Football match preview: Zwickau vs Meppen

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 14.August
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: GGZ Arena

This promises to be another interesting encounter at GGZ Arena in the 3. Liga. Zwickau is in 15th position and welcome Meppen in 10th place. Read all about the match here!

Zwickau and Meppen 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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Zwickau form and stats

Zwickau's first 3. Liga home game here at GGZ Arena ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 4 draws and 9 defeats from 19 matches.

Zwickau travelled for their previous game, a trip to Viktoria Koln that ended 1-1. The hometeam coach J. Enochs made a successful contribution in the game against Viktoria Koln, bringing on M. Hauptmann who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.

Before that game, the home loss against Borussia Dortmund II with the scoreline 1-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Zwickau handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, zero draws and one defeat.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Zwickau at home in the league. 1 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Meppen form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the 3. Liga ended in defeat. Last season Meppen had these away match statistics: Played 19; won 4, drew 5 and lost 10.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a DFB Pokal home defeat versus Hertha BSC with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Luka Tankulić, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.45. Tankulić hit three key passes. Late heartbreak for Meppen in the Hertha BSC match, as the deciding 0-1 goal came deep into overtime.

Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Hallescher FC's place.

Meppen are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is six wins, five draws and eight defeats. From a total of 19 matches.

Meppen have the goal stats of 1-3 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Zwickau-Meppen H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Zwickau two wins, Meppen three wins, three draws. three of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ZwickauM. Hauptmann
M. Hauptmann
1 goals
ZwickauR. König
R. König
1 goals
MeppenL. Tankulic
L. Tankulic
1 goals

Zwickau missing players

Meppen missing players

Zwickau Meppen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
2 1 0 Scored S 0 1 2
3 2 0 Conceded C 0 3 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
7 10 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 8 7
5.5 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 3
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 5 4.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
17 19 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10 10
5.5 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 3.5
18% 17% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 29%
Zwickau Last season Meppen
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
13 6   Won W   4 12
12 4   Drew D   5 5
13 9   Lost L   10 21
46 21   Scored S   13 37
45 23   Conceded C   24 61
89% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 92%
79% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   63% 76%
50% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   26% 50%
16% 11%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 26%
5% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 13%
63% 53%   BTTS BTTS   26% 42%
21% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   37% 26%
26% 37%   Failed to Score F T   53% 39%
 
4.9 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4.2
5.9 5.4   Corners against (avg) C A   6.1 5.9
2.1 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.6
3 1   Red cards R C   1 4
 
10.1 10.5   Shots (avg) S (   7.8 8.3
4 4.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.8 3.3
30% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 29%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Viktoria Berlin 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 5 6
2 Hallescher FC 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
3 Magdeburg 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
4 Borussia Dortmund II 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
5 1860 München 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
6 Verl 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
7 MSV Duisburg 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
8 Osnabruck 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
9 Saarbrucken 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
10 Meppen 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -1 3
11 Türkgücü-Ataspor 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
12 Freiburg II 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
13 Wehen Wiesbaden 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
14 Viktoria Koln 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
15 Zwickau 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
16 Kaiserslautern 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
17 Waldhof Mannheim 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
18 Eintracht Braunschweig 2 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 -4 1
19 Wurzburger Kickers 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
20 Havelse 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dynamo Dresden 38 23 6 9 61 29 19 12 5 2 35 14 19 11 1 7 26 15 32 75
2 Hansa Rostock 38 20 11 7 52 33 19 10 6 3 29 18 19 10 5 4 23 15 19 71
3 Ingolstadt 38 20 11 7 56 40 19 13 5 1 29 14 19 7 6 6 27 26 16 71
4 1860 München 38 18 12 8 69 35 19 8 8 3 36 19 19 10 4 5 33 16 34 66
5 Saarbrucken 38 16 11 11 66 51 19 9 5 5 39 26 19 7 6 6 27 25 15 59
6 Wehen Wiesbaden 38 15 11 12 57 53 19 8 6 5 29 25 19 7 5 7 28 28 4 56
7 Verl 38 14 13 11 66 55 19 6 7 6 30 24 19 8 6 5 36 31 11 55
8 Waldhof Mannheim 38 13 13 12 50 55 19 7 6 6 36 33 19 6 7 6 14 22 -5 52
9 Hallescher FC 38 14 10 14 51 58 19 8 6 5 27 24 19 6 4 9 24 34 -7 52
10 Zwickau 38 13 12 13 46 45 19 6 4 9 21 23 19 7 8 4 25 22 1 51
11 Magdeburg 38 14 9 15 42 45 19 6 6 7 17 23 19 8 3 8 25 22 -3 51
12 Viktoria Koln 38 13 12 13 52 59 19 6 4 9 26 33 19 7 8 4 26 26 -7 51
13 Türkgücü-Ataspor 38 12 11 15 45 55 19 6 7 6 19 23 19 6 4 9 26 32 -10 47
14 Kaiserslautern 38 8 19 11 47 52 19 5 11 3 24 21 19 3 8 8 23 31 -5 43
15 MSV Duisburg 38 11 10 17 52 67 19 6 5 8 26 35 19 5 5 9 26 32 -15 43
16 Uerdingen 38 11 11 16 38 50 19 4 5 10 14 28 19 7 6 6 24 22 -12 41
17 Meppen 38 12 5 21 37 61 19 8 0 11 24 37 19 4 5 10 13 24 -24 41
18 Bayern München II 38 8 13 17 47 58 19 5 3 11 20 27 19 3 10 6 27 31 -11 37
19 VfB Lubeck 38 8 11 19 41 57 19 4 7 8 17 23 19 4 4 11 24 34 -16 35
20 Unterhaching 38 9 5 24 40 57 19 6 2 11 21 26 19 3 3 13 19 31 -17 32

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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.