Verl manager G. Capretti looking for three points in Zwickau showdown

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Tue 19.January
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Benteler-Arena (15000 seats)

With their 10 point advantage in the league table, Verl fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Zwickau.

Insights:
  • Verl has the most matches over the total-line (13) in 3. Liga
  • Zwickau has the fewest clean sheets (2) in 3. Liga

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a 3. Liga match only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Kaiserslautern, was also a home game here at Benteler-Arena. The away team is better rested.

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Verl form and stats

3-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the 3. Liga numbers at home for Verl so far this season.

Verl drew their last game, also a home match. Kaiserslautern (placed 16th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. A strong away win before that one, visiting Unterhaching and winning 4-3.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Verl handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, two draws and four defeats.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Verl, as the 3. Liga home game vs Wehen Wiesbaden is only four days away.

Verl have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Benteler-Arena with 15 goals in 8 league matches. Verl's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Zwickau form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest clean sheets (2) in 3. Liga, on their 3. Liga travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

The manager J. Enochs was unhappy after their last game, a 3. Liga match played at their home ground Stadion Zwickau. Zwickau suffered a 0-2 loss to Ingolstadt (placed 2nd). That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus VfB Lubeck.

Zwickau are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, two draws and seven defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

Zwickau has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 6 games. Zwickau have conceded 7 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

VerlZ. Janjić
Z. Janjić
9 goals
VerlA. Yildirim
A. Yildirim
7 goals
VerlK. Rabihic
K. Rabihic
5 goals

Verl missing players

Zwickau missing players

Verl Zwickau
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 4 Played P 4 6 16
8 3 2 Won W 2 3 5
5 3 1 Drew D 1 2 3
5 3 1 Lost L 1 1 8
34 16 8 Scored S 6 9 16
26 12 4 Conceded C 5 7 21
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
89% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 81%
72% 56% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 50%
39% 33% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 17% 6%
22% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
78% 78% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 83% 62%
17% 11% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 17% 12%
11% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 1.9 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 3.8 2.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
11.4 12.3 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.3 9.7
5.2 5.7 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4 3.8
36% 31% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 38% 26%
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • All of Zwickau's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Verl has the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in 3. Liga
  • Verl has the most matches over the total-line (13) in 3. Liga
  • Verl have scored more than double the goals of Zwickau.
  • Verl haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Zwickau has the fewest clean sheets (2) in 3. Liga
  • Zwickau have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Zwickau haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

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

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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.