Football betting preview: Velbert favourites when Kleve arrive

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Competition: Germany Oberliga: Niederrhein
Competition: Fri 12.May
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: OMS Arena (5070 seats)

1st spot in the Oberliga: Niederrhein table for Velbert right now, a competent showing. The match-going followers pray for more entertainment as 11th-placed Kleve visit OMS Arena.

Insights:
  • Velbert have the fewest conceded goals (24) in Oberliga: Niederrhein

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Velbert form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at OMS Arena as Velbert have scored 40 goals to get 42 points from 17 games. The overall stats in the Oberliga: Niederrhein are 13-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Happy days for Velbert in their previous game, a fixture away at TuRU 1880 Dusseldorf (placed 18th) that ended with a 1-0 victory.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Hilden.

Velbert are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 4 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 3, drew 1 and lost 0.

Scoring bonanza? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 21 of the 28 latest league games with this side has seen three goals or more.

The Velbert manager Prestipino has got the team scoring with 40 from 17 home games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Velbert are not conceding a lot of goals here at OMS Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 17 matches.

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Kleve form and stats

8 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Kleve playing as the away team in the Oberliga: Niederrhein this season. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Kleve are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Uerdingen with 0-1 on the scoreboard. That loss was their first after four consecutive league matches winning points.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at SC St. Tönis.

Kleve are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 30 times in 17 away games so far. Kleve have conceded 24 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these teams face each other this season, as the fixture list show this recent game: Kleve - Velbert 0-4. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Velbert victories, three draws and five Kleve wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Velbert missing players

Kleve missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Velbert Kleve
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 17 6 Played P 5 17 35
25 13 4 Won W 1 8 14
7 3 2 Drew D 0 3 8
3 1 0 Lost L 4 6 13
78 40 15 Scored S 6 30 62
24 10 3 Conceded C 13 24 61
94% 94% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
69% 76% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 76% 77%
63% 65% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 65% 71%
49% 41% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 41% 54%
11% 18% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 29% 31%
46% 47% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 59% 63%
49% 47% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 14%
11% 12% 17% Failed to Score F T 40% 29% 31%
 
7 7.1 8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 3.8 3.7
3.1 3.1 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 3.6 3.7
1.6 1.8 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.9 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
12 12 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 7.4 7.6 7.5
5.9 6.2 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.8 3.7
41% 38% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 49% 46%
 
6.6 6.6 5.2 Shots against (avg) S A 14.4 11.6 9.6
2.7 2.9 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.8 5 4.8
Key stats in Oberliga: Niederrhein this season:
  • Velbert have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Velbert have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Velbert have the fewest conceded goals (10) at home in Oberliga: Niederrhein
  • Velbert have the fewest conceded goals (24) in Oberliga: Niederrhein
  • Velbert have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Oberliga: Niederrhein
  • Velbert have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15) in Oberliga: Niederrhein
  • Velbert have the most clean sheets (17) in Oberliga: Niederrhein
  • Velbert have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Oberliga: Niederrhein
  • Velbert have the most points (42) at home in Oberliga: Niederrhein
  • Velbert have the most scored goals in the first half (41) in Oberliga: Niederrhein
  • Velbert have the the best goal difference (+30) at home in Oberliga: Niederrhein
  • Velbert have the the best goal difference (+54) in Oberliga: Niederrhein
  • Velbert have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.

