A brief glance at the 3. Liga table suggest an advantage to Osnabrück when they arrive at Verl. However; let's play before we award the win!
- Verl have the most points from losing position (12) in 3. Liga
- Osnabrück have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both contenders have had enough rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's aim for an in-your-face fixture!
Verl form and stats
The 3. Liga stats at home this season for Verl are 2-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager G. Capretti led his Verl to a defeat in the 3. Liga match away at Freiburg II. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Sportpark am Lotter Kreuz.
Before that, Verl had a home game versus Havelse which ended with a victory 5-3.The Verl fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 7 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 13 goals have been conceded.
Osnabrück form and stats
Playing away, Osnabrück have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the 3. Liga this season.
Osnabrück played 2-2 against SC Freiburg (after extra-time, 2-3 on penalties) in their previous match. Florian Kleinhansl was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.45. The defender Kleinhansl served one assist, hit two key passes and won 11 of 20 duels.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Hallescher FC in the 3. Liga.The travelling fans enjoy Osnabrück's attacking play in away games, having scored 10 goals in 6 league matches away. Osnabrück have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Verl zero wins, one draw and Osnabrück one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Heider 6 goals |   L. Putaro 5 goals |  L. Petkov 5 goals |
Verl missing players
Osnabrück missing players
| Verl | Osnabrück | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 23 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 16 |
| 25 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 92% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 85% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 62% |
| 62% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 46% |
| 46% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 38% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 31% |
| 31% | 43% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 38% |
| 4.2 | 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 4.5 | 6.1 |
| 5.8 | 4.6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 2.7 | 2.3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9.3 | 10 | 3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 10.2 | 10.5 |
| 4.6 | 4.6 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
| 38% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 50% | 35% |
- All of Osnabrück's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Osnabrück have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Osnabrück have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Osnabrück haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Verl have the most points from losing position (12) 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 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 28 |
| 2 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 23 |
| 3 | Saarbrucken | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 4 | Osnabrück | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Waldhof Mannheim | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| 6 | Borussia Dortmund II | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 19 |
| 8 | Viktoria Berlin | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 18 |
| 9 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 10 | Hallescher FC | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| 11 | Meppen | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 18 |
| 12 | Turkgucu-Ataspor | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 18 |
| 13 | Zwickau | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 16 |
| 14 | Verl | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -2 | 16 |
| 15 | Freiburg II | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 16 |
| 16 | 1860 München | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 17 | MSV Duisburg | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -6 | 13 |
| 18 | Viktoria Koln | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -6 | 13 |
| 19 | Wurzburger Kickers | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -9 | 11 |
| 20 | Havelse | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -22 | 7 |
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