Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Alfter & Düren Merzenich face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Reg. Cup Mittelrhein. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Alfter nor Düren Merzenich as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Alfter's stadium, Waldstadion, has a artifical turf surface. Düren Merzenich 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 Düren Merzenich when playing on artifical turf; 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss from six matches. They have scored 11 goals in these games and conceded 5.
Alfter form and stats
There’s a good atmosphere here at Waldstadion after three straight home wins.
Alfter's previous game was a Oberliga: Mittelrhein match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Borussia Freialdenhoven. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Before that, Alfter played out a Oberliga: Mittelrhein draw 0-0 when visiting Frechen.Alfter are traveling soon after this match as the Oberliga: Mittelrhein match at FC BW Friesdorf awaits in four days.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Alfter friendly games in pre-season: Alfter played one friendly, won 1, drew 0 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Alfter scored 5 goals and conceded 0 in these one game.
Düren Merzenich form and stats
In general it has been a productive period now for Merzenich as they haven't lost any of their last 15 games.
Düren Merzenich go into this game after a win, the home game against Hurth that ended 5-2. A bonkers game with masses of goals last time out for Merzenich, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that entertaining match, will this game be as full of joy?
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Hennef 05 at their stadium, the result 2-0.The schedule is very tough for Düren Merzenich now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Oberliga: Mittelrhein game at Frechen is waiting in only four days.
It's a day of discovery for Merzenich as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Düren Merzenich have played two with the results W0-D2-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Düren Merzenich has scored 5 goals and conceded 5 times.
Head 2 Head
Last three meetings between these sides: Alfter won zero, Düren Merzenich triumphed in three and we saw zero draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, zero matches with under 2,5 goals.Alfter missing players
Düren Merzenich missing players
| Alfter | Düren Merzenich | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 58 | 35 | Scored | S | 23 | 64 | ||
| 34 | 12 | Conceded | C | 18 | 30 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 68% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.1 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2.9 | ||
| 1 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6.2 | 6.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 8.7 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 67% | 72% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 52% | ||
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