Saarbrücken meet Zwickau as obvious favourites: Read our preview

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 15.October
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hermann-Neuberger-Stadion (8644 seats)

Saarbrücken have claimed 9 of their 17 in total here at their home ground. What will happen against Zwickau?

Insights:
  • Saarbrücken have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Zwickau have the fewest points from losing position (0) in 3. Liga

These are active days for the team playing at home, as they had a match only three days ago in the Reg. Cup Saarland. That game was an away game at Noswendel Wadern, so at least Saarbrücken are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Saarbrücken form and stats

2-3-0 (win-draw-lost) are the 3. Liga numbers at home for Saarbrücken so far this season. The home fans are hungry for more even though Saarbrücken have been steadily collecting points here at Hermann-Neuberger-Stadion through three straight draws.

Saarbrücken are returning here after visiting Noswendel Wadern in a Reg. Cup Saarland fixture and winning with a 7-0 scoreline.

A 3. Liga defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Waldhof Mannheim.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Saarbrücken's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 2 matches, drawn 1 and lost 1.

The Saarbrücken fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. Saarbrücken have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Zwickau form and stats

Playing away, Zwickau have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the 3. Liga this season.

The attacking players of Zwickau have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 261 minutes.

Zwickau failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Wehen Wiesbaden (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 0-1.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Ingolstadt that ended 0-0.

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 Zwickau playing away, we found 6 games. Results were 3 away wins, 2 draws and 1 home win.

Highlight this: 9 of the latest 10 league fixtures involving this team have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Zwickau's away games in the league this season with only {1 goals} from 5 matches. For Zwickau, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Head to head data (for the former four meetings): Saarbrücken won one game, one match ended in a draw and Zwickau have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / two. The matches between these sides have sometimes been "violent", having seen 3 sending-offs from the last four duels.

Top Goalscorers

SaarbrückenS. Jacob
S. Jacob
5 goals
SaarbrückenR. Neudecker
R. Neudecker
2 goals
SaarbrückenM. Cuni
M. Cuni
2 goals

Saarbrücken missing players

Zwickau missing players

Saarbrücken Zwickau
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 5 2 Played P 1 5 11
4 2 1 Won W 0 1 3
5 3 1 Drew D 0 1 2
2 0 0 Lost L 1 3 6
16 6 1 Scored S 0 1 7
8 4 0 Conceded C 3 11 17
82% 80% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 82%
45% 40% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 55%
36% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 45%
36% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 18%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 18%
27% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 18%
55% 60% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 36%
36% 20% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 80% 64%
 
5.4 6.2 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 8 7.4 6
4.6 4 2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.4 5.5
1.6 1.6 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.9 11 14 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.8 9.7
5.5 6.2 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.8 3
26% 19% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 7% 21%
 
11.2 12 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11.8 9.7
3.8 3.4 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.6 3.1
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 scored more than double the goals of Zwickau.
  • Zwickau have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Zwickau have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Zwickau have the fewest points from losing position (0) in 3. Liga
  • Zwickau have the fewest scored goals (1) away in 3. Liga
  • Zwickau have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in 3. Liga
  • Zwickau have won significantly more corners away than 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 Elversberg 11 8 1 2 28 11 6 4 0 2 14 5 5 4 1 0 14 6 17 25
2 1860 München 11 7 2 2 24 14 6 5 0 1 16 5 5 2 2 1 8 9 10 23
3 Wehen Wiesbaden 11 6 3 2 23 12 5 3 2 0 12 5 6 3 1 2 11 7 11 21
4 Dynamo Dresden 11 6 2 3 20 13 6 3 1 2 14 10 5 3 1 1 6 3 7 20
5 Ingolstadt 11 5 4 2 14 8 5 2 2 1 4 3 6 3 2 1 10 5 6 19
6 Waldhof Mannheim 11 6 1 4 14 18 6 6 0 0 10 3 5 0 1 4 4 15 -4 19
7 Freiburg II 11 5 3 3 13 13 6 3 2 1 6 5 5 2 1 2 7 8 0 18
8 Saarbrücken 11 4 5 2 16 8 5 2 3 0 6 4 6 2 2 2 10 4 8 17
9 VfB Oldenburg 11 4 3 4 15 17 6 2 2 2 10 11 5 2 1 2 5 6 -2 15
10 Viktoria Köln 11 3 5 3 16 15 5 2 2 1 7 6 6 1 3 2 9 9 1 14
11 MSV Duisburg 11 4 2 5 12 14 5 2 2 1 7 5 6 2 0 4 5 9 -2 14
12 Osnabrück 11 3 4 4 17 14 5 3 1 1 9 3 6 0 3 3 8 11 3 13
13 Verl 11 3 3 5 13 17 6 2 3 1 10 7 5 1 0 4 3 10 -4 12
14 Rot-Weiss Essen 11 3 3 5 14 20 5 2 1 2 7 12 6 1 2 3 7 8 -6 12
15 Meppen 11 2 5 4 15 19 6 2 2 2 11 8 5 0 3 2 4 11 -4 11
16 Zwickau 11 3 2 6 7 17 6 2 1 3 6 6 5 1 1 3 1 11 -10 11
17 Hallescher FC 12 2 4 6 15 19 6 2 2 2 9 7 6 0 2 4 6 12 -4 10
18 Erzgebirge Aue 12 2 4 6 12 17 6 1 2 3 6 9 6 1 2 3 6 8 -5 10
19 Borussia Dortmund II 11 2 3 6 7 17 5 1 1 3 3 9 6 1 2 3 4 8 -10 9
20 Bayreuth 11 2 3 6 7 19 5 1 2 2 3 9 6 1 1 4 4 10 -12 9

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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.