Oberliga: Niederrhein preview: Can Hilden edge out victory against Schwarz-Weiß Essen?

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Competition: Germany Oberliga: Niederrhein
Competition: Wed 17.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportplatz Hoffeldstrasse (1000 seats)

Lots to play for in this match, with Hilden at 2nd and Schwarz-Weiß Essen in 3rd. Here's a full preview!

Insights:
  • Hilden have the most scored goals in the second half (49) in Oberliga: Niederrhein
  • Schwarz-Weiß Essen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Schwarz-Weiß Essen have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 6-0-2 (win-draw-loss) from eight matches.

The hosts Hilden saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Oberliga: Niederrhein. That game was an away game at Homberg, so at least Hilden are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Hilden form and stats

Hilden are steadily winning Oberliga: Niederrhein games and points here at Sportplatz Hoffeldstrasse. 11 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 18 games. Hilden has recorded two wins in a row here at Sportplatz Hoffeldstrasse, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

An away draw last time out for Hilden, facing Homberg in a game that ended 1-1.

Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Meerbusch.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Hilden handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Hilden have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sportplatz Hoffeldstrasse with 35 goals in 18 league matches. Hilden are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sportplatz Hoffeldstrasse in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 18 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Schwarz-Weiß Essen form and stats

10 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Schwarz-Weiß Essen playing as the away team in the Oberliga: Niederrhein this season. Schwarz-Weiß has drawn their two previous away games.

Schwarz-Weiß Essen go into this game after a win, the home game against Homberg that ended 2-1. That victory felt nice as this club had gone four league matches without victory.

A 3-3 draw at Meerbusch's stadium before that.

Schwarz-Weiß Essen are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 13 of this team's 15 most recent league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.

A quick return to home after this game, as Schwarz-Weiß are hosting TuRU 1880 Dusseldorf in the Oberliga: Niederrhein only four days away.

The Schwarz-Weiß Essen manager has got the team scoring on the road, with 40 away goals in 18 league matches. 26 goals have been conceded by Schwarz-Weiß in these games.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have faced each other before in this season, with the match result Schwarz-Weiß Essen - Hilden 5-2 entered in the official records. Head to head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Hilden won five games, two matches ended with a draw and Schwarz-Weiß Essen got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two.

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Total First Half Second Half
Hilden Schwarz-Weiß Essen
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 5 Played P 5 18 36
20 11 2 Won W 1 10 21
10 4 1 Drew D 1 2 5
7 3 2 Lost L 3 6 10
80 35 10 Scored S 9 40 78
44 14 7 Conceded C 12 26 46
95% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
86% 78% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 83% 86%
68% 56% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 61% 64%
49% 39% 80% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 44% 36%
16% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 33% 31%
68% 50% 60% BTTS BTTS 80% 56% 53%
27% 39% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 28% 33%
11% 17% 20% Failed to Score F T 20% 17% 17%
 
4.3 4.9 3.6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.4 4.4 4.5
4.5 4.1 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 3.8 4.3
1.7 1.8 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.4 2.1 1.9
4 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
9.7 11.2 7.6 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 11 10.5
4.9 5.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.6 5.6 5.6
43% 35% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 44% 42%
 
