Zwickau and Saarbrücken followers can't wait for 3. Liga bout at GGZ Arena

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sun 09.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: GGZ Arena

This league campaign has been hard for Zwickau so far, while Saarbrücken have enjoyed many victories. Will the highest placed get another win at GGZ Arena?

Insights:
  • Zwickau have the fewest scored goals (30) in 3. Liga
  • Saarbrücken have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Zwickau and Saarbrücken 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

The story so far in the 3. Liga for Zwickau at their home stadium (GGZ Arena) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats.

Zwickau are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 3-4 away versus Wehen Wiesbaden. Did Zwickau get overconfident in their match against Wehen Wiesbaden? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 2-0 lead to end up with a 3-4 defeat.

Before that game, a nice away victory at Dynamo Dresden. A Reg. Cup Sachsen match.

Zwickau are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 14 games. Zwickau have conceded 17 in these home matches.

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Saarbrücken form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their 3. Liga travels is 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

The followers enjoyed Saarbrücken's previous game versus Waldhof Mannheim (placed 7th), a 2-1 win played at home.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Freiburg II that ended 1-1.

Take note that 8 of this team's 10 latest league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.

Saarbrücken are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 23 times in 15 away games so far. Saarbrücken are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 12 times in 15 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Saarbrücken - Zwickau 3-2 was the story when these contenders formerly played each other, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: two - one - two (Zwickau wins - draws - Saarbrücken wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be "violent", having seen 4 sending-offs from the last five duels.

Top Goalscorers

ZwickauD. Baumann
D. Baumann
9 goals
SaarbrückenS. Jacob
S. Jacob
7 goals
SaarbrückenM. Cuni
M. Cuni
7 goals

Zwickau missing players

Saarbrücken missing players

Zwickau Saarbrücken
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 14 4 Played P 4 15 30
7 5 1 Won W 3 8 15
6 2 0 Drew D 1 3 7
17 7 3 Lost L 0 4 8
30 15 4 Scored S 10 23 51
55 17 7 Conceded C 2 12 33
90% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 93% 90%
73% 64% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 73% 73%
47% 29% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 40% 57%
30% 14% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 13% 33%
20% 14% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 7% 17%
40% 36% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 47%
23% 21% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 40% 40%
47% 50% 75% Failed to Score F T 25% 27% 23%
 
5.7 5.6 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.5 5.5
5.6 5.4 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.3 5.2
2.4 2.3 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.9 1.9
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10.1 10.4 6.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.1 11.8
3.6 3.4 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 5.1 5.4
28% 31% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 30% 32%
 
11.2 9.1 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 8 9.5 10.2
4.5 2.9 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 4.1 4
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Saarbrücken have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Zwickau have the fewest points from losing position (1) in 3. Liga
  • Zwickau have the fewest scored goals (15) at home in 3. Liga
  • Zwickau have the fewest scored goals (30) in 3. Liga
  • Zwickau have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) in 3. Liga
  • Zwickau have the most conceded goals in the second half (34) 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 29 19 6 4 66 26 15 10 3 2 38 14 14 9 3 2 28 12 40 63
2 Wehen Wiesbaden 31 18 5 8 62 43 15 9 3 3 31 18 16 9 2 5 31 25 19 59
3 Freiburg II 31 17 8 6 43 30 15 10 4 1 23 11 16 7 4 5 20 19 13 59
4 Dynamo Dresden 31 16 8 7 55 34 16 7 5 4 31 19 15 9 3 3 24 15 21 56
5 Saarbrücken 30 15 7 8 51 33 15 7 4 4 28 21 15 8 3 4 23 12 18 52
6 Osnabruck 31 15 6 10 57 43 15 9 2 4 29 16 16 6 4 6 28 27 14 51
7 Waldhof Mannheim 31 16 3 12 49 52 16 13 1 2 29 16 15 3 2 10 20 36 -3 51
8 1860 München 31 13 7 11 51 43 16 8 2 6 29 20 15 5 5 5 22 23 8 46
9 Viktoria Koln 30 12 10 8 44 40 15 7 3 5 20 21 15 5 7 3 24 19 4 46
10 Verl 30 10 9 11 46 44 15 6 6 3 26 20 15 4 3 8 20 24 2 39
11 Erzgebirge Aue 31 11 6 14 39 46 15 6 4 5 19 18 16 5 2 9 20 28 -7 39
12 MSV Duisburg 30 9 9 12 39 46 15 3 7 5 20 23 15 6 2 7 19 23 -7 36
13 Rot-Weiss Essen 31 8 12 11 37 45 15 5 7 3 18 19 16 3 5 8 19 26 -8 36
14 Ingolstadt 30 10 5 15 41 47 15 4 3 8 16 23 15 6 2 7 25 24 -6 35
15 Borussia Dortmund II 31 10 4 17 37 41 16 5 2 9 17 20 15 5 2 8 20 21 -4 34
16 Hallescher FC 31 7 11 13 44 52 16 5 5 6 28 24 15 2 6 7 16 28 -8 32
17 Bayreuth 30 9 4 17 32 57 15 6 2 7 21 25 15 3 2 10 11 32 -25 31
18 VfB Oldenburg 31 7 6 18 35 58 16 3 4 9 23 35 15 4 2 9 12 23 -23 27
19 Zwickau 30 7 6 17 30 55 14 5 2 7 15 17 16 2 4 10 15 38 -25 27
20 Meppen 30 4 12 14 32 55 15 4 3 8 21 28 15 0 9 6 11 27 -23 24

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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.