FC
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 17 6 Played P 4 17 35
18 9 5 Won W 0 3 9
8 4 1 Drew D 1 6 11
9 4 0 Lost L 3 8 15
58 32 15 Scored S 4 18 47
36 21 3 Conceded C 13 32 57
91% 88% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 89%
71% 76% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 65% 71%
51% 65% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 47% 51%
31% 47% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 47% 46%
14% 24% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 29% 23%
43% 47% 33% BTTS BTTS 75% 59% 57%
43% 47% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 24% 26%
23% 18% 17% Failed to Score F T 25% 29% 29%
 
5.7 6.2 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.9 5.6
5.2 5.4 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 4.9 5.3
2 1.9 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.8 2.8
2 2 1 Red cards R C 2 5 8
 
11.7 12.9 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 9.4 10.7
5.2 5.4 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.4 4.1
32% 35% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 31% 33%
 
10.2 10.5 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 12.8 11.5
3.8 3.8 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.2 5.6 4.8
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Saarbrücken have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 35 21 7 7 76 36 18 12 3 3 46 19 17 9 4 4 30 17 40 70
2 Freiburg II 35 18 10 7 48 32 17 11 5 1 28 12 18 7 5 6 20 20 16 64
3 Dynamo Dresden 35 18 9 8 61 39 18 9 5 4 36 21 17 9 4 4 25 18 22 63
4 Wehen Wiesbaden 35 19 6 10 67 49 17 10 3 4 34 20 18 9 3 6 33 29 18 63
5 Osnabruck 35 19 6 10 64 46 17 11 2 4 34 19 18 8 4 6 30 27 18 63
6 Saarbrücken 35 18 8 9 58 36 17 9 4 4 32 21 18 9 4 5 26 15 22 62
7 Waldhof Mannheim 35 18 3 14 58 58 17 14 1 2 33 17 18 4 2 12 25 41 0 57
8 1860 München 35 15 7 13 54 47 18 10 2 6 32 20 17 5 5 7 22 27 7 52
9 Viktoria Köln 35 13 13 9 53 48 18 8 5 5 26 25 17 5 8 4 27 23 5 52
10 Verl 35 13 9 13 56 52 18 8 6 4 32 23 17 5 3 9 24 29 4 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 35 9 11 15 47 57 18 6 5 7 29 25 17 3 6 8 18 32 -10 38
17 Meppen 35 7 12 16 37 60 18 6 3 9 24 31 17 1 9 7 13 29 -23 33
18 VfB Oldenburg 35 8 8 19 37 59 18 3 5 10 23 36 17 5 3 9 14 23 -22 32
19 Zwickau 35 8 7 20 38 68 17 6 3 8 20 22 18 2 4 12 18 46 -30 31
20 Bayreuth 35 9 4 22 35 73 17 6 2 9 21 30 18 3 2 13 14 43 -38 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 35 21 7 7 76 36 18 12 3 3 46 19 17 9 4 4 30 17 40 70
2 Freiburg II 35 18 10 7 48 32 17 11 5 1 28 12 18 7 5 6 20 20 16 64
3 Dynamo Dresden 35 18 9 8 61 39 18 9 5 4 36 21 17 9 4 4 25 18 22 63
4 Wehen Wiesbaden 35 19 6 10 67 49 17 10 3 4 34 20 18 9 3 6 33 29 18 63
5 Osnabruck 35 19 6 10 64 46 17 11 2 4 34 19 18 8 4 6 30 27 18 63
6 Saarbrücken 35 18 8 9 58 36 17 9 4 4 32 21 18 9 4 5 26 15 22 62
7 Waldhof Mannheim 35 18 3 14 58 58 17 14 1 2 33 17 18 4 2 12 25 41 0 57
8 1860 München 35 15 7 13 54 47 18 10 2 6 32 20 17 5 5 7 22 27 7 52
9 Viktoria Köln 35 13 13 9 53 48 18 8 5 5 26 25 17 5 8 4 27 23 5 52
10 Verl 35 13 9 13 56 52 18 8 6 4 32 23 17 5 3 9 24 29 4 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 35 9 11 15 47 57 18 6 5 7 29 25 17 3 6 8 18 32 -10 38
17 Meppen 35 7 12 16 37 60 18 6 3 9 24 31 17 1 9 7 13 29 -23 33
18 VfB Oldenburg 35 8 8 19 37 59 18 3 5 10 23 36 17 5 3 9 14 23 -22 32
19 Zwickau 35 8 7 20 38 68 17 6 3 8 20 22 18 2 4 12 18 46 -30 31
20 Bayreuth 35 9 4 22 35 73 17 6 2 9 21 30 18 3 2 13 14 43 -38 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.