Saarbrücken have delivered really well this season, sitting at 6th position in the table. Waldhof Mannheim have an outlook both ways from their 13th place.
- All of Saarbrücken's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Waldhof Mannheim have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
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.
Saarbrücken form and stats
Saarbrücken must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three 3. Liga games here at Stadion Ludwigspark.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Tim Paterok not having conceded a league goal in 210 minutes.
Saarbrücken shared the glory with Unterhaching in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.
Before that, Saarbrücken had a home game versus Borussia Dortmund II which ended with a victory 2-0.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Saarbrücken matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from 5 games).
The Saarbrücken manager Ziehl has got the team scoring with 7 from 3 home games in the league. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.
Waldhof Mannheim form and stats
Things could have gone better for Waldhof Mannheim in their 3. Liga away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.
Waldhof Mannheim's previous game was their home loss versus Ulm (0-2).
Before that, Waldhof Mannheim secured a home win against Hallescher FC with the score 3-2.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 Waldhof Mannheim playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 0 away wins, 0 draws and 4 home wins.
Mannheim have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 3 league away games 4 goals have been scored. Waldhof Mannheim's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 5 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between these teams: Saarbrücken won three, Waldhof Mannheim were winners in six and we saw one draw. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Brünker 4 goals |  P. Schmidt 3 goals | K. Rabihic 2 goals |
Saarbrücken missing players
Waldhof Mannheim missing players
| Saarbrücken | Waldhof Mannheim | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 7 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 17% | 33% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 67% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 6.2 | 7.3 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.7 | 3.8 |
| 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.3 | 4.8 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 2.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13.3 | 14.3 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.7 | 8.2 |
| 4.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
| 36% | 41% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 36% | 45% |
| 11 | 11.3 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 12.3 | 9 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.3 | 4.3 |
- All of Saarbrücken's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Waldhof Mannheim's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Waldhof Mannheim have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Waldhof Mannheim have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Waldhof Mannheim 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 | Dynamo Dresden | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | Erzgebirge Aue | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 | Ulm | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | Jahn Regensburg | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Unterhaching | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Saarbrücken | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Viktoria Köln | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Arminia Bielefeld | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Borussia Dortmund II | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 8 |
| 11 | Ingolstadt | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Verl | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Waldhof Mannheim | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Sandhausen | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Hallescher FC | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -3 | 7 |
| 16 | Preußen Münster | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 17 | 1860 München | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 18 | VfB Lübeck | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 19 | Freiburg II | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 20 | MSV Duisburg | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
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