Unterhaching - Saarbrücken: Small difference between teams in 3. Liga clash

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sun 14.February
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Alpenbauer Sportpark (15053 seats)

Unterhaching hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 21 points and a 17th position in the 3. Liga table. Visiting Saarbrücken holds 10th place with 31 pts.

Insights:
  • Unterhaching is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Saarbrücken has the fewest clean sheets (1) away in 3. Liga

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.

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Unterhaching form and stats

The story so far in the 3. Liga for Unterhaching at their home stadium (Alpenbauer Sportpark) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Alpenbauer Sportpark, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Bayern München II game. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Unterhaching with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Turkgucu-Ataspor game, 25 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

In their previous game, the manager A. van Lent led his Unterhaching to a defeat in the 3. Liga match away at Meppen. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Alpenbauer Sportpark. Before that game, the home loss against Ingolstadt with the scoreline 0-1.

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 Unterhaching have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won two, drawn three and lost four.

Unterhaching has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Unterhaching have conceded 17 in these home matches.

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Saarbrücken form and stats

Playing away, Saarbrücken, who have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in 3. Liga, have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 4 defeats in the 3. Liga this season.

Saarbrücken has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Hallescher FC for a 3. Liga game that ended a draw (1-1). Preceding that game, the 2-4 loss visiting Hansa Rostock's place.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Saarbrücken playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were zero Saarbrücken wins, two draws and four defeats.

After this away game Saarbrücken return home for a 3. Liga game against Zwickau. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Saarbrücken have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. Saarbrücken have conceded 17 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Saarbrücken - Unterhaching 2-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Unterhaching won four, Saarbrücken won five and one draw. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SaarbrückenN. Shipnoski
N. Shipnoski
10 goals
SaarbrückenS. Jacob
S. Jacob
8 goals
UnterhachingP. Hasenhüttl
P. Hasenhüttl
5 goals

Unterhaching missing players

Saarbrücken missing players

Unterhaching Saarbrücken
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 12 2 Played P 5 11 21
6 4 0 Won W 3 4 8
3 2 1 Drew D 1 3 7
14 6 1 Lost L 1 4 6
24 14 2 Scored S 8 15 34
34 17 3 Conceded C 5 17 30
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
70% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 82% 86%
43% 42% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 45% 57%
22% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 27% 29%
13% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 27% 24%
48% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 60% 73% 71%
17% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 9% 19%
39% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 18% 14%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.8 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.4 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
11.4 13.2 12 Shots (avg) S ( 11 8.3 9.7
4.2 4.9 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.4 4.3
25% 24% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 41% 37%
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Saarbrücken has the fewest clean sheets (1) away in 3. Liga
  • Saarbrücken haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Unterhaching haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Unterhaching is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  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 21 13 2 6 35 20 9 6 2 1 18 8 12 7 0 5 17 12 15 41
2 Ingolstadt 22 12 5 5 31 23 11 8 2 1 17 8 11 4 3 4 14 15 8 41
3 Hansa Rostock 21 11 5 5 34 23 11 7 2 2 22 12 10 4 3 3 12 11 11 38
4 1860 München 22 10 7 5 42 21 12 4 5 3 23 13 10 6 2 2 19 8 21 37
5 Wehen Wiesbaden 22 9 8 5 39 33 11 5 4 2 20 15 11 4 4 3 19 18 6 35
6 Verl 22 9 7 6 42 33 12 4 5 3 22 16 10 5 2 3 20 17 9 34
7 Turkgucu-Ataspor 23 8 9 6 29 28 11 4 5 2 12 11 12 4 4 4 17 17 1 33
8 Waldhof Mannheim 23 8 9 6 35 35 11 4 4 3 26 22 12 4 5 3 9 13 0 33
9 Hallescher FC 23 8 8 7 29 35 12 4 4 4 13 15 11 4 4 3 16 20 -6 32
10 Saarbrücken 21 8 7 6 34 30 10 4 4 2 19 13 11 4 3 4 15 17 4 31
11 Zwickau 22 8 5 9 27 29 12 3 2 7 12 17 10 5 3 2 15 12 -2 29
12 Bayern München II 21 7 6 8 29 29 10 4 3 3 14 11 11 3 3 5 15 18 0 27
13 Uerdingen 20 7 6 7 17 19 10 3 2 5 8 14 10 4 4 2 9 5 -2 27
14 Meppen 22 8 2 12 25 33 10 5 0 5 15 16 12 3 2 7 10 17 -8 26
15 Kaiserslautern 23 4 12 7 22 28 11 1 7 3 6 10 12 3 5 4 16 18 -6 24
16 Viktoria Koln 22 6 6 10 26 37 11 3 1 7 11 20 11 3 5 3 15 17 -11 24
17 Unterhaching 23 6 3 14 24 34 12 4 2 6 14 17 11 2 1 8 10 17 -10 21
18 MSV Duisburg 22 5 6 11 27 38 12 3 2 7 14 22 10 2 4 4 13 16 -11 21
19 Magdeburg 22 5 6 11 19 30 11 2 3 6 8 15 11 3 3 5 11 15 -11 21
20 VfB Lübeck 21 5 5 11 23 31 10 3 3 4 10 10 11 2 2 7 13 21 -8 20

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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.