3. Liga match prediction: Little separates Zwickau and Verl in quality

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 04.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: GGZ Arena

Verl know they face a difficult visit to Zwickau and their GGZ Arena. This news article has all the facts and figures you require before the game.

Insights:
  • Zwickau have the the worst goal difference (-21) in 3. Liga
  • Verl haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Both squads have had time to rest since their last match. Let's trust this will be an energetic fixture!

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Zwickau form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the 3. Liga this season. Zwickau have only managed 3 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses from their games here at GGZ Arena. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Zwickau to get some points in this home game.

Zwickau lost their last game at Bayreuth (placed 15th) after a 3-5 scoreline. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

Preceding that match was the home game against Elversberg that was lost 0-2.

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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Verl form and stats

There's been little loot from Verl's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 11 away games in the 3. Liga. Verl only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws.

Verl are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the match against VfB Oldenburg (placed 18th).

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at 1860 München.

Sports betting fact: Both teams have scored at least one goal in 12 of this club's latest 15 league fixtures.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Verl have scored 12 goals in 11 league games away. 16 goals have been conceded by Verl in these games.

Head 2 Head

The sides have met each other already this season, with the final score Verl - Zwickau 3-0 entered in the official records. Zwickau-Verl H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Zwickau one win, Verl two wins, two draws. three of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ZwickauD. Baumann
D. Baumann
7 goals
VerlJ. Grodowski
J. Grodowski
4 goals
VerlM. Wolfram
M. Wolfram
4 goals

Zwickau missing players

Verl missing players

Zwickau Verl
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 11 2 Played P 4 11 24
5 3 0 Won W 1 3 9
5 2 1 Drew D 0 2 7
14 6 1 Lost L 3 6 8
22 11 0 Scored S 4 12 35
43 14 1 Conceded C 8 16 32
88% 91% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 55% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 73% 79%
46% 27% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 45% 54%
29% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 18% 29%
21% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 9% 12%
38% 36% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 55% 62%
25% 18% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 17%
50% 55% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 36% 21%
 
6 5.7 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.2 4.5
5.4 4.9 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 5 4.9
2.3 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.4
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.2 10.3 17.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.1 10.4
3.4 2.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.4 4.1
27% 34% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 32% 35%
 
10.7 8.1 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12.8 13 11.5
4.2 2.5 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.8 4.9
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Verl haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Zwickau have the fewest scored goals (11) at home in 3. Liga
  • Zwickau have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in 3. Liga
  • Zwickau have the the worst goal difference (-21) 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 24 18 3 3 59 19 13 10 1 2 35 11 11 8 2 1 24 8 40 57
2 Freiburg II 24 14 6 4 34 22 12 8 3 1 17 8 12 6 3 3 17 14 12 48
3 Wehen Wiesbaden 24 13 5 6 44 31 11 6 3 2 20 12 13 7 2 4 24 19 13 44
4 Osnabrück 24 12 4 8 49 36 12 8 1 3 26 14 12 4 3 5 23 22 13 40
5 Saarbrücken 24 11 6 7 37 29 11 4 4 3 17 18 13 7 2 4 20 11 8 39
6 Waldhof Mannheim 24 12 3 9 38 40 12 10 1 1 22 10 12 2 2 8 16 30 -2 39
7 Dynamo Dresden 24 10 8 6 42 28 12 4 5 3 25 16 12 6 3 3 17 12 14 38
8 1860 München 24 10 5 9 38 33 12 7 1 4 24 14 12 3 4 5 14 19 5 35
9 Ingolstadt 24 10 5 9 35 31 12 4 3 5 13 16 12 6 2 4 22 15 4 35
10 Verl 24 9 7 8 35 32 13 6 5 2 23 16 11 3 2 6 12 16 3 34
11 Viktoria Köln 24 8 8 8 32 34 12 5 2 5 14 18 12 3 6 3 18 16 -2 32
12 MSV Duisburg 24 8 6 10 29 30 12 3 5 4 15 13 12 5 1 6 14 17 -1 30
13 Erzgebirge Aue 24 8 6 10 29 33 12 4 4 4 15 14 12 4 2 6 14 19 -4 30
14 Rot-Weiss Essen 24 6 11 7 29 34 11 3 6 2 12 15 13 3 5 5 17 19 -5 29
15 Bayreuth 24 7 4 13 25 44 12 5 2 5 16 20 12 2 2 8 9 24 -19 25
16 Borussia Dortmund II 24 7 3 14 22 34 13 4 1 8 12 17 11 3 2 6 10 17 -12 24
17 Hallescher FC 24 5 6 13 29 41 13 4 3 6 19 18 11 1 3 7 10 23 -12 21
18 VfB Oldenburg 24 5 6 13 27 45 12 2 4 6 17 26 12 3 2 7 10 19 -18 21
19 Meppen 24 3 11 10 23 39 12 3 3 6 15 20 12 0 8 4 8 19 -16 20
20 Zwickau 24 5 5 14 22 43 11 3 2 6 11 14 13 2 3 8 11 29 -21 20

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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.