Early sportsbook lines insinuate Verl advantage versus MSV Duisburg

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 14.May
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Benteler-Arena (15000 seats)

Develop their own playing style or focus more on the opposition? Both Verl and MSV Duisburg have to try something more original than what they have done uptil now. Learn more!

Insights:
  • Verl have the most dropped points from leading position (26) in 3. Liga
  • MSV Duisburg have the most conceded goals (70) in 3. Liga

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 Verl and MSV Duisburg.

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Verl form and stats

Verl have collected 19 points from their 3. Liga home games so far after 5-4-8. When Verl hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Viktoria Köln, Havelse, Viktoria Berlin, Verl, Würzburger Kickers and Turkgucu-Ataspor), they have won 3 of 4 matches!

The Verl crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to MSV Duisburg here at Benteler-Arena.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Borussia Dortmund II and winning 2-1.

Verl have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Benteler-Arena with 28 goals in 17 league matches. Verl have conceded 32 from these games.

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MSV Duisburg form and stats

As the visiting team in 3. Liga matches, MSV Duisburg have produced an overall stat of 6-0-11 so far. When MSV Duisburg is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 3 of 4 matches. Viktoria Köln, Havelse, Viktoria Berlin, MSV Duisburg, Würzburger Kickers and Turkgucu-Ataspor is teams we like to compare Verl with.

MSV Duisburg play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Verl (placed 16th).

Before that, Duisburg secured a home win against Freiburg II with the score 1-0.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and MSV Duisburg playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 0 away wins, 0 draws and 4 home wins.

MSV Duisburg are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 17 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Duisburg have conceded 33 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

MSV Duisburg - Verl 2-2 was the output when these two contenders last did battle, also in this season. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two sides are: one win for Verl, one draw and one win for MSV Duisburg. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.

Top Goalscorers

MSV DuisburgO. Ademi
O. Ademi
12 goals
VerlL. Petkov
L. Petkov
11 goals
VerlL. Putaro
L. Putaro
9 goals

Verl missing players

MSV Duisburg missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Verl MSV Duisburg
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 18 4 Played P 4 18 36
10 5 3 Won W 3 7 14
9 4 1 Drew D 0 0 2
17 9 0 Lost L 1 11 20
55 28 13 Scored S 6 21 46
66 33 7 Conceded C 5 33 70
92% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 72%
61% 61% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 61% 58%
39% 39% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 33% 39%
22% 22% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 28% 28%
61% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 61% 53%
17% 22% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 28% 28%
31% 39% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 19%
 
5.1 5.2 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.2 4.7
5.5 5.2 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 6.3 5.4
2.6 2.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.7 10.4 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 9.2 10.5
4.5 4.6 8.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.3 3.9
34% 34% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 36% 33%
 
12.1 10.7 12 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11.9 10.6
5 4.9 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 5.4 5.1
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • MSV Duisburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • MSV Duisburg have the most conceded goals (70) in 3. Liga
  • MSV Duisburg have the most conceded goals in the first half (32) in 3. Liga
  • MSV Duisburg have the most conceded goals in the second half (38) in 3. Liga
  • MSV Duisburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Verl have the most dropped points from leading position (26) in 3. Liga
  • Verl have the most points from losing position (23) in 3. Liga

