Verl perform at a high level so far being 4th in the table. Zwickau can look both up and down from their 8th position.
Verl and Zwickau should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Verl form and stats
Verl have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the 3. Liga. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
It's back home for Verl, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Saarbrücken away with the result 2-1. Z. Janjić and A. Yildirim found the net in that victory. Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Magdeburg.
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 eight games) they have won five times, drawn one and lost two.
Goals are plentiful at Benteler-Arena in the league this season as Verl has scored 8 goals here in 3 home games. Verl's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Zwickau form and stats
Zwickau are happy with their away performances in the 3. Liga so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Zwickau are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
It's the second away game in a row for Zwickau, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Dynamo Dresden (placed 9th) in the 3. Liga last time out. Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Uerdingen.
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, three draws and six defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
Zwickau has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 5 goals from 3 games. It's not easy to score on Zwickau as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  Z. Janjić 5 goals |  A. Yildirim 4 goals |   R. König 3 goals |
Verl missing players
Zwickau missing players
| Verl | Zwickau | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 67% |
| 29% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 83% |
| 29% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.9 | 3.3 | 6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4.7 | 3.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 73 | 35 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 32 | 61 |
| 36 | 20 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 11 | 24 |
| 36% | 40% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 45% | 38% |
- All of Verl's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Zwickau's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Verl has the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in 3. Liga
- Verl has the most matches over the total-line (6) in 3. Liga
- Zwickau have not yet lost a game away.
- Zwickau have scored in all their matches so far.
- Zwickau 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 | 1860 München | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Hansa Rostock | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | Saarbrücken | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | Verl | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Ingolstadt | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Viktoria Köln | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 7 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 8 | Zwickau | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | Dynamo Dresden | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
| 10 | Turkgucu-Ataspor | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 9 |
| 11 | Bayern München II | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 12 | Hallescher FC | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 13 | Unterhaching | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 14 | Uerdingen | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -4 | 8 |
| 15 | Waldhof Mannheim | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 16 | Meppen | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 6 |
| 17 | MSV Duisburg | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 18 | Kaiserslautern | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 4 |
| 19 | Magdeburg | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 4 |
| 20 | VfB Lübeck | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 2 |
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