The visiting Meppen side should be favourites in this visit to Zwickau, as the away team holds a 7 point advantage from their 19 league games this season.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Zwickau form and stats
The story so far in the 3. Liga for Zwickau at their home stadium (Stadion Zwickau) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
The Zwickau fans got no joy from their last match, a 3. Liga game also here at Stadion Zwickau: A 0-1 defeat against Waldhof Mannheim (placed 7th). Before that, Zwickau played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Chemnitzer FC.
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 16 games. Zwickau has won 8 of these, drawn 4 and lost 4.
Zwickau have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Zwickau with 17 goals in 9 league matches. On the other hand, Zwickau have conceded 11 goals.
Meppen form and stats
As the visiting team in 3. Liga matches, Meppen have produced an overall stat of 3-5-2 so far.
Meppen play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Eintracht Braunschweig (placed 3rd). That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Preuen Munster.
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 nine relevant matches. Results were 6 Meppen wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Meppen's attacking play in away games, having scored 16 goals in 10 league matches away. 13 goals have been conceded by Meppen in these games.
Head 2 Head
Meppen - Zwickau 0-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Zwickau won 1 game, 1 match ended with a draw and Meppen has 3 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 1 / 4Top Goalscorers
  D. Undav 12 goals |   E. Huth 8 goals |  F. Viteritti 5 goals |
Zwickau missing players
Meppen missing players
| Zwickau | Meppen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 29 | 17 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 16 | 38 |
| 28 | 11 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 27 |
| 89% | 89% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 70% | 84% |
| 79% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 84% |
| 53% | 56% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 68% |
| 37% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 42% |
| 16% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 30% | 26% |
| 47% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 70% | 74% |
| 37% | 44% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 21% |
| 26% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 21% |
| 6.6 | 7.9 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 10 | 4.7 | 5.7 |
| 6 | 5.7 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 212 | 118 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 103 | 219 |
| 81 | 46 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 41 | 92 |
| 36% | 37% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 32% | 38% |
- Meppen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Zwickau have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | MSV Duisburg | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 37 |
| 2 | Ingolstadt | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 33 |
| 3 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 32 |
| 4 | Hallescher FC | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 31 |
| 5 | Unterhaching | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| 6 | Meppen | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 30 |
| 7 | Waldhof Mannheim | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 29 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 30 |
| 8 | Uerdingen | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | -2 | 29 |
| 9 | Kaiserslautern | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 0 | 28 |
| 10 | Magdeburg | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 26 |
| 11 | Würzburger Kickers | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 39 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 23 | -7 | 26 |
| 12 | 1860 München | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -1 | 25 |
| 13 | Hansa Rostock | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -5 | 25 |
| 14 | Zwickau | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 23 |
| 15 | Bayern München II | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -7 | 22 |
| 16 | Viktoria Köln | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 21 | -5 | 21 |
| 17 | Chemnitzer FC | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -4 | 20 |
| 18 | Preuen Munster | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -10 | 16 |
| 19 | Sonnenhof Groaspach | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -18 | 16 |
| 20 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -22 | 9 |
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