This match features two teams living in the basement of the 3. Liga, Zwickau holding 15th place and Energie Cottbus lying 18th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
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.
Zwickau form and stats
When playing at home, Zwickau have managed 5 wins, 5 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 14 games.The home team returns to Stadion Zwickau after sharing the points with Aalen (placed 20th) on their last time out; the 3. Liga game ended 1-1. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Uerdingen in a game that was won 2-0.
This is expected to be a close game, with Zwickau perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Zwickau as a small favourite), we find seven games. Zwickau has won 2 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.
Zwickau are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 19 goals in 14 matches. On the other hand, Zwickau have conceded 14 goals.
Energie Cottbus form and stats
The visitors are W4-D3-L7 on the road this term.It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Unterhaching (placed 8th) in their previous outing. The 3. Liga match ended in a draw 0-0. A 0-2 loss hosting Karlsruher SC before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 22 similar matches played by Energie Cottbus in our archives, and the results are: 10 wins for Energie Cottbus, 4 draws and 8 defeats.
Energie Cottbus find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 15 goals from 14 away fixtures. In the opposite end, Energie Cottbus have conceded 24 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Energie Cottbus - Zwickau 2-1. As for the last one game between these two teams, there's 0 Zwickau victories, 0 draws and 1 Energie Cottbus win.Top Goalscorers
  S. Mamba 9 goals / 2 assists |   T. Wachsmuth 7 goals |  R. König 6 goals / 1 assists |
Zwickau missing players
Energie Cottbus missing players
| Zwickau | Energie Cottbus | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | Played | 15 | 29 |
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 93% | 90% |
| 83% | 79% | Over 1.5 | 87% | 86% |
| 31% | 29% | Over 2.5 | 67% | 59% |
| 10% | 21% | Over 3.5 | 20% | 28% |
| 3% | 7% | Over 4.5 | 7% | 10% |
| 48% | 43% | Both teams to score | 60% | 48% |
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheet | 20% | 28% |
| 28% | 21% | Failed To Score | 27% | 34% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Osnabrück | 29 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 42 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 21 | 58 |
| 2 | Karlsruher SC | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 46 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 17 | 54 |
| 3 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 29 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 53 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 14 | 49 |
| 4 | Hallescher FC | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 49 |
| 5 | Würzburger Kickers | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 42 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 41 |
| 6 | Kaiserslautern | 29 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 35 | 36 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 26 | -1 | 41 |
| 7 | Hansa Rostock | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 35 | 38 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 41 |
| 8 | Unterhaching | 29 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 45 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 14 | 40 |
| 9 | 1860 München | 29 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 41 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 40 |
| 10 | Uerdingen | 29 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 33 | 43 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 23 | -10 | 40 |
| 11 | Meppen | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 39 |
| 12 | Preußen Münster | 29 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 34 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 26 | -2 | 38 |
| 13 | Sportfreunde Lotte | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 27 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 21 | -4 | 36 |
| 14 | Fortuna Köln | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 46 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | -17 | 35 |
| 15 | Zwickau | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -1 | 34 |
| 16 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 29 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 35 | 45 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 21 | -10 | 32 |
| 17 | Sonnenhof Großaspach | 29 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 31 |
| 18 | Energie Cottbus | 29 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 35 | 45 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -10 | 31 |
| 19 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 29 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 49 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 29 | -18 | 26 |
| 20 | Aalen | 29 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 36 | 46 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -10 | 25 |
