With their 4 point advantage in the league table, Waldhof Mannheim fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against MSV Duisburg.
It's no vacation for neither Mannheim nor MSV Duisburg as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Waldhof Mannheim form and stats
Waldhof Mannheim, who have the most scored goals (16) at home in 3. Liga, have played 5 3. Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Carl-Benz-Stadion.
The home team returns to Carl-Benz-Stadion after being equal after 90 minutes with Zwickau (placed 15th) on their last time out; the 3. Liga game ended 0-0. Ahead of that match, Waldhof Mannheim won a home game hosting Ingolstadt (4-1).
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 six games) they have won two times, drawn one and lost three.
The manager P. Glöckner will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to VfB Lubeck in only four days.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Mannheim is on fire here. A stunning 16 from 5 league matches. Mannheim are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (11 from 5 played).
MSV Duisburg form and stats
As the visiting team in 3. Liga matches, MSV Duisburg, who have the most conceded goals (19) in 3. Liga, have produced an overall stat of 2-1-2 so far.
Duisburg aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 181 league minutes without a goal. V. Vermeij was the last player to find the net.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a 3. Liga home defeat versus Verl with 0-4 on the scoreboard. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Hallescher FC.
Duisburg lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
Duisburg are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, two draws and six defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
MSV Duisburg have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Duisburg have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Mannheim-MSV Duisburg H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Waldhof Mannheim two wins, MSV Duisburg one win, zero draws. three of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Boyamba 6 goals | D. Martinović 4 goals |   V. Vermeij 3 goals |
Waldhof Mannheim missing players
MSV Duisburg missing players
| Waldhof Mannheim | MSV Duisburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 19 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 15 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 19 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 82% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 40% | 80% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 36% |
| 30% | 60% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 70% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 55% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 27% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 109 | 64 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 52 | 92 |
| 55 | 33 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 17 | 31 |
| 35% | 48% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 35% | 32% |
- All of Waldhof Mannheim's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- MSV Duisburg has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in 3. Liga
- MSV Duisburg has the most conceded goals (19) in 3. Liga
- MSV Duisburg has the most conceded goals in the second half (16) in 3. Liga
- MSV Duisburg has the the worst goal difference (-9) in 3. Liga
- MSV Duisburg have scored in all their away matches so far.
- MSV Duisburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Waldhof Mannheim has the most scored goals (16) at home in 3. Liga
- Waldhof Mannheim have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Waldhof Mannheim have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Waldhof Mannheim have scored at least twice as many goals at home as MSV Duisburg have scored away.
- Waldhof Mannheim have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Waldhof Mannheim haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Saarbrücken | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 22 |
| 2 | 1860 München | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 17 |
| 3 | Ingolstadt | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 17 |
| 4 | Verl | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | Hansa Rostock | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | Türkgücü-Ataspor | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 16 |
| 7 | Dynamo Dresden | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 8 | Viktoria Koln | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 16 |
| 9 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 10 | Uerdingen | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 14 |
| 11 | Waldhof Mannheim | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 12 | Bayern München II | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 12 |
| 13 | VfB Lubeck | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 11 |
| 14 | Hallescher FC | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 11 |
| 15 | Zwickau | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 16 | Kaiserslautern | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 9 |
| 17 | Unterhaching | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 18 | MSV Duisburg | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -9 | 9 |
| 19 | Magdeburg | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 8 |
| 20 | Meppen | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 6 |
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