1. FC Merseburg perform at a high level so far being 4th in the table. International Leipzig can look both up and down from their 9th position.
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!
1. FC Merseburg form and stats
The story so far in the Oberliga: Nordost-Süd for 1. FC Merseburg at their home stadium (Sportplatz Ulmenweg) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
1. FC Merseburg are returning here after visiting Askania Bernburg in a Oberliga: Nordost-Süd game and winning with a 4-0 scoreline. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Wacker Nordhausen II.
As mentioned above, 1. FC Merseburg "killed" Askania Bernburg in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
1. FC Merseburg are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Sportplatz Ulmenweg in their league games, having scored an impressive 14 goals in 5 attempts. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for 1. FC Merseburg with 10 goals conceded in these matches.
International Leipzig form and stats
1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of International Leipzig playing as the away team in the Oberliga: Nordost-Süd this season.
The supporters enjoyed International Leipzig's previous game versus Hohenstein-Ernstthal (placed 15th), a Oberliga: Nordost-Süd 4-0 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Eilenburg that ended 1-1.
As mentioned above, International Leipzig was the only team on the pitch versus Hohenstein-Ernstthal in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, International Leipzig have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
1. FC Merseburg missing players
International Leipzig missing players
| 1. FC Merseburg | International Leipzig | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 30 | 14 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 21 |
| 23 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | 91% |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 64% |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | 45% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 36% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 40% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.7 |
| 1.5 | 3 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 2.4 | 1.2 |
| 0.8 | 1.5 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- 1. FC Merseburg have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- 1. FC Merseburg have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- 1. FC Merseburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 1. FC Merseburg have scored at least twice as many goals at home as International Leipzig have scored away.
- 1. FC Merseburg have scored in all their matches so far.
- 1. FC Merseburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of 1. FC Merseburg's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- International Leipzig have created more than twice as many corners as 1. FC Merseburg.
- International Leipzig have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- International Leipzig 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 | Luckenwalde | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 27 | 26 |
| 2 | Carl Zeiss Jena II | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 24 |
| 3 | Einheit Rudolstadt | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 21 |
| 4 | 1. FC Merseburg | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| 5 | Eilenburg | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 19 |
| 6 | Plauen | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 19 |
| 7 | VfL Halle | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | -6 | 18 |
| 8 | Oberlausitz Neugersdorf | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | International Leipzig | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 |
| 10 | FC Grimma | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
| 11 | Wacker Nordhausen II | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 15 |
| 12 | Union Sandersdorf | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 14 |
| 13 | Krieschow | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 23 | -12 | 10 |
| 14 | Askania Bernburg | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -22 | 6 |
| 15 | Hohenstein-Ernstthal | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -17 | 5 |
| 16 | Martinroda | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 24 | -26 | 2 |