The home crowds await three points in this fixture, and the home advantage could be decisive against a struggling visitor. Saarbrücken are in 7th spot while the guesting Rot-Weiss Essen lose sleep at 14th.
- Saarbrücken have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rot-Weiss Essen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Saarbrücken and Rot-Weiss Essen.
Saarbrücken form and stats
The story so far in the 3. Liga for Saarbrücken at their home stadium (Stadion Ludwigspark) is 5 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Daniel Batz not having conceded a league goal in 202 minutes.
Saarbrücken's last game was hosting Bayreuth (after extra-time) (placed 16th) and winning 5-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Saarbrücken played a great game against Bayreuth and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Wehen Wiesbaden (after extra-time) with a 2-0 scoreline.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Saarbrücken have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 19 games) they have won 9 times, drawn 4 and lost 6.
Lots of goals? Who knows the future, but we do know that 9 of the 12 latest league matches with this club has seen at least three goals.
There will be little rest for Saarbrücken after this match as they are travelling to Merchweiler for a Reg. Cup Saarland game in only four days.
A decent goal production from Saarbrücken in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 13 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 20 goals have been conceded.
Rot-Weiss Essen form and stats
There's been little loot from Rot-Weiss Essen's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 14 away games in the 3. Liga. Rot-Weiss Essen only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 5 draws.
Rot-Weiss Essen delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Osnabrück (after extra-time) (placed 5th) in their previous match. As mentioned above, Rot-Weiss Essen drew the match against Osnabrück. Manager Dabrowski brought on Ennali to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
A 1-2 defeat away at Erzgebirge Aue (after extra-time) before that.We have checked recent matches where Rot-Weiss have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 1 victory, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Lacking goals? 10 of this side's most recent 12 league rounds have had zero, one or two goals.
Rot-Weiss Essen are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 14 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Rot-Weiss's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 21 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Rot-Weiss Essen - Saarbrücken 1-0 was the story when this pair of teams previously did battle, also in this season. Saarbrücken-Rot-Weiss Essen H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Saarbrücken one win, Rot-Weiss Essen one win, one draw. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  S. Jacob 7 goals |   F. Bastians 6 goals |  J. Günther-Schmidt 5 goals |
Saarbrücken missing players
Rot-Weiss Essen missing players
| Saarbrücken | Rot-Weiss Essen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 14 | 27 |
| 13 | 5 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 45 | 23 | 12 | Scored | S | 6 | 18 | 33 |
| 31 | 20 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 21 | 37 |
| 89% | 85% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 70% | 69% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 79% | 78% |
| 56% | 69% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 41% |
| 37% | 62% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 21% | 22% |
| 19% | 31% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 11% |
| 44% | 54% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 64% | 63% |
| 41% | 38% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 22% |
| 26% | 23% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 29% | 22% |
| 5.7 | 6.8 | 7.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| 5.1 | 4.8 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.4 | 4.7 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.9 | 13.8 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 10.8 | 10.4 |
| 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| 30% | 30% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 27% | 28% |
| 10.3 | 11.4 | 12.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 11 | 10.3 |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
- Rot-Weiss Essen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rot-Weiss Essen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- 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 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 63 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 39 | 59 |
| 2 | Freiburg II | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 57 |
| 3 | Waldhof Mannheim | 27 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 46 | 44 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 2 | 48 |
| 4 | Dynamo Dresden | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 48 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 19 | 47 |
| 5 | Osnabrück | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 54 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 16 | 47 |
| 6 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 50 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 12 | 47 |
| 7 | Saarbrücken | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 45 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 45 |
| 8 | Viktoria Koln | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 39 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 40 |
| 9 | Verl | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 38 |
| 10 | 1860 München | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 37 |
| 11 | Erzgebirge Aue | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 20 | -2 | 36 |
| 12 | Ingolstadt | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 38 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 22 | -1 | 35 |
| 13 | MSV Duisburg | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 21 | -2 | 34 |
| 14 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 27 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 33 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 21 | -4 | 33 |
| 15 | Hallescher FC | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 47 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 27 | -11 | 26 |
| 16 | Bayreuth | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 26 | 54 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 31 | -28 | 25 |
| 17 | Borussia Dortmund II | 27 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 24 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 20 | -16 | 24 |
| 18 | VfB Oldenburg | 27 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 51 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 21 | -20 | 24 |
| 19 | Zwickau | 27 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 47 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 30 | -22 | 24 |
| 20 | Meppen | 28 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 29 | 50 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 24 | -21 | 21 |
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