Only a win will satisfy the Saarbrücken supporters in this Stadion Ludwigspark clash with Zwickau, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the 3. Liga table.
- Saarbrücken has the most points from losing position (11) in 3. Liga
- Saarbrücken have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Zwickau have scored away.
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 Zwickau.
Saarbrücken form and stats
Overall 3. Liga stats at home this season for Saarbrücken are 4-3-2 (wins-draw-losses).
Saarbrücken are returning here after visiting Magdeburg in a 3. Liga game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. S. Jacob (2) scored the goal(s). Prior to that, an away loss at Meppen.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Saarbrücken handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, two draws and one defeat.
Goals decide football matches and Saarbrücken are scoring many of them at home; 19 on target from 9 league matches. 13 goals have been conceded.
Zwickau form and stats
Playing away, Zwickau have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the 3. Liga this season.
Home advantage was not enough for Zwickau in their previous game, as they lost their 3. Liga-match, hosting Ingolstadt, 0-2. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs VfB Lübeck.
Zwickau are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, two draws and seven defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Zwickau manager J. Enochs as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Verl.
The travelling fans enjoy Zwickau's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 6 league matches away. As opposed to that, Zwickau have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  N. Shipnoski 9 goals |  S. Jacob 8 goals |  M. Mendler 4 goals |
Saarbrücken missing players
Zwickau missing players
| Saarbrücken | Zwickau | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 31 | 19 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 81% |
| 61% | 78% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 28% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 6% |
| 22% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 72% | 78% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 62% |
| 17% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 12% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 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 | 1.7 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.8 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9.8 | 10.6 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 10.3 | 9.7 |
| 4.5 | 5.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 38% | 40% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 38% | 26% |
- All of Saarbrücken's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Zwickau's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Saarbrücken has the most points from losing position (11) in 3. Liga
- Saarbrücken have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Saarbrücken have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Zwickau have scored away.
- Saarbrücken have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Saarbrücken haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Zwickau have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Zwickau haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Dynamo Dresden | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 35 |
| 2 | Ingolstadt | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 34 |
| 3 | 1860 München | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 30 |
| 4 | Hansa Rostock | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 29 |
| 5 | Saarbrücken | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | Verl | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 28 |
| 7 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 27 |
| 8 | Turkgucu-Ataspor | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
| 9 | Hallescher FC | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 17 | -3 | 25 |
| 10 | Uerdingen | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | -3 | 23 |
| 11 | Viktoria Koln | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | -7 | 23 |
| 12 | Waldhof Mannheim | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -2 | 22 |
| 13 | Meppen | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 22 |
| 14 | Bayern München II | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -4 | 20 |
| 15 | Unterhaching | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 20 |
| 16 | Kaiserslautern | 18 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -6 | 19 |
| 17 | Zwickau | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | -5 | 18 |
| 18 | VfB Lübeck | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -7 | 16 |
| 19 | Magdeburg | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 15 |
| 20 | MSV Duisburg | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -10 | 15 |
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