3. Liga match prediction: Little separates Viktoria Berlin and Zwickau in quality

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Wed 16.March
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark

Viktoria Berlin - Zwickau: 3. Liga basement occupants scrapping for points and praise. Read all the interesting stats and facts before the game!

Insights:
  • Viktoria Berlin have the most conceded goals in the first half (29) in 3. Liga
  • Zwickau haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Zwickau could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a 3. Liga game only three sleeps ago.

L D L L L

Viktoria Berlin form and stats

5-3-6 (win-draw-lost) are the 3. Liga numbers at home for Viktoria Berlin so far this season. Game days at Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Viktoria as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

The Viktoria Berlin supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark: A 0-2 defeat against 1860 München (placed 5th).

Preceding that game was the away draw at Havelse that finished 1-1.

The manager Pietrzyk will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Osnabruck in only three days.

Viktoria Berlin has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 22 goals have been conceded. Viktoria has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

L L L L W

Zwickau form and stats

3 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Zwickau playing as the away team in the 3. Liga this season. It's looking increasingly bleak for Zwickau who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Viktoria Koln was the last time a defeat was avoided.

Zwickau failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Osnabruck (placed 7th) that ended with defeat 1-3.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Freiburg II's place.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The 3. Liga trip to MSV Duisburg.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Zwickau have scored 16 goals in 13 league games away. As opposed to that, Zwickau have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road. When Zwickau is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Havelse, Zwickau, Verl, MSV Duisburg, Wurzburger Kickers and Turkgucu-Ataspor.

Head 2 Head

The latest head-to-head game ended Zwickau - Viktoria Berlin 1-1, played this season. Viktoria-Zwickau H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Viktoria Berlin two wins, Zwickau three wins, two draws. four of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ZwickauD. Baumann
D. Baumann
8 goals
Viktoria BerlinL. Cini
L. Cini
5 goals
ZwickauM. Schikora
M. Schikora
5 goals

Viktoria Berlin missing players

Zwickau missing players

Viktoria Berlin Zwickau
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 2 13 28
7 5 0 Won W 0 3 7
7 3 3 Drew D 2 6 11
15 6 1 Lost L 0 4 10
35 18 5 Scored S 4 16 33
49 22 6 Conceded C 4 18 40
97% 93% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
83% 79% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 82%
45% 50% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 38% 43%
31% 29% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 38% 36%
21% 14% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
48% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 64%
14% 21% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 21%
41% 36% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 23% 18%
 
4.2 4.6 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.9 5.6
6.4 6.2 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 6.5 6
2.2 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.7 2.1
7 2 2 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.4 10.7 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 9.3 10.7
4.2 4.8 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.5 4.3
29% 27% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 27% 27%
 
11.6 10.9 11.2 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 10.3 10.1
4.6 4.2 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.3 4.3
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Viktoria Berlin have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Viktoria Berlin have the most conceded goals in the first half (29) in 3. Liga
  • 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 Magdeburg 30 20 5 5 65 30 15 11 3 1 27 8 15 9 2 4 38 22 35 65
2 Kaiserslautern 30 16 8 6 46 18 15 10 4 1 28 6 15 6 4 5 18 12 28 56
3 Saarbrucken 30 15 7 8 50 35 15 8 3 4 24 17 15 7 4 4 26 18 15 52
4 Eintracht Braunschweig 29 14 9 6 52 28 15 6 6 3 23 17 14 8 3 3 29 11 24 51
5 1860 München 30 13 10 7 49 38 15 7 4 4 28 22 15 6 6 3 21 16 11 49
6 Waldhof Mannheim 30 13 10 7 44 35 15 6 5 4 23 19 15 7 5 3 21 16 9 49
7 Osnabruck 29 13 9 7 43 29 14 6 3 5 14 9 15 7 6 2 29 20 14 48
8 Wehen Wiesbaden 30 12 7 11 40 36 15 5 5 5 17 16 15 7 2 6 23 20 4 43
9 Freiburg II 29 11 9 9 30 37 15 8 4 3 22 16 14 3 5 6 8 21 -7 42
10 Borussia Dortmund II 30 12 5 13 42 39 15 4 5 6 16 16 15 8 0 7 26 23 3 41
11 Meppen 30 12 5 13 37 45 15 7 3 5 24 15 15 5 2 8 13 30 -8 41
12 Viktoria Koln 30 10 7 13 33 45 15 6 5 4 24 19 15 4 2 9 9 26 -12 37
13 Hallescher FC 29 9 9 11 38 39 14 7 3 4 25 19 15 2 6 7 13 20 -1 36
14 MSV Duisburg 30 11 2 17 41 55 15 6 2 7 24 29 15 5 0 10 17 26 -14 35
15 Zwickau 28 7 11 10 33 40 15 4 5 6 17 22 13 3 6 4 16 18 -7 32
16 Viktoria Berlin 29 7 7 15 35 49 14 5 3 6 18 22 15 2 4 9 17 27 -14 28
17 Wurzburger Kickers 30 6 9 15 27 45 15 2 5 8 15 28 15 4 4 7 12 17 -18 27
18 Verl 29 5 10 14 38 55 14 3 4 7 18 26 15 2 6 7 20 29 -17 25
19 Havelse 30 5 7 18 24 53 15 3 1 11 12 30 15 2 6 7 12 23 -29 22
20 Turkgucu-Ataspor 30 8 8 14 30 46 15 6 4 5 20 22 15 2 4 9 10 24 -16 21

Germany:

Read more about 3. Liga

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.