Diefflen and Mechtersheim fans have their best supporter gear on for this first game week of a new Oberliga: Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar campaign. Let's go!
- Diefflen have not yet lost a game at home.
- Mechtersheim have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Diefflen's stadium, Stadion Babelsberg, has a artifical turf surface. Mechtersheim have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Mechtersheim when playing on artifical turf; 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from ten matches. They have scored {13 goals} in these games and conceded 18.
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!
Diefflen form and stats
The season before, Diefflen's league statistics were 11 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses, results that produced 4th spot in the Oberliga: Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar. During these 22 matches they scored {47 goals} and let in 42. Performing as the home side in the former season Diefflen managed 6-2-3 (win-draw-lost) with {21 goals} and 16 conceded.
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 Diefflen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 0 and lost 1.
Mechtersheim form and stats
Let's have a look at how Mechtersheim performed last season in the Oberliga: Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 7 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 44 and conceded {37 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 3 and lost 5 with 18/25 goals scored/conceded.
Mechtersheim 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, 1 draw and 5 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Arminia Ludwigshafen in just four days.
Head 2 Head
The 5 most recent fixtures involving these sides have all finished as Diefflen victories. Will history repeat itself?Diefflen missing players
Mechtersheim missing players
| Diefflen | Mechtersheim | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 22 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 89% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 78% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 78% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 33% |
| 56% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 56% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 33% |
| 11% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 56% |
| 3.4 | 3.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 2.9 | 2.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4.6 | 10.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5.3 | 7.2 |
| 1.7 | 3.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 100% | 70% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 21% | 26% |
| 5.2 | 6.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8.2 | 8.9 |
| 2.9 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
- All of Diefflen's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Diefflen have not yet lost a game at home.
- Diefflen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Mechtersheim have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
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