Sneaking up on the top teams is the subject when these mid-table teams do battle. Both are trying to strenghten their league status, Waldhof Mannheim in 8th and Dynamo Dresden in 7th position.
- Waldhof Mannheim have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Dynamo Dresden have the fewest conceded goals (4) away 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.
Waldhof Mannheim form and stats
This stadium, Carl-Benz-Stadion, has been a fortress for Waldhof Mannheim in the 3. Liga so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 6-0-1.
Waldhof Mannheim's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Rot-Weiss Essen (placed 11th).
Ahead of that result, a home loss in the DFB Pokal against Nurnberg. This is expected to be a close game, with Waldhof Mannheim perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Waldhof Mannheim as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Mannheim has won 6 of these, drawn 4 and lost 2.
A decent goal production from Waldhof Mannheim in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 7 league matches. Waldhof Mannheim are not conceding a lot of goals here at Carl-Benz-Stadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 7 matches.
Dynamo Dresden form and stats
As the visiting team in 3. Liga matches, Dynamo Dresden have produced an overall stat of 3-2-1 so far. Dresden has drawn their two previous away games.
The manager Anfang was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue DDV-Stadion. Dynamo Dresden suffered a 1-2 loss to Saarbrücken (placed 6th). Before that loss this team had won at least one point from seven league rounds in a row.
A 1-1 draw at Rot-Weiss Essen's stadium before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Dynamo Dresden in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Dynamo Dresden, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Will both teams score at least one goal each? This team's latest fixtures suggest that, having completed 5 league matches in a row with one or more goals from each team.
Dresden find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. Dynamo Dresden are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Waldhof Mannheim one win, one draw and Dynamo Dresden zero victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last two duels.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Arslan 7 goals |  D. Martinović 4 goals |  C. Kammerknecht 3 goals |
Waldhof Mannheim missing players
Dynamo Dresden missing players
| Waldhof Mannheim | Dynamo Dresden | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 17 | 11 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 22 |
| 23 | 5 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 57% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 85% |
| 62% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 17% | 46% |
| 38% | 14% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 23% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 54% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 62% |
| 23% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 50% | 38% |
| 23% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.8 | 5.7 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 3.7 | 4.6 |
| 4.3 | 3.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 11 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.8 | 10.8 |
| 4.3 | 5 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.8 | 4.3 |
| 30% | 31% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 41% | 39% |
| 10.2 | 7.7 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 11.7 | 10.2 |
| 4.5 | 3.1 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
- Dynamo Dresden have scored in all their matches so far.
- Dynamo Dresden have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in 3. Liga
- Dynamo Dresden have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Dynamo Dresden haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Waldhof Mannheim have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Waldhof Mannheim have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Waldhof Mannheim 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 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 31 |
| 2 | 1860 München | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 29 |
| 3 | Ingolstadt | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 25 |
| 4 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 24 |
| 5 | Freiburg II | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 24 |
| 6 | Saarbrücken | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 23 |
| 7 | Dynamo Dresden | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21 |
| 8 | Waldhof Mannheim | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -6 | 19 |
| 9 | Verl | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 18 |
| 10 | MSV Duisburg | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 18 |
| 11 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -5 | 16 |
| 12 | Viktoria Koln | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 13 | Borussia Dortmund II | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 15 |
| 14 | VfB Oldenburg | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 15 |
| 15 | Hallescher FC | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 13 |
| 16 | Osnabruck | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -2 | 13 |
| 17 | Meppen | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 11 |
| 18 | Zwickau | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
| 19 | Erzgebirge Aue | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -6 | 10 |
| 20 | Bayreuth | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -17 | 9 |
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