Soccer match preview: Home fans have high expectations when Saarbrücken take on VfB Oldenburg

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Wed 09.November
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Ludwigspark (8644 seats)

The 3. Liga match summary, better known as a league table, tells a tale about these contenders so far, with Saarbrücken in front of VfB Oldenburg by 12 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • Saarbrücken have the fewest conceded goals (11) in 3. Liga
  • VfB Oldenburg have the most conceded goals (29) in 3. Liga

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 VfB Oldenburg.

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Saarbrücken form and stats

3 victories, 4 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Saarbrücken have to build on here at Stadion Ludwigspark in the 3. Liga.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Daniel Batz not having conceded a league goal in 219 minutes.

Saarbrücken enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at 1860 München's place. The match ended 1-0 with Çuni scoring.

Before that game, a nice away victory at Hertha Wiesbach. A Reg. Cup Saarland game.

There will be little rest for Saarbrücken after this match as they are travelling to Hallescher FC for a 3. Liga game in only three days.

Saarbrücken has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. From these home matches, Saarbrücken have conceded only 6 goals.

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VfB Oldenburg form and stats

VfB Oldenburg have only collected 7 points from their away games in the 3. Liga, after 2-1-4 (7 played). With the Oldenburg losing streak of five defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

VfB Oldenburg might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Rot-Weiss Essen proved too strong as VfB Oldenburg slumped to a 3-5 defeat in front of their own fans at Marschwegstadion. As you can tell from the result, the match against Rot-Weiss Essen was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 8 goals, will the fun continue today?

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Freiburg II's place.

Betting fact: Both teams have scored goal(s) in 8 of this club's latest 10 league games.

A new game in only four days for VfB Oldenburg, the 3. Liga home match versus Waldhof Mannheim. Busy days.

The attacking power of Oldenburg when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away. VfB Oldenburg have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

SaarbrückenS. Jacob
S. Jacob
7 goals
VfB OldenburgM. Wegner
M. Wegner
5 goals
SaarbrückenM. Cuni
M. Cuni
4 goals

Saarbrücken missing players

VfB Oldenburg missing players

Saarbrücken VfB Oldenburg
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 7 3 Played P 3 7 15
7 3 1 Won W 0 2 4
6 4 2 Drew D 0 1 3
2 0 0 Lost L 3 4 8
22 9 3 Scored S 1 6 19
11 6 2 Conceded C 5 10 29
80% 71% 33% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
47% 43% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 71% 80%
40% 43% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 43% 53%
33% 43% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 14% 33%
13% 14% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
33% 43% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 57% 67%
53% 57% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 7%
33% 29% 67% Failed to Score F T 67% 43% 27%
 
4.9 5.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 2.9 4.1
5.7 5.7 8 Corners against (avg) C A 8.7 6.6 5.8
1.4 1.3 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2.1 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.7 11.4 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 5.3 6.7 9.1
4.9 5.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 2.6 3.7
30% 24% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 33% 35%
 
11.8 13.4 14.3 Shots against (avg) S A 18 14.3 13.5
4.3 4.1 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9 6.4 5.8
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Saarbrücken have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Saarbrücken have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Saarbrücken have the fewest conceded goals (11) in 3. Liga
  • Saarbrücken have the most clean sheets (8) in 3. Liga
  • VfB Oldenburg have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • VfB Oldenburg have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • VfB Oldenburg have the fewest clean sheets (1) in 3. Liga
  • VfB Oldenburg have the most conceded goals (29) in 3. Liga
  • VfB Oldenburg have the most conceded goals in the second half (19) in 3. Liga
  • VfB Oldenburg have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in 3. Liga
  • VfB Oldenburg have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • VfB Oldenburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 15 11 2 2 38 14 8 6 0 2 21 7 7 5 2 0 17 7 24 35
2 1860 München 15 9 2 4 29 17 8 6 0 2 19 7 7 3 2 2 10 10 12 29
3 Freiburg II 15 8 4 3 19 16 8 5 2 1 10 7 7 3 2 2 9 9 3 28
4 Wehen Wiesbaden 15 8 3 4 31 19 7 4 2 1 16 9 8 4 1 3 15 10 12 27
5 Saarbrücken 15 7 6 2 22 11 7 3 4 0 9 6 8 4 2 2 13 5 11 27
6 Ingolstadt 15 7 4 4 22 14 7 3 2 2 8 7 8 4 2 2 14 7 8 25
7 Dynamo Dresden 15 6 4 5 24 19 8 3 2 3 16 13 7 3 2 2 8 6 5 22
8 Waldhof Mannheim 15 7 1 7 20 27 8 7 0 1 13 6 7 0 1 6 7 21 -7 22
9 Viktoria Koln 15 5 6 4 23 19 7 3 2 2 10 8 8 2 4 2 13 11 4 21
10 Verl 15 6 3 6 21 22 8 4 3 1 15 10 7 2 0 5 6 12 -1 21
11 Rot-Weiss Essen 15 5 5 5 23 26 7 2 3 2 9 14 8 3 2 3 14 12 -3 20
12 MSV Duisburg 15 5 4 6 17 19 7 2 4 1 9 7 8 3 0 5 8 12 -2 19
13 Borussia Dortmund II 15 5 3 7 13 20 7 3 1 3 6 9 8 2 2 4 7 11 -7 18
14 Hallescher FC 15 4 4 7 23 23 8 4 2 2 15 8 7 0 2 5 8 15 0 16
15 Osnabrück 15 4 4 7 24 26 7 4 1 2 12 7 8 0 3 5 12 19 -2 16
16 VfB Oldenburg 15 4 3 8 19 29 8 2 2 4 13 19 7 2 1 4 6 10 -10 15
17 Zwickau 15 4 3 8 14 25 8 3 1 4 10 10 7 1 2 4 4 15 -11 15
18 Bayreuth 15 3 4 8 10 26 7 2 2 3 5 12 8 1 2 5 5 14 -16 13
19 Meppen 15 2 6 7 16 27 8 2 2 4 11 13 7 0 4 3 5 14 -11 12
20 Erzgebirge Aue 15 2 5 8 15 24 7 1 3 3 7 10 8 1 2 5 8 14 -9 11

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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.