3. Liga preview: Can Verl edge out victory against VfB Oldenburg?

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: SPORTCLUB Arena (5001 seats)

Verl have 31 points playing as the hosts. VfB Oldenburg have gained 21 points as the visiting team. Will this be a home win?

Insights:
  • Verl have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • VfB Oldenburg have the most conceded goals (43) in 3. Liga

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Verl form and stats

When playing at home in the 3. Liga, Verl have managed 5 wins, 5 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 12 games.

Verl enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at 1860 München's place. The match ended 3-0 with Wosz, Tugbenyo and Wolfram scoring.

Before that game, the home loss against Dynamo Dresden with the scoreline 2-3.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Verl have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 2 and lost 4.

An interesting fact: 11 of the most recent 14 league matches from these players have had goals from both sides.

The Verl fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 12 league matches. On the other hand, Verl have conceded 15 goals.

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VfB Oldenburg form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for VfB Oldenburg so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-6 (win-draw-lose).

VfB Oldenburg aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 180 league minutes without a goal. Richter was the last player to find the net.

Oldenburg's previous game was their home loss versus Hallescher FC (0-1).

Prior to that match, the VfB Oldenburg manager Fossi faced defeat when travelling to Elversberg and losing 0-3.

VfB Oldenburg are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.

The attacking power of Oldenburg when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 11 league matches away. VfB Oldenburg have conceded 17 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

VfB Oldenburg - Verl 1-0 was the end result in these participants' previous head-to-head fixture, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Verl one win, zero draws and VfB Oldenburg one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

VfB OldenburgM. Wegner
M. Wegner
6 goals
VfB OldenburgM. Starke
M. Starke
5 goals
VerlJ. Grodowski
J. Grodowski
4 goals

Verl missing players

VfB Oldenburg missing players

Verl VfB Oldenburg
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 12 3 Played P 3 11 23
8 5 2 Won W 1 3 5
7 5 1 Drew D 1 2 6
8 2 0 Lost L 1 6 12
33 21 8 Scored S 3 9 26
31 15 4 Conceded C 3 17 43
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
78% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 73% 78%
52% 58% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 45% 52%
30% 42% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 35%
13% 17% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 13%
61% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 55% 65%
17% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 9%
22% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 36% 26%
 
4.3 4.4 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.1 4.3
4.9 4.8 6 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7.1 5.9
2.4 2.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.3 11.3 13.3 Shots (avg) S ( 7 5.8 8.5
4 4.6 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.2 3.1
36% 38% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 38% 36%
 
11.5 10.2 8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 13.9 12.8
5 5.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.7 5.3
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Verl have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Verl have scored at least twice as many goals at home as VfB Oldenburg have scored away.
  • Verl haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • VfB Oldenburg have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • VfB Oldenburg have the fewest clean sheets (2) in 3. Liga
  • VfB Oldenburg have the most conceded goals (43) in 3. Liga
  • VfB Oldenburg have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in 3. Liga
  • VfB Oldenburg have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • VfB Oldenburg 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 23 18 2 3 58 18 12 10 0 2 34 10 11 8 2 1 24 8 40 56
2 Freiburg II 23 13 6 4 31 22 12 8 3 1 17 8 11 5 3 3 14 14 9 45
3 Wehen Wiesbaden 23 13 5 5 43 27 11 6 3 2 20 12 12 7 2 3 23 15 16 44
4 Saarbrucken 23 11 6 6 36 27 11 4 4 3 17 18 12 7 2 3 19 9 9 39
5 Waldhof Mannheim 23 12 3 8 38 36 12 10 1 1 22 10 11 2 2 7 16 26 2 39
6 Dynamo Dresden 23 10 7 6 41 27 12 4 5 3 25 16 11 6 2 3 16 11 14 37
7 Osnabrück 23 11 4 8 45 35 11 7 1 3 22 13 12 4 3 5 23 22 10 37
8 1860 München 23 10 4 9 38 33 12 7 1 4 24 14 11 3 3 5 14 19 5 34
9 Ingolstadt 23 10 4 9 34 30 11 4 2 5 12 15 12 6 2 4 22 15 4 34
10 Viktoria Koln 23 8 8 7 32 31 11 5 2 4 14 15 12 3 6 3 18 16 1 32
11 Verl 23 8 7 8 33 31 12 5 5 2 21 15 11 3 2 6 12 16 2 31
12 MSV Duisburg 23 8 5 10 29 30 11 3 4 4 15 13 12 5 1 6 14 17 -1 29
13 Rot-Weiss Essen 23 6 10 7 28 33 11 3 6 2 12 15 12 3 4 5 16 18 -5 28
14 Erzgebirge Aue 23 7 6 10 27 32 11 3 4 4 13 13 12 4 2 6 14 19 -5 27
15 Bayreuth 23 6 4 13 20 41 11 4 2 5 11 17 12 2 2 8 9 24 -21 22
16 Borussia Dortmund II 23 6 3 14 18 34 12 3 1 8 8 17 11 3 2 6 10 17 -16 21
17 VfB Oldenburg 23 5 6 12 26 43 12 2 4 6 17 26 11 3 2 6 9 17 -17 21
18 Hallescher FC 23 5 5 13 29 41 12 4 2 6 19 18 11 1 3 7 10 23 -12 20
19 Zwickau 23 5 5 13 19 38 11 3 2 6 11 14 12 2 3 7 8 24 -19 20
20 Meppen 23 3 10 10 23 39 12 3 3 6 15 20 11 0 7 4 8 19 -16 19

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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.