3. Liga: Saarbrücken are ready for the visit of Meppen in what is nearly guaranteed to be an interesting football match. Here's all you should know!
- Saarbrücken have the most points from losing position (21) in 3. Liga
- Meppen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
This promises to be an engaging game with lots of action and energy as both teams are well recovered since they last played a game. Let's go!
Saarbrücken form and stats
The total 3. Liga statistics at home this season for Saarbrücken are 7-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).
A good away victory last time out for Saarbrücken, who won 5-1 against Turkgucu-Ataspor (placed 20th).
Ahead of that match, Saarbrücken lost 0-1 at home to Viktoria Koln.A decent goal production from Saarbrücken in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 14 league matches. Saarbrücken have conceded 17 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Meppen form and stats
5-2-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Meppen in their 3. Liga matches away. Meppen seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Meppen have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 180 minutes ago. Feigenspan was the goal scorer.
Home advantage was not enough for Meppen in their previous game as they lost hosting Osnabruck, 0-1.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Freiburg II's place.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Meppen playing away, we found five games. Results were zero away wins, two draws and three home wins.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Meppen as they have only managed to score 13 times from 14 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Meppen have conceded 29 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Meppen - Saarbrücken 2-2 was the story when these two squads previously did battle, some time ago this season. Previous three meetings with these sides: Saarbrücken won one, Meppen were winners in one and we saw one draw. one game with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
![]() L. Tankulic 12 goals | ![]() A. Grimaldi 11 goals | ![]() J. Günther-Schmidt 8 goals |
Saarbrücken missing players
Meppen missing players
| Saarbrücken | Meppen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 47 | 23 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 36 |
| 35 | 17 | 7 | Conceded | C | 15 | 29 | 42 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 86% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 68% |
| 54% | 50% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 50% | 46% |
| 32% | 29% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 43% | 39% |
| 18% | 7% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 21% | 18% |
| 61% | 57% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 36% | 39% |
| 25% | 29% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 21% | 32% |
| 21% | 14% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 43% | 29% |
| 5.2 | 6.1 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.7 | 5.8 |
| 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 6.1 | 5.1 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.4 | 10.7 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 8.4 | 9.5 |
| 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| 39% | 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 6% | 20% | 27% |
| 8.9 | 8.5 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.8 | 11.6 | 10 |
| 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9 | 5.6 | 4.4 |
- Meppen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Meppen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Meppen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Saarbrücken have the most points from losing position (21) in 3. Liga
- Saarbrücken haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 29 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 64 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 20 | 36 | 65 |
| 2 | Kaiserslautern | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 43 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 25 | 53 |
| 3 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 49 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 23 | 48 |
| 4 | Saarbrücken | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 12 | 46 |
| 5 | Waldhof Mannheim | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 41 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 46 |
| 6 | 1860 München | 29 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 47 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 46 |
| 7 | Osnabruck | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 40 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 12 | 45 |
| 8 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 43 |
| 9 | Freiburg II | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 37 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 21 | -7 | 42 |
| 10 | Borussia Dortmund II | 29 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 41 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 41 |
| 11 | Meppen | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 36 | 42 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 29 | -6 | 41 |
| 12 | Hallescher FC | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -1 | 36 |
| 13 | Viktoria Koln | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 26 | -13 | 34 |
| 14 | Zwickau | 27 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 32 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -5 | 32 |
| 15 | MSV Duisburg | 29 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 39 | 54 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 25 | -15 | 32 |
| 16 | Viktoria Berlin | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 34 | 46 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 26 | -12 | 27 |
| 17 | Verl | 28 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 37 | 52 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 29 | -15 | 25 |
| 18 | Wurzburger Kickers | 29 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 44 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -20 | 24 |
| 19 | Havelse | 28 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 49 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 29 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 20 | -26 | 21 |
| 20 | Turkgucu-Ataspor | 29 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 24 | -17 | 18 |
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