Soccer match preview: Velbert confident before travelling to Germania Ratingen

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Competition: Germany Oberliga: Niederrhein
Competition: Sun 11.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Ratingen

A very important game in Oberliga: Niederrhein as both teams are battling for the top league positions. With Germania Ratingen in 6th position and Velbert at 1st, this has all the looks of a thriling battle. Read on to learn more!

Insights:
  • Germania Ratingen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Velbert have the most scored goals (44) in Oberliga: Niederrhein

Both squads have had sufficient rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's look for an animated fixture!

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Germania Ratingen form and stats

5 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Germania Ratingen have to build on here at Stadion Ratingen in the Oberliga: Niederrhein.

Germania Ratingen are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Uerdingen.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus SC St. Tönis that ended 1-1.

Sports bettors should know that 13 of the most recent 14 league games from this football club have had goals from both sides.

The Germania manager has got the team scoring with 22 from 9 home games in the league. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Germania Ratingen defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Velbert form and stats

Velbert's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Velbert collect 20 points from their 9 away matches in the Oberliga: Niederrhein. 6 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Velbert have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena.

Velbert had fun at their own home (Stadion Ratingen) last time out, beating SF Hamborn 4-1. Which player has scored 14 games in a row for the away side? The answer is Crinacoba and that is quite the feat!

Preceding that game was the away victory against Kray with the score of 3-1.

Take note! Both sides have scored in 8 of this club's last 10 league fixtures.

It's early days yet, but Velbert has scored 18 and conceded 9 goals from their travels in the league so far (9 games).

Head 2 Head

Head to head numbers (for the former ten meetings): Germania Ratingen won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Velbert got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.

Germania Ratingen missing players

Velbert missing players

Germania Ratingen Velbert
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 3 9 19
9 5 0 Won W 1 6 14
5 1 0 Drew D 1 2 4
5 3 2 Lost L 1 1 1
41 22 2 Scored S 4 18 44
32 16 7 Conceded C 5 9 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 79%
68% 89% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 68%
47% 56% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 67% 53%
37% 44% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 16%
89% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 56% 58%
5% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 44% 42%
5% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 5%
 
4.9 5.4 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 7.6 7.5
4.1 3.9 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.3 3.6
2.1 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.9 1.8
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.2 11 9 Shots (avg) S ( 11 12.3 12.2
5.6 6.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5.4 6.2
40% 37% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 39% 39%
 
7.9 7.3 7 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 9.3 7.8
3.7 3.3 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.5 3.4 3.2
Key stats in Oberliga: Niederrhein this season:
  • All of Germania Ratingen's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Germania Ratingen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Germania Ratingen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Germania Ratingen have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Germania Ratingen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Velbert have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Velbert have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Velbert have the fewest conceded goals (15) in Oberliga: Niederrhein
  • Velbert have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Oberliga: Niederrhein
  • Velbert have the most clean sheets (4) away in Oberliga: Niederrhein
  • Velbert have the most clean sheets (8) in Oberliga: Niederrhein
  • Velbert have the most points (20) away in Oberliga: Niederrhein
  • Velbert have the most scored goals (44) in Oberliga: Niederrhein
  • Velbert have the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Oberliga: Niederrhein
  • Velbert have the the best goal difference (+29) in Oberliga: Niederrhein
  • Velbert have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Velbert haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Velbert is in the best form (5-1-0) in Oberliga: Niederrhein

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Velbert 19 14 4 1 44 15 10 8 2 0 26 6 9 6 2 1 18 9 29 46
2 Uerdingen 19 12 3 4 39 23 10 7 0 3 22 13 9 5 3 1 17 10 16 39
3 Schwarz-Weiß Essen 19 12 2 5 34 18 10 7 2 1 20 8 9 5 0 4 14 10 16 38
4 TVD Velbert 19 10 4 5 40 24 10 7 1 2 23 8 9 3 3 3 17 16 16 34
5 Hilden 19 9 6 4 38 27 10 6 3 1 17 7 9 3 3 3 21 20 11 33
6 Germania Ratingen 19 9 5 5 41 32 9 5 1 3 22 16 10 4 4 2 19 16 9 32
7 SF Baumberg 19 9 4 6 39 24 10 6 2 2 24 11 9 3 2 4 15 13 15 31
8 Schonnebeck 19 9 2 8 36 29 9 5 0 4 20 13 10 4 2 4 16 16 7 29
9 Union Nettetal 19 8 5 6 30 25 10 4 3 3 19 14 9 4 2 3 11 11 5 29
10 Monheim 19 8 5 6 36 35 9 4 2 3 18 14 10 4 3 3 18 21 1 29
11 Meerbusch 19 7 6 6 43 32 10 2 5 3 22 20 9 5 1 3 21 12 11 27
12 Sonsbeck 19 7 5 7 33 31 9 3 2 4 14 14 10 4 3 3 19 17 2 26
13 Kleve 19 7 4 8 34 35 10 4 2 4 22 20 9 3 2 4 12 15 -1 25
14 SC St. Tönis 19 6 7 6 28 32 10 3 5 2 19 17 9 3 2 4 9 15 -4 25
15 SF Hamborn 19 7 3 9 35 38 9 3 1 5 14 13 10 4 2 4 21 25 -3 24
16 MSV Düsseldorf 19 4 9 6 30 33 9 2 4 3 14 14 10 2 5 3 16 19 -3 21
17 Homberg 19 4 6 9 27 34 10 3 5 2 17 13 9 1 1 7 10 21 -7 18
18 TuRU 1880 Dusseldorf 20 4 4 12 18 44 9 2 2 5 9 16 11 2 2 7 9 28 -26 16
19 Kray 20 4 2 14 27 56 10 2 1 7 18 30 10 2 1 7 9 26 -29 14
20 Cronenberger SC 20 3 4 13 15 42 9 2 2 5 9 16 11 1 2 8 6 26 -27 13
21 FSV Duisburg 19 2 2 15 19 57 9 1 1 7 10 24 10 1 1 8 9 33 -38 8

Germany:

Read more about Oberliga: Niederrhein

The Oberliga is the fifth level of the football league system in Germany. There are currently 14 Oberliga regional leagues: Baden-Wurttemberg, Bayern Nord, Bayern Süd, Bremen, Hamburg, Hessen, Mittelrhein, Niederrhein, Niedersachsen, Nordost-Nord, Nordost-Süd, Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, Schleswig-Holstein and Westfalen.