3. Liga duel: Close contest expected between Sportfreunde Lotte and Energie Cottbus

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Date: Sun 21.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: FRIMO Stadion (10059 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the 3. Liga, Sportfreunde Lotte holding 14th place and Energie Cottbus lying 18th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Sportfreunde Lotte form and stats

The story so far for Sportfreunde Lotte, who have the fewest scored goals (10) at home in 3. Liga, at their home stadium (FRIMO Stadion) is 4 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats. The home stadium (FRIMO Stadion) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Sportfreunde Lotte it's been a house of straw as the last four games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?

Happy days for Sportfreunde Lotte in their previous game, a 3. Liga match away at Aalen that ended with a 2-1 victory. Preceding that match was the home game against Uerdingen that was lost 1-3.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sportfreunde Lotte have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won 2n Drawn 1 Lost 3.

Sportfreunde Lotte have scored 10 goals here in 16 matches, not a lot. Sportfreunde Lotte have only conceded 14 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Energie Cottbus form and stats

Energie Cottbus have only collected 15 points from their away games after 4-3-9 (16 played). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Energie Cottbus are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

There were no winners in Energie Cottbus's previous match, a 3. Liga home game that ended 1-1 vs Kaiserslautern. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Carl Zeiss Jena wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Energie Cottbus playing away and similar expectations, we found 43 relevant matches. Results were 20 Energie Cottbus wins, 10 draws and 13 defeats.

Energie Cottbus are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 16 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Energie Cottbus have conceded 28 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Energie Cottbus - Sportfreunde Lotte 2-2, played this season. Numbers for the last one meeting between these two teams are: 0 wins for Sportfreunde Lotte, 1 draw and 0 wins for Energie Cottbus.

Top Goalscorers

S. Mamba
10 goals / 2 assists
M. Oesterhelweg
6 goals / 5 assists
D. Rangelov
5 goals / 1 assists

Sportfreunde Lotte missing players

Energie Cottbus missing players

Sportfreunde Lotte Energie Cottbus
Total Home Statistic Away Total
33 16 Played 16 33
30 10 Scored 17 42
37 14 Conceded 28 53
85% 75% Over 0.5 88% 91%
64% 50% Over 1.5 88% 88%
30% 19% Over 2.5 56% 61%
18% 6% Over 3.5 31% 27%
3% 0% Over 4.5 12% 12%
42% 31% Both teams to score 44% 55%
33% 44% Clean Sheet 31% 24%
39% 50% Failed To Score 38% 30%
 
3.8 3.9 Corners For (avg) 4.6 4.5
6 5.4 Corners Against (avg) 4.2 4.2
2.8 2.9 Yellow Cards (avg) 3.1 2.6
3 2 Red Cards (total) 1 3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Osnabrück 33 20 10 3 50 23 16 13 1 2 28 10 17 7 9 1 22 13 27 70
2 Karlsruher SC 33 16 11 6 51 32 16 8 4 4 30 21 17 8 7 2 21 11 19 59
3 Wehen Wiesbaden 33 18 4 11 63 42 17 9 2 6 26 16 16 9 2 5 37 26 21 58
4 Hallescher FC 33 16 8 9 38 29 16 7 4 5 20 16 17 9 4 4 18 13 9 56
5 Hansa Rostock 33 12 10 11 41 43 17 7 5 5 25 24 16 5 5 6 16 19 -2 46
6 Würzburger Kickers 33 12 9 12 46 39 17 7 4 6 25 23 16 5 5 6 21 16 7 45
7 Preußen Münster 33 13 6 14 41 40 17 8 3 6 23 11 16 5 3 8 18 29 1 45
8 Kaiserslautern 33 11 12 10 41 43 16 5 7 4 17 14 17 6 5 6 24 29 -2 45
9 1860 München 33 11 11 11 43 36 17 8 3 6 25 18 16 3 8 5 18 18 7 44
10 Uerdingen 33 13 5 15 39 51 16 5 4 7 19 27 17 8 1 8 20 24 -12 44
11 Zwickau 33 11 10 12 38 38 16 7 5 4 23 16 17 4 5 8 15 22 0 43
12 Meppen 33 12 7 14 42 44 17 8 3 6 28 23 16 4 4 8 14 21 -2 43
13 Unterhaching 33 9 14 10 45 39 17 5 8 4 24 9 16 4 6 6 21 30 6 41
14 Sportfreunde Lotte 33 9 12 12 30 37 16 4 6 6 10 14 17 5 6 6 20 23 -7 39
15 Sonnenhof Großaspach 33 7 17 9 29 33 17 5 9 3 18 15 16 2 8 6 11 18 -4 38
16 Eintracht Braunschweig 33 8 13 12 38 48 17 4 7 6 24 26 16 4 6 6 14 22 -10 37
17 Fortuna Köln 33 9 10 14 34 55 16 3 7 6 14 24 17 6 3 8 20 31 -21 37
18 Energie Cottbus 33 9 8 16 42 53 17 5 5 7 25 25 16 4 3 9 17 28 -11 35
19 Carl Zeiss Jena 33 7 13 13 36 52 16 3 9 4 18 21 17 4 4 9 18 31 -16 34
20 Aalen 33 6 12 15 40 50 16 3 5 8 24 28 17 3 7 7 16 22 -10 30

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