3. Liga match prediction and preview for Zwickau vs MSV Duisburg clash

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Tue 26.January
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: SGL Arena (10049 seats)

Zwickau are welcoming MSV Duisburg for another important game after their 2-1 result against 16th-placed Unterhaching.

Insights:
  • Zwickau has the fewest clean sheets (2) in 3. Liga
  • MSV Duisburg has the most conceded goals (34) in 3. Liga

It's no vacation for neither Zwickau nor MSV Duisburg as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Zwickau form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the 3. Liga this season. Zwickau, who have the fewest clean sheets (2) in 3. Liga, have only managed 2 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses from their games here at SGL Arena.

A strong away win for Zwickau against Unterhaching the last match, as D. Willms and M. Schröter were on target. Before that, Zwickau played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Verl.

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.

Zwickau aren't scoring a lot here at SGL Arena in the league, with only 7 goals from 10 games. Zwickau's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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MSV Duisburg form and stats

As the visiting team in 3. Liga matches, MSV Duisburg, who have the most conceded goals (34) in 3. Liga, have produced an overall stat of 2-4-3 so far.

Home advantage was not enough for Duisburg in their previous game, as they lost their 3. Liga-match, hosting Hansa Rostock, 1-2. A loss against Magdeburg was the result prior to that, in a home game.

MSV Duisburg are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, two draws and six defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

The visiting Duisburg have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 9 games. Duisburg have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the MSV Duisburg - Zwickau 1-1 earlier this season. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: one win for Zwickau, two draws and two wins for MSV Duisburg. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

MSV DuisburgV. Vermeij
V. Vermeij
7 goals
ZwickauR. König
R. König
5 goals
ZwickauM. Schröter
M. Schröter
4 goals

Zwickau missing players

MSV Duisburg missing players

Zwickau MSV Duisburg
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 10 4 Played P 3 9 20
6 2 2 Won W 1 2 4
4 1 0 Drew D 2 4 6
8 7 2 Lost L 0 3 10
19 7 5 Scored S 4 12 23
23 14 5 Conceded C 3 13 34
94% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
83% 70% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 89% 85%
50% 50% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 56% 60%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 35%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
67% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 67% 78% 65%
11% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 22% 20%
28% 50% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 1.9 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.7 2.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.9 9.3 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 8.4 7.8
3.9 3.7 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.3 3.1
27% 19% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 40% 37%
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • MSV Duisburg has the most conceded goals (34) in 3. Liga
  • MSV Duisburg has the most conceded goals in the second half (24) in 3. Liga
  • MSV Duisburg has the the worst goal difference (-11) in 3. Liga
  • MSV Duisburg have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • MSV Duisburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Zwickau has the fewest clean sheets (2) in 3. Liga
  • Zwickau has the fewest points (7) at home 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 Dynamo Dresden 19 12 2 5 34 19 9 6 2 1 18 8 10 6 0 4 16 11 15 38
2 Ingolstadt 19 10 4 5 27 21 9 7 1 1 14 6 10 3 3 4 13 15 6 34
3 1860 München 19 9 6 4 38 19 10 4 4 2 22 11 9 5 2 2 16 8 19 33
4 Hansa Rostock 19 9 5 5 27 19 9 5 2 2 15 8 10 4 3 3 12 11 8 32
5 Türkgücü-Ataspor 20 8 8 4 28 23 10 4 5 1 12 9 10 4 3 3 16 14 5 32
6 Verl 20 8 7 5 37 29 11 3 5 3 19 15 9 5 2 2 18 14 8 31
7 Saarbrucken 18 8 5 5 31 25 9 4 3 2 19 13 9 4 2 3 12 12 6 29
8 Hallescher FC 20 8 5 7 25 31 11 4 3 4 12 14 9 4 2 3 13 17 -6 29
9 Wehen Wiesbaden 19 7 7 5 33 30 9 4 3 2 15 12 10 3 4 3 18 18 3 28
10 Waldhof Mannheim 20 6 9 5 32 33 9 3 4 2 25 20 11 3 5 3 7 13 -1 27
11 Bayern München II 19 6 6 7 26 26 8 3 3 2 11 8 11 3 3 5 15 18 0 24
12 Uerdingen 19 6 6 7 16 19 10 3 2 5 8 14 9 3 4 2 8 5 -3 24
13 Viktoria Köln 20 6 5 9 23 33 11 3 1 7 11 20 9 3 4 2 12 13 -10 23
14 Zwickau 18 6 4 8 19 23 10 2 1 7 7 14 8 4 3 1 12 9 -4 22
15 Meppen 19 7 1 11 20 27 9 4 0 5 12 14 10 3 1 6 8 13 -7 22
16 Unterhaching 20 6 3 11 22 29 11 4 2 5 14 16 9 2 1 6 8 13 -7 21
17 Magdeburg 20 5 6 9 19 26 9 2 3 4 8 11 11 3 3 5 11 15 -7 21
18 Kaiserslautern 20 3 11 6 20 27 9 1 6 2 6 9 11 2 5 4 14 18 -7 20
19 MSV Duisburg 20 4 6 10 23 34 11 2 2 7 11 21 9 2 4 3 12 13 -11 18
20 VfB Lubeck 18 4 4 10 21 28 9 2 3 4 9 10 9 2 1 6 12 18 -7 16

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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.