3. Liga match prediction: Little separates Waldhof Mannheim and Freiburg II in quality

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 08.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Carl-Benz-Stadion (27000 seats)

It's only been six sleeps since Waldhof Mannheim met Saarbrucken and the scoreline was 1-2. How will it end against Freiburg II?

Insights:
  • Waldhof Mannheim have the most points from losing position (18) in 3. Liga
  • Freiburg II have the most clean sheets (14) in 3. Liga

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Waldhof Mannheim form and stats

37 points is a decent return from 15 3. Liga games here at Carl-Benz-Stadion for Waldhof Mannheim. The data says 12 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Waldhof Mannheim has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Neidhardt and the players.

Waldhof Mannheim faced defeat in their previous match, away at Saarbrucken (1-2).

Preceding that match was the home game against Osnabrück that was lost 0-2.

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 11 games. Mannheim has won 5 of these, drawn 3 and lost 3.

Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 19 latest league matches shows that 16 of them had at least one goal from each side.

A decent goal production from Waldhof Mannheim in their home games so far, with 27 goals from 15 league matches.

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Freiburg II form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most clean sheets (14) in 3. Liga, on their 3. Liga travels is 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

Two away games in a row for Freiburg, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Rot-Weiss Essen. That defeat broke this club's string of league matches in a row without losing; twelve games in all!

A draw for Freiburg II before that, at their own venue hosting Saarbrucken (1-1).

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Freiburg II in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Freiburg II, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Freiburg have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 19 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 17 goals have been conceded by Freiburg II in these games.

Head 2 Head

Freiburg II - Waldhof Mannheim 3-2 was the outcome when these teams formerly did battle, earlier this season. Waldhof Mannheim-Freiburg II H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Mannheim four wins, Freiburg II six wins, zero draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Freiburg IIV. Vermeij
V. Vermeij
14 goals
Waldhof MannheimD. Martinović
D. Martinović
9 goals
Waldhof MannheimP. Sohm
P. Sohm
5 goals

Waldhof Mannheim missing players

Freiburg II missing players

Waldhof Mannheim Freiburg II
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 4 15 30
15 12 4 Won W 1 7 17
3 1 0 Drew D 1 4 8
12 2 1 Lost L 2 4 5
47 27 6 Scored S 4 19 42
51 15 4 Conceded C 5 17 28
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 93% 97%
83% 80% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 73% 73%
73% 67% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 47% 33%
43% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 27% 20%
17% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
70% 73% 40% BTTS BTTS 25% 47% 43%
10% 20% 40% Clean Sheets C S 50% 40% 47%
20% 7% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 20% 13%
 
5 5.7 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.6 5.2
4.5 3.5 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.5 4.2
1.9 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 2.2
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
11.2 12.5 9.6 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 8.1 10.7
4.5 5.1 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.3 4.1
35% 35% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 38% 34%
 
9.6 8.3 9.4 Shots against (avg) S A 8.8 9.7 9.2
4 3.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.6 3.8
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Freiburg II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Freiburg II have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in 3. Liga
  • Freiburg II have the most clean sheets (14) in 3. Liga
  • Freiburg II have the most matches under the total-line (20) in 3. Liga
  • Waldhof Mannheim have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in 3. Liga
  • Waldhof Mannheim have the most matches over the total-line (22) in 3. Liga
  • Waldhof Mannheim have the most points (37) at home in 3. Liga
  • Waldhof Mannheim have the most points from losing position (18) in 3. Liga
  • 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 29 19 6 4 66 26 15 10 3 2 38 14 14 9 3 2 28 12 40 63
2 Freiburg II 30 17 8 5 42 28 15 10 4 1 23 11 15 7 4 4 19 17 14 59
3 Wehen Wiesbaden 30 17 5 8 60 42 15 9 3 3 31 18 15 8 2 5 29 24 18 56
4 Dynamo Dresden 30 15 8 7 53 33 15 6 5 4 29 18 15 9 3 3 24 15 20 53
5 Saarbrucken 30 15 7 8 51 33 15 7 4 4 28 21 15 8 3 4 23 12 18 52
6 Osnabrück 30 15 6 9 57 40 15 9 2 4 29 16 15 6 4 5 28 24 17 51
7 Waldhof Mannheim 30 15 3 12 47 51 15 12 1 2 27 15 15 3 2 10 20 36 -4 48
8 Viktoria Koln 30 12 10 8 44 40 15 7 3 5 20 21 15 5 7 3 24 19 4 46
9 1860 München 30 12 7 11 48 43 15 7 2 6 26 20 15 5 5 5 22 23 5 43
10 Verl 30 10 9 11 46 44 15 6 6 3 26 20 15 4 3 8 20 24 2 39
11 Erzgebirge Aue 30 11 6 13 37 41 15 6 4 5 19 18 15 5 2 8 18 23 -4 39
12 MSV Duisburg 29 9 9 11 39 41 14 3 7 4 20 18 15 6 2 7 19 23 -2 36
13 Rot-Weiss Essen 30 8 12 10 36 43 15 5 7 3 18 19 15 3 5 7 18 24 -7 36
14 Ingolstadt 30 10 5 15 41 47 15 4 3 8 16 23 15 6 2 7 25 24 -6 35
15 Borussia Dortmund II 30 9 4 17 32 41 16 5 2 9 17 20 14 4 2 8 15 21 -9 31
16 Bayreuth 30 9 4 17 32 57 15 6 2 7 21 25 15 3 2 10 11 32 -25 31
17 Hallescher FC 30 6 11 13 39 50 15 4 5 6 23 22 15 2 6 7 16 28 -11 29
18 VfB Oldenburg 30 7 6 17 34 56 15 3 4 8 22 33 15 4 2 9 12 23 -22 27
19 Zwickau 30 7 6 17 30 55 14 5 2 7 15 17 16 2 4 10 15 38 -25 27
20 Meppen 30 4 12 14 32 55 15 4 3 8 21 28 15 0 9 6 11 27 -23 24

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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.