Waldhof Mannheim will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 10 points behind Saarbrücken.
- Waldhof Mannheim has the most scored goals (18) at home in 3. Liga
- Saarbrücken has the the best goal difference (+10) 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!
Waldhof Mannheim form and stats
Waldhof Mannheim, who have the most scored goals (18) at home in 3. Liga, have collected 9 points from their 3. Liga home games so far after 2-3-1.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Mannheim, who played 2-2 against MSV Duisburg. That match was also played at this venue (Carl-Benz-Stadion). Before that, Mannheim played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Zwickau.
Mannheim are traveling soon after this match as the 3. Liga match at Meppen awaits in three days.
Mannheim are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Carl-Benz-Stadion in their league games, having scored an impressive 18 goals in 6 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Mannheim with 13 goals conceded in these matches.
Saarbrücken form and stats
3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Saarbrücken, who have the the best goal difference (+10) in 3. Liga, playing as the away team in the 3. Liga this season. Saarbrücken have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.
Saarbrücken's last game was the home draw against Kaiserslautern (1-1). Before that, Saarbrücken travelled to Turkgucu-Ataspor and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.
As mentioned above, Saarbrücken drew the match against Kaiserslautern. Manager L. Kwasniok brought on M. Deville to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
The travelling fans enjoy Saarbrücken's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 6 league matches away. As opposed to that, Saarbrücken have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Waldhof Mannheim wins - draws - Saarbrücken wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Boyamba 6 goals |  N. Shipnoski 6 goals |  S. Jacob 6 goals |
Waldhof Mannheim missing players
Saarbrücken missing players
| Waldhof Mannheim | Saarbrücken | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | 18 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 24 |
| 17 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 83% | 92% |
| 55% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 54% |
| 45% | 83% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 27% | 50% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 73% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 69% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 17% | 23% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 17% | 8% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.8 | 12.2 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.8 |
| 5.6 | 6.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 |
| 34% | 45% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 43% | 43% |
- All of Waldhof Mannheim's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Saarbrücken has the most points from losing position (10) in 3. Liga
- Saarbrücken has the most scored goals in the second half (14) in 3. Liga
- Saarbrücken has the the best goal difference (+10) in 3. Liga
- Saarbrücken haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Waldhof Mannheim has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in 3. Liga
- Waldhof Mannheim has the most scored goals (18) 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 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 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 25 |
| 2 | Dynamo Dresden | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 25 |
| 3 | Ingolstadt | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 23 |
| 4 | 1860 München | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 20 |
| 5 | Verl | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 20 |
| 6 | Hansa Rostock | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| 7 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | Turkgucu-Ataspor | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 18 |
| 9 | Viktoria Köln | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | -4 | 18 |
| 10 | Hallescher FC | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 18 |
| 11 | Waldhof Mannheim | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 12 | Uerdingen | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -4 | 15 |
| 13 | VfB Lübeck | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 14 |
| 14 | Kaiserslautern | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 14 |
| 15 | Unterhaching | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 16 | Zwickau | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
| 17 | Bayern München II | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -5 | 12 |
| 18 | Magdeburg | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 12 |
| 19 | MSV Duisburg | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -12 | 10 |
| 20 | Meppen | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
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