Evenly matched teams: Unterhaching vs MSV Duisburg match preview

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Date: Sun 15.December
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Alpenbauer Sportpark (15053 seats)

A key match in 3. Liga as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 5th position and the visitors placed 1st, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Unterhaching and MSV Duisburg should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Unterhaching form and stats

4-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the 3. Liga numbers at home for Unterhaching, who have the most clean sheets (9) in 3. Liga, so far this season.

A good away victory last time out for Unterhaching, who won 3-0 against Carl Zeiss Jena (placed 20th). Before that game, the home loss against 1860 München with the scoreline 2-3.

This is expected to be a close game, with Unterhaching perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Unterhaching as a small favourite), we find five games. Unterhaching has won 2 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.

Unterhaching have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Alpenbauer Sportpark with 14 goals in 9 league matches. Unterhaching have conceded 13 in these home matches.

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MSV Duisburg form and stats

As the visiting team in 3. Liga matches, MSV Duisburg, who have the most scored goals (38) in 3. Liga, have produced an overall stat of 4-1-4 so far.

MSV Duisburg won their last game, 3-2 versus Bayern München II played at home. Prior to that match, the MSV Duisburg manager T. Lieberknecht faced defeat when travelling to Hallescher FC and losing 0-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with MSV Duisburg playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were 5 MSV Duisburg wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

MSV Duisburg are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 16 times in 9 away games so far. In the opposite end, MSV Duisburg have conceded 14 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last six games between these two teams, there's 1 Unterhaching victory, 1 draw and 4 MSV Duisburg wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MSV DuisburgM. Stoppelkamp
M. Stoppelkamp
12 goals
MSV DuisburgL. Daschner
L. Daschner
7 goals
UnterhachingM. Heinrich
M. Heinrich
6 goals

Unterhaching missing players

MSV Duisburg missing players

Unterhaching MSV Duisburg
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 1 Played P 4 9 18
8 4 0 Won W 1 4 12
7 3 0 Drew D 0 1 1
3 2 1 Lost L 3 4 5
27 14 0 Scored S 8 16 38
20 13 3 Conceded C 8 14 24
78% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
72% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 89% 94%
56% 56% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 67% 72%
22% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 44%
11% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 22% 22%
39% 44% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 72%
50% 44% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 22% 22%
33% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 25% 11% 6%
 
3.6 3.8 7 Corners For (avg) C F 5 4.3 4.9
6.2 6 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.2 5.7 4.9
2.9 3.2 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 1.6
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
 
135 71 13 Total Shots T S 32 72 184
67 39 4 Shots on Target S O 14 30 83
40% 36% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 53% 45%
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • MSV Duisburg has the most scored goals (38)
  • MSV Duisburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • MSV Duisburg is in the best form (5-0-1)
  • Unterhaching has the most clean sheets (9)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 MSV Duisburg 18 12 1 5 38 24 9 8 0 1 22 10 9 4 1 4 16 14 14 37
2 Ingolstadt 18 9 6 3 35 20 9 4 4 1 19 13 9 5 2 2 16 7 15 33
3 Eintracht Braunschweig 18 9 5 4 29 21 9 4 2 3 14 14 9 5 3 1 15 7 8 32
4 Hallescher FC 18 9 4 5 32 16 9 4 3 2 16 10 9 5 1 3 16 6 16 31
5 Unterhaching 18 8 7 3 27 20 9 4 3 2 14 13 9 4 4 1 13 7 7 31
6 Waldhof Mannheim 18 6 9 3 28 22 9 2 4 3 10 13 9 4 5 0 18 9 6 27
7 Magdeburg 18 6 8 4 25 17 9 4 2 3 16 10 9 2 6 1 9 7 8 26
8 Uerdingen 18 7 5 6 22 25 9 3 2 4 10 14 9 4 3 2 12 11 -3 26
9 1860 München 18 7 4 7 26 27 9 4 4 1 16 8 9 3 0 6 10 19 -1 25
10 Kaiserslautern 18 7 4 7 32 34 9 3 4 2 11 10 9 4 0 5 21 24 -2 25
11 Hansa Rostock 18 7 4 7 21 25 9 5 2 2 13 10 9 2 2 5 8 15 -4 25
12 Meppen 17 6 6 5 33 25 8 4 1 3 19 13 9 2 5 2 14 12 8 24
13 Zwickau 18 6 5 7 29 27 8 4 1 3 17 10 10 2 4 4 12 17 2 23
14 Wurzburger Kickers 18 7 2 9 27 37 9 5 0 4 15 16 9 2 2 5 12 21 -10 23
15 Bayern München II 18 6 4 8 33 38 9 4 2 3 17 17 9 2 2 5 16 21 -5 22
16 Viktoria Koln 18 5 6 7 32 36 9 2 4 3 13 15 9 3 2 4 19 21 -4 21
17 Chemnitzer FC 18 3 8 7 26 31 10 3 5 2 15 13 8 0 3 5 11 18 -5 17
18 Sonnenhof Groaspach 18 4 4 10 19 37 9 1 2 6 10 23 9 3 2 4 9 14 -18 16
19 Preuen Munster 17 2 7 8 26 36 9 2 4 3 15 18 8 0 3 5 11 18 -10 13
20 Carl Zeiss Jena 18 2 3 13 17 39 9 1 2 6 8 17 9 1 1 7 9 22 -22 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.