It hasn't been easy for Zwickau so far, and you could say the same about Meppen. These brave battlers eye some important points here.
- Zwickau have the fewest points from losing position (0) in 3. Liga
- Meppen have yet to win a game away.
This looks to be an intriguing game with lots of spark and excitement as both participants are well recovered since they last played a game. Bring it on!
Zwickau form and stats
The story so far in the 3. Liga for Zwickau at their home stadium (GGZ Arena) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. When Zwickau hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like VfB Oldenburg, Borussia Dortmund II, Erzgebirge Aue, Hallescher FC, Bayreuth and Zwickau), they have won 2 of 4 matches!
A strong away win for Zwickau against Hallescher FC the last match, as Baumann (2) were on target. Sweet to taste a league win after four fixtures without one.
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at 1860 München.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Zwickau have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 2 and lost 4.
Zwickau has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. 11 goals have been conceded.
Meppen form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Meppen so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 0-6-3 (win-draw-lose). One point away has become something of a habit for Meppen who have played out draws in their last three away games.
Meppen played 1-1 against VfB Oldenburg in their previous match.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Freiburg II.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Meppen playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 4 Meppen wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
The attacking power of Meppen when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Meppen's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Meppen - Zwickau 3-0 was the outcome when this pair of squads last played each other, also in this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Zwickau victories, four draws and three Meppen wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Pourié 6 goals |   D. Baumann 5 goals |  J. Gomez 3 goals |
Zwickau missing players
Meppen missing players
| Zwickau | Meppen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 18 | 10 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 19 |
| 31 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 15 | 34 |
| 85% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 85% |
| 60% | 44% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 80% |
| 45% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | 55% |
| 25% | 22% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 20% | 22% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 35% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | 45% |
| 30% | 22% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 20% |
| 50% | 56% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 44% | 50% |
| 5.7 | 5.7 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5 | 5.5 |
| 5.6 | 4.8 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.7 | 9.9 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 8.2 | 10 |
| 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
| 27% | 36% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 21% | 25% |
| 10.6 | 8 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 11.8 | 11.1 |
| 3.9 | 2.2 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
- Meppen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Meppen have yet to win a game away.
- Zwickau have the fewest points from losing position (0) in 3. Liga
| 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 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 49 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 31 | 47 |
| 2 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 40 |
| 3 | Saarbrücken | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 36 |
| 4 | Freiburg II | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 36 |
| 5 | Waldhof Mannheim | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 32 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 1 | 35 |
| 6 | 1860 München | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 33 |
| 7 | Ingolstadt | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 31 |
| 8 | Osnabrück | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 31 |
| 9 | Dynamo Dresden | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 30 |
| 10 | Viktoria Köln | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 27 |
| 11 | Verl | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 27 |
| 12 | MSV Duisburg | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -3 | 25 |
| 13 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | -6 | 24 |
| 14 | Erzgebirge Aue | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -5 | 21 |
| 15 | VfB Oldenburg | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -13 | 20 |
| 16 | Zwickau | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -13 | 19 |
| 17 | Bayreuth | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -19 | 19 |
| 18 | Borussia Dortmund II | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -14 | 18 |
| 19 | Hallescher FC | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -5 | 17 |
| 20 | Meppen | 20 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 | -15 | 15 |
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