3. Liga news and guide: Waldhof Mannheim odds-on betting favourite to beat Borussia Dortmund II

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 20.August
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Carl-Benz-Stadion (27000 seats)

Waldhof Mannheim contest Borussia Dortmund II for glory and triumph.

Insights:
  • Waldhof Mannheim have the most dropped points from leading position (5) in 3. Liga

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Waldhof Mannheim form and stats

Perfect 3. Liga season at home so far for Waldhof Mannheim 2 wins from 2 appearances.

Waldhof Mannheim are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-6 away versus Meppen. Before that defeat this team had gone seven consecutive league games without a defeat. Waldhof Mannheim were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Ahead of that match, Waldhof Mannheim won a home game hosting Erzgebirge Aue (1-0).

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 Mannheim have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 2 and lost 4.

At Carl-Benz-Stadion, Waldhof Mannheim has the goal stats of 4-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Borussia Dortmund II form and stats

The 3. Liga season is young and Borussia Dortmund II have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.

Impressive finishing from Fink secured the home win 1-0 against Rot-Weiss Essen in their previous game. That win felt sweet as this team had gone three league rounds without victory.

A 0-1 defeat away at Saarbrücken before that.

Borussia Dortmund II are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of 7 matches.

1 goal so far away for Borussia Dortmund II, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Head to head numbers (for the prior two meetings): Waldhof Mannheim won zero games, one match ended in a draw and Borussia Dortmund II got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / one

Top Goalscorers

Waldhof MannheimB. Ekinjier
B. Ekinjier
2 goals
MannheimD. Kother
D. Kother
1 goals
Waldhof MannheimA. Rossipal
A. Rossipal
1 goals

Waldhof Mannheim missing players

Borussia Dortmund II missing players

Waldhof Mannheim Borussia Dortmund II
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 0 2 4
2 2 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
8 4 0 Scored S 0 1 2
9 1 0 Conceded C 0 2 6
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 50%
75% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 25%
75% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
75% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 25%
25% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 50%
 
5.5 5.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2.5 3.5
3.5 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8.5 6.2
2.8 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.2 9.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 8.2
4.2 4.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 3
47% 44% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 12% 17%
 
9.8 6 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 16.5 15.2
4.8 2.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.5 5.5
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Waldhof Mannheim have the most dropped points from leading position (5) in 3. Liga
Waldhof Mannheim Last season Borussia Dortmund II
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
16 8   Won W   10 14
12 5   Drew D   1 7
8 5   Lost L   7 15
58 33   Scored S   34 51
40 21   Conceded C   29 48
89% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 92%
78% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 72%
56% 56%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 47%
28% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   39% 31%
14% 22%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 14%
61% 50%   BTTS BTTS   67% 53%
22% 28%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 25%
28% 28%   Failed to Score F T   11% 31%
 
6 6.6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.3 5.2
4.3 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5 5.1
2.3 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2.2
2 0   Red cards R C   2 4
 
10.4 11.9   Shots (avg) S (   10.9 10.3
5.1 6.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.3 4.8
32% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 29%
 
8.8 8.2   Shots against (avg) S A   10.3 9.6
3.9 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 4.1

  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 5 5 0 0 13 4 3 3 0 0 8 1 2 2 0 0 5 3 9 15
2 Ingolstadt 4 3 1 0 6 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 5 0 6 10
3 Saarbrücken 4 3 1 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 4 10
4 Elversberg 4 3 0 1 13 5 2 1 0 1 5 2 2 2 0 0 8 3 8 9
5 Viktoria Köln 4 3 0 1 8 5 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 5 4 3 9
6 Wehen Wiesbaden 4 2 1 1 10 4 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 1 0 1 5 2 6 7
7 Meppen 4 2 1 1 10 7 2 2 0 0 9 2 2 0 1 1 1 5 3 7
8 MSV Duisburg 4 2 1 1 6 4 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 7
9 Freiburg II 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 7
10 Waldhof Mannheim 4 2 1 1 8 9 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 4 8 -1 7
11 Dynamo Dresden 4 2 0 2 8 6 2 1 0 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 6
12 Osnabrück 4 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 4
13 Borussia Dortmund II 4 1 1 2 2 6 2 1 0 1 1 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 -4 4
14 Bayreuth 4 1 0 3 2 6 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 5 -4 3
15 Hallescher FC 5 1 0 4 5 10 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 0 3 3 8 -5 3
16 Zwickau 4 1 0 3 3 11 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 0 2 0 8 -8 3
17 Erzgebirge Aue 4 0 2 2 3 8 2 0 1 1 2 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 -5 2
18 VfB Oldenburg 4 0 1 3 3 7 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 -4 1
19 Verl 4 0 1 3 2 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 3 -4 1
20 Rot-Weiss Essen 4 0 1 3 4 12 2 0 0 2 2 9 2 0 1 1 2 3 -8 1
Last season 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 36 24 6 6 83 39 18 13 4 1 34 10 18 11 2 5 49 29 44 78
2 Eintracht Braunschweig 36 18 10 8 61 36 18 8 6 4 27 21 18 10 4 4 34 15 25 64
3 Kaiserslautern 36 18 9 9 56 27 18 12 4 2 37 11 18 6 5 7 19 16 29 63
4 1860 München 36 17 10 9 67 50 18 9 4 5 39 28 18 8 6 4 28 22 17 61
5 Waldhof Mannheim 36 16 12 8 58 40 18 8 5 5 33 21 18 8 7 3 25 19 18 60
6 Osnabrück 36 16 10 10 56 48 18 8 3 7 22 19 18 8 7 3 34 29 8 58
7 Saarbrücken 36 14 11 11 50 44 18 8 5 5 25 20 18 6 6 6 25 24 6 53
8 Wehen Wiesbaden 36 14 9 13 49 44 18 6 6 6 20 19 18 8 3 7 29 25 5 51
9 Borussia Dortmund II 36 14 7 15 51 48 18 4 6 8 17 19 18 10 1 7 34 29 3 49
10 Zwickau 36 11 14 11 46 44 18 6 6 6 27 24 18 5 8 5 19 20 2 47
11 Freiburg II 36 12 11 13 34 42 18 8 6 4 24 18 18 4 5 9 10 24 -8 47
12 Meppen 36 13 8 15 47 60 18 7 4 7 29 26 18 6 4 8 18 34 -13 47
13 Viktoria Köln 36 12 9 15 39 52 18 7 6 5 27 22 18 5 3 10 12 30 -13 45
14 Hallescher FC 36 10 13 13 46 48 18 7 7 4 31 25 18 3 6 9 15 23 -2 43
15 MSV Duisburg 36 13 3 20 46 71 18 7 2 9 25 37 18 6 1 11 21 34 -25 42
16 Verl 36 10 10 16 56 66 18 5 5 8 29 33 18 5 5 8 27 33 -10 40
17 Viktoria Berlin 36 10 7 19 44 62 18 7 3 8 25 29 18 3 4 11 19 33 -18 37
18 Wurzburger Kickers 36 7 9 20 34 59 18 2 5 11 18 32 18 5 4 9 16 27 -25 30
19 Havelse 36 5 8 23 28 71 18 4 1 13 14 34 18 1 7 10 14 37 -43 23
20 Turkgucu-Ataspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.