Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Meerbusch in 11th and Schwarz-Weiß Essen in 14th place.
It's no vacation for neither Meerbusch nor Schwarz-Weiß Essen 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.
Meerbusch form and stats
Overall Oberliga: Niederrhein stats at home this season for Meerbusch are 3-1-0 (wins-draw-losses). Two home wins in a row for Meerbusch bring valid hopes of a third.
In their previous game, led his Meerbusch to a defeat in the Oberliga: Niederrhein match away at FC Bocholt. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Sportplatz Lank. Before that, Meerbusch had a home game versus Kray which ended with a victory 4-3.
There will be little rest for Meerbusch after this match as they are travelling to 1. FC M'gladbach for a Oberliga: Niederrhein game in only four days.
Goals decide football matches and Meerbusch are scoring many of them at home; 9 on target from 4 league matches. Meerbusch have conceded 5 in these home matches.
Schwarz-Weiß Essen form and stats
0 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Schwarz-Weiß Essen playing as the away team in the Oberliga: Niederrhein this season. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Schwarz-Weiß's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Schwarz-Weiß Essen failed to get anything from their last game, a Oberliga: Niederrhein home match vs TuRU 1880 Düsseldorf (placed 20th) that ended with defeat 2-3. A 1-2 defeat away at Germania Ratingen before that.
A quick return to home after this game, as Schwarz-Weiß Essen are hosting Kray in the Oberliga: Niederrhein only four days away.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Schwarz-Weiß Essen struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 6 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Meerbusch won three games, three matches ended with a draw and Schwarz-Weiß Essen has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / twoMeerbusch missing players
Schwarz-Weiß Essen missing players
| Meerbusch | Schwarz-Weiß Essen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 15 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 89% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 62% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 78% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 3.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | 3 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 25 | 76 |
| 16 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 12 | 38 |
| 31% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 17% | 32% |
- All of Meerbusch's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Meerbusch have not yet lost a game at home.
- Meerbusch have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Schwarz-Weiß Essen have scored away.
- Meerbusch have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Meerbusch haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Schwarz-Weiß Essen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Schwarz-Weiß Essen have yet to win a game away.
- Schwarz-Weiß Essen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Bocholt | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 17 | 22 |
| 2 | Velbert | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 22 |
| 3 | SF Baumberg | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 18 |
| 4 | Dusseldorf-West | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 16 |
| 5 | Kleve | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 16 |
| 6 | TVD Velbert | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | Germania Ratingen | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 13 |
| 8 | Monheim | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 9 | Sterkrade-Nord | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | Teutonia St.Tönis | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 11 | Meerbusch | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -4 | 11 |
| 12 | Schonnebeck | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 13 | Cronenberger SC | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 14 | Schwarz-Weiß Essen | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 15 | SF Niederwenigern | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 16 | Kray | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 7 |
| 17 | SC Velbert | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 7 |
| 18 | Union Nettetal | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 7 |
| 19 | Jahn Dinslaken-Hiesfeld | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 7 |
| 20 | TuRU 1880 Düsseldorf | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -12 | 7 |
| 21 | Hilden | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 6 |
| 22 | FSV Duisburg | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -14 | 3 |
| 23 | 1. FC M'gladbach | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 20 | -34 | 3 |
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