Oberliga: Hamburg match preview: Buchholz versus Süderelbe

It's no vacation for neither Buchholz nor Süderelbe 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.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Süderelbe have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 8-5-16 (win-draw-loss) from 29 matches.

Buchholz form and stats

Only one draw at home so far for Buchholz. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats from 17 matches.

The home supporters saw a 4-4 draw versus Süderelbe in the Oberliga: Hamburg last time out and are looking for a win here. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Osdorf (1-5).

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Buchholz's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played one game, won 0 matches, drawn 1 and lost 0.

Early season goal statistics from Buchholz's 1 home game: 4 goals, 4 conceded.

Last season, Buchholz's league statistics were 14 wins, 7 draws and 13 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the Oberliga: Hamburg. Over these 34 matches they scored 73 goals and conceded 66. Playing at home last season Buchholz managed 7-4-6 (win-draw-lost) with 42 goals and 34 conceded.

Süderelbe form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first away game of the season. During their previous season 17 away games resulted in 7 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats.

Süderelbe has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Buchholz for a Oberliga: Hamburg game that ended a draw (4-4). Preceding that, the 3-4 home loss versus Condor Hamburg.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Süderelbe when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing 0 times, drawing 1 and winning 0 games.

It's early days yet, but Süderelbe has scored 4 and conceded 4 goals from their travels so far (1 game).

Let's have a look at how Süderelbe performed last season in the Oberliga: Hamburg: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 7 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 68 and conceded 70 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 4 and lost 6 with 32/29 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Buchholz - Süderelbe 4-4. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Buchholz 7 wins, 1 draw and Süderelbe 2 victories. As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.

Buchholz missing players

Süderelbe missing players