3. Liga preview: Can Waldhof Mannheim edge out victory against Zwickau?

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 23.October
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Carl-Benz-Stadion (27000 seats)

The table tells us that 4 points split the two competitors in this 3. Liga match. Waldhof Mannheim hold both the points- and home advantage.

Insights:
  • Waldhof Mannheim have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Zwickau have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in 3. Liga

Waldhof Mannheim and Zwickau should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Waldhof Mannheim form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Carl-Benz-Stadion as Waldhof Mannheim have scored 13 goals to get 13 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the 3. Liga are 4-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). Ever since the Wurzburger Kickers game Waldhof Mannheim has been unbeatable here at Carl-Benz-Stadion producing four straight wins.

The Mannheim supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Verl in 3. Liga and win 2-1.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Verl.

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 twelve games) they have won six times, drawn one and lost five.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the DFB Pokal game versus FC Union Berlin in only four days. This game is also played here at Carl-Benz-Stadion.

Goals decide football matches and Waldhof Mannheim are scoring many of them at home; 13 on target from 6 league matches. From these home matches, Waldhof Mannheim have conceded only 5 goals.

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Zwickau form and stats

As the visiting team in 3. Liga matches, Zwickau have produced an overall stat of 2-2-1 so far. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Zwickau are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Zwickau won their last game, 3-2 versus MSV Duisburg played at home. Late drama in the previous game, when Yannic Voigt scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time to defeat MSV Duisburg.

Prior to that result Zwickau won their away game at Osnabruck. The scoreline was 1-0.

We have checked recent matches where Zwickau have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were four victories, two draws and six defeats.

The visiting Zwickau have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 5 games. Zwickau are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

As for the last four games between these two teams, there's two Mannheim victories, two draws and zero Zwickau wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Waldhof Mannheim missing players

Zwickau missing players

Waldhof Mannheim Zwickau
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 6 3 Played P 2 5 12
5 4 3 Won W 1 2 3
4 1 0 Drew D 0 2 6
2 1 0 Lost L 1 1 3
17 13 10 Scored S 1 5 14
9 5 1 Conceded C 2 4 15
82% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
73% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 83%
45% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
18% 17% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
18% 17% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
45% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 67%
36% 33% 67% Clean Sheets C S 50% 40% 25%
36% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 20% 17%
 
6.4 7.8 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.6 5.4
3.6 3.3 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 9.5 8 6.2
2.7 2.2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.6 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.3 14 15.3 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 8 11.8
5.5 7.5 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.4 4.7
28% 29% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 23% 25%
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • All of Waldhof Mannheim's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Waldhof Mannheim have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Waldhof Mannheim have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Waldhof Mannheim have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Zwickau have scored away.
  • Waldhof Mannheim have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Waldhof Mannheim have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Waldhof Mannheim haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Zwickau have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in 3. Liga
  • Zwickau haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 12 8 1 3 25 13 5 3 1 1 8 3 7 5 0 2 17 10 12 25
2 Borussia Dortmund II 12 6 2 4 20 15 5 2 2 1 7 4 7 4 0 3 13 11 5 20
3 Saarbrucken 12 5 5 2 20 15 6 3 1 2 13 10 6 2 4 0 7 5 5 20
4 Eintracht Braunschweig 12 5 5 2 19 14 6 2 3 1 9 9 6 3 2 1 10 5 5 20
5 Osnabruck 12 6 2 4 16 11 6 3 0 3 6 4 6 3 2 1 10 7 5 20
6 Waldhof Mannheim 11 5 4 2 17 9 6 4 1 1 13 5 5 1 3 1 4 4 8 19
7 Kaiserslautern 12 5 3 4 17 8 6 3 3 0 9 1 6 2 0 4 8 7 9 18
8 Viktoria Berlin 12 5 3 4 23 16 7 4 0 3 14 9 5 1 3 1 9 7 7 18
9 Wehen Wiesbaden 12 5 3 4 17 14 5 1 2 2 5 7 7 4 1 2 12 7 3 18
10 Turkgucu-Ataspor 12 5 3 4 14 17 6 4 1 1 9 6 6 1 2 3 5 11 -3 18
11 Hallescher FC 12 4 5 3 21 20 7 3 2 2 14 13 5 1 3 1 7 7 1 17
12 Zwickau 12 3 6 3 14 15 7 1 4 2 9 11 5 2 2 1 5 4 -1 15
13 Meppen 12 4 3 5 12 17 6 3 1 2 8 6 6 1 2 3 4 11 -5 15
14 1860 München 11 2 7 2 10 11 6 2 3 1 7 5 5 0 4 1 3 6 -1 13
15 Verl 11 3 4 4 16 19 6 1 3 2 7 10 5 2 1 2 9 9 -3 13
16 Freiburg II 12 3 4 5 8 16 6 2 2 2 6 7 6 1 2 3 2 9 -8 13
17 MSV Duisburg 12 4 0 8 15 21 5 3 0 2 8 5 7 1 0 6 7 16 -6 12
18 Viktoria Koln 12 2 4 6 14 21 6 2 3 1 11 8 6 0 1 5 3 13 -7 10
19 Wurzburger Kickers 12 1 5 6 6 16 5 0 3 2 2 7 7 1 2 4 4 9 -10 8
20 Havelse 11 2 1 8 7 23 6 1 0 5 2 14 5 1 1 3 5 9 -16 7

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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.