Football tips: 1. FC Merseburg vs Blau-Weiß Zorbau - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: Germany Oberliga: Nordost-Süd
Competition: Sun 23.August
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sportplatz Ulmenweg (1500 seats)

Only the second game in the Oberliga: Nordost-Süd for these teams and it's all to play for here at Sportplatz Ulmenweg as 1. FC Merseburg welcomes Blau-Weiß Zorbau. Check out this preview!

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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1. FC Merseburg form and stats

Before that, Merseburg played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Plauen.

Last season, 1. FC Merseburg's league statistics were 8 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the Oberliga: Nordost-Süd. Over these 18 matches they scored 41 goals and conceded 37. Playing at home last season 1. FC Merseburg managed 3-2-3 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 18 conceded.

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Blau-Weiß Zorbau form and stats

Blau-Weiß are desperate to end a twelve-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Hohenstein-Ernstthal fixture. Bitter travels for Blau-Weiß as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Krieschow match.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Oberliga: Nordost-Süd home defeat versus Krieschow with 0-2 on the scoreboard. A 1-5 loss hosting VfL Halle before that.

Let's have a look at how Blau-Weiß Zorbau performed last season in the Oberliga: Nordost-Süd: They landed a 16th position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 8 draws and 19 defeats. In total they scored 33 and conceded 84 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 4 and lost 10 with 15/48 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

1. FC Merseburg missing players

Blau-Weiß Zorbau missing players

1. FC Merseburg Blau-Weiß Zorbau
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 5
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 5
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 15
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 7
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
1. FC Merseburg Last season Blau-Weiß Zorbau
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
18 8   Played P   15 30
8 3   Won W   1 3
3 2   Drew D   4 8
7 3   Lost L   10 19
41 19   Scored S   15 33
37 18   Conceded C   48 84
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 93%
100% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   87% 87%
83% 100%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   73% 70%
78% 100%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   60% 50%
33% 25%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   40% 40%
78% 88%   BTTS BTTS   67% 73%
11% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   7% 10%
11% 12%   Failed to Score F T   33% 23%
 
0.5 0   Corners for (avg) C F   1.7 1
1.6 1.2   Corners against (avg) C A   7.6 4.4
0.9 0.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.2
0 0   Red cards R C   2 2
 
10 4   Total Shots T S   24 24
8 4   Shots on Target S O   10 10
238% 250%   Goal Efficiency G E   80% 160%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Union Sandersdorf 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Eilenburg 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
3 Krieschow 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Oberlausitz Neugersdorf 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 International Leipzig 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Plauen 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 1. FC Merseburg 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 FC Grimma 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Einheit Rudolstadt 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Rot-Wei Erfurt 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Carl Zeiss Jena II 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
13 Ludwigsfelder FC 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Blau-Weiß Zorbau 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
15 Martinroda 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
16 Wacker Nordhausen II 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
17 An der Fahner Höhe 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Luckenwalde 18 14 2 2 59 20 10 7 2 1 32 11 8 7 0 1 27 9 39 44
2 Carl Zeiss Jena II 19 14 2 3 41 18 8 8 0 0 21 5 11 6 2 3 20 13 23 44
3 Einheit Rudolstadt 19 10 5 4 38 20 10 5 3 2 15 6 9 5 2 2 23 14 18 35
4 International Leipzig 18 10 2 6 37 17 9 6 1 2 24 8 9 4 1 4 13 9 20 32
5 Eilenburg 19 8 7 4 37 27 9 5 3 1 26 13 10 3 4 3 11 14 10 31
6 Plauen 18 9 3 6 34 32 9 6 1 2 19 10 9 3 2 4 15 22 2 30
7 1. FC Merseburg 18 8 3 7 41 37 8 3 2 3 19 18 10 5 1 4 22 19 4 27
8 Union Sandersdorf 18 7 5 6 31 24 8 4 1 3 18 10 10 3 4 3 13 14 7 26
9 FC Grimma 19 8 2 9 35 44 10 4 1 5 18 18 9 4 1 4 17 26 -9 26
10 Wacker Nordhausen II 19 7 4 8 37 43 10 5 2 3 24 15 9 2 2 5 13 28 -6 25
11 Oberlausitz Neugersdorf 19 7 3 9 36 35 10 5 2 3 25 17 9 2 1 6 11 18 1 24
12 VfL Halle 19 7 3 9 23 36 9 4 2 3 15 15 10 3 1 6 8 21 -13 24
13 Krieschow 19 7 2 10 43 46 10 5 2 3 29 12 9 2 0 7 14 34 -3 23
14 Hohenstein-Ernstthal 16 3 4 9 22 35 9 2 2 5 14 19 7 1 2 4 8 16 -13 13
15 Martinroda 19 2 3 14 24 57 9 2 1 6 15 21 10 0 2 8 9 36 -33 9
16 Askania Bernburg 19 2 0 17 20 67 10 1 0 9 12 34 9 1 0 8 8 33 -47 6
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Chemie Leipzig 30 21 6 3 65 29 15 11 4 0 37 13 15 10 2 3 28 16 36 69
2 Luckenwalde 30 20 8 2 83 29 15 11 3 1 48 12 15 9 5 1 35 17 54 68
3 Eilenburg 30 17 6 7 62 36 15 11 2 2 33 15 15 6 4 5 29 21 26 57
4 International Leipzig 30 14 11 5 50 22 15 7 5 3 24 11 15 7 6 2 26 11 28 53
5 Wacker Nordhausen II 30 12 10 8 58 45 15 7 6 2 35 21 15 5 4 6 23 24 13 46
6 Carl Zeiss Jena II 30 13 7 10 51 47 15 7 4 4 30 20 15 6 3 6 21 27 4 46
7 Krieschow 30 11 7 12 35 41 15 5 5 5 20 18 15 6 2 7 15 23 -6 40
8 Einheit Rudolstadt 30 9 10 11 40 46 15 4 5 6 16 21 15 5 5 5 24 25 -6 37
9 Ludwigsfelder FC 30 9 9 12 37 41 15 5 7 3 20 15 15 4 2 9 17 26 -4 36
10 Wismut Gera 30 9 8 13 55 63 15 4 4 7 26 33 15 5 4 6 29 30 -8 35
11 Plauen 30 8 10 12 44 46 15 6 4 5 26 22 15 2 6 7 18 24 -2 34
12 VfL Halle 30 8 10 12 52 60 15 5 4 6 25 31 15 3 6 6 27 29 -8 34
13 Union Sandersdorf 30 9 4 17 33 46 15 8 1 6 24 19 15 1 3 11 9 27 -13 31
14 Askania Bernburg 30 8 5 17 37 64 15 4 1 10 19 35 15 4 4 7 18 29 -27 29
15 Hohenstein-Ernstthal 30 7 5 18 35 71 15 5 3 7 20 27 15 2 2 11 15 44 -36 26
16 Blau-Weiß Zorbau 30 3 8 19 33 84 15 2 4 9 18 36 15 1 4 10 15 48 -51 17

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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.