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Magdeburg 35 23 6 6 78 38 18 13 4 1 34 10 17 10 2 5 44 28 40 75
2 Eintracht Braunschweig 35 18 10 7 61 35 17 8 6 3 27 20 18 10 4 4 34 15 26 64
3 Kaiserslautern 36 18 9 9 56 27 18 12 4 2 37 11 18 6 5 7 19 16 29 63
4 1860 München 35 16 10 9 61 47 17 8 4 5 33 25 18 8 6 4 28 22 14 58
5 Osnabrück 35 16 10 9 55 43 17 8 3 6 21 14 18 8 7 3 34 29 12 58
6 Waldhof Mannheim 35 15 12 8 51 40 17 7 5 5 26 21 18 8 7 3 25 19 11 57
7 Saarbrücken 35 14 10 11 49 43 18 8 5 5 25 20 17 6 5 6 24 23 6 52
8 Wehen Wiesbaden 35 14 8 13 48 43 18 6 6 6 20 19 17 8 2 7 28 24 5 50
9 Borussia Dortmund II 35 14 7 14 48 42 18 4 6 8 17 19 17 10 1 6 31 23 6 49
10 Freiburg II 35 12 10 13 33 41 17 8 5 4 23 17 18 4 5 9 10 24 -8 46
11 Zwickau 35 10 14 11 39 44 17 5 6 6 20 24 18 5 8 5 19 20 -5 44
12 Meppen 35 12 8 15 43 57 18 7 4 7 29 26 17 5 4 8 14 31 -14 44
13 Hallescher FC 35 10 12 13 45 47 17 7 6 4 30 24 18 3 6 9 15 23 -2 42
14 Viktoria Köln 35 11 9 15 38 52 18 7 6 5 27 22 17 4 3 10 11 30 -14 42
15 MSV Duisburg 35 13 2 20 45 70 18 7 2 9 25 37 17 6 0 11 20 33 -25 41
16 Verl 35 10 9 16 55 65 17 5 4 8 28 32 18 5 5 8 27 33 -10 39
17 Viktoria Berlin 35 10 7 18 41 58 17 7 3 7 22 25 18 3 4 11 19 33 -17 37
18 Würzburger Kickers 35 7 9 19 34 52 18 2 5 11 18 32 17 5 4 8 16 20 -18 30
19 Havelse 35 5 8 22 28 64 18 4 1 13 14 34 17 1 7 9 14 30 -36 23
20 Turkgucu-Ataspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Germany:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Magdeburg 35 23 6 6 78 38 18 13 4 1 34 10 17 10 2 5 44 28 40 75
2 Eintracht Braunschweig 35 18 10 7 61 35 17 8 6 3 27 20 18 10 4 4 34 15 26 64
3 Kaiserslautern 36 18 9 9 56 27 18 12 4 2 37 11 18 6 5 7 19 16 29 63
4 1860 München 35 16 10 9 61 47 17 8 4 5 33 25 18 8 6 4 28 22 14 58
5 Osnabrück 35 16 10 9 55 43 17 8 3 6 21 14 18 8 7 3 34 29 12 58
6 Waldhof Mannheim 35 15 12 8 51 40 17 7 5 5 26 21 18 8 7 3 25 19 11 57
7 Saarbrücken 35 14 10 11 49 43 18 8 5 5 25 20 17 6 5 6 24 23 6 52
8 Wehen Wiesbaden 35 14 8 13 48 43 18 6 6 6 20 19 17 8 2 7 28 24 5 50
9 Borussia Dortmund II 35 14 7 14 48 42 18 4 6 8 17 19 17 10 1 6 31 23 6 49
10 Freiburg II 35 12 10 13 33 41 17 8 5 4 23 17 18 4 5 9 10 24 -8 46
11 Zwickau 35 10 14 11 39 44 17 5 6 6 20 24 18 5 8 5 19 20 -5 44
12 Meppen 35 12 8 15 43 57 18 7 4 7 29 26 17 5 4 8 14 31 -14 44
13 Hallescher FC 35 10 12 13 45 47 17 7 6 4 30 24 18 3 6 9 15 23 -2 42
14 Viktoria Köln 35 11 9 15 38 52 18 7 6 5 27 22 17 4 3 10 11 30 -14 42
15 MSV Duisburg 35 13 2 20 45 70 18 7 2 9 25 37 17 6 0 11 20 33 -25 41
16 Verl 35 10 9 16 55 65 17 5 4 8 28 32 18 5 5 8 27 33 -10 39
17 Viktoria Berlin 35 10 7 18 41 58 17 7 3 7 22 25 18 3 4 11 19 33 -17 37
18 Würzburger Kickers 35 7 9 19 34 52 18 2 5 11 18 32 17 5 4 8 16 20 -18 30
19 Havelse 35 5 8 22 28 64 18 4 1 13 14 34 17 1 7 9 14 30 -36 23
20 Turkgucu-Ataspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.