  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 35 25 7 3 78 24 17 13 3 1 40 10 18 12 4 2 38 14 54 82
2 Hilden 36 20 9 7 79 43 18 11 4 3 35 14 18 9 5 4 44 29 36 69
3 Schwarz-Wei Essen 36 21 5 10 78 46 18 11 3 4 38 20 18 10 2 6 40 26 32 68
4 Germania Ratingen 35 19 8 8 70 48 18 12 3 3 40 22 17 7 5 5 30 26 22 65
5 TVD Velbert 35 18 9 8 67 39 17 11 3 3 35 13 18 7 6 5 32 26 28 63
6 Uerdingen 35 18 8 9 61 46 17 9 3 5 32 24 18 9 5 4 29 22 15 62
7 Schonnebeck 36 17 4 15 66 60 18 9 2 7 34 27 18 8 2 8 32 33 6 55
8 SF Baumberg 35 14 10 11 69 45 17 8 4 5 39 20 18 6 6 6 30 25 24 52
9 SF Hamborn 35 15 7 13 66 60 18 6 4 8 31 29 17 9 3 5 35 31 6 52
10 Meerbusch 35 14 9 12 67 56 17 6 6 5 35 30 18 8 3 7 32 26 11 51
11 Kleve 35 14 8 13 62 61 18 6 5 7 32 37 17 8 3 6 30 24 1 50
12 Sonsbeck 35 12 11 12 55 54 18 6 6 6 33 27 17 6 5 6 22 27 1 47
13 SC St. Tönis 35 12 11 12 49 53 17 6 6 5 28 28 18 6 5 7 21 25 -4 47
14 MSV Düsseldorf 35 10 13 12 60 59 18 5 7 6 29 30 17 5 6 6 31 29 1 43
15 Union Nettetal 35 11 10 14 53 61 17 5 7 5 31 26 18 6 3 9 22 35 -8 43
16 Monheim 35 10 12 13 53 63 18 5 5 8 26 33 17 5 7 5 27 30 -10 42
17 Homberg 35 10 11 14 55 53 17 6 6 5 27 21 18 4 5 9 28 32 2 41
18 TuRU 1880 Dusseldorf 36 7 6 23 30 75 18 4 4 10 17 31 18 3 2 13 13 44 -45 27
19 Cronenberger SC 35 7 5 23 27 76 18 6 2 10 17 37 17 1 3 13 10 39 -49 26
20 Kray 35 5 5 25 38 96 18 3 1 14 23 50 17 2 4 11 15 46 -58 20
21 FSV Duisburg 36 4 6 26 35 100 18 3 3 12 20 47 18 1 3 14 15 53 -65 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 35 25 7 3 78 24 17 13 3 1 40 10 18 12 4 2 38 14 54 82
2 Hilden 36 20 9 7 79 43 18 11 4 3 35 14 18 9 5 4 44 29 36 69
3 Schwarz-Wei Essen 36 21 5 10 78 46 18 11 3 4 38 20 18 10 2 6 40 26 32 68
4 Germania Ratingen 35 19 8 8 70 48 18 12 3 3 40 22 17 7 5 5 30 26 22 65
5 TVD Velbert 35 18 9 8 67 39 17 11 3 3 35 13 18 7 6 5 32 26 28 63
6 Uerdingen 35 18 8 9 61 46 17 9 3 5 32 24 18 9 5 4 29 22 15 62
7 Schonnebeck 36 17 4 15 66 60 18 9 2 7 34 27 18 8 2 8 32 33 6 55
8 SF Baumberg 35 14 10 11 69 45 17 8 4 5 39 20 18 6 6 6 30 25 24 52
9 SF Hamborn 35 15 7 13 66 60 18 6 4 8 31 29 17 9 3 5 35 31 6 52
10 Meerbusch 35 14 9 12 67 56 17 6 6 5 35 30 18 8 3 7 32 26 11 51
11 Kleve 35 14 8 13 62 61 18 6 5 7 32 37 17 8 3 6 30 24 1 50
12 Sonsbeck 35 12 11 12 55 54 18 6 6 6 33 27 17 6 5 6 22 27 1 47
13 SC St. Tönis 35 12 11 12 49 53 17 6 6 5 28 28 18 6 5 7 21 25 -4 47
14 MSV Düsseldorf 35 10 13 12 60 59 18 5 7 6 29 30 17 5 6 6 31 29 1 43
15 Union Nettetal 35 11 10 14 53 61 17 5 7 5 31 26 18 6 3 9 22 35 -8 43
16 Monheim 35 10 12 13 53 63 18 5 5 8 26 33 17 5 7 5 27 30 -10 42
17 Homberg 35 10 11 14 55 53 17 6 6 5 27 21 18 4 5 9 28 32 2 41
18 TuRU 1880 Dusseldorf 36 7 6 23 30 75 18 4 4 10 17 31 18 3 2 13 13 44 -45 27
19 Cronenberger SC 35 7 5 23 27 76 18 6 2 10 17 37 17 1 3 13 10 39 -49 26
20 Kray 35 5 5 25 38 96 18 3 1 14 23 50 17 2 4 11 15 46 -58 20
21 FSV Duisburg 36 4 6 26 35 100 18 3 3 12 20 47 18 1 3 14 15 53 -65 18

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