6.7 6.9 5.4 Shots against (avg) S A 14.2 9.6 9.2
3.5 3.3 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.6 4.5 4
Key stats in Oberliga: Niederrhein this season:
  • Hilden have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Hilden have the most scored goals in the second half (49) in Oberliga: Niederrhein
  • Schwarz-Weiß Essen haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Velbert 36 26 7 3 83 26 18 14 3 1 45 12 18 12 4 2 38 14 57 85
2 Hilden 37 20 10 7 80 44 18 11 4 3 35 14 19 9 6 4 45 30 36 70
3 Schwarz-Weiß Essen 36 21 5 10 78 46 18 11 3 4 38 20 18 10 2 6 40 26 32 68
4 Germania Ratingen 36 20 8 8 71 48 18 12 3 3 40 22 18 8 5 5 31 26 23 68
5 TVD Velbert 36 19 9 8 70 41 18 12 3 3 38 15 18 7 6 5 32 26 29 66
6 Uerdingen 36 19 8 9 63 46 18 10 3 5 34 24 18 9 5 4 29 22 17 65
7 Schonnebeck 37 18 4 15 70 62 19 10 2 7 38 29 18 8 2 8 32 33 8 58
8 SF Baumberg 37 14 10 13 70 48 18 8 4 6 39 21 19 6 6 7 31 27 22 52
9 Meerbusch 36 14 10 12 69 58 18 6 7 5 37 32 18 8 3 7 32 26 11 52
10 SF Hamborn 36 15 7 14 67 62 18 6 4 8 31 29 18 9 3 6 36 33 5 52
11 SC St. Tönis 36 13 11 12 55 55 18 7 6 5 34 30 18 6 5 7 21 25 0 50
12 Kleve 36 14 8 14 64 66 18 6 5 7 32 37 18 8 3 7 32 29 -2 50
13 Sonsbeck 36 12 11 13 57 58 18 6 6 6 33 27 18 6 5 7 24 31 -1 47
14 MSV Dusseldorf 37 11 13 13 64 63 19 6 7 6 31 31 18 5 6 7 33 32 1 46
15 Union Nettetal 36 12 10 14 55 62 18 6 7 5 33 27 18 6 3 9 22 35 -7 46
16 Homberg 36 10 12 14 56 54 18 6 7 5 28 22 18 4 5 9 28 32 2 42
17 Monheim 36 10 12 14 53 65 18 5 5 8 26 33 18 5 7 6 27 32 -12 42
18 Cronenberger SC 36 8 5 23 32 76 18 6 2 10 17 37 18 2 3 13 15 39 -44 29
19 TuRU 1880 Dusseldorf 37 7 7 23 32 77 18 4 4 10 17 31 19 3 3 13 15 46 -45 28
20 Kray 36 5 5 26 40 102 18 3 1 14 23 50 18 2 4 12 17 52 -62 20
21 FSV Duisburg 37 4 6 27 35 105 19 3 3 13 20 52 18 1 3 14 15 53 -70 18

Germany:
Table
  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 36 26 7 3 83 26 18 14 3 1 45 12 18 12 4 2 38 14 57 85
2 Hilden 37 20 10 7 80 44 18 11 4 3 35 14 19 9 6 4 45 30 36 70
3 Schwarz-Weiß Essen 36 21 5 10 78 46 18 11 3 4 38 20 18 10 2 6 40 26 32 68
4 Germania Ratingen 36 20 8 8 71 48 18 12 3 3 40 22 18 8 5 5 31 26 23 68
5 TVD Velbert 36 19 9 8 70 41 18 12 3 3 38 15 18 7 6 5 32 26 29 66
6 Uerdingen 36 19 8 9 63 46 18 10 3 5 34 24 18 9 5 4 29 22 17 65
7 Schonnebeck 37 18 4 15 70 62 19 10 2 7 38 29 18 8 2 8 32 33 8 58
8 SF Baumberg 37 14 10 13 70 48 18 8 4 6 39 21 19 6 6 7 31 27 22 52
9 Meerbusch 36 14 10 12 69 58 18 6 7 5 37 32 18 8 3 7 32 26 11 52
10 SF Hamborn 36 15 7 14 67 62 18 6 4 8 31 29 18 9 3 6 36 33 5 52
11 SC St. Tönis 36 13 11 12 55 55 18 7 6 5 34 30 18 6 5 7 21 25 0 50
12 Kleve 36 14 8 14 64 66 18 6 5 7 32 37 18 8 3 7 32 29 -2 50
13 Sonsbeck 36 12 11 13 57 58 18 6 6 6 33 27 18 6 5 7 24 31 -1 47
14 MSV Dusseldorf 37 11 13 13 64 63 19 6 7 6 31 31 18 5 6 7 33 32 1 46
15 Union Nettetal 36 12 10 14 55 62 18 6 7 5 33 27 18 6 3 9 22 35 -7 46
16 Homberg 36 10 12 14 56 54 18 6 7 5 28 22 18 4 5 9 28 32 2 42
17 Monheim 36 10 12 14 53 65 18 5 5 8 26 33 18 5 7 6 27 32 -12 42
18 Cronenberger SC 36 8 5 23 32 76 18 6 2 10 17 37 18 2 3 13 15 39 -44 29
19 TuRU 1880 Dusseldorf 37 7 7 23 32 77 18 4 4 10 17 31 19 3 3 13 15 46 -45 28
20 Kray 36 5 5 26 40 102 18 3 1 14 23 50 18 2 4 12 17 52 -62 20
21 FSV Duisburg 37 4 6 27 35 105 19 3 3 13 20 52 18 1 3 14 15 53 -70 18

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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.