3. Liga match preview: Saarbrücken versus Waldhof Mannheim

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Wed 21.April
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Ludwigspark (8644 seats)

It's advantage Saarbrücken so far with their 6th position in the 3. Liga table, welcoming Waldhof Mannheim who are placed 11th.

Insights:
  • Saarbrücken have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Waldhof Mannheim have the fewest scored goals (11) away 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 Waldhof Mannheim.

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Saarbrücken form and stats

7 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Saarbrücken have to build on here at Stadion Ludwigspark in the 3. Liga.

Saarbrücken faced defeat in their previous match, away at Kaiserslautern (1-2). Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Türkgücü-Ataspor.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Saarbrücken handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, three draws and three defeats.

Saarbrücken can score goals in their home matches. After 16 league matches they have found the net 32 times. Saarbrücken's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 23 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Waldhof Mannheim form and stats

4 wins, 7 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Waldhof Mannheim, who have the fewest scored goals (11) away in 3. Liga, playing as the away team in the 3. Liga this season.

Waldhof Mannheim had fun at their own home (Stadion Ludwigspark) last time out, beating VfB Lübeck 3-2. D. Jastrzembski and D. Martinović (2) scored. A 1-1 draw at MSV Duisburg's stadium before that.

We have checked recent matches where Mannheim have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were three victories, four draws and three defeats.

After this away game Waldhof Mannheim return home for a 3. Liga game against 1860 München. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Waldhof Mannheim as they have only managed to score 11 times from 16 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Waldhof Mannheim have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Waldhof Mannheim - Saarbrücken 4-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Saarbrücken won three, Waldhof Mannheim won five and two draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SaarbrückenN. Shipnoski
N. Shipnoski
12 goals
Waldhof MannheimD. Martinović
D. Martinović
11 goals
SaarbrückenS. Jacob
S. Jacob
9 goals

Saarbrücken missing players

Waldhof Mannheim missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Saarbrücken Waldhof Mannheim
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
13 7 2 Won W 1 4 10
10 5 0 Drew D 1 7 12
9 4 3 Lost L 3 5 10
55 32 10 Scored S 2 11 43
46 23 8 Conceded C 8 17 45
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
88% 94% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 62% 69%
66% 81% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 12% 41%
34% 38% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 6% 34%
22% 25% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 22%
78% 81% 80% BTTS BTTS 20% 38% 53%
16% 19% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 31% 22%
9% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 44% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.2 2.1
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.4 10.4 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 8.4 10.2
4.3 4.9 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 3.2 4.4
40% 41% 34% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 21% 31%
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Saarbrücken have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Saarbrücken have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Waldhof Mannheim have scored away.
  • Waldhof Mannheim have the fewest scored goals (11) away in 3. Liga

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hansa Rostock 32 18 7 7 45 28 15 10 2 3 26 15 17 8 5 4 19 13 17 61
2 Dynamo Dresden 31 18 5 8 51 26 15 9 5 1 28 11 16 9 0 7 23 15 25 59
3 Ingolstadt 32 17 8 7 43 34 16 11 4 1 23 11 16 6 4 6 20 23 9 59
4 1860 München 32 16 9 7 59 28 16 7 6 3 30 16 16 9 3 4 29 12 31 57
5 Wehen Wiesbaden 32 14 9 9 52 43 16 8 5 3 28 20 16 6 4 6 24 23 9 51
6 Saarbrücken 32 13 10 9 55 46 16 7 5 4 32 23 16 6 5 5 23 23 9 49
7 Verl 32 13 9 10 60 49 17 6 6 5 30 23 15 7 3 5 30 26 11 48
8 Viktoria Koln 32 13 7 12 44 49 17 6 2 9 21 28 15 7 5 3 23 21 -5 46
9 Türkgücü-Ataspor 32 11 10 11 40 42 16 6 6 4 17 18 16 5 4 7 23 24 -2 43
10 Zwickau 32 11 9 12 39 40 16 5 2 9 18 22 16 6 7 3 21 18 -1 42
11 Waldhof Mannheim 32 10 12 10 43 45 16 6 5 5 32 28 16 4 7 5 11 17 -2 42
12 Hallescher FC 32 10 9 13 36 53 16 6 5 5 18 22 16 4 4 8 18 31 -17 39
13 Magdeburg 32 10 8 14 32 40 16 4 5 7 12 20 16 6 3 7 20 20 -8 38
14 MSV Duisburg 31 10 8 13 41 52 16 6 3 7 21 26 15 4 5 6 20 26 -11 38
15 Meppen 32 11 4 17 32 51 15 7 0 8 19 29 17 4 4 9 13 22 -19 37
16 Bayern München II 32 8 10 14 41 46 16 5 3 8 19 20 16 3 7 6 22 26 -5 34
17 Kaiserslautern 32 6 16 10 34 40 16 3 10 3 16 17 16 3 6 7 18 23 -6 34
18 Uerdingen 32 9 9 14 32 42 16 3 4 9 12 25 16 6 5 5 20 17 -10 33
19 VfB Lübeck 32 7 9 16 36 49 16 4 6 6 15 17 16 3 3 10 21 32 -13 30
20 Unterhaching 32 8 4 20 35 47 16 6 2 8 21 21 16 2 2 12 14 26 -12 28

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 Hansa Rostock 32 18 7 7 45 28 15 10 2 3 26 15 17 8 5 4 19 13 17 61
2 Dynamo Dresden 31 18 5 8 51 26 15 9 5 1 28 11 16 9 0 7 23 15 25 59
3 Ingolstadt 32 17 8 7 43 34 16 11 4 1 23 11 16 6 4 6 20 23 9 59
4 1860 München 32 16 9 7 59 28 16 7 6 3 30 16 16 9 3 4 29 12 31 57
5 Wehen Wiesbaden 32 14 9 9 52 43 16 8 5 3 28 20 16 6 4 6 24 23 9 51
6 Saarbrücken 32 13 10 9 55 46 16 7 5 4 32 23 16 6 5 5 23 23 9 49
7 Verl 32 13 9 10 60 49 17 6 6 5 30 23 15 7 3 5 30 26 11 48
8 Viktoria Koln 32 13 7 12 44 49 17 6 2 9 21 28 15 7 5 3 23 21 -5 46
9 Türkgücü-Ataspor 32 11 10 11 40 42 16 6 6 4 17 18 16 5 4 7 23 24 -2 43
10 Zwickau 32 11 9 12 39 40 16 5 2 9 18 22 16 6 7 3 21 18 -1 42
11 Waldhof Mannheim 32 10 12 10 43 45 16 6 5 5 32 28 16 4 7 5 11 17 -2 42
12 Hallescher FC 32 10 9 13 36 53 16 6 5 5 18 22 16 4 4 8 18 31 -17 39
13 Magdeburg 32 10 8 14 32 40 16 4 5 7 12 20 16 6 3 7 20 20 -8 38
14 MSV Duisburg 31 10 8 13 41 52 16 6 3 7 21 26 15 4 5 6 20 26 -11 38
15 Meppen 32 11 4 17 32 51 15 7 0 8 19 29 17 4 4 9 13 22 -19 37
16 Bayern München II 32 8 10 14 41 46 16 5 3 8 19 20 16 3 7 6 22 26 -5 34
17 Kaiserslautern 32 6 16 10 34 40 16 3 10 3 16 17 16 3 6 7 18 23 -6 34
18 Uerdingen 32 9 9 14 32 42 16 3 4 9 12 25 16 6 5 5 20 17 -10 33
19 VfB Lübeck 32 7 9 16 36 49 16 4 6 6 15 17 16 3 3 10 21 32 -13 30
20 Unterhaching 32 8 4 20 35 47 16 6 2 8 21 21 16 2 2 12 14 26 -12 28

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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.