Balanced ball game between Zwickau and Saarbrücken expected

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Fri 03.December
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: GGZ Arena

Zwickau will pray that their home advantage is enough to get a good result from this hard meeting, against lively Saarbrücken.

Insights:
  • Zwickau have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in 3. Liga
  • Saarbrücken have the most points from losing position (14) in 3. Liga

These are active days for the team playing at home, as they played only four days ago in the 3. Liga. That game was an away game at Turkgucu-Ataspor, so at least Zwickau are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Zwickau form and stats

When playing at home in the 3. Liga, Zwickau have managed 2 wins, 4 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 8 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Zwickau after consecutive victories at their own ground.

An away draw last time out for Zwickau, facing Turkgucu-Ataspor in a game that ended 2-2.

Before that, Zwickau had a home game versus Havelse which ended with a victory 2-0.

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 14 matches with the results: Won five, drawn three and lost six.

Zwickau are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 games. 11 goals have been conceded.

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Saarbrücken form and stats

As the visiting team in 3. Liga matches, Saarbrücken have produced an overall stat of 3-4-1 so far.

Saarbrücken won their last game, 2-0 versus Viktoria Berlin played at home.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Verl at their stadium, the result 4-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Saarbrücken in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Saarbrücken, four draws and five defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Saarbrücken have scored 11 goals in 8 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 8 goals have been conceded by Saarbrücken in these games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Zwickau two wins, zero draws and Saarbrücken zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SaarbrückenA. Grimaldi
A. Grimaldi
8 goals
ZwickauD. Baumann
D. Baumann
5 goals
SaarbrückenM. Gouras
M. Gouras
5 goals

Zwickau missing players

Saarbrücken missing players

Zwickau Saarbrücken
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 1 Played P 4 8 17
4 2 0 Won W 3 3 7
9 4 1 Drew D 1 4 6
3 2 0 Lost L 0 1 4
21 11 1 Scored S 9 11 27
20 11 1 Conceded C 5 8 21
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 88%
88% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 50% 76%
38% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 47%
31% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 35%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 18%
69% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 50% 59%
25% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 38% 29%
12% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 24%
 
5.7 7.1 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.8 5.5
6.2 5.1 7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 6 5.3
2.2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.8 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.2 14.2 7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 6.1 8.3
4.6 4.9 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.9 3.9
28% 28% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 48% 41%
 
9.5 8.4 8 Shots against (avg) S A 7 7.4 8.2
3.9 3.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 2.9 3.7
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Saarbrücken have the most points from losing position (14) in 3. Liga
  • Zwickau have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zwickau have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in 3. Liga
  • Zwickau have won significantly more corners at 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 Magdeburg 16 11 1 4 30 14 8 6 1 1 13 3 8 5 0 3 17 11 16 34
2 Meppen 17 9 3 5 25 21 8 5 1 2 13 6 9 4 2 3 12 15 4 30
3 Osnabruck 17 8 4 5 24 17 9 4 1 4 9 6 8 4 3 1 15 11 7 28
4 Waldhof Mannheim 16 7 6 3 26 16 9 5 3 1 18 9 7 2 3 2 8 7 10 27
5 Saarbrücken 17 7 6 4 27 21 9 4 2 3 16 13 8 3 4 1 11 8 6 27
6 Kaiserslautern 17 7 5 5 21 11 8 4 3 1 10 3 9 3 2 4 11 8 10 26
7 Eintracht Braunschweig 16 7 5 4 26 18 8 3 3 2 12 11 8 4 2 2 14 7 8 26
8 Borussia Dortmund II 17 7 3 7 23 20 8 2 3 3 7 6 9 5 0 4 16 14 3 24
9 1860 München 16 5 8 3 24 19 8 4 3 1 16 7 8 1 5 2 8 12 5 23
10 Wehen Wiesbaden 17 6 5 6 24 22 8 1 4 3 10 13 9 5 1 3 14 9 2 23
11 Freiburg II 17 6 5 6 14 25 9 4 3 2 11 10 8 2 2 4 3 15 -11 23
12 Viktoria Berlin 17 6 4 7 26 22 9 5 1 3 17 11 8 1 3 4 9 11 4 22
13 Viktoria Koln 17 6 4 7 20 26 8 4 3 1 14 8 9 2 1 6 6 18 -6 22
14 Zwickau 16 4 9 3 21 20 8 2 4 2 11 11 8 2 5 1 10 9 1 21
15 Hallescher FC 17 5 6 6 25 27 9 4 2 3 17 16 8 1 4 3 8 11 -2 21
16 Turkgucu-Ataspor 17 5 4 8 18 26 8 4 2 2 12 10 9 1 2 6 6 16 -8 19
17 Verl 17 4 5 8 26 33 9 2 3 4 15 19 8 2 2 4 11 14 -7 17
18 MSV Duisburg 17 5 1 11 21 30 8 4 1 3 11 9 9 1 0 8 10 21 -9 16
19 Wurzburger Kickers 16 3 6 7 12 21 7 1 3 3 5 11 9 2 3 4 7 10 -9 15
20 Havelse 17 3 2 12 14 38 9 2 0 7 6 22 8 1 2 5 8 16 -24 11

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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.