Verl - Meppen in 3. Liga: Numbers, squad info, tables, tendencies and headlines. Get our thorough preview!
- Verl have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Meppen have yet to win a game away.
It's no vacation for neither Verl nor Meppen as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Verl form and stats
When playing at home in the 3. Liga, Verl have managed 1 win, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.
The spoils were shared in Verl's previous game, also at home. Visiting Meppen (placed 12th) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Wosz was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Meppen after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Hallescher FC (1-5).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 Verl have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 4 and lost 3.
Verl have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at SPORTCLUB Arena with 7 goals in 4 league matches. Verl have conceded 5 in these home matches.
Meppen form and stats
Playing away, Meppen have won 0 games, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the 3. Liga this season. With three draws in a row for Meppen the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.
Meppen are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Verl (placed 17th).
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Elversberg.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Meppen playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 4 Meppen wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
It's early days yet, but Meppen has scored 4 and conceded 8 goals from their travels in the league so far (4 games).
Head 2 Head
This was the scoreline when the squads faced each other earlier this campaign; Verl - Meppen 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Verl three wins, one draw and Meppen three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Pourié 4 goals |  S. Abifade 3 goals |  J. Grodowski 2 goals |
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| Verl | Meppen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 7 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 62% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 50% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| 12% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 4.1 | 4.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5 | 4.6 |
| 5.4 | 5 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| 1.8 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.5 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.6 | 11.8 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 5.5 | 8.9 |
| 3.2 | 4.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| 31% | 39% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 36% | 52% |
| 10.9 | 8.8 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4 | 11.5 | 11.6 |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 5.5 | 4.9 |
- All of Meppen's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Meppen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Meppen have yet to win a game away.
- Meppen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Verl have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Verl haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 19 |
| 2 | 1860 München | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 19 |
| 3 | Saarbrucken | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 16 |
| 4 | Freiburg II | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 6 | Dynamo Dresden | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 7 | Ingolstadt | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 8 | Waldhof Mannheim | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 13 |
| 9 | Viktoria Koln | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 | MSV Duisburg | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | VfB Oldenburg | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Meppen | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| 13 | Zwickau | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | -8 | 10 |
| 14 | Osnabruck | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 9 |
| 15 | Hallescher FC | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 8 |
| 16 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 6 |
| 17 | Verl | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -6 | 5 |
| 18 | Borussia Dortmund II | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -11 | 4 |
| 19 | Bayreuth | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -13 | 4 |
| 20 | Erzgebirge Aue | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -8 | 3 |
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