Oberliga: Nordost-Süd preview: Can Union Sandersdorf edge out victory against VfL Halle?

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Competition: Germany Oberliga: Nordost-Süd
Competition: Fri 20.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sport- und Freizeitzentrum Sandersdorf (7000 seats)

The Union Sandersdorf & VfL Halle managers are both fearing and feeling excited about this highly important match in the higher area of the Oberliga: Nordost-Süd standings.

Insights:
  • VfL Halle have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Union Sandersdorf and VfL Halle should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Union Sandersdorf form and stats

When playing at home in the Oberliga: Nordost-Süd, Union Sandersdorf have managed 6 wins, 4 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 12 games.

A nice win for Union Sandersdorf last time playing, versus Wacker Nordhausen. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0.

In the match before that, Sandersdorf hosted Einheit Rudolstadt and drew the game 0-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Union Sandersdorf have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 1 time, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Sandersdorf have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sport- und Freizeitzentrum Sandersdorf with 18 goals in 12 league matches. Union Sandersdorf are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sport- und Freizeitzentrum Sandersdorf in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 12 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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VfL Halle form and stats

5-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for VfL Halle in their Oberliga: Nordost-Süd matches away. VfL Halle has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Halle delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against FC Grimma (placed 14th) in their previous fixture.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Rot-Wei Erfurt wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.

VfL Halle 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, 2 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of 5 matches.

The travelling fans enjoy VfL Halle's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 12 league matches away. VfL Halle struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 19 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

These sides faced each other earlier this campaign: VfL Halle - Sandersdorf 2-2. Head to head totals (for the prior ten meetings): Union Sandersdorf won three games, three matches ended with a tie and VfL Halle got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three

Union Sandersdorf missing players

VfL Halle missing players

Union Sandersdorf VfL Halle
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 3 12 25
10 6 1 Won W 0 5 9
7 4 1 Drew D 1 3 10
8 2 2 Lost L 2 4 6
39 18 7 Scored S 2 21 40
26 10 9 Conceded C 6 19 35
88% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
72% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 88%
52% 42% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 92% 72%
32% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 42% 44%
12% 17% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
52% 42% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 75% 68%
36% 58% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 20%
24% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 17% 20%
 
5.6 6.2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.2 4.6
4 3.2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.8 6.6
0.6 0.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.4 13.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.5 9.1
7.6 8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.8 4.4
32% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 32%
 
8.8 8.2 0 Shots against (avg) S A 14 8.8 8.7
3.8 4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 5.5 5
Key stats in Oberliga: Nordost-Süd this season:
  • All of VfL Halle's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • VfL Halle have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • VfL Halle 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 Rot-Wei Erfurt 24 20 3 1 80 13 12 12 0 0 50 5 12 8 3 1 30 8 67 63
2 Plauen 25 14 7 4 50 22 12 6 3 3 22 10 13 8 4 1 28 12 28 49
3 Krieschow 25 14 6 5 56 29 12 9 3 0 34 10 13 5 3 5 22 19 27 48
4 Budissa Bautzen 25 15 1 9 65 48 12 6 0 6 25 21 13 9 1 3 40 27 17 46
5 Union Sandersdorf 25 10 7 8 39 26 12 6 4 2 18 10 13 4 3 6 21 16 13 37
6 VfL Halle 25 9 10 6 40 35 13 4 7 2 19 16 12 5 3 4 21 19 5 37
7 Carl Zeiss Jena II 24 10 6 8 41 35 11 3 4 4 15 12 13 7 2 4 26 23 6 36
8 Einheit Wernigerode 23 9 6 8 40 37 10 5 2 3 22 15 13 4 4 5 18 22 3 33
9 Bischofswerdaer FV 26 8 9 9 38 41 15 6 5 4 25 21 11 2 4 5 13 20 -3 33
10 Oberlausitz Neugersdorf 24 10 3 11 34 37 12 6 2 4 21 17 12 4 1 7 13 20 -3 33
11 An der Fahner Höhe 25 10 3 12 27 34 13 6 1 6 16 21 12 4 2 6 11 13 -7 33
12 Einheit Rudolstadt 25 9 6 10 31 41 13 6 4 3 22 20 12 3 2 7 9 21 -10 33
13 Blau-Wei Zorbau 26 7 9 10 34 56 12 3 5 4 18 28 14 4 4 6 16 28 -22 30
14 FC Grimma 25 6 7 12 36 43 13 5 3 5 23 22 12 1 4 7 13 21 -7 25
15 Wacker Nordhausen 25 6 7 12 27 47 14 3 3 8 15 30 11 3 4 4 12 17 -20 25
16 International Leipzig 24 6 4 14 32 54 12 3 2 7 12 27 12 3 2 7 20 27 -22 22
17 Arnstadt 24 3 8 13 23 61 11 2 3 6 10 21 13 1 5 7 13 40 -38 17
18 Martinroda 26 4 4 18 28 62 14 3 2 9 15 33 12 1 2 9 13 29 -34 16
19 1. FC Merseburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Germany:

